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- Practical Algorithms for Image Analysis
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- Description, Examples and Code
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- Michael Seul Michael J. Sammon
- BioArray Solutions, LLC Lawrence O'Gorman Lucent Technologies
- Veridicom, Inc.
- Liberty Corner, New
- Piscataway, New Jersey Chatham, New Jersey Jersey
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- General Information
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- The code examples found on this CD-ROM are in sub directories whose name
- corresponds to chapter sections in the text. For example, the programs in
- chapter 2, section 1 are in the directory ch_2.1. The executables as well
- as the source for all programs are included. Additional library routines
- are found under the libtiff, libimage and libip directories.
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- All source code files (*.c and *.h) are stored in UNIX format (i.e. they do
- not have the CR-LF line terminator that DOS text editors expect). Windows
- programs such as WordPad and the Visual C++ editor will not have trouble
- displaying these files properly. However Notepad will not be able to
- display the source files and is not recommended for editing. A LINUX
- utility program is included to convert between UNIX and DOS text formats.
- This program is in the util/linux/tofrodos-1.1 directory.
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- Development environments for both LINUX and Microsoft Windows are
- supplied. For compatibility across operating systems, all programs are
- compiled as console applications and are invoked from a command line
- prompt.
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- Because of licensing requirements, the libtiff image library is compiled
- without Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) compression. Therefore, those programs that
- use image files for input and output support only uncompressed TIFF at
- present. It is up to the user to acquire graphics conversion utilities for
- converting images to uncompressed TIFF. Alternatively, the user can
- download the full version of libtiff from ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff
- that includes compression and recompile all programs.
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- Compression for binary images (G3/G4 fax compression) is currently disabled
- because of inconsistencies in the way image editors display these types of
- files. Some programs (Adobe Photoshop for Windows and xv for LINUX in
- particular) display G3/G4 compressed binary TIFF images properly. There
- are other programs that display these files by inverting the bitmap. To
- enable G3/G4 compression for binary images, see the ImageOut() routine in
- tiffimage.c under the libimage directory.
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- Hardware Requirements
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- A Pentium class machine, 100MHz or greater with at least 32Mb of RAM is
- suggested to run these programs in either a Win32 or LINUX environment.
- Installing the executables requires at least 50 Mb of free disk space.
- Installing the entire distribution requires at least 300 Mb of free disk
- space. A graphics adapter set to a mode of displaying at least 256 colors
- is required for viewing the sample image files.
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- Windows95, Windows98, WindowsNT Installation and Requirements
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- The windows executables of the programs on this CD-ROM have been compiled
- using Microsoft Visual C++ Version 4.0. Although the programs have been
- compiled and run on both Windows95 and Windows98, the authors are confident
- that they should run equally well under WindowsNT. All development
- environment files are included as well as the Debug and Release sub
- directories.
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- To install only the executables, select the bindosd directory (debug
- version) or bindosr directory (release version) and drag the directory to
- the desired target hard drive and subdirectory using Windows Explorer.
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- To install all the development environments on your computer, select all
- the ch_* directories along with the libtiff, libimage and libip directories
- and drag these directories to the desired hard drive and subdirectory using
- Windows Explorer. NOTE: as part of the build process under Microsoft
- Visual C++, we have included a custom build step that will copy the
- executable after a successful compile to either the bindosr or bindosd
- directory depending on whether Release or Debug is selected. Therefore,
- the bindosr and bindosd directories must exist at the same level as the
- ch_* directories.
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- Alternatively, using Windows Explorer, you can select "Copy" under "Edit"
- after the directories have been selected and then select the target drive
- and directory, and select "Paste" under "Edit" to copy directories.
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- LINUX Installation and Requirements
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- NOTE: To enable filenames longer that the ISO9660 8.3 naming convention,
- the CD-ROM has been formatted using the Microsoft Joliet filesystem. Some
- LINUX systems may not be able to read this format without patching the
- kernel. In this case unzip the file tarfile.gz using the gunzip LINUX
- utility. The result will be a file named tarfile from which the entire
- distribution can be extracted using the following command:
- tar -xvf tarfile
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- The LINUX executables of the programs on this CD-ROM have been compiled
- using gcc version 2.7.2 under the LINUX kernel version 2.0.0 with Red Hat
- version 3.0.3.
-
- To install the executables only, copy everything under the binlin directory
- to the desired target directory. For example:
- cp /cdrom/binlin/* /usr/home/<userid>/bin
- would copy all the LINUX executables to the bin directory for a user (This
- assumes that bin already exists and the mount point for the CD-ROM is
- /cdrom).
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- To install the entire distribution on your computer, we suggest following
- the unzip/tar procedure mentioned above. Alternatively, one can
- recursively copy all the ch_* directories, along with the binlin, libtiff,
- libimage and libip directories to the hard drive. For example:
- cp -r /cdrom/ch_* /cdrom/binlin /cdrom/libtiff /cdrom/libimage /cdrom/libip
- /usr/home/<userid>/workspace
- would copy all the LINUX development environments to the workspace
- directory for a user (This assumes that workspace already exists and the
- mount point for the CD-ROM is /cdrom). NOTE: LINUX may not preserve the
- case of the filenames copied and some builds may fail (libtiff in
- particular).
-
- For convenience, a build script (build.sh) is included that will build the
- entire distribuition. Type build.sh -? for instructions on how to use it.
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- Examples of Program Usage
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- Click here to view usage examples for all the programs in this book. An
- index is also provided.
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- Contacting the Authors
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- The authors may be contacted by sending mail to
- mlmsoftwaregroup@mindspring.com. Alternatively the website
- http://www.mlmsoftwaregroup.com can be accessed for contacting the authors
- and code updates.
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- Use and Copyright
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- This code is distributed under a limited-use license that may be viewed by
- invoking an appropriate option on the command line of each program. Unless
- otherwise indicated in the source code, copyright is jointly held by the
- authors, as indicated by a copyright notice such as: Copyright (C) 1997,
- 1998, 1999 MLMSoftware Group, LLC. In some instances, we use third-party
- code in versions available from public sources. In those instances, the
- original authors, as identified in the source code, retain copyright.
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- Except when otherwise stated in writing, the copyright holders and/or other
- parties provide each program "as is" without any warranty of any kind,
- either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied
- warranties of merchantability and fitness for particular purpose. The
- entire risk as to the quality and performance of the programs is with the
- user. Should the program prove defective, the user assumes the cost of all
- necessary servicing, repair or correction.
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- In no event shall any copyright holder be liable for damages including any
- direct, indirect, general, special, incidental or consequential damages
- arising out of the use or inability to use the programs (including, but not
- limited to, loss of use or data, data being rendered inaccurate or losses
- sustained by the user or third parties or a failure of the programs to
- operate with any other programs) however caused, and under any theory of
- liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort.
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- Copyright (C) 1999 MLMSoftware Group, LLC.
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- Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Software, Inc.
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- LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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- Photoshop is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.
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- UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
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- Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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- All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their
- respective owners.
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