Horizontal Boundary Line Tool

Set boundary line with boundary tool, this allows the user to find the extent-y ('height') above and below as well as the area above and below the boundary line. This tool functions best if the pot size/position of the plant remains relatively constant.

plantcv.analyze_bound_horizontal(img, obj, mask, line_position)

returns images with boundary data

  • Parameters:
    • img - RGB or grayscale image data for plotting
    • obj - single or grouped contour object
    • mask - binary mask of selected contours
    • line_position = position of boundary line (a value of 0 would draw the line through the top of the image)
  • Context:
    • Used to define a boundary line for the image, to find the height above and below as well as area above and below a boundary line.
    • Data automatically gets stored into the Outputs class. Users can look at the data collected at any point during the workflow by using pcv.print_results which prints all stored data to a .json file.
  • Example use:
  • Output data stored: Summary of Output Observations

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"

# Set Boundary Line    
boundary_images = pcv.analyze_bound_horizontal(img, obj, mask, 300)

Boundary tool output image (y = 300)

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Boundary line set at 300, purple line is boundary line, blue line is extent y above boundary line, green is area above boundary line.

Boundary tool output image (y = 520)

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Boundary line set at 520, purple is boundary line, blue line is extent y above boundary line, green line is extent y below boundary line, green is area above boundary line and red is area below boundary line.