Pixel data types
Pixel data type conversions
Activity: 16-bit to 8-bit conversion
- Open image: xy_16bit__two_values.tif
- Convert to 8-bit
- Understand the mathematics underlying the conversion from 16-bit to 8-bit.
Activity: 16-bit to float conversion
- Open image: xy_16bit__two_values.tif
- Convert to float
Formative Assessment
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- Changing pixel data type never changes pixel values.
- Converting from 16-bit unsigned integer to float never changes the pixel values.
- Changing from float to 16-bit unsigned integer never changes the pixel values.
- There is only one correct way to convert from 16-bit to 8-bit.