Release Notes MIA Toolbox Version 2 7

Version 2.7 of MIA_Toolbox and Solo+MIA (version 6.7) was released in March, 2012

For general product information, see MIA_Toolbox Product Page. For information on Solo+MIA, seeSolo+MIA Product Page.

NEW FEATURES

Image Preprocessing Methods - Several new preprocessing methods added to the preprocessing interface along with ability to display preprocessed images.
EWFA Menu Item EWFA (evolving window factor analysis) now available from the Tools menu in Analysis.
Multiple-slab overlay plots - View multiple slab images (4 or more slabs) using new false-color mode. Each pixel color is mapped based on slab with maximum value. (New Plot Control options: 'SlabColorMode', 'SlabColorContrast')
Image axis scales (pixel dimensions) now accessible through the DataSet editor (Edit menu) and used on plotted images.
Lockable/adjustable color-scales (right-click image -> Lock Color Scale) Allows fixing color scale or automatically showing all axes on a figure using the same color scale)

Particle Analysis - Significant Enhancements:
- Real-time adjustments of threshold for binary mask.
- New binary-mask preprocessing methods added (Dilate, Erode, Smooth.)
- Immediate updating of found particles with settings changes.
- Additional functionality added for adjusting binary mask via thresholding and filtering.
Workspace Browser - Dragging and dropping image files onto the workspace enabled.
Cross-Section Tool - Add color coding of endpoints and additional context menu items for plotting and settings.
Drill Tool - Add color coding and highlighting to drill markers and lines to help identify selected item.

HJY Reader Updates - Several fixes and updates to improve performance and behavior.

backgroundsubtracter - Rolling-ball background subtraction for images.

thresholdimage - Threshold image and return binary mask.