Author: Wayne Rasband (wsr at nih.gov) History: 2001/04/25: First version
2002/04/26: Fixed no image open bug
2004/05/10: Added "Random Offset" checkbox
2007/07/02: Grid drawn in non-destructive overlay
Requires: ImageJ 1.38u or later Source: Grid_.java Installation: Copy Grid_.class to the plugins folder and restart ImageJ. Description: This plugin creates a non-destructive grid of lines , crosses or points on the current image or stack. You can specify the the grid type (lines, crosses or points), the area per point (in pixels or physical units), and the color. The are a couple of ways to save the image with the grid superimposed. One is to click on the "Export Image" button in the Cell Counter plugin. Another is to capture the screen by pressing shift-g (Plugins>Utilities>Capture Screen), selecting the image and cropping by pressing shift-x (Image>Crop).
The previous version of this plugin (renamed Grid2) is also available (Grid2_.java, Grid2_.class).
See Also: Grid Cycloid Arc plugin
Grid Overlay plugin
Cell Counter plugin
Resources:
Cavalieri Macros for NIH Image ftp://rsbweb.nih.gov/pub/nih-image/user-macros/ Stereology plugin for NIH Image ftp://rsbweb.nih.gov/pub/nih-image/plug-ins/
Ster__DropIns.hqxOverlayGrid example for Object Image simon.bio.uva.nl/object-image.html Introduction to Stereology www.liv.ac.uk/fetoxpath/quantoxpath/stereol.htm Stereologer www.stereologer.com/Stereo_Exec.html Steriology Resource Center www.disector.com/ 3D counting nervenet.org/papers/3DCounting.html Unbiased Stereology www.liv.ac.uk/fetoxpath/quantoxpath/book.htm or amazon.com Practical Stereology drjohnruss.com/books.html or amazon.com Image Processing Toolkit reindeergraphics.com/