Operation: track particles

track particles operation

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The operation uses the plugin MTrack2 from Nico Stuurman.

Example

input stack 
tracked particles    paths    results table

Description

Track moving particles in a binary image and measure the distance traveled and the length of the path for each particle.

Options

options
min size: The minimal size of the particles.
max size: The maximal size of the particles.
min track length: Shorter paths are not taken into account.
max velocity: The maximum velocity of the particles.
result filename: If the result filenma is set the results are not shown in a results table. Instead the user is asked for a filename when the operation is started and the measurements are written to that file.
show labels: If checked the labels of the objects will be displayed in the result stack.
show positions: If checked the positions of the objects are displayed in the result stack.
show paths: If checked an image showing the paths of all particles is created.
show paths lengths: If checked the lengths of the paths are reported, otherwise only the coordinates of all points on the paths are reported.
max columns: The maximal number of tracks that are reported next to each other. Further tracks are reported below.

Parameter

The only parameter is the input image. It must be a binary stack.

Results

Result (ImagePlus): The result stack showing the particles with their labels and positions.
PathsImage (ImagePlus): A 2-dimensional image showing the paths.
TrackMeasurements (TextPanel): The measured paths.