Particle Color Detection implemented

Particle colors are detected automatically, but can changed through particle context menu

analysis/DBAssignments.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+GEPARD - Gepard-Enabled PARticle Detection
+Copyright (C) 2018  Lars Bittrich and Josef Brandt, Leibniz-Institut für 
+Polymerforschung Dresden e. V. <bittrich-lars@ipfdd.de>    
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program, see COPYING.  
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+import pickle
+
+def loadAssigments(fname):
+    with open(fname, "rb") as fp:
+        assignment = pickle.load(fp)
+    return assignment
+
+def saveAssignments(assignment, fname):
+    with open(fname, "wb") as fp:
+        pickle.dump(assignment, fp, protocol=-1)
+
+
+class DBAssignment(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.filename = None
+        self.assignments = []
+    
+    def setFileName(self, fname):
+        self.filename = fname
+    
+    def save(self):
+        saveAssignments(self, self.filename)
+        
+    def hasAssignment(self, polymerName):
+        polymIsPresent = False
+        for assignment in self.assignments:
+            if assignment.polymerName == polymerName:
+                polymIsPresent = True
+                break
+        return polymIsPresent
+    
+    def getAssignment(self, polymerName):
+        for assignment in self.assignments:
+            if assignment.polymerName == polymerName:
+                return assignment
+    
+    def createNewAssignment(self, polymerName):
+        self.assignments.append(Assignment(polymerName))
+    
+    def updateAssignment(self, polymerName, result, catRes, indic_paint):
+        for assignment in self.assignments:
+            if assignment.polymerName == polymerName:
+                assignment.update(result, catRes, indic_paint)
+                return
+
+
+class Assignment(object):
+    def __init__(self, polymerName):
+        self.polymerName = polymerName
+        self.result = None
+        self.categorizedResult = None
+        self.indication_paint = None
+    
+    def update(self, result, catRes, indic_paint):
+        self.result = result
+        self.categorizedResult = catRes
+        self.indication_paint = indic_paint
+    

analysis/analysisplots.py

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class SpectraPlot(QtWidgets.QGroupBox):
         self.spectra = self.dataset.particleContainer.getSpectraFromDisk()
         self.canvas.draw()
         
-    def updateParticleSpectrum(self, specIndex, assignment, particleSize, hqi):
+    def updateParticleSpectrum(self, specIndex, assignment, particleSize, hqi, color):
         #draw Sample Spectrum
         self.spec_axis.axis("on")
         self.spec_axis.clear()
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class SpectraPlot(QtWidgets.QGroupBox):
         
         if self.spectra is not None:
             self.spec_axis.plot(self.spectra[:, 0], self.spectra[:, specIndex+1])
-            self.spec_axis.set_title('{}, ScanPoint Number {}, Size = {} µm, HQI = {}'.format(assignment, specIndex+1, particleSize, hqi))
+            self.spec_axis.set_title('{}, ScanPoint Number {}, Size = {} µm, HQI = {}, color = {}'.format(assignment, specIndex+1, particleSize, hqi, color))
             self.spec_axis.set_xbound(100, (3400 if self.spectra[-1, 0] > 3400 else self.spectra[-1, 0]))
             wavenumber_diff = list(self.spectra[:, 0]-100)
             y_start = wavenumber_diff.index(min(wavenumber_diff))

analysis/analysisview.py

@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ class ParticleAnalysis(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         particleSize = np.round(self.particleContainer.getSizeOfParticleByIndex(self.currentParticleIndex))
         hqi = self.particleContainer.getHQIOfSpectrumIndex(self.currentSpectrumIndex)
         assignment = self.particleContainer.getParticleAssignmentByIndex(self.currentParticleIndex)
-        self.specPlot.updateParticleSpectrum(self.currentSpectrumIndex, assignment, particleSize, hqi)
+        color = self.particleContainer.getParticleColorByIndex(self.currentParticleIndex)
+        self.specPlot.updateParticleSpectrum(self.currentSpectrumIndex, assignment, particleSize, hqi, color)
             
         if self.refSelector.isEnabled() and self.refSelector.currentText() != '':
             refID = self.dbWin.activeDatabase.spectraNames.index(self.refSelector.currentText())

