Image Acquisition
Most image processing programs are designed to start by loading an image from disk. IGOR provides some facilities for acquiring images directly from a camera or from a video source. This capability means that you can skip the steps involved in using two separate programs: the first to control the acquisition and the second for data analysis.
Image acquisition is hardware dependent and is usually implemented through specific IGOR plugins (XOPs). WaveMetrics provides a number of XOPs that follow common design guidelines to maximize compatibility of user procedures across platforms and across imaging hardware.
| SensoGrabber | An XOP that supports the Sensoray model 611 framegrabber board. This is a relatively inexpensive standard framegrabber board for NTSC, PAL, SECAM and RS-170. As of August 2008 it is not clear if Sensoray will offer VISTA drivers for this board. |
| VFWGrabber | An XOP that supports Video For Windows. This is an old technology which seemed to be fading from the Windows platform. It was commonly used in lower end desktop video devices. |
| QTGrabber | An XOP that supports many forms of image acquisition for QuickTime-compliant devices. For example, you can use this XOP to acquire images from consumer level DV cameras connected to your computer via FireWire. The latest version of the XOP provides access to some IIDC controls of QuickTime-compliant FireWire inputs. |
In addition to the XOPs listed above, you can use the XOP Toolkit to write your own custom XOP or purchase a specific XOP from a third party.
Image Acquisition Example
See the Image Acquisition Example in the gallery for an example of image acquisition using IGOR.
Last updated: Thursday, August 28, 2008