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Re: Local Background Subtraction

Posted by Ignacio Arganda-Carreras-2 on Nov 14, 2016; 10:01am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Local-Background-Subtraction-tp5017573p5017574.html

Dear Joel,

That is similar to applying a White Top Hat filter with a large structuring
element. Have a look at that morphological filter option in MorphoLibJ
<http://imagej.net/MorphoLibJ#Top-hats>.

Cheers!

ignacio

On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 6:13 PM, JOEL B. SHEFFIELD <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> We are interested in quantitating the intensity of spots in dot blot
> experiments in which the background is uneven.  Some of the commercial
> software packages have instituted a routine that essentially thresholds
> each spot, dilates the area by a fixed amount, calculates the per pixel
> density in the expanded region, and then subtracts that value from each
> pixel in the sample area.
>
> A quick scan through the mailing list, as well as the plugins list, didn't
> come up with anything.
>
> Is anyone aware of such a plugin/macro for IJ?
>
> Joel
>
>
> Joel B. Sheffield, Ph.D
> Department of Biology
> Temple University
> Philadelphia, PA 19122
> Voice: 215 204 8839
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