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Author: | E. Fisher |
Reviewer(s): | W. Mills, TOP Team Tethys |
Editor(s): |
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Management Approval (Name, Title, Date): | W. Mills (Lab Officer) |
Audience: | Scientists, Technicians |
Previous Versions: | 1/22/2014, 8/15/2013 |
Current version: | V378P V375 | V371T | July 2017 |
Revised: | T. Cobb, L. Crowder, C. Peng |
Domain: |
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System: | Section Half Image Logger |
Keywords: | Image, Section Half |
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Click the SHIL-IMS icon on the desktop and wait for the program to Initialize. The process will include initializing the camera and moving the track into the "Home" position.
Click the START button.
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The Sample Information screen will appear.
Make sure that you have set the images attributes in the panel on the left side:
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Once you set these values they will default to the previous values until changed.
Scan section (half) barcode label, make sure cursor is in the SCAN box.
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If a whole round sample was taken (IW or MBIO), place whole round spacer where this sample was taken.
Click or touch the TAKE A PICTURE button to start imaging the section. 
During the imaging process the Image DAQ screen will display. If everything is going right, there is nothing for you to do. Only use the ABORT to stop the imaging process for non-emergencies. If a body part has been caught in the track and you face imminent personal injury, use the EMERGENCY STOP button just above the track.
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If the DROP LINES indicator is lit (orange), notify the technical staff. The Acquisition Error indicator usually lights just at the end of the image and that’s OK but if it lights before then, we have a problem. Again, notify the technical staff.
Crop and Save
When the imaging process is done, the lights will go off and the track will return to the start position, so stand back.
The Image CROP widow will open and you will have some work to do.
Check the position of the GREEN crop lines by clicking the Show Top and then Show Bottom buttons. If you used the RED stops and the crop parameters have been set correctly, then the image should be perfectly boxed by the GREEN lines. If not, then use the mouse (or finger) and touch the GREEN line or corner and drag the lines into position. The goal is to create an image of just the core as one of three images that will be created (the other images are un-cropped). The cropped image is used in LimSpeak and for printing the VCD scratch sheets.
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- On the desktop click the MUT icon on the bottom task bar.
- The following will appear:
3. Check Automatic Upload in the lower right hand corner and then click the minimize window and MUT will run in background.
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