Hi Gabrielle,
In my lab we use the cell counter in ImageJ to individually mark and
total different retinal ganglion cells on retinal tissues from pictures.
This would probably work really well for your coral polyps. Here is a
link to ImageJ:
http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/download.html
Once installed, just open your picture though the program. Then go to
Plugins at the top, select 'Analyze', and then select 'Cell counter'. Once
the cell counter window pops up, click the Initialize button. Select the
counter you want (e.g. type 1, 2, etc...) and then click on each polyp. It
will add up the total in the cell counter window. Hope this helps.
All the Best,
Patrice Baumhardt, M.S.
Research Assistant
Purdue University
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Gabrielle Corradino <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am currently working on a percent recovery project with a temperate stony
> coral. I am looking for the most accurate way to count the individual coral
> polyps on a colony. I was thinking about taking multiple pictures and
> trying
> to count on the computer instead of by hand to minimize the error.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions that they found successful? Is there a
> method
> in photoshop for this type of thing?
>
> Thank you in advance!
> Gabrielle
>
>
>
>
> Graduate Student
> SCSU
> http://gabriellecorradino.wix.com/gabriellecorradino
>
