sezelt/serconvert

MATLAB utility to convert *.ser files to images with optional scalebar.

serConvert

MATLAB utility to convert *.ser files to images with optional scalebar. Uses serReader() from Peter Ercius to read in files.

Usage

img = serConvert(...)

Options:

• fname: *.ser file name. If you do not specify fname a GUI file selection dialog will open.
• scalebar: 'on'/'off' (default: on) Whether to burn scalebar into image.
• save: true/false (default: true) Save image file with same name as the *.ser file in current directory.
• format: 'png','jpeg','tiff', etc (default: png) File format to save output image. Accepts any valid format for imwrite.
• power: float (default: 0.5) Gamma correction for image. 0.5 seems to give the usual contrast.
• scaleColor: 0.0-1.0 (default: auto) Intensity of the scalebar and text. Defaults to auto choice between 0 and 1, depending on the background intensity in the area of the image with the scalebar.
• show: 'on'/'off' (default: off) Display final image.

Returns img, the processed image with the gamma correction, scaled to [0,1], as a double precision float, rotated to match how it displays on the micrcoscope.

Example

img = serConvert('fname','19.34.26 Scanning Acquire.ser','show','on');