[ome-users] strange (bad?) meta data with bfopen for MetaXpress

Melissa Linkert melissa at glencoesoftware.com
Wed Mar 25 22:13:00 GMT 2015


Hi Mario,

> correcting my own email from 30min ago:
> 
> I've checked the current trunk for below-mentioned fix, and I think
> several values are fine now. There are some exceptions where I'm
> uncertain about the value:
>   "AbsoluteZ"        = "2096309"
>   "CameraChipOffset" = "2096260"
>   "Gamma"            = "2096317"
>   "PlaneProperty"    = "2097094"
>   "StagePosition"    = "2096244"
> 
> To me, these look possibly incorrect (and actually look more like TIFF
> offsets than values). Is that possible?

That certainly seems likely.  As with the PageNumber issue, we won't
have a fix for this in 5.1.0, but a ticket is now open:

http://trac.openmicroscopy.org/ome/ticket/12802

Regards,
-Melissa

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 12:48:12PM +0100, Mario Emmenlauer wrote:
> 
> Dear Bio-Formats developers,
> 
> correcting my own email from 30min ago:
> 
> I've checked the current trunk for below-mentioned fix, and I think
> several values are fine now. There are some exceptions where I'm
> uncertain about the value:
>   "AbsoluteZ"        = "2096309"
>   "CameraChipOffset" = "2096260"
>   "Gamma"            = "2096317"
>   "PlaneProperty"    = "2097094"
>   "StagePosition"    = "2096244"
> 
> To me, these look possibly incorrect (and actually look more like TIFF
> offsets than values). Is that possible?
> 
> The image I used is the same as before:
>    http://data.marssoft.de/b0BCDSL-T070_wD07_s4_z0_t1_cCy5_u001.tif
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>     Mario
> 
> 
> 
> On 22.01.2015 15:44, Mario Emmenlauer wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Melissa,
> > 
> > On 21.01.2015 23:31, Melissa Linkert wrote:
> >> Hi Mario,
> >>
> >>> attached is an image from MetaXpress, where I try to read all
> >>> available meta data. However there are some values that seem not
> >>> to make sense, can you please help if there is a bug, or if the
> >>> values are indeed correct, or possibly if the issue is in Meta-
> >>> Xpress that stores weired values? Examples are:
> >>>     Channel #0 Laser focus score    8.2890462076516E-310
> >>>     Channel #0 Camera Bit Depth     8.289046E-317
> >>
> >> Thank you for the bug report - this is indeed a bug in Bio-Formats.  We
> >> have a fix under review now:
> >>
> >> http://github.com/openmicroscopy/bioformats/pull/1537
> >>
> >> I would expect that to be included in the upcoming 5.0.7 and 5.1.0
> >> releases.
> > 
> > Thanks for the very quick fix, its appreciated! I'll wait for the
> > 5.0.7 or 5.1.0 releases to check the result.
> > 
> > All the best,
> > 
> >     Mario
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> Regards,
> >> -Melissa
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 08:52:41PM +0100, Mario Emmenlauer wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Dear Bio-Formats developers,
> >>>
> >>> attached is an image from MetaXpress, where I try to read all
> >>> available meta data. However there are some values that seem not
> >>> to make sense, can you please help if there is a bug, or if the
> >>> values are indeed correct, or possibly if the issue is in Meta-
> >>> Xpress that stores weired values? Examples are:
> >>>     Channel #0 Laser focus score    8.2890462076516E-310
> >>>     Channel #0 Camera Bit Depth     8.289046E-317
> >>>
> >>> These (and some others) seem not to make sense(?) Attached is
> >>> also the meta data that I can extract with Bio-Formats from the
> >>> latest Fiji, I believe version Bio-Formats 5.0.6.
> >>>
> >>> All the best,
> >>>
> >>>      Mario
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -- 
> >>> Mario Emmenlauer BioDataAnalysis             Mobil: +49-(0)151-68108489
> >>> Balanstrasse 43                    mailto: mario.emmenlauer * unibas.ch
> >>> D-81669 München                          http://www.marioemmenlauer.de/
> >>
> >>
> >>> Key	Value
> >>>  BitsPerPixel	16
> >>>  DimensionOrder	XYCZT
> >>>  IsInterleaved	false
> >>>  IsRGB	false
> >>>  LittleEndian	true
> >>>  PixelType	uint16
> >>>  Series 0 Name
> >>>  SizeC	1
> >>>  SizeT	1
> >>>  SizeX	1392
> >>>  SizeY	1040
> >>>  SizeZ	1
> >>> AbsoluteZ	2096309
> >>> AbsoluteZValid	0
> >>> AutoScale	1
> >>> AutoScaleHiInfo	0/1
> >>> AutoScaleLoInfo	0/1
> >>> Binning	1 x 1
> >>> BitsPerSample	16
> >>> CalibrationUnits	ume
> >>> Camera Shutter	Always Open
> >>> CameraBin	1x1
> >>> CameraChipOffset	2096260
> >>> Channel #0 Camera Bit Depth	8.289046E-317
> >>> Channel #0 ImageXpress Micro Filter Cube	Cy5
> >>> Channel #0 ImageXpress Micro Objective	10X S Fluor
> >>> Channel #0 ImageXpress Micro Shutter	Open
> >>> Channel #0 Laser focus score	8.2890462076516E-310
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor Blue Intensity	8.289046E-317
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor Blue Shutter	Closed
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor Cyan Intensity	8.289046E-317
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor Cyan Shutter	Closed
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor Green/Yellow Intensity	8.289046E-317
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor Green/Yellow Shutter	Closed
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor Red Intensity	8.289046E-317
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor Red Shutter	Closed
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor Teal Intensity	8.289046E-317
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor Teal Shutter	Closed
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor UV Intensity	8.289046E-317
> >>> Channel #0 Lumencor UV Shutter	Closed
> >>> Channel #0 _IllumSetting_	Cy5
> >>> Channel #0 _MagNA_	8.28904606E-316
> >>> Channel #0 _MagRI_	8.289046E-317
> >>> Channel #0 _MagSetting_	10X S Fluor
> >>> Clear Count	2
> >>> Clear Mode	CLEAR PRE SEQUENCE
> >>> Compression	LZW
> >>> DateTime	19/03/2014 12:59:47:667
> >>> Digitizer	20 MHz
> >>> Exposure	100 ms
> >>> FillOrder	Pixels with lower column values are stored in the higher order bits of a byte
> >>> Frames to Average	1
> >>> Gain	Gain 1 (1x)
> >>> Gamma	2096317
> >>> ImageLength	1040
> >>> ImageWidth	1392
> >>> LastSavedTime	19/03/2014 12:59:47:790
> >>> Location	/tmp/b0BCDSL-T070_wD07_s4_z0_t1_cCy5_u001.tif
> >>> MaxScale	4095
> >>> MetaDataPhotometricInterpretation	Monochrome
> >>> MinScale	194
> >>> Name	Cy5
> >>> NewLUT	8
> >>> NewSubfileType	0
> >>> NumberOfChannels	1
> >>> PhotometricInterpretation	BlackIsZero
> >>> PlanarConfiguration	Chunky
> >>> PlaneProperty	2097094
> >>> Predictor	Horizontal differencing
> >>> Region	1392 x 1040, offset at (0, 0)
> >>> ResolutionUnit	Inch
> >>> SamplesPerPixel	1
> >>> Shading	Off
> >>> Software	MetaMorph 3.1.0.79
> >>> Spatial Calibration	on
> >>> StagePosition	2096244
> >>> StandardLUT	monochrome
> >>> Subtract	Off
> >>> Temperature	-29.85
> >>> ThreshState	off
> >>> ThreshStateBlue	64
> >>> ThreshStateGreen	128
> >>> ThreshStateHi	65535
> >>> ThreshStateLo	0
> >>> ThreshStateRed	255
> >>> Trigger Mode	Normal (TIMED)
> >>> Wavelength	692
> >>> XCalibration	645/1000
> >>> XResolution	72
> >>> YCalibration	645/1000
> >>> YResolution	72
> >>> Zoom	35
> >>> grayFit	4
> >>> grayMax	-1/1
> >>> grayMin	-1/1
> >>> grayPointCount	0
> >>> grayX	-1/1
> >>> grayY	-1/1
> >>
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> > 
> 
> -- 
> A: Yes.
> > Q: Are you sure?
> >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
> 
> Mario Emmenlauer BioDataAnalysis             Mobil: +49-(0)151-68108489
> Balanstrasse 43                    mailto: mario.emmenlauer * unibas.ch
> D-81669 München                          http://www.biodataanalysis.de/
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