Align Objects

The align objects tool allows to align the translation, rotation and size of two images. This can for example be useful when the same object has been imaged independently with different imaging modalities. As example images you can use the optical-image of the soil and the image of the optrode.

Getting started

To install the tool, drag the link Align_Objects.ijm to the ImageJ launcher window. Save it under /plugins/tools in the ImageJ installation and restart ImageJ.

Select the "Align Objects Tool" from the >> button of the ImageJ launcher. This will add a button to the current toolset.

The align-objects tool-button.

  • A right-click on the align-objects button will open a help dialog that allows to display this help page.

Using the tool

Open the two images. Select the pH-image and press the align-objects button. A dialog will open and ask you to select the soil-image. Select it and press the ok-button on the dialog. The canvas of the soil image will be scaled to the size of the pH-image and the soil-image will be aligned to the ph-image.

Results

input soil input ph result soil overlay result soil and ph
The input image of the soil. The input image of the optrode. The aligned image of the soil. Overlay of aligned soil and optrode image.

soil.tif - Optical image of the soil. (1.24 MB) Volker Baecker, 03/24/2016 02:28 PM

ME_ST_XX_00023.png - Image of the optrode to measure the pH. (1.4 MB) Volker Baecker, 03/24/2016 02:28 PM

align-objects-tool.png - The align-objects tool-button. (654 Bytes) Volker Baecker, 03/24/2016 02:37 PM

input-soil.png - The input image of the soil. (12.5 KB) Volker Baecker, 03/24/2016 02:51 PM

input-ph.png - The input image of the optrode. (20 KB) Volker Baecker, 03/24/2016 02:52 PM

output-soil.png - The aligned image of the soil. (9.01 KB) Volker Baecker, 03/24/2016 02:52 PM

output-overlay.png - Overlay of aligned soil and optrode image. (21.7 KB) Volker Baecker, 03/24/2016 02:53 PM