Reads a Bio-Rad PIC file and outputs a uniform scalar field.
| Name | Type | Description | UI Control |
| filename | string | name of the PIC file to be loaded | UIfiledialog |
| Name | Type | Description | |
| out_fld | Mesh_Unif+Node_Data | output field containing the data in the PIC file. | |
| out_obj | DataObject | directly renderable output object. | |
This module reads a Bio-Rad PIC file specified by the user via a file browser, and outputs a field corresponding to the data in the file. Bio-Rad PIC files contain 3D confocal microscope images, i.e. 3D scalar uniform fields. read_BioRad_PIC outputs a 3D scalar uniform field and a renderable version of the field.
This module performs the byte reordering necessary for it to work correctly on either big or little endian platforms.
filename
The filename of the Bio-Rad PIC file that should be read.
out_fld
The output 3D scalar uniform field generated from the data in the Bio-rad PIC file.
out_obj
The directly renderable output of the read_BioRad_PIC macro. This contains a DataObject object that can be rendered by the standard data viewers.
The User Macro read_BioRad_PIC combines the Functional Macro Read_BioRad_PIC and the User Interface Macro Read_PIC_UI. In turn the Functional Macro Read_BioRad_PIC combines the low-level module read_PIC_core with the field mapping module, scalar_uniform_field.
An example application Read_BioRad_PIC_Eg is provided that reads a Bio-Rad PIC file and produces a maximum intensity projection. A sample Bio-Rad PIC file, flea3.pic, is provided with the distribution of this module.
iac_proj/PIC_IO/pio_macs.v contains the User Macro read_BioRad_PIC, the Functional Macro Read_BioRad_PIC, the User Interface Macro Read_PIC_UI and the Example Application Read_BioRad_PIC_Eg.
The read_BioRad_PIC macro does not check that the file specified by the user is a valid Bio-Rad PIC file. If it is not then errors can occur.
The read_BioRad_PIC macro ignores notes, which are sometimes appended to PIC files.
The read_BioRad_PIC macro will only handle 8-bit images. 16-bit and 24-bit images are not handled correctly.
The AVS5 module read_BioRad_PIC (available from the IAC) can also be used to read Bio-Rad PIC files.
This project does not contain any C or Fortran code and hence does not need to be compiled.
<A HREF="http://www.cs.uwa.edu.au/~chrisp">Chris Pudney</A> Biomedical Confocal Microscopy Research Centre <A HREF="http://www.pharm.uwa.edu.au">Department of Pharmacology</A> <A HREF="http://www.uwa.edu.au">The University of Western Australia</A> Nedlands, W.A. 6907 AUSTRALIA E-mail:<A HREF="mailto:cpudney@alphapharm.pharm.uwa.edu.au">cpudney@alphapharm.pharm.uwa.edu.au</A> Phone, Fax: (+61 8) 9346 4571, (+618) 9346 3469
Rob Fletcher, Andrew Dodd
International AVS Centre Manchester Visualization Centre Manchester Computing University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester United Kingdom M13 9PL
read_PIC_core, read_BioRad_PIC (AVS5 IAC module)