Creating Custom Statistical Features
- You are in the Statistics step of the image analysis wizard.
- Select a class in the list and click Define Custom Feature.
- The Custom Statistic Feature Editor opens. All already defined features are displayed in the list, or on initial opening an empty default entry is already created.
- In the Custom Features list, click
to add a new entry. Alternatively, if no feature has been defined yet, select the automatically displayed default entry.
- A new entry is added to the list.
- Under Define Custom Feature, define the Name for your feature and optionally specify a Unit, if applicable.
- In the Define Operands list, click
to add a new operand. Alternatively, if no feature has been defined yet, select the automatically displayed default entry
- A new operand entry is created.
- Select the Class which is used to generate the operand.
- In the Features dropdown list, select the measurement feature that you want to use to define the operand.
- Select the Statistical Operation the operand is used for.
- The selected class and measurement feature are displayed as Expression.
- Repeat the previous steps to define all operands you need to calculate your custom statistical feature.
- All defined operands are displayed in the Define Operands list.
- Under Define Custom Expression, enter your operands and click on the mathematical operators to define the calculation for your custom statistical feature, e.g.
100*(a/b+Math.Pow(c,2)).
- Click Verify Expression.
- The syntax of your expression is checked and verified. In case the expression is not valid, an error message is displayed.
- Repeat this whole workflow to create all custom statistical features required for the image analysis.
- All created features are displayed in the Custom Features list of the respective class.
- Click OK.
- The editor closes and saves the defined custom features. They are displayed in the list of the Statistics step of the analysis wizard.