The Source Code
The source code was designed for use with Matlab version 5.1. Documentations for the source code are supplied in Appendix C of the M.Sc. thesis by W. A. Watters (2000). Each Matlab script belongs to one of the following categories: (1) database scripts for managing different kinds of data and models, (2) image processing scripts for obtaining serial contours, (3) scripts for manipulating the contour data once it has been obtained (so-called "post-processing scripts"), and (4) scripts that can be used to construct a mathematical idealization of the morphology of Namacalathus hermanastes. It should be noted that these scripts were designed for a specific application (i.e. the reconstruction of Namacalathus), and will normally require substantial modification before they can be used effectively for other purposes. Moreover, many scripts require the values of several parameters to be supplied in advance. The most important parameters that must be predefined are listed in the descriptions of each script in Appendix C of the M.Sc. thesis. These scripts should be regarded mainly as a guide for someone interested to design a similar process in Matlab for their own purposes. All the procedures implemented in these scripts are described in Chapