diff --git a/_pages/plugins/readplate.md b/_pages/plugins/readplate.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d14d1a632 --- /dev/null +++ b/_pages/plugins/readplate.md @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +--- +title: ReadPlate +description: Measure absorbance values from photographs of 6-, 12-, 24-, 48-, or 96-well plates. +categories: [Analysis, Color Processing] +doi: 10.1002/bmb.21139 + +name: ReadPlate +initial-release-date: "2015" +team-founder: "José María Delfino" +team-maintainer: "José María Delfino" +support-status: Active +source-label: GitHub +source-url: https://github.com/ghanerka/ReadPlate +--- + +ReadPlate is an ImageJ macro for measuring light intensity and calculating +uncorrected, blank, and blank-corrected absorbance values from a color +photograph of a multi-well plate. ReadPlate 3.0 supports 6 (3x2), 12 (4x3), +24 (6x4), 48 (8x6), and 96 (12x8) well plates. + +## Installation + +ReadPlate is distributed through this Fiji update site: + +{% include link-banner url="https://ghanerka.github.io/ReadPlate/" %} + +In Fiji, choose {% include bc path='Help|Update...' %}, open **Manage update +sites**, and enable **ReadPlate**. If the canonical registry still shows the +older unavailable URL, use **Add Unlisted Site** with the URL above. Apply the +changes and restart Fiji. The command is then available at {% include bc path='Plugins|ReadPlate 3.0' %}. + +The update site installs the macro together with its original HTML +documentation and sample 96-well plate image. + +## Requirements + +- ImageJ 1.43h or newer +- A 24-bit RGB plate image + +Version 3.0 was tested with ImageJ 1.53c and Java 8. Before running it, choose +{% include bc path='Analyze|Set Measurements...' %} and enable Area, Standard +Deviation, Min & Max Gray Value, Mean Gray Value, Modal Gray Value, and Add to +Overlay. Set Redirect to None and Decimal Places to 3. + +## Use + +1. Open a color photograph of a plate whose borders are aligned with the image. +2. Run {% include bc path='Plugins|ReadPlate 3.0' %}. +3. Select the plate format. +4. Draw a center-to-center rectangular selection from the upper-left to the + lower-right corner well. +5. Select the red, green, blue, or gray measurement channel. +6. Adjust the main and ancillary circle-grid parameters, verify the overlay, + and collect measurements. +7. Inspect and optionally save the Results table. Corrected absorbance is + reported as `Acorr`. + +The full original documentation, macro, sample image, release checksums, and +citation metadata are available from the [ReadPlate source +repository](https://github.com/ghanerka/ReadPlate) and its [3.0 +release](https://github.com/ghanerka/ReadPlate/releases/tag/v3.0.0). + +## Citation + +Angelani CR, Carabias P, Cruz KM, Delfino JM, *et al.* (2018). “A Metabolic +Control Analysis Approach to Introduce the Study of Systems in Biochemistry: +the Glycolytic Pathway in the Red Blood Cell.” *Biochemistry and Molecular +Biology Education* 46(5): 502–515. [doi:10.1002/bmb.21139](https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21139)