This function allows you to select a folder with FIB-SEM tiffs and sort these files in separate subfolders according to channel name, number of pixels, image size, and spacing of the images, corresponding to slice thickness. The files are sorted into subfolders of the output folder according to their metadata. This means that each time one of the above mentioned metadata changes from one image to the subsequent image, a new sub folder is created. Thus, subfolders with homogeneous metadata with respect to xyz-scaling and image size are created.
Note that this function only works if the tiff files have their default names assigned by the microscope (e.g. channel0_slice_0001.tiff or slice_0001.tiff)! All tiff files with other names are ignored by the function.

Parameter

Description

Input Folder

Selects the folder where the tiff files which should be sorted are saved. Click on to open a file browser and navigate to the respective folder. Note that this function does not include images from subfolders, all images that you want to be sorted have to be in this input folder!

Output Folder

Selects the folder where the subfolders with the sorted tiff files are placed. Click on to open a file browser and navigate to the respective folder. The function automatically creates subfolders in this folder.

File Operation

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Copy

Copies the images into the output folder. Your data is duplicated and remains unchanged in the input folder.

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Move

Moves the images from your input folder into the output directory.

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Hard Link

Creates links in the output folder to each image file in the input folder, i.e. the space occupied by the images on the hard disk remains unchanged.