ChangeLog.m

%% VolumeCut: Cut images along custom surfaces
% Copyright (C) 2017,2018 Luca Della Santina
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% *Change log*
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% _*Version 3.0*            created on 2018-10-16 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  + New Mask visualization and math functions
%  + Scroll wheel in mask tab moves current Z plane visualized
%  + Logical operations between masks: unite, exclude, subtract, intersect
%  + Operations on mask: Revert to original, trace edges, invert
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% _*Version 2.3*            created on 2018-10-12 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  + Keep track on screen of file names of image and cut reference points 
%  + Automatically change matlab current working directory to Image file's
%  + Allows reuse of calculated surfaces to cut additional image stacks
%  + Units of measurements can be switched from pixels to microns
%  + Render volume generated a new plot every time is pressed
%  + Render window's title matches the type of rendered content(e.g Cut I)
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% _*Version 2.2*            created on 2018-10-11 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  + 3D Rendering of reference points and fitted surfaces 
%  + MIP projections on the walls of the 3D scene
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% _*Version 2.1*            created on 2018-10-09 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  + Correct rendering of anisotropic voxels
%  + New cut modes: Cut in Two/Three/Four parts
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% _*Version 2.0*            created on 2018-10-07 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  + Added Graphical interface using appdesigner
%  + Packaged into a matlab App
%  + Render the source and cut volumes using MATLAB's 3D renderer
%  + Added custom smoothing of interpolated surfaces
%  + Added custom Z offset for each individual surface
%  + Added project website
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% _*Version 1.5*            created on 2018-09-19 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  + Offset1 and offset2 can nowbe appliedto all cutting modes
%  + Both masks used to slice the volume are saved as -part1mask -part2mask
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% _*Version 1.4.1*            created on 2017-11-29 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  + Fixed bug in applying offset1 and offset2 to calculade midle plane
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% _*Version 1.4*             created on 2017-11-20 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  + Allows to cut at a custom distance from references planes when mode=1
%  + Added progress bars and verbose output for all the processing steps
%  + Added copyright statement
%  % Exmplained the three cutting modes more clearly
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% _*Version 1.3*             created on 2017-10-01 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  % Fixed double extension inserted into filenames, i.e. ".tif-part1.tif"
%  + Added new modes of slicing when using 2 set of coordinates
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%    Plane #1<->middle<->#2
%    Part1: From beginning of plane #1 to halfway between planes
%    Part2: From halfway between planes to plane #2
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%    Stack Start<->middle<->End mode:
%    Part1: From beginning of volume to halfway between planes
%    Part2: From halfway between planes to end of volume
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%    Inside/Outside planes mode:
%    Part1: volume outside the planes delimited by the coordinate sets
%    Part2: volume inside the planes delimited by the coordinate sets
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% _*Version 1.2.1*             created on 2017-09-07 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  + Reformatted documentation using proper MATLAB markup format
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% _*Version 1.2*               created on 2017-09-07 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  + When cutting with 2 set of reference points output stacks are:
%    "-part1.tif" voxels between top and middle surfaces (g1<->g3)
%    "-part2.tif" voxels between middle and bottom surfaces (g3<->g2)
%  + Allow Surface 1 and Surface 2 to be loaded opposite than expected
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% _*Version 1.1*               created on 2017-09-01 by Luca Della Santina_
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%  % bug fixed the file selector for reference points
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% _*Version 1.0*               created on 2017-09-01 by Luca Della Santina_
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