Analyze NIR Intensity

This function calculates the intensity of each pixel associated with the plant and writes the values out to a file. Can also print out a histogram plot of pixel intensity.

plantcv.analyze_nir_intensity(gray_img, mask, bins, histplot=False)

returns header of histogram, histogram data, analysis_images

  • Parameters:
    • gray_img - 8- or 16-bit grayscale image data
    • mask - Binary mask made from selected contours
    • bins - Number of class to divide spectrum into
    • histplot - If True plots histogram of intensity values (default histplot = False)
  • Context:
    • Used to mask rectangular regions of an image

  • Example use:

  • Output Data Units:

    • Bins - bin values based on number of bins set by user
    • Signal Histogram - histogram of object pixel intensity values 0 (unsaturated) to 255 (saturated)

Original grayscale 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 = "print"

# Caclulates the proportion of pixels that fall into a signal bin and writes the values to a file. Also provides a histogram of this data
hist_header, hist_data, analysis_images  = pcv.analyze_nir_intensity(gray_img, mask, 256, histplot=True)

NIR signal histogram

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Image with shape characteristics

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Note: The grayscale input image and object mask can be used with the pcv.pseudocolor function which allows the user to pick a colormap for plotting.