Man1 - pgmabel.1

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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 calculation 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.
-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.
-factor factor
User defined factor for enhancement of the output. Use a factor less than 1 for decreasing gary values. Default is 1.0.
-pixsize pixsize
The size of a pixel for getting scale invariant. Default is 0.1.
-left
Calculate only the left side of the image. You cannot specify both left and right.
-right
Analogous to -left.
-verbose
print information about the calculation.

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

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-22 Tue 17:02