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Creates an image which is a composite of the slices in a stack, calculated pixel-by-pixel according to how well each part of the image is focused. Thus, the composite image will compensate for the limited depth of focus of slices. A dialog box (suppressed if the option key is pressed) allows the user to optimise the calculation by setting the distances over which the calculation of the degree of focus is carried out. The 'near' distance should be set to the size of the smallest detail visible in a well-focussed slice. If the images contain features of a characteristic size, the 'far' distance should be set to about half of that size, otherwise it should be set equal to the 'near' distance. To work properly, the slices in the stack have to be in registry with each other (see above), as any relative translation or rotation will produced ghosting (if a weighted average is chosen) or abrupt changes in intensity (if not). Press the option key to bypass the dialog box.



Steve Barrett     November 2014


S.D.Barrett @ liv.ac.uk