Create Multiple Regions of Interest (ROI)

plantcv.roi.multi(img, coord, radius=None, spacing=None, nrows=None, ncols=None)

returns roi_objects

  • Parameters:
    • img = Input image data.
    • coord = Two-element tuple of the center of the top left object.
    • radius = Optional parameter to specify the radius of the ROIs.
    • spacing = Two-element tuple of the horizontal and vertical spacing between ROIs.
    • nrows = Number of rows in ROI layout.
    • ncols = Number of columns in ROI layout.
  • Context:
    • Used to define multiple regions of interest in the same image. Users can either specify a starting coordinate (coord), number of row and columns, and spacing to create a grid of ROIs, or a custom list of coordinates that specify the centers of the ROIs. Providing a custom list of coordinates (list of tuples) is useful for missing plants or any arrangement that isn't a perfect grid. Returns an Objects instance that can be used in downstream steps.

Reference Image

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from plantcv import plantcv as pcv

# Set global debug behavior to None (default), "print" (to file), 
# or "plot" (Jupyter Notebooks or X11)
pcv.params.debug = "plot"

# Make a grid of ROIs 
rois1 = pcv.roi.multi(img=img1, coord=(25,120), radius=20, 
                                      spacing=(70, 70), nrows=3, ncols=6)

# Specify a list of coordinates of desired ROIs 
rois2 = pcv.roi.multi(img=img1, coord=[(25,120), (165,260), (310, 260)], 
                                      radius=20)

Grid of ROIs

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Custom list of ROIs

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Next steps:

This function returns an Objects dataclass, which can be used with create_labels to createa a labeled mask for use with analysis functions.

lbl_mask, n_lbls = pcv.create_labels(mask=mask, rois=rois)

# Analyze the shape of each plant 
shape_img = pcv.analyze.size(img=img_copy, labeled_mask=lbl_mask, n_labels=n_lbls, label="plant")

# Print out a text file with shape data for each plant in the image 
pcv.outputs.save_results(filename=filename)

Image with shape analysis characteristics on each plant

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Source Code: Here