Aphelion Imaging Software Suite - User Guide Aphelion Imaging Software Suite User Guide Version 4.5 Publication revised February 19th 2021 ADCIS S.A. 3, rue Martin Luther King 14280 Saint-Contest Phone: +33 (0)2-31-06-23-00 URL: www.adcis.net Adcis, Inc. P.O. Box 25971 Woodbury, MN 55125-0971 USA Phone - USA: 877-664-8772 Phone - International: +1 609-944-8855 URL: www.adcis.net 1 Aphelion Imaging Software Suite - User Guide 2 Aphelion Imaging Software Suite - User Guide Copyright Notice © 2021 ADCIS S.A. All rights reserved. This document and the software described in it are protected by copyright laws and distributed under licenses restricting their use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL ADCIS S.A. BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. 3 Aphelion Imaging Software Suite - User Guide Note: While the hardcopy version of this User Guide is not updated with every release of Aphelion™ software, the electronic version found on the DVD is always current with the Aphelion software provided on the DVD. If you are unsure about a topic in the hardcopy version, please refer to the electronic version on the DVD. An electronic version of this document that is current with the most recent release of Aphelion software can be downloaded from our website (www.adcis.net). 4 Aphelion Imaging Software Suite - User Guide Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 13 2. FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND............................................................ 15 2.1. Using Windows ................................................................................. 15 2.2. Our notations .................................................................................... 15 2.3. Product Support................................................................................ 16 2.4. Installing Aphelion ............................................................................ 18 2.4.1. System Requirements ........................................................... 18 2.4.2. Aphelion Licensing .............................................................. 18 2.4.3. Aphelion Installation Prerequisites .................................... 19 2.4.4. Installing the USB Dongle .................................................. 19 2.4.5. Aphelion Installation ........................................................... 21 2.4.6. Camera interface installation ............................................. 22 2.4.7. Software required to use Aphelion ..................................... 23 2.5. Activating/Starting Aphelion ............................................................. 24 2.5.1. Starting Aphelion ................................................................. 24 2.5.2. Activating Aphelion ............................................................. 24 2.6. Updating the Aphelion license ......................................................... 27 2.7. Exiting Aphelion ................................................................................ 28 2.8. Terminology ...................................................................................... 29 2.9. Graphical User Interface (GUI) ........................................................ 37 2.9.1. Workspace and windows ..................................................... 39 2.9.2. Task and work context ......................................................... 43 2.9.3. Menu Bar ............................................................................. 43 2.9.4. Main Toolbar ....................................................................... 68 2.9.5. Profile – Histogram – ROI Toolbar (Dev version only) .... 70 2.9.6. Task interface ....................................................................... 74 2.9.7. Visualization Window .......................................................... 76 2.9.8. Chart Window ...................................................................... 86 2.9.9. Image Gallery Window ....................................................... 87 5 Aphelion Imaging Software Suite - User Guide 2.9.10. ObjectSet Gallery Window ................................................. 88 2.9.11. Status Bar ............................................................................ 90 2.10. Tasks ................................................................................................ 91 2.10.1. Administrator Settings Tasks .............................................. 91 2.10.2. Image Acquisition Task....................................................... 96 2.10.3. Object Extraction Task ....................................................... 98 2.10.4. Object Editing Task........................................................... 110 2.10.5. Measurements Task .......................................................... 116 2.10.6. Report Generation Task.................................................... 131 2.10.7. Developer Task (Dev version only) .................................. 132 3. TUTORIAL .................................................................................... 143 3.1. Multimedia demonstrations............................................................ 143 3.2. Walk-through of an image processing and image analysis application ...................................................................................... 143 3.3. Interactive Analysis Tools (Dev version only) ............................... 149 3.3.1. Intensity Profile ................................................................. 149 3.3.2. Histogram .......................................................................... 150 3.4. Using Developer functions & macros (Dev version only) ............ 151 3.4.1. Select and run a function .................................................. 151 3.5. Load and run a BasicScript macro ................................................ 152 3.6. Basic knowledge in image processing & analysis ........................ 155 3.6.1. Processing Images ............................................................ 155 3.6.2. Extracting and Analyzing Objects from Images .............. 157 4. LIST OF MEASUREMENTS ................................................................ 163 4.1. Global Measurements ................................................................... 163 4.1.1. List of Global Measurements ........................................... 163 4.2. Object Measurements ................................................................... 164 4.2.1. Object types ....................................................................... 164 4.2.2. List of Object Measurements ............................................ 165 5. LIST OF FUNCTIONS (DEV AND SDK ONLY) ...................................... 177 5.1. Images ............................................................................................ 177 5.1.1. Arithmetic .......................................................................... 177 6 Aphelion Imaging Software Suite - User Guide 5.1.2. Color .................................................................................. 177 5.1.3. Edge Detection .................................................................. 178 5.1.4. Enhancement ..................................................................... 179 5.1.5. Filtering ............................................................................. 179 5.1.6. Frequency .......................................................................... 180 5.1.7. Geometry ............................................................................ 180 5.1.8. Logic ................................................................................... 181 5.1.9. Matching ............................................................................ 181 5.1.10. Math ................................................................................... 182 5.1.11. Measurements .................................................................... 183 5.1.12. Morphology ....................................................................... 184 5.1.13. Segmentation ..................................................................... 188 5.1.14. Texture ............................................................................... 189 5.1.15. Utility .................................................................................. 189 5.1.16. IO (Input/Output) ..............................................................