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Image Analysis Using R. Chris Campbell LondonR - 13th July 2010. Steps to image analysis. Image capture Clean image/reduce noise Extract information Analyze information. Image Capture. http:// ... western blot http:// ... cells. Image Capture. http:// ... x-ray http:// ... cat scan.
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Image Analysis Using R Chris Campbell LondonR - 13th July 2010
Steps to image analysis Image capture Clean image/reduce noise Extract information Analyze information
Image Capture http:// ... western blot http:// ... cells
Image Capture http:// ... x-ray http:// ... cat scan
Image Capture http:// ... MRI
Image Capture http:// ... SEM insect http:// ... TEM virus
Image Capture http:// ... positron emission tomography
Image Capture http://pico.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/media/16/20060621-QuenchedSi-AFM.jpg
Generally… • Use large numbers of images • Use all images • Use whole image, not crop • Random selection not "typical region" • i.e. avoid subjectivity
package:RImageJ • Authors: Romain Francois & Philippe Grosjean • Bindings between R and ImageJ • Open source • Java • Image analysis software http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/
Subjectivity vs. Objectivity Hypothesis: blue blobs are always larger than yellow blobs
Subjectivity Hypothesis: blue blobs are always larger than yellow blobs Manual measurements
Subjectivity Hypothesis: blue blobs are always larger than yellow blobs It’s easy to accept manual measurements when they make sense, but it’s tempting to repeat them if they seem wrong
Subjectivity Hypothesis: blue blobs are always larger than yellow blobs Subjective observer accepts expected hypothesis
Objectivity Hypothesis: blue blobs are always larger than yellow blobs Automatically threshold
Objectivity Hypothesis: blue blobs are always larger than yellow blobs Objective observer automates analysis and rejects hypothesis
Automate Procedures Identify objects without making subjective decisions
Run ImageJ from R • Open connection to an image • Use IJ$run() to access macros • Great potential for automating image processing from R
Run ImageJ from R However, some key macros not yet implemented (e.g. setAutoThreshold, imageCalculator)
package:rimage Author: Nikon Reads jpegs into RGB arrays Plot function defined for objects of class "imagematrix"
Analyze information Plots and statistical summaries of particles from image Single image Multiple images
Conclusions Images available? Ensure quality/validate method Choose useful measures Use analysis to make predictions
Acknowledgements Mango Solutions www.mango-solutions.com L. R. Contreras-Rojas, R. H. Guy http://www.bath.ac.uk/pharmacy/staff/rhg.html NAPOLEON http://www.ehu.es/napoleon/