ρ-MtreeRing: A Graphical User Interface for X-ray Microdensity Analysis

Wood microdensitometry provides an integrated measurement of inter and intra-annual changes in wood anatomy and lignification. Although it can be acquired through a wide array of techniques, X-ray-based techniques are still the standard. Conversion of a grayscale X-ray image to density and annual ri...

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Published inForests Vol. 12; no. 10; p. 1405
Main Authors García-Hidalgo, Miguel, García-Pedrero, Ángel M., Caetano-Sánchez, Cristina, Gómez-España, Marcos, Lillo-Saavedra, Mario, Olano, José Miguel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2021
Subjects
Algorithms
Applications programs
Calibration
Cell division
Computer programs
dendrochronology
densitometry
Freeware
Graphical user interface
Image analysis
Image processing
Light
Open source software
Public domain
shiny graphical user interface (GUI)
Software
tree ring
User interface
wood density
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Summary:Wood microdensitometry provides an integrated measurement of inter and intra-annual changes in wood anatomy and lignification. Although it can be acquired through a wide array of techniques, X-ray-based techniques are still the standard. Conversion of a grayscale X-ray image to density and annual ring boundaries delimitation is performed through image analysis software. Proprietary software has dominated these applications, albeit Free Open Source Software (FOSS) has been developed recently. We present ρ-MtreeRing, a user-friendly FOSS that streamlines the entire microdensitometry analysis process through a graphical user interface based on Shiny R Software without any programming knowledge. We compared the results of this program with the most widely used commercial software (WinDendro), showing the validity of the results. ρ-MtreeRing can be personalized and developed by the microdensitometry research community.
ISSN:1999-4907
1999-4907
DOI:10.3390/f12101405