ρ-MtreeRing: A Graphical User Interface for X-ray Microdensity Analysis
Open Access
- 15 October 2021
- Vol. 12 (10), 1405
- https://doi.org/10.3390/f12101405
Abstract
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 -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. -MtreeRing can be personalized and developed by the microdensitometry research community.
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Funding Information
- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (CGL2017-87309-P, ANID/FONDAP/15130015, Project PROWARM (PID2020-118444GA-I00))
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (RP200060107)
- Junta de Castilla y León (VA171P20)
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