Quantum GX2 microCT Imaging System Manual Chapter 7 | Viewing Images 69
Image Control Magnifies a selected area of the slice image. Right-click to select a different magnification (2x,
5x, or 10x). Alternatively, click the button the to change magnification.
Changes the window and level settings to change the image display. Use the keyboard up or
down arrows. Alternatively, press and hold the mouse button while you drag the mouse up or
down in a windowpane.
Reverses the gray scale color table. Click the button again to return to the default gray scale
color table.
Show or hide the x and y-axis crosshairs.
Show or hide a scale bar in the windowpanes.
Toggles between a horizontal or vertical slice orientation.
Makes the transaxial view the main view in the Viewer.
Resets to the default slice view or the default display if the image has been rotated, translated,
or scaled
Image Display
Settings
Click the button to turn the mask off or on. Masks all voxels with gray scale value below the
threshold value entered in the field.
Specifies a range of grayscale values for image display. Modify the range by editing the values in the
fields. Click the button to turn the feature off or on.
When a mask is applied using the button (generates a purple mask), click the button to
mask additional voxels at the edges of the mask. This can help sharpen visualization at edges
such as around the animal skin.
When a mask is applied using the button (generates a green mask), click the button to
remove single pixel noise from the thresholded mask.
Enables you to select a 3D filter that removes noise by combining pixels and displaying the
average intensity of the selected pixels:
EDGE – Enhancement filter that sharpen edges in the image and improves visualization of small
features.
BONE – Enhancement filter that sharpens edges around high contrast objects such as bone.
ORIGINAL – Does not apply a filter.
SOFT – Applies a 3 x 3 x 3 averaging filter.
SMOOTH – Applies a 5 x 5 x 5 averaging filter.
Click to select options for viewing a Z-axis slice. See page 71 for more details.
Table 7.4 Viewer Window (continued)
Item Description
Area within the bounding
box is magnified.
Magnified image area