General Analysis 3 (GA3) is a versatile instrument designed to construct image analysis procedures in a modular manner. These procedures, here referred to as “recipes”, are created in the GA3 Editor (View > Analysis Controls > GA3 Editor ) and organized through the Analysis Explorer (Analysis Explorer). A GA3 recipe contains a series of actions, such as denoising or thresholding, executed on specific inputs like image color channels or binary layers, ultimately generating the desired outcome. The recipe is graphically represented as an oriented graph, providing a visual representation of the analysis workflow process.

Figure 675. GA3 Editor

Nodes are arranged within categories and groups, and they can be moved into the Graph area and connected in a sequential manner to form a analysis recipe. The nodes and their links determine the sequence in which they are executed. By connecting the nodes, the output of one node becomes the input for the next node in the chain. The graph consists of action nodes that produce specific intermediate results. Each step within the chain, which influences the final result, can be previewed or modified in real-time.

Figure 676. Node anatomy