Just started reading the textbook "Windows Presentation Foundation - Adam Nathan, Daniel Lehenbauer"
Got further into altering the actual XAML code to make the program look different, integrated changed Bitmap into BitmapSource and back the other way. Still had problems with the "pixel format" giving me errors when trying to perform certain functions in AForge, this ended up fixing itself.
Found a new filter "FillHoles" morphology is no longer required.
Program runs quickly, and shows all the blobs with some blob filtering. There is no human interaction, measuring, etc yet. That will be worked on tomorrow, probably in a newer program to more better design the actual GUI.
Sounds like good progress. Switching UI frameworks takes time, but I think there are many benefits to doing this. Also a good chance to refactor everything.
ReplyDeleteWe're almost halfway through the summer, so it's also a good time to go back to the original plan and evaluate where you are and make a plan for the second half. I think now you have a good vision for what the system should do, so take time to write down (in the blog for example) what functionality is needed and make notes what you've already implemented. We mapped out a description of three stages for example: segmenting, measuring, and then classifying. You've made progress on all these fronts, but not everything is integrated yet. We also learned from our lab visit, for instance how much manual classifying/segmenting was done "in the microscope" due to the poor image quality of the digital images. This could lead to a tighter integration of the application with the microscope capture form the camera. I think it was a Canon, and there's information here about the Canon SDKs: http://usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/standard_display/sdk_homepage
There was also the possibility of getting a camera capable of capturing in RAW format.
So, lots of ideas, but good to take inventory and plan for the next 2 months.
You should also read about this project roughly in the same space as far as HCI is concerned:
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Especially the CHI short paper:
http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~swhite/pubs/white-2007-chi.pdf
Canon doesn't make a camera with both (a) RAW capture ability and (b) the same physical attachment. I'd be happy to get a better camera, but at the moment I'm stuck trying to figure out the physical attachment step.
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