Microphotography and Picture Analysis in Biology (LRR / MIKAN)

Course objectives:

Photographic equipment and accessories, film, TV and digital cameras.

Requirements on student

80% passing in colloquium

Content

Photographic equipment and accessories, film, TV and digital cameras. Scientific close-up, macrophotography and microphotography for professional biologists. Computer graphics, software and hardware. Acquisition and archivation of data. Image analysis. Object classification, measurements. Light, fluorescence and electron microscopy.

Activities

Guarantors and lecturers

Guarantors: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Kryštof, Ph.D.,
Lecturer: Mgr. Ota Blahoušek, Mgr. Jiří Grúz, Ph.D., doc. RNDr. Vladimír Kryštof, Ph.D., Mgr. Martin Mistrík, Ph.D.,
Seminar lecturer: Mgr. Ota Blahoušek, doc. RNDr. Vladimír Kryštof, Ph.D., Mgr. Martin Mistrík, Ph.D.,

Literature

Recommended: Harnischmacher, C. Closeup Shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop and Macro Photography. Rocky Nook, 2007.
Recommended: Georges, G. Digitální fotografie: 100 praktických návodů a tipů. Computer Press, 2005.
Recommended: Thompson, R. Naučte se fotografovat dobře makro a detail. Zoner Press, 2006.
Recommended: John C. Russ. The Image Processing Handbook, CRC Press, 2010..
On-line library catalogues

Prerequisites – other information about course preconditions

To get a knowledge on techniques of image acquisition in biology and image analysis.

Competences acquired

Student should be able to (after attending the course) describe and explain: Photographic equipment and accessories, film, TV and digital cameras. Scientific close-up, macrophotography and microphotography for professional biologists. Computer graphics, software and hardware. Acquisition and archivation of data. Image analysis. Object classification, measurements. Light, fluorescence and electron microscopy.

Teaching methods

Lecture
Demonstration

Assessment methods

Analysis of Activities ( Technical works)