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MU Series (Windows)
User’s Manual
Process Menu Tools
Segmentaon & Count
Watershed... - This segmentaon method is a mathemacal morphology segmentaon based on topological
theory. This is done by taking the gray value of each pixel to indicate the altude, and the boundaries of each
local minimum value, and its impact area. This can be visualized by thinking of a at plane with objects of vary-
ing height on it, and holes poked in the boom, then immersed in a liquid. The liquid lls starng at the lowest
point where a hole is, and lls up the basins between taller objects, where only the tallest show, like an island
in an ocean. It is best for simple background objects with a large contrast between the background and the
items of interest.
Approximaon - Assigns whether the segments will be esmated as circles, ellipses, or none (the actual shape
and size of the segment).
With Holes - This ck box enables the segmentaon method to create holes within a segment for areas that do
not t the segment.
Outline Style - Assigns whether the segments will be colored in, outlined, or none (simply numbered).
Outline Color - Assigns which color the segments or outlines will be colored in.
Label Method - Assigns how the segments will be labeled. XOR contrasts the numbers against the background,
true allows a color to be selected for all, and false eliminates numbering the secons enrely.
Label Color - When true is selected as the “Label Method,” will allow selecon of the color to use for the num-
bering.
Label Type - When true is selected as the “Label Method,” allows selecon between displaying counted seg-
ments, the area of each segment, or the perimeter of each segment.