GLOBAL LABImage/2®

Flexible, easy-to-use graphical imageanalysis software for scientific andgeneral-purpose imaging applications

■ The 3.5 version of GLI/2 adds four newtools, new analysis capabilities, toolenhancements, and more!

■ Multiple programming developmentlevels allow you to do everything fromcode-less graphical program develop-ment to developing complete applica-tions and custom tools in Visual C++®.

■ A complete library of tools isprovided for measurement, analysis,and image processing tasks.

■ GLI/2 supports a wide range ofData Translation frame grabbers,allowing you to perfectly match theframe grabber type needed for yourimaging requirements.

■ Device Managercentralizes the devicesettings of all inputdevices, such as frame grabbers, digitaland serial I/O boards, channels and set-tings, pixel rates, etc. The option to addthird-party settings is also included.

Enhanced!

GLOBAL LAB Image/2 is a Windows-based image analysis application that providespowerful tools and an easy-to use programming environment.

• Blob Analysis• Gauge • Line Profile • Histogram• Match

ImageAnalysis Tools:

SystemUtility/FileTools:

Image CaptureDisplay Tools:

ProgrammingScript Tools:

• Calibration• ROI Manager• File Manager• Text• Pixel Change• Image Manager• Serial I/O• Sound

• Arithmetic • Filter • Threshold• Morphology• Polar Unwrap

• Picture • Display • AVI Player• TWAIN

• Custom Script • Point & Click

Script

Key Features

GLOBAL LAB Image/2 Tools

Image Pre-ProcessingTools

Enhanced!

• Color Plane• Edge Finder• Prompt• Image Modifier• Import/Export• Digital I/O

• ROI Shape Fitter

New!Version 3.5New!Version 3.5

GLI/2 – A Complete ImageAnalysis SolutionGLI/2 is a complete, customizable imageanalysis package that is ideal for scientific and general-purpose imaging applicationsrequiring measuring, classifying, edge-tracking, counting, size distribution analy-sis, as well as other measurement andanalysis tasks. Providing multiple programdevelopment levels and a complete libraryof image analysis tools, GLI/2 is the all-in-one solution you need to solve your com-plex imaging applications.

Easy, Flexible Program GenerationDesigned for a wide range of users withdifferent expertise levels, GLI/2 providesthree different development levels for program generation flexibility. You canuse GLI/2 three different ways:

❶ As an out-of-the-box, stand-aloneimaging application with an extensiveselection of pre-defined image processingand analysis tools. Use the Point & ClickScript Tool to quickly build programs bysimply pointing and clicking on the tooloperations desired — all graphically andwithout writing code!

❷ As a development environment for creating custom imaging applications —using GLI/2’s object-oriented API functioncalls.

❸ As a base for the addition of customimaging tools — simply modify the libraryof tools included or create your own usingthe underlying object-oriented API func-tion calls.With its multiple development levels, youcan use GLI/2 in the way that best suitsyour programming expertise.

Extensive Tool LibraryGLI/2 provides an extensive library oftools, each useable individually in a Point& Click Script Program. All tool user inter-faces have been designed for ease-of-useand quick implementation.

Customizable andExtensibleSince no two imaging applica-tions are alike, GLI/2 providesthe flexibility you need to easilydevelop programs and cus-tomized imaging tools — allow-ing you to tailor the software tofit your specific applicationneeds. All of the functionality ofthe main application and toollibrary is supplied in the under-lying Application ProgramInterface (API) function calls,accessible using Microsoft VisualC++. The accompanying User’s andAPI manuals include concise infor-mation on custom tools, scripting,and the API, as well as step-by-step exam-ples to guide you through the process.

Complete Documentation andOn-Line HelpGLI/2 comes complete with hard-copy aswell as on-line documentation. A detailedUser’s and API manual set is provided, aswell as context-sensitive on-line help. Alltool user interfaces, library calls, andapplication commands are detailed withstep-by-step examples, making it easy tolearn how to use the many powerful func-tions and features available in GLI/2.

Image Analysis Tools:Blob Analysis ToolThe Blob Analysis Tool calculatesover 70 calibrated measurements

and statistics quickly and easily for allblobs (particles). You can find blobs in asingle image, in multiple images, andeven in different parts of multiple images.The tool supports an unlimited number ofchild blobs.

Gauge Tool

The Gauge Tool contains over 40gauging and measurement func-

tions, allowing you to measure variousparameters of the image in calibratedunits. Functions include Height, Width,Round-ness, Perimeter, Min/Max

Distance, Perpendicular Distance, LineLength, Color Average, Intersection Angleand more.

Line Profile ToolThe Line Profile Tool lets you cre-ate and analyze line profiles of

images. It allows you to add an unlimitednumber of line profiles to the same graph.You can add line profiles from multiple images and multiple viewports. This toolsupports all three line ROI types (straight,poly, and freehand) and they can be anythickness for smoothing out noisy images.You can take any derivative you like andthen find edges, sets of edges, peaks, and sets of peaks easily and automatically. The Line Profile Tool also allows you tomeasure distances along lines with cali-brated sub-pixel accuracy.

Histogram ToolThe Histogram Tool lets you create histograms of images, and

allows multiple histograms to be placed on the same graph for easy comparison.The graphs can be easily customized,sized, zoomed, printed, and more.

Match ToolThe Match Toolcompares the captured image to a

known gold standard image and correlatesa percentage score.

GLOBAL LAB Image/2 supports Data Translationframe grabbers, including monochrome, variable-scan, color, and digital-input types.

OS: Windows 2000/XPImage Analysis Software

GLOBAL LAB Image/2

Enhanced!

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Image Pre-Processing Tools:Arithmetic ToolThe Arithmetic Tool performsmultiple arithmetic operations

on two input images, placing the result in an output image.

Filter ToolThe Filter Tool lets you perform a filter (convolution) on a given

image. The tool supports a large numberof popular filters like Mean, Sobel, andLaplacian, and allows for adding customsingle or dual kernels from 1x1 up to 7x7.

Threshold ToolThe Threshold Tool lets youthreshold an image to create a

binary image. It provides true colorthresholding and multiple region thresh-olding with histogram support. Newcapabilities include an automatic thresh-olding function that operates on mono-chrome, RGB plane, HSL (hue), and lumi-nance (Y) image data.

Morphology ToolThe Morphology Tool lets yourun binary morphology operations

on a binary image. It provides Erosion,Dilation, Opening, Closing,Skeletonization, and Watershedmorphological operations.

Polar Unwrap ToolThe Polar Unwrap Tool takes acircular image and that can easily

be measured. It transforms images frompolar co-ordinates to rectangular co-ordi-nates by using bi-linear interpolation/re-mapping operations.

System Utility/File Utility Tools:Calibration ToolThe Calibration Tool takes fourpairs of pixel-to-real world coor-

dinate points and creates a calibrationobject. You can have multiple calibrationobjects in the system at once, allowing you to support a multiple-camera system.Calibration objects can be re-named andsaved/restored to/from disk as needed.The tool supports sub-pixel measure-ments. It also supports a Full ProjectiveTransformation so your camera can belocated anywhere with respect to anobject; it does not have to be normal to the plane.

ROI Manager ToolThe ROI Manager Tool lets youcreate and analyze ROIs. The tool

supports point, rectangular, elliptical,straight line, polyline, freehand line, poly-freehand and freehand ROIs. You can addsimilar groups of ROIs that are alignedwith one another quickly and easily.

File Manager ToolThe File Manager Tool lets youimport images from disk in any

of 23 popular file formats, and writeimages in either Windows BMP or TIFFfile formats.

Text ToolThe Text Tool lets you createmulti-line text that can be edited

and positioned in the image. You canspecify background and foreground color(including transparent), place the text inthe image or in its transparent overlay,and specify size and font.

Pixel Change ToolThe Pixel Change Tool lets youeasily modify pixel values in an

image or the image’s transparent overlay.Image Manager ToolThe Image Manager Tool lets youeasily manage images in memory.

You can view a list of images in memory,determine the name and attributes of each image, view a thumbnail of animage, delete an image, select an imageinto the active viewport, create a newimage, or rename an image.

Digital I/O ToolThe Digital I/O Tool is a universaltool for all supported Digital

Input/Output boards to interface to exter-nal peripherals.

Serial I/O ToolThe Serial I/O Tool lets you sendand receive data through the

serial port(s) of your PC, enabling you tointerface GLI/2 to peripheral equipment.

Sound ToolThe Sound Tool lets you playWAV sound files using any

standard, configured sound card.Color Plane Tool

The Color Plane Tool lets you per-form operations on color images

to extract and separate chromatic informa-tion. Enhancements include HSL image

processing which allows for true hue-based operations to be performed in addi-tion to standard RGB, luminance (Y),Inphase (I) and Quadrature (Q) operations.The resultant chromatic data can then beused for performing operations with othertools that handle color data, such as theMeasurement Tool, Blob Tool, HistogramTool, Threshold Tool, etc.

Edge Finder Tool

The Edge Finder Tool lets youextract edges and contours from a

binary image. The resultant edge(s) can beused for performing precise measure-ments with the MeasurementTool.

ROI Shape Fitter Tool

The ROI Shape Fitter Tool allowsROIs to be fit to a particular edge

or contour found within a binary by trans-forming them into the appropriate shape.Used for fitting straight lines to edges, cir-cles to arcs, etc. Provides Center ofGravity, Radius, and other measured crite-ria. The resultant fitted ROIs can also beused by other tools for additional mea-surements.

Import/Export Tool

The Import/Export Tool allowsyou to import and export vari-

able data and images in real-timebetween GLI/2 and external applica-tions, such as Visual Basic, Delphi,MATLAB, etc.

Prompt Tool

The Prompt Tool allows your pro-gram to interact with the user

during execution. When encountered in ascript, the Prompt Tool presents a dialogbox allowing the user to input requestedinformation (i.e. - yes/no, name, samplenumber, etc.). The program can then actupon the data to perform specific or mul-tiple operations.

Image Modifier ToolThe Image Modifier Tool allowsyou to select images to be rotat-

ed, scaled, cropped, flipped, andzoomed.Image Capture/Display Tools:

Picture ToolThe Picture Tool lets you acquireimages using Data Translation’s

supported frame grabber boards. The toolincludes two forms of live video support,live video acquire, acquire to disk, acquireto memory, capture to AVI file, image

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averaging, software selectable board con-trols, triggering, multiple channel sup-port, multiple frame grabber support,user-configurable default settings andmore. New features include user-selec-table date and time-stamps for each AVIframe captured and enhanced image cap-ture and data handling.

Display ToolThe Display Tool lets you specify how you would like toview a grayscale image. You can

view the same image many different ways in different viewports simultane-ously. You can bring out small hiddendetails, show images with false coloring,increase contrast and brightness, invert,step, and more. You can even modify theoutput look-up table on a pixel-by-pixel

basis using drag-and drop. AVI Player Tool The AVI Player Tool lets you

play AVI video clips, as well as single-step, pause and select individual imagesto be saved for further image processing

and analysis operations.TWAIN Tool The TWAIN Tool lets you import

TWAIN format image files from scanners,digital cameras, and many other TWAIN-compatible devices.Programming/Script Tools:

Point & Click Script ToolThe Point & Click Script Toolmakes it simple to design, build

and test a custom application. No pro-gramming is required. Just point and clickon the operations and the tool automati-cally saves the complete script. Scripts areeasily modified to fit your needs.

Custom Script ToolThe Custom Script Tool allowsyou to design, build, and test

your custom application using a BASIC-type programming language. Scripts aresaved in a text file format.

Flexible Image File SupportGLI/2 supports a wide range of image filetypes, including binary, 8-, 16-, and 32-bitgrayscale, floating point grayscale, andtrue 24-bit color. 8-, 16- and 24-bit AVIfiles, as well as TWAIN image formats, arealso supported.

Technical SupportAs you develop your application, supportis available when you need it. PriorityTelephone Support is available from yourpoint of purchase during your 90 daywarranty period; you can also requestcomplimentary support via e-mail or faxat any time. Extensive information is alsoavailable 24 hours a day on our web siteat www.datatranslation.com, including example programs, updates, applicationnotes, a searchable Knowledge Base, and much more. Additional supportoptions are available; contact your DataTranslation representative for details.

All Data Translation software products are covered by a 90-day war-ranty. For pricing information, see a current price list, visit our website, or contact your local reseller.

GLI/2 includes a software license, installation CD-ROM,User’s manual, and API manual.

GLI/2 Software Packages

■ GLI/2 Scientific Imaging Software SP1500-CD

■ GLI/2 3.0 to GLI/2 3.5 Upgrade SP1500-UD

■ IBM PC compatible (Pentium with Triton PCI chipsetor better recommended)

■ Minumum 128 MB RAM, 256 recommended■ SVGA monitor■ 100 MB of free hard disk space■ PCI interface if using a frame grabber board■ CD-ROM■ Sound card (optional for multimedia online help)

Software ■ Windows 2000/XP operating system■ Visual C/C++ 6.0 or better (optional for creating cus-

tom tools and applications)

Frame Grabber (Optional)Supported Data Translation PCI boards:

■ DT3162 — High speed variable-scan frame grabber■ DT3145 — Digital Camera Link frame grabber■ DT3120 — Single-channel composite monochrome

and color PCI frame grabber■ DT3152 — Variable-scan frame grabber■ DT3153 — Color NTSC/PAL frame grabber■ DT3154 — RGB color frame grabber■ DT3155 — Monochrome frame grabber■ DT3157 — 8 to 16-bit digital frame grabber

DT3130 Series PCI Frame Grabbers■ DT3131 — Single frame grabber, 3 inputs (muxed),

1 active (RS-170/NTSC, CCIR/PAL)■ DT3132 — Double frame grabber, 6 inputs (muxed),

2 simultaneously active (RS-170/NTSC, CCIR/PAL)■ DT3133 — Triple frame grabber, 9 inputs (muxed),

3 simultaneously active (RS-170/NTSC, CCIR/PAL)

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System Requirements

Ordering Summary

OS: Windows 2000/XPImage Analysis Software

GLOBAL LAB Image/2

GLI/2 is ideal for scientific applications ofall kinds.

Data Translation, Inc. ● US/Canada: (800) 525-8528 (508) 481-3700 ● info@datx.com ● UK: (44) (0) 1256 3333 30 ● Germany: (49) 7142-9531-0 ● www.datatranslation.com