The source code was designed for use
with Matlab version 5.1. Documentations for the source code
are supplied in Appendix C of the
M.Sc.
thesis by W. A. Watters (2000). Each Matlab script belongs
to one of the following categories: (1) database scripts for
managing different kinds of data and models, (2) image processing
scripts for obtaining serial contours, (3) scripts for manipulating
the contour data once it has been obtained (so-called "post-processing
scripts"), and (4) scripts that can be used to construct a mathematical
idealization of the morphology of
Namacalathus hermanastes.
It should be noted that these scripts were designed for a specific
application (i.e. the reconstruction of
Namacalathus),
and will normally require substantial modification before they
can be used effectively for other purposes. Moreover, many scripts
require the values of several parameters to be supplied in advance.
The most important parameters that must be predefined are listed
in the descriptions of each script in Appendix C of the M.Sc.
thesis. These scripts should be regarded mainly as a guide for
someone interested to design a similar process in Matlab for
their own purposes. All the procedures implemented in these
scripts are described in Chapters 2 and 3 of the M.Sc. thesis.
The software, Nuages, that was used to assemble the reconstruction
from tetrahedrons that connect contours in adjacent layers, can
be obtained
here
.