Bio-Rad Image Lab™ Software - Manual (Page 127)

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6 Analyzing Images
Analysis Tool Box tools are enabled when an image file is opened and in focus. An
active or “in focus” window has a darker blue menu bar on a Windows PC. On a
Macintosh, the window control icons display more brightly when a window is active.
This distinction helps you to identify the active window among many open image
files in your workspace.
Image Types
Image Lab™ creates three types of images:
 Single-channel images
 Linked multichannel images
 Unlinked multichannel images
The multichannel view in a multichannel image is a merged display of single
channels. You can have up to three images in the multichannel image. The linked
multichannel image is acquired using the multichannel protocol. Unlinked
multichannel images are generated by combining several images using the Create
Multichannel Image feature.
The Analysis Tool Box tools work differently on these images. Some tools, such as
lane detection, when applied to one channel in a linked multichannel image,
propagate the changes to all the other channels. With unlinked multichannel
images, lane detection must be applied separately to each channel.