rwIP.cpp File Reference

Functions for reading and writing image plate reader files. More...

#include "rwIP.h"
#include "utilities.h"

Functions
int	readIP (Bimage *p, int readdata)
	Reading an image plate reader file format. More...
int	writeIP (Bimage *p)
	Writing an image plate reader file format. More...

Variables
int	verbose

Detailed Description

Functions for reading and writing image plate reader files.

Author

Bernard Heymann

Date

Created: 20041110

Modified: 20111217

Function Documentation

readIP()

int readIP	(	Bimage *	p,
		int	readdata
	)

Reading an image plate reader file format.

Parameters

*p	the image structure.
readdata	flag to activate reading of image data.

Returns

int error code (<0 means failure). An image format used in the Ditabis image plate reader. The header is text with tag-value pairs. Required tags: CREATED = time and date string HEADER = length of header, typically 2048 XPIXEL = x size YPIXEL = y size BYTE PER PIXEL = 2,3,4 XRESOLUTION = x pixel size in um YRESOLUTION = y pixel size in um THUMB-NAIL-ZOOM = zoom factor for preview, typically 10 Additional tags: MAGNIFICATION = microscope magnification OFFSET = zero dose value OFFSET CORRECTION = flag to indicate correction GAIN = gain setting LASER = laser setting PARAMS = settings file FORMAT = format file CHANNEL = data channel MICRON-MARK = position, length and text of micron mark overlay Final tag: COMMENT = comment, always last, terminated by NULL. File format extensions: .IPL, .IPH, .IPR, .IPC Byte order: Always little endian because the IP software runs on Intel machines and there is no way to detect byte order from the text header. Data type: short.

writeIP()

int writeIP

(

Bimage *

p

)

Writing an image plate reader file format.

Parameters

*p	the image structure.

Returns

int error code (<0 means failure). A 2D image format used with the image plate reader.

Variable Documentation

verbose

int verbose

extern