This topic explains the preprocessing and measurement part of the Layer Thickness Measurement Intellesis job template which is delivered with the software, see General Preparations. For general information about Intellesis, see Intellesis Segmentation. To use templates with AI models, Docker Desktop and a corresponding segmentation container need to be installed and running.

Image Processing

In the third step you have your Intellesis Segmentation step. Your input image is segmented based on a trained Model selected here. The segmentation output is fixed to Labels because this is required to detect the layer border in the later processing step.

Image Preprocessing

In this step you can preprocess the image using the available tool parameters. When entering this step, the software tries to detect the layers automatically. The edges of the layer will be marked by an overlay color. You can change the color of the overlay within the tool. Using the Rectangle button on top of the tool you can set up a measurement frame. The parameters under Find Edges and Filter Edges help you to detect and display the layers correctly. Under Intellesis Overlay, you can set the Opacity of the segmentation result in the image. An opacity of 0% displays only the image, an opacity of 100% displays only the segmentation result.

Layer Thickness Measurement

In this step you can set up the measurement and edit the detected layers/chords. To add a measurement, click on the layer within two detected edges. The layer thickness measurement will be automatically applied to the image. Activate the Automatic Detection checkbox to add multiple layer thickness measurements automatically. This is needed if there are a lot of layers in your sample to be measured and you do not want to click on each of them separately.

If you activate the Parallel Chords checkbox, all chords will be brought in exact parallel order. Activate the checkbox before clicking into the sample.

The layer thickness measurement will be displayed in line with a set of chords. In the Layer/Chord Editing tool the software provides a set of tools to edit the layers/chords after they have been added. You can remove, merge, or cut layers and even edit single measurement chords. Furthermore, you can use a pen for drawing missing layer edges or use the eraser for removing wrongly detected layer edges. As a result, you will get detailed layer thickness measurements for each specific sample.

To correct the midline of each specific sample, activate the Smoothing checkbox. It is deactivated by default. If you activate it, the midline will be smoothed, if necessary. Activate the checkbox before clicking into the sample, otherwise smoothing is not possible. It is available for both manual setting and Automatic detection.

Result View

At the end of each analysis the Results view is displayed. It shows all images and results of the measurement performed. Additionally, the original images are displayed as well. In the Image Selection tool on the left side, you can exclude images you do not want to have displayed within the result. If you click on the Statistics section within the tool, you can display all results of the analysis in a clearly structured table view. The Length of section is also displayed in the table view. It refers to the midline between chords.