WinRHIZO TRON
WinRHIZO Tron & Tron MF are manual root measurement programs that allow
you to analyse images coming from minirhizotron underground video
camera systems or other sources that do not always offer a good contrast
between roots and their background.
The main difference between the two Tron versions:
- WinRHIZO Tron analyses one frame at a time;
- WinRHIZO Tron MF analyses multiple frames simultaneously (MF=Multiple Frames).
Features of both Versions
In order to measure roots with WinRHIZO Tron you must manually trace them with the mouse over the image. As you
trace
roots to indicate their presence, WinRHIZO Tron measures them and
display complete morphological information on screen. Any root segment
or node can be modified (moved, re-sized, deleted or added) by clicking
the mouse orpressing keyboard keys. As you modify the roots,
morphological measurements and data in files are automatically updated.
The
distribution of root length, area, volume or number of tips is
displayed as a function of diameter in a graphic above the image. The
color classes are the same as those used to draw the roots in the image.
WinRHIZO Tron measures the real root diameter distribution rather than
the average diameter as some other programs do. If a root segment
encompasses three diameter classes, for example, the root length will be
distributed among those three classes rather than only in the average
class.
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