Lots of black around MIRAX slides

[Adam Goode]

Hi Andrew,

I have not forgotten about this! I just don't have as much time as I
would like right now. I will get to it eventually if someone doesn't
figure it out first!


Thanks,

Adam


On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 15:29,  <ajwood at mta.ca> wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> Attached is a sample slidedat.ini file from my slides. I hope it's useful :)
>
> Andrew
>
>
> Quoting Adam Goode <adam at spicenitz.org>:
>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> This is a problem, I agree. There should be a way to get the actual
>> bounding box of the image, unfortunately no such way currently exists.
>>
>> It may be the case that we are failing to read some new feature of
>> MIRAX. Is it possible for you to attach your SLIDEDAT.INI file to this
>> thread? If you need to remove identifying information first, please do
>> so by replacing with XXXX or such.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 15:05,  <ajwood at mta.ca> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'll narrow my question down a little bit... The dimensions I get back from
>> > `openslide_get_layer_dimensions` seem to always be larger than the actual
>> > image. For roughly square images, the y dimension is about twice as large
>> as
>> > the x dimension.
>> >
>> > Is there a good way to get the dimensions of the actual image area (i.e.
>> the
>> > blob somewhere in a middle where alpha>0)?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Andrew
>> >
>> >
>> > Quoting ajwood at mta.ca:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I'm noticing that when I read MIRAX slides, there is a lot of black around
>> >> the
>> >> valuable part of the image. This black doesn't show up when I convert the
>> >> slides with a Windows proprietary conversion software, but it does when I
>> >> read
>> >> the slides with OpenSlide.
>> >>
>> >> Is the proprietary software simply smart enough to crop away the black, or
>> am
>> >> I
>> >> maybe reading the slide incorrectly?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Andrew
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