For more information about the different functions, their use, and how to correctly configure and operate the microscope, visit the Leica DM RBE operating manual page . Image Analysis Techniques Images can be manipulated and analysed in several ways. One important procedure, often used to make the image ready for analysis, is image filtering. Several filtering procedures exist to eliminate background noise, erode or enhance object edges, or even extract channels and merge them into a second image. Image analysis includes several measurement techniques, such as counting, area measurement, perimeter measurement, determination of major and minor axes and many more.
Several methods exist to extract information from shapes, such as analysing chain codes.
Characteristics of the digital image, relevant to image analysis are described in The Digital Image and Image Analysis Techniques page.