SynOptics SYNBIOSIS aCOLyte3, User Manual

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Working with results
This section shows you how to change the splitter setting for an individual plate after it has
been measured.
To change the colony splitter setting(s) for an individual plate result:
1. Select the Edit Result tab for the plate result – see Editing plate measurements
, page 78.
2. Click on the Split check box in the Results box at the bottom of the Edit Result tab to
change the setting:
The plate will be remeasured with the new split setting.
3. Check that overlapping colonies are being split satisfactorily and single colonies are not
being split.
Note You may find it helpful to zoom the image when checking the effect of the colony splitter –
see
Zooming the image , page 10.
4. Save the change to the result (see Saving changes to results
, page 82).
Adding exclude regions to a result
Note You cannot place exclude regions on Spiral Plate batch results.
If required, you can add exclude regions to a plate image before you take a measurement from
it – see
Exclude regions , page 69. However, you can also add and remove exclude regions
after you have performed the measurement – when you remove exclude regions after the
measurement, you can clear exclude regions that were added before the measurement as well
as those added to the result after the measurement.
To define exclude regions for a plate result:
1. Select the Edit Result tab for the plate result – see Editing plate measurements , page 78.
2. Press
to select it:
Note You may find it helpful to zoom the image before placing the exclude region on the image –
see
Zooming the image , page 10.
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