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Re: Using ImageJ for bacteriophage plaques

Posted by Aryeh Weiss on Aug 23, 2016; 7:05am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Using-ImageJ-for-bacteriophage-plaques-tp5017097p5017101.html

On 22/08/2016 10:55 PM, Tamara James wrote:
> I have a question regarding an auto detection or manual selection of
> detected circles (bacteriophage Plaques)- I have attached the images here
> and any help would be terrific.
>
> http://forum.imagej.net/t/image-analysis-for-bacteriophage-plaques/2549?u=tamarajame
>
>

Try the following macro with your image open:

inputTitle = getTitle();
run("8-bit");
run("Duplicate...", " ");
rename("bg");
bgTitle = getTitle();
run("Gaussian Blur...", "sigma=50");

imageCalculator("Subtract create", bgTitle, inputTitle);
resultTitle = getTitle();

run("Enhance Contrast", "saturated=0.35");
setAutoThreshold("Default dark");
run("Analyze Particles...", "size=100-Infinity  show=Masks display
exclude clear summarize add");
maskTitle = getTitle();
run("Grays");
selectWindow(inputTitle);
roiManager("Show All without labels");

You may need to do some tweaking, but this should get you started.
Let me know if you have trouble running this.

--aryeh

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