NAME
pgmabel - create cross section using Abel Integration for Deconvolution
SYNOPSIS
pgmabel [-help] [-axis axis] [-factor factor] [-pixsize pixsize] [-left | -right] [-verbose] [filespec]
DESCRIPTION
This program is part of Netpbm(1)
pgmabel reads as input a PGM image, which it assumes to be an image of a rotational symmetric transparent object. The image must have a vertical symmetry axis. pgmabel produces as output an image of a cross-section of the image.
pgmabel does the calculation by performing the Abel Integration for Deconvolution of an axial-symmetrical image by solving the system of linear equations.
After integration, pgmabel weights all gray-values of one side by the surface area of the calculated ring in square pixels divided by 4*factor multiplied by the size of one pixel (pixsize). With the -verbose option, pgmabel prints the weighting factors.
Where the caculation generates a negative result, the output is black.
The computation is unstable against periodic structures with size 2 in the vertical direction.
OPTIONS
You can abbreviate any option to its shortest unique prefix.
-help | Prints a help message.
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-axis axis | |
Position of the axis of symmetry in the image in pixels from the left
edge of the image. Default is the center of the image.
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-factor factor | |
User defined factor for enhancement of the output. Use a factor
less than 1 for decreasing gary values. Default is 1.0.
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-pixsize pixsize | |
The size of a pixel for getting scale invariant. Default is 0.1.
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-left | Calculate only the left side of the image. You cannot specify both
left and right.
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-right | Analogous to -left.
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-verbose | |
print information about the calculation.
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EXAMPLE
Rotate a PGM image to get an image with a vertical axis of symmetry, then calculate the cross section:
pnmrotate 90 file.pgm | pgmabel -axis 140 >cross_section.pgm
SEE ALSO
pnmrotate(1) , pgm(5) ,
HISTORY
This program was added to Netpbm in Release 10.3 (June 2002).
AUTHOR
Volker Schmidt (lefti@voyager.boerde.de)
Copyright (C) 1997-2002 German Aerospace research establishment