The Color-coded projection function generates a maximum intensity projection image along the z-, or time-dimension of a multidimensional data set. Instead of using the colors assigned to the channels, it displays the position in z or in time with a color gradient.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Palette

Sets the color-pattern for the projection.

ROI

Specifies the range of the dimension (chosen below) which will be used for the projection.

Dimension

Selects whether to perform the projection along the time (T) or along the z-axis (Z). Only dimensions which are available in your data set are shown.

Quantitative

Activated: Uses a quantitative method which first creates a maximum intensity projection and then determines at which plane a pixel was located. After that it attributes a color of the LUT to the pixel. This method can sometimes produce abrupt transitions, but the pixel color representing depth or time corresponds correctly to the colors in the annotation.

Deactivated: This method attributes a color of the LUT to each plane and then separates the result into RGB channels. Subsequently, it creates a maximum intensity projection of each RGB channel and then combines the results into one image. Note that while this might result in a more pleasantly looking image, the method can produce colors which do not correspond to colors in the annotation!