Gareth McCathie

Oxford Biomedica
Gareth gained a PhD in Biomedical Science from the University of Sheffield. He is currently Principal Scientist (Computer Aided Biology) at Oxford Biomedica.

Articles by Gareth McCathie

How to Start Using Coding to Automate Image Analysis Part 1: The Simple Process

Pat yourself on the back, you saw a post with the word “coding” in the title and you didn’t freak out or glaze over. That’s the first step. Coding seems to have such a stigma attached to it; people tend to think that it’s incomprehensible nonsense that they could never learn, and that it has…

How to Start Using Coding to Automate Image Analysis Part 2: Batch Processing Multiple Images

How to Start Using Coding to Automate Image Analysis Part 2: Batch Processing Multiple Images

In Part 1 of this article, I introduced you to using code for basic image manipulation in ImageJ and working with the command recorder to expand your coding vocabulary. I covered how to make a simple macro, how to edit it and then save it to be run again another time. If you skipped the…