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Meander Scan

Meander Scan is an automated scanning procedure used to ensure that all points within a closed contour are viewed by moving systematically through the contour.

Procedure

Draw a closed contour around the region of interest. Learn more...
- Use a low-powered lens to draw the contour.
  - If your region of interest has contours within contours, Meander Scan treats the interior contours as an exclusion zone, and does not visit these.
  - If you want to include these areas, select these interior contours, right-click and select Hide Selected Contours.
Click Options>General Preferences>Movement tab.
Set the Field Movement Size to 75% of Screen Size, and click OK.
Click Move>Meander Scan or the Next Scan Site icon in the Main toolbar.
In the Meander Scan dialog box, click Start Meander Scan.
- If there is more than one contour, Microlucida displays the Macro View window.
Click inside the desired contour to scan.
Mark, trace, or map anything within the current field of view.
To move to the next scan site, click Move>Meander Scan and select Next Scan Site. Other methods...
- Right-click in the tracing window and select Next Scan Site.
- Click the Next Scan Site icon .
If you think you missed something in a previous section, click Previous Scan Site.

Use AutoMove if there are structures that extend beyond one field of view.
If using AutoMove, we recommend that you return to the previous site before continuing mapping to ensure that nothing was missed before AutoMove took you away from that scan site.