Acute vertex¶
Perform a heuristic search for sharp angles given an object contour and user specified parameters. The acute (sharp) angles are often associated with object tip points. Outputs a python list of points that meet criteria specified in parameters.
plantcv.acute_vertex(img, obj, window, thresh, sep)
returns list of points that meet specified criteria, image with points selected
- Parameters:
- img - A copy of the original image
- obj - A contour of the plant object (this should be output from the object_composition.py fxn)
- window - The pre and post point distances on which to calculate angle of focal point (a value of 30 worked well for a sample image) on which to calculate the angle
- thresh - Threshold to set for acuteness; keep points with an angle more acute than the threshold (a value of 15 worked well for sample image)
- sep - The number of contour points to search within for the most acute value
- Context:
- Used to identify tip points based upon the angle between focal pixel and reference points on contour.
- Output data stored: Data ('tip_coordinates') automatically gets stored to the
Outputs
class when this function is ran. These data can always get accessed during a workflow (example below). For more detail about data output see Summary of Output Observations
Input plant contour
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"
# Identify acute vertices (tip points) of an object
# Results in set of point values that may indicate tip points
list_of_acute_points, points_img = pcv.acute_vertex(img, obj, 30, 15, 100)
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# Access data stored out from acute_vertex
vertices = pcv.outputs.observations['tip_coordinates']['value']
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Image of points selected