Main Toolbar
Reset recipe Creates a new empty analysis.
Save Saves the current analysis.
Save As Saves the current analysis into a recipe with a given name and notes.
Undo/Redo These buttons implement a standard undo/redo functionality.
Import Imports an analysis from a .ga3 file.
Export Exports the current analysis into a .ga3 file.
HTML export Exports the current analysis into a .html file.
Activate document Brings the image being processed forward.
Crop document Opens the Crop preview document where the size and dimensions of the current image can be cropped. The user can enter numeral values of the crop or directly resize and move the red rectangle in the image and select a loop range of the document. Use the Crop dimensions slider to set the dimension range or use Ctrl + (Shift) + click to select the document frames for the preview (highlighted green) and click the secondary mouse button to confirm the selection. Once the crop is confirmed by clicking , a new cropped document is opened.
Edit wizard Opens the Edit Wizard dialog window used for adjusting and activating nodes being marked Show in wizard. After clicking the
Edit Task Description button, the description of each node and any inserted thumbnails can be adjusted using the top toolbar tools or using the HTML View (HTML 4 markup).
Show help Opens the help file.
Define preview ROI Preview ROI is used for previewing purposes to speed up the analysis definition. It defines a region of interest in the Define preview ROI dialog window or directly by resizing and moving the red rectangle in the image and selecting a loop range of the document. Use the ND dimensions slider to set the dimension range or use Ctrl + (Shift) + click to select the document frames for the preview (highlighted green) and click the secondary mouse button to confirm the selection. Information about the ROI selection is shown next to the button. To reset the ROI to the full size/full frames of the original image, click on
Delete preview ROI.
Switches the node list from 2D to 3D nodes.
This search box can be used to quickly find a node. Type in the name of a node, select it from the list of found results and click on it. It is then highlighted in the list below.
Show task panel Shows/hides the task panel. Hiding the panel is useful for observing more complex analyses.
If turned on, a preview of the analysis is shown in the processed image. Progress bar is shown until the preview is generated.
Run Performs the defined analysis on the linked image.
Modify run options Reveals two run options:
Add comment Any custom comment can be created using the Rich text editor and added to the graph area.
Adjusts the zoom factor to view the graph in its original size.
Fit zoom Zooms the graph to fit in the window.
Context menu over a node
Enable/Disable Turns the node on/off. Disabled nodes are not used in the analysis.
Delete Deletes the selected node.
Open help Opens the help of the specific node.
Locate Highlights the selected node in the node list.
Rename Renames the selected action.
If two and more nodes are selected, they can be merged into a single function using this command. The inner nodes can be edited (Edit Function) or restored back (Decompose Function). Please see Functions, groups and sections for details.
Groups all selected nodes together. To ungroup the actions, click Decompose Group.
Show/Hide in wizard Marks the selected action with a
symbol and puts it into the GA3 Wizard which is shown just after clicking . Once you go through all steps of the wizard and adjust parameters of all the actions, click to execute the analysis.
Duplicate Duplicates the selected action.
Dynamic parameters Adds more table inputs which can be used to refine the action and filter its output. For example find Segmentation > Spot detections > Bright Spots on a channel, add a dynamic parameter “P1: Spots.Diameter” and connect it to records from a different measurement containing EqDiameter data. The Segmentation > Spot detections > Bright Spots action is refined and the outcome respects the EqDiameter information.
To add a dynamic parameter check the first check box in the Dynamic Parameters table and a new input with its name is shown above the node.
Context menu over a result
Store this result /
Do not store this result Defines whether the selected result is saved or not after the analysis is run.
Set description Can be used to add custom description to the selected result or use the default one.
Selects all nodes in the layout.
Can be used for changing color of the selected result.
Can be used to move the selected result above or below other results so that the preview and outcome can be properly seen.
A new channel is added to the source image.
Rename Renames the selected result.
Make new layer Creates a new binary layer which can be viewed in the Binary Layers (
View > Analysis Controls > Binary Layers
) panel.
Change layer to Takes the binary layer of the current node and moves it into the selected layer.
Move layer Changes the order of the binary layer of the current node.
Record Options
Each record is represented by a complex table. The following options are available:
Tab Results Results are shown as tabs (only one result is visible at once).
Split Results Results are shown at once splitting the Analysis Results window.
Split Horizontally Results are splitted horizontally (e.g. table data are shown next to their graph interpretation).
Split Vertically Results are splitted vertically.
Show Statistics Summary statistics for all records in the table are shown at the bottom.
Export Exports the current records to MS Excel or Clipboard. Choose an option from the drop-down menu.
Select binary objects The binary object selected in the table is highlighted in the image after clicking this button.
Modify Table Columns Enables the user to select which columns are shown in the records table, change their name, format, and precision.
Turns on all the tracking features set in the tracking Settings... found under the drop-down arrow. These features help visualize objects tracked using Tracking nodes.
For more information about tracking capabilities, please see Tracking.