SynOptics SYNBIOSIS aCOLyte3, User Manual

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The Measure tab
5. Check Exclude from mean if you want any results violating the count restrictions to be
ignored when calculating the mean results; leave it unchecked to include all results in
mean calculations.
When count restrictions have been set and you carry out a test measurement in the Batch
Designer (see
Test Measure Plate , below) or perform a measurement in Measurement mode,
the Measurement test results or Last measurement results box, respectively, will show
whether the limit has been breached, for example:
Unlike the Last measurement results box, which only shows that the limit has been breached,
the Results table also records the actual count result.
Test Measure Plate
To carry out a test measurement:
1. Press the Measure tab
to display the measure controls.
2. Press
Note If you are using an uncalibrated imported image, a warning dialog box will be displayed
asking you to calibrate the image – see
Calibrating the image
, page 12, for details.
The results of the measurement will be shown in the Measurement test results panel.
If the button below the image is labeled All Colony Markers, the detected colonies will
also be marked on the image using the selected colors and markers (if the button is
labeled No Colony Markers, press the button and select All Colony Markers to display
the detected colonies on the image).
For more detailed information about the precise areas identified as colonies, you can
also select:
l
All Colony Outlines: the boundary of each detected colony is marked in the color of
the symbol representing the type of colony
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