analysis/particleAndMeasurement.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 import numpy as np
 from viewitems import SegmentationContour, RamanScanIndicator
+from .particleCharacterization import getParticleColor
 
 class Particle(object):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ class Particle(object):
         self.area = None
         self.contour = None
         self.measurements = []
-        self.viewItem = None
+        self.color = None
+        self.shape = None
     
     def addMeasurement(self, refToMeasurement):
         refToMeasurement.assignedParticle = self

analysis/particleCharacterization.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import numpy as np
 import cv2
+from copy import deepcopy
 
 def getContourStatsWithPixelScale(cnt, pixelscale):
         long, short, longellipse, shortellipse, area = getContourStats(cnt)
@@ -42,4 +43,153 @@ def getContourStats(cnt):
         
         area = cv2.contourArea(cnt)
     
-        return long, short, longellipse, shortellipse, area
\ No newline at end of file
+        return long, short, longellipse, shortellipse, area
+
+class ColorRangeHSV(object):
+    def __init__(self, name, hue, hue_tolerance, min_sat, max_sat):
+        self.name = name
+        self.minHue = hue-hue_tolerance/2
+        self.maxHue = hue+hue_tolerance/2
+        self.minSat = min_sat
+        self.maxSat = max_sat
+    
+    def containsHSV(self, hsv):
+        hue = hsv[0]
+        sat = hsv[1]
+        
+        if self.minHue <= hue <= self.maxHue and self.minSat <= sat <= self.maxSat:
+            return True
+        else:
+            if self.name != 'white':
+                return False
+            else:
+                if sat < 128 and hsv[2] > 70:
+                    return True
+
+class ColorClassifier(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        hue_tolerance = 30
+        self.colors = [ColorRangeHSV('yellow', 30, hue_tolerance, 30, 255),
+                  ColorRangeHSV('blue', 120, hue_tolerance, 80, 255),
+                  ColorRangeHSV('red', 180, hue_tolerance, 50, 255),
+                  ColorRangeHSV('red', 0, hue_tolerance, 50, 255),
+                  ColorRangeHSV('green', 70, hue_tolerance, 50, 255),
+                  ColorRangeHSV('white', 128, 256, 0, 50)]
+    
+    def classifyColor(self, meanHSV):
+        result = 'non-determinable'
+        for color in self.colors:
+            if color.containsHSV(meanHSV):
+                result = color.name
+                break
+        
+        return result
+
+def getParticleColor(imgRGB, colorClassifier=None):
+    img = cv2.cvtColor(imgRGB, cv2.COLOR_RGB2HSV_FULL)
+    meanHSV = cv2.mean(img)
+    if colorClassifier is None:
+        colorClassifier = ColorClassifier()
+    color = colorClassifier.classifyColor(meanHSV)
+    return color
+
+def mergeContours(contours):
+    img, xmin, ymin, padding = contoursToImg(contours)
+    return imgToCnt(img, xmin, ymin, padding)
+
+def getParticleImageFromFullimage(contour, fullimage):
+    contourCopy = deepcopy(contour)
+    xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax = getContourExtrema(contourCopy)
+
+    img = fullimage[ymin:ymax, xmin:xmax]
+    mask = np.zeros(img.shape[:2])
+    
+    for i in range(len(contourCopy)):
+        contourCopy[i][0][0] -= xmin
+        contourCopy[i][0][1] -= ymin
+        
+    cv2.drawContours(mask, [contourCopy], -1, (255, 255, 255), -1)
+    cv2.drawContours(mask, [contourCopy], -1, (255, 255, 255), 1)
+    
+    img[mask == 0] = 0
+    img = np.array(img, dtype = np.uint8)
+    return img
+    
+def contoursToImg(contours, padding=2):
+    contourCopy = deepcopy(contours)
+    xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax = getContourExtrema(contourCopy)
+    
+    padding = padding   #pixel in each direction
+    rangex = int(np.round((xmax-xmin)+2*padding))
+    rangey = int(np.round((ymax-ymin)+2*padding))
+
+    img = np.zeros((rangey, rangex))
+    for curCnt in contourCopy:
+        for i in range(len(curCnt)):
+            curCnt[i][0][0] -= xmin-padding
+            curCnt[i][0][1] -= ymin-padding
+        cv2.drawContours(img, [curCnt], -1, 255, -1)
+        cv2.drawContours(img, [curCnt], -1, 255, 1)
+    
+    img = np.uint8(cv2.morphologyEx(img, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, np.ones((3, 3))))
+    return img, xmin, ymin, padding
+
+def imgToCnt(img, xmin, ymin, padding):
+    def getSimpleContour(img):
+        if cv2.__version__ > '3.5':
+            contour, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(img, cv2.RETR_CCOMP, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
+        else:
+            temp, contour, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(img, cv2.RETR_CCOMP, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
+        
+        if len(contour)>1:
+            raise NotConnectedContoursError
+        return contour
+    
+    def getFullContour(img):
+        if cv2.__version__ > '3.5':
+            contour, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(img, cv2.RETR_CCOMP, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE)
+        else:
+            temp, contour, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(img, cv2.RETR_CCOMP, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE)
+        
+        if len(contour)>1:
+            raise NotConnectedContoursError
+        return contour
+    
+    contour = getSimpleContour(img)
+    
+    if len(contour[0]) < 5:
+        contour = getFullContour(img)
+    
+    newContour = contour[0]
+    for i in range(len(newContour )):
+        newContour [i][0][0] += xmin-padding
+        newContour [i][0][1] += ymin-padding
+        
+    return newContour 
+
+def getContourExtrema(contours):
+    try:
+        cnt = np.vstack(tuple(contours))
+        xmin, xmax = cnt[:,0,:][:, 0].min(), cnt[:,0,:][:, 0].max()
+        ymin, ymax = cnt[:,0,:][:, 1].min(), cnt[:,0,:][:, 1].max()        
+    except IndexError: #i.e., not a list of contours was passed, but an individual contour. Hence, the above indexing does not work
+        xmin, xmax = cnt[:, 0].min(), cnt[:, 0].max()
+        ymin, ymax = cnt[:, 1].min(), cnt[:, 1].max()        
+    return xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax
+
+class NotConnectedContoursError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    colors = {'white': (41, 25, 66),
+              "red": (128, 121, 57),
+              "red2": (23, 88, 49), 
+              "yellow": (25, 121, 91),
+              "pink": (11, 79, 51),
+              "brown": (32, 38, 64),
+              "green": (54, 99, 53)}
+    classifier= ColorClassifier()
+#    print(classifier.hsv)
+    for name, mean in colors.items():
+        print(name, classifier.classifyColor(mean))
+              
\ No newline at end of file

analysis/particleContainer.py

@@ -248,6 +248,16 @@ class ParticleContainer(object):
             areas.append(particle.getArea())
         return areas
     
+    def getColorsOfAllParticles(self):
+        colors = []
+        for particle in self.particles:
+            colors.append(particle.color)
+        return colors
+    
+    def getParticleColorByIndex(self, particleIndex):
+        particle = self.getParticleOfIndex(particleIndex)
+        return particle.color
+    
     def getSizesOfParticleType(self, assignment):
         particleSizes = []
         for particle in self.particles:
@@ -281,6 +291,10 @@ class ParticleContainer(object):
         final_typehistogram = {i[0]: i[1] for i in sorted_typehistogram}
         return final_typehistogram
     
+    def changeParticleColor(self, index, newColor):
+        particle = self.getParticleOfIndex(index)
+        particle.color = newColor
+    
     def addMergedParticle(self, particleIndices, newContour, newStats, newAssignment=None):
         newParticle = Particle()
         #copy Measurements

analysis/particleEditor.py

 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-Created on Wed Jan 16 12:43:00 2019
-
-@author: brandt
-"""
-
 """
 GEPARD - Gepard-Enabled PARticle Detection
 Copyright (C) 2018  Lars Bittrich and Josef Brandt, Leibniz-Institut für 
@@ -26,19 +20,17 @@ If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
 from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtCore
-from copy import deepcopy
 
 from .particlePainter import ParticlePainter
-from .particleCharacterization import getContourStatsWithPixelScale
-
+import analysis.particleCharacterization as pc
 
 
 class ParticleContextMenu(QtWidgets.QMenu):
     combineParticlesSignal = QtCore.pyqtSignal(list, str)
     reassignParticlesSignal = QtCore.pyqtSignal(list, str)
     paintParticlesSignal = QtCore.pyqtSignal(list, str)
+    changeParticleColorSignal = QtCore.pyqtSignal(list, str)
     deleteParticlesSignal = QtCore.pyqtSignal(list)
     
     def __init__(self, viewparent):
@@ -83,22 +75,33 @@ class ParticleContextMenu(QtWidgets.QMenu):
         elif numParticles == 1:
             self.combineMenu.setDisabled(True)
             
+            
+        self.colorMenu = QtWidgets.QMenu("Set Particle Color To")
+        self.colorActs = []
+        for color in ['white', 'black', 'blue', 'brown', 'green', 'grey', 'non-determinable', 'red', 'transparent', 'yellow']:
+            self.colorActs.append(self.colorMenu.addAction(color))
+        
+        infoAct = self.addAction(f'selected {numParticles} particles')
+        infoAct.setDisabled(True)
         self.addMenu(self.combineMenu)        
         self.addMenu(self.reassignMenu)
         self.addMenu(self.paintMenu)
+        self.addMenu(self.colorMenu)
         self.deleteAct = self.addAction("Delete particle(s)")
         
         action = self.exec_(screenPos)
 
         if action:
-            newAssignment = self.validifyAssignment(action.text())
+            actionText = self.validifyAssignment(action.text())
 
             if action in self.combineActs:
-                self.combineParticlesSignal.emit(self.selectedParticleIndices, newAssignment)
+                self.combineParticlesSignal.emit(self.selectedParticleIndices, actionText)
             elif action in self.reassignActs:
-                self.reassignParticlesSignal.emit(self.selectedParticleIndices, newAssignment)
+                self.reassignParticlesSignal.emit(self.selectedParticleIndices, actionText)
             elif action in self.paintActs:
-                self.paintParticlesSignal.emit(self.selectedParticleIndices, newAssignment)
+                self.paintParticlesSignal.emit(self.selectedParticleIndices, actionText)
+            elif action in self.colorActs:
+                self.changeParticleColorSignal.emit(self.selectedParticleIndices, actionText)
             elif action == self.deleteAct:
                 self.deleteParticlesSignal.emit(self.selectedParticleIndices)
     
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ class ParticleEditor(QtCore.QObject):
         contextMenu.combineParticlesSignal.connect(self.combineParticles)
         contextMenu.reassignParticlesSignal.connect(self.reassignParticles)
         contextMenu.paintParticlesSignal.connect(self.paintParticles)
+        contextMenu.changeParticleColorSignal.connect(self.changeParticleColors)
         contextMenu.deleteParticlesSignal.connect(self.deleteParticles)
     
     def createSafetyBackup(self):
@@ -146,12 +150,14 @@ class ParticleEditor(QtCore.QObject):
         print(f'Combining particles {contourIndices} into {newAssignment}')
         contours = self.particleContainer.getParticleContoursByIndex(contourIndices)
         try:
-            newContour = self.mergeContours(contours) 
-        except NotConnectedContoursError:
+            newContour = pc.mergeContours(contours) 
+        except pc.NotConnectedContoursError:
+            QtWidgets.QMessageBox.critical(self.viewparent, 'ERROR!', 
+                                       'Particle contours are not connected or have holes.\nThat is currently not supported!')
             return
         
         pixelscale = self.viewparent.dataset.getPixelScale()
-        stats = getContourStatsWithPixelScale(newContour, pixelscale)
+        stats = pc.getContourStatsWithPixelScale(newContour, pixelscale)
 
         self.mergeParticlesInParticleContainerAndSampleView(contourIndices,newContour, stats, newAssignment)
     
@@ -172,9 +178,7 @@ class ParticleEditor(QtCore.QObject):
         self.storedAssignmend = newAssignment
         
         contours = self.particleContainer.getParticleContoursByIndex(contourIndices)
-#        topLeft = self.getTopLeft(contours)
-#        img, self.xmin, self.ymin, self.padding = self.contoursToImg(contours, padding=0)
-        img, xmin, ymin, self.padding = self.contoursToImg(contours, padding=0)
+        img, xmin, ymin, self.padding = pc.contoursToImg(contours, padding=0)
         topLeft = [ymin, xmin]
         self.particlePainter = ParticlePainter(self, img, topLeft)
         
@@ -188,15 +192,17 @@ class ParticleEditor(QtCore.QObject):
             img = self.particlePainter.img
             xmin = self.particlePainter.topLeft[1]
             ymin = self.particlePainter.topLeft[0]
-            newContour = self.imgToCnt(img, xmin, ymin, 0)
-        except NotConnectedContoursError:
+            newContour = pc.imgToCnt(img, xmin, ymin, 0)
+        except pc.NotConnectedContoursError:
+            QtWidgets.QMessageBox.critical(self.viewparent, 'ERROR!', 
+                                       'Particle contours are not connected or have holes.\nThat is currently not supported!')
             self.storedIndices = []
             self.storedAssignmend = None
             self.destroyParticlePainter()
             return
         
         pixelscale = self.viewparent.dataset.getPixelScale()
-        stats = getContourStatsWithPixelScale(newContour, pixelscale)
+        stats = pc.getContourStatsWithPixelScale(newContour, pixelscale)
         
         self.mergeParticlesInParticleContainerAndSampleView(self.storedIndices, newContour, stats, self.storedAssignmend)
         
@@ -211,57 +217,6 @@ class ParticleEditor(QtCore.QObject):
             self.viewparent.update()
             self.particlePainter = None
     
-    def mergeContours(self, contours):
-        img, xmin, ymin, padding = self.contoursToImg(contours)
-        return self.imgToCnt(img, xmin, ymin, padding)
-    
-    def contoursToImg(self, contours, padding=2):
-        contourCopy = deepcopy(contours)
-        cnt = np.vstack(tuple(contourCopy))  #combine contous
-        #draw contours
-        xmin, xmax = cnt[:,0,:][:, 0].min(), cnt[:,0,:][:, 0].max()
-        ymin, ymax = cnt[:,0,:][:, 1].min(), cnt[:,0,:][:, 1].max()        
-        padding = padding   #pixel in each direction
-        rangex = int(np.round((xmax-xmin)+2*padding))
-        rangey = int(np.round((ymax-ymin)+2*padding))
-
-        img = np.zeros((rangey, rangex))
-        for curCnt in contourCopy:
-            for i in range(len(curCnt)):
-                curCnt[i][0][0] -= xmin-padding
-                curCnt[i][0][1] -= ymin-padding
-                
-            cv2.drawContours(img, [curCnt], -1, 255, -1)
-            cv2.drawContours(img, [curCnt], -1, 255, 1)
-        
-        img = np.uint8(cv2.morphologyEx(img, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, np.ones((3, 3))))
-        return img, xmin, ymin, padding
-    
-    def imgToCnt(self, img, xmin, ymin, padding):
-        if cv2.__version__ > '3.5':
-            contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(img, cv2.RETR_CCOMP, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE)
-        else:
-            temp, contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(img, cv2.RETR_CCOMP, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE)
-
-        if len(contours)>1:
-            QtWidgets.QMessageBox.critical(self.viewparent, 'ERROR!', 
-                                           'Particle contours are not connected or have holes.\nThat is currently not supported!')
-            raise NotConnectedContoursError
-        
-        newContour = contours[0]
-        for i in range(len(newContour)):
-            newContour[i][0][0] += xmin-padding
-            newContour[i][0][1] += ymin-padding
-            
-        return newContour
-    
-    def getTopLeft(self, contours):
-        cnt = np.vstack(tuple(contours))  #combine contous
-        #draw contours
-        xmin = cnt[:,0,:][:, 0].min()
-        ymin= cnt[:,0,:][:, 1].min()
-        return [ymin, xmin]
-    
     def mergeParticlesInParticleContainerAndSampleView(self, indices, newContour, stats, assignment):
         self.viewparent.addParticleContourToIndex(newContour, len(self.viewparent.contourItems)-1)
         self.particleContainer.addMergedParticle(indices, newContour, stats, newAssignment=assignment)
@@ -275,6 +230,12 @@ class ParticleEditor(QtCore.QObject):
         self.particleAssignmentChanged.emit()
         #TODO: INCLUDE SANITY CHECK!!!!!!!!!
     
+    @QtCore.pyqtSlot(list, str)
+    def changeParticleColors(self, contourIndices, newColor):
+        print(f'changing color of particles {contourIndices} into {newColor}')
+        for partIndex in contourIndices:
+            self.particleContainer.changeParticleColor(partIndex, newColor)
+    
     @QtCore.pyqtSlot(list)
     def deleteParticles(self, contourIndices):
         reply = QtWidgets.QMessageBox.question(self, f'About to delete {len(contourIndices)} particles.',
@@ -291,7 +252,6 @@ class ParticleEditor(QtCore.QObject):
             self.viewparent.analysiswidget.updateHistogramsAndContours()
 
 
-class NotConnectedContoursError(Exception):
-    pass
+
         
     
\ No newline at end of file

analysis/sqlexport.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class SQLExport(QtWidgets.QDialog):
         
         self.longSizes = np.round(self.particleContainer.getSizesOfAllParticles())
         self.shortSize = np.round(self.particleContainer.getShortSizesOfAllParticles())
+        self.colors = self.particleContainer.getColorsOfAllParticles()
         self.spectra = self.particleContainer.getSpectraFromDisk()
         
         self.particleImages = None
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ class SQLExport(QtWidgets.QDialog):
                         usedCols['Amount'] = str(1)
                         usedCols['Analyst'] = str(self.analystIndices[self.analystSelector.currentIndex()])
                         usedCols['Size_fraction'] = self.getSizeFraction(sizeCategories, self.longSizes[polymInd])
+                        usedCols['Colour'] = self.colors[polymInd]
                         usedCols[sizeCols[0]] = str(self.longSizes[polymInd])
                         usedCols[sizeCols[1]] = str(self.shortSize[polymInd])
                         if self.particleImages is not None:

dataset.py

@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ import cv2
 from helperfunctions import cv2imread_fix, cv2imwrite_fix
 from copy import copy
 from analysis.particleContainer import ParticleContainer
+from legacyConvert import legacyConversion
 
-currentversion = 3
+currentversion = 4
 
 def loadData(fname):
     retds = None
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ def loadData(fname):
         retds.version = 0
         retds.__dict__.update(ds.__dict__)
         if retds.version < currentversion:
-            retds.legacyConversion()
+            legacyConversion(retds)
         elif retds.zvalimg=="saved":
             retds.loadZvalImg()
     return retds
@@ -173,113 +174,7 @@ class DataSet(object):
     def loadZvalImg(self):
         if os.path.exists(self.getZvalImageName()):
             self.zvalimg = cv2imread_fix(self.getZvalImageName(), cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
-        
-    def legacyConversion(self, recreatefullimage=False):
-        if self.version==0:
-            print("Converting legacy version 0 to 1")
-            print("This may take some time")
-            
-            # local imports as these functions are only needed for the rare occasion of legacy conversion
-            from opticalscan import loadAndPasteImage
-            
-            # try to load png and check for detection contours
-            recreatefullimage = recreatefullimage or not os.path.exists(self.getLegacyImageName())
-            if not recreatefullimage:
-                img = cv2imread_fix(self.getLegacyImageName())
-                Nc = len(self.particlecontours)
-                if Nc>0:
-                    contour = self.particlecontours[Nc//2]
-                    contpixels = img[contour[:,0,1],contour[:,0,0]]
-                    if np.all(contpixels[:,1]==255) and np.all(contpixels[:,2]==0) \
-                        and np.all(contpixels[:,0]==0):
-                        recreatefullimage = True
-                if not recreatefullimage:
-                    cv2imwrite_fix(self.getImageName(), img)
-                del img
-            
-            if recreatefullimage:
-                print("recreating fullimage from grid data")
-                imgdata = None
-                zvalimg = None
-                Ngrid = len(self.grid)
-                
-                width, height, rotationvalue = self.imagedim_df
-                p0, p1 = self.maxdim[:2], self.maxdim[2:]
-                for i in range(Ngrid):
-                    print(f"Processing image {i+1} of {Ngrid}")
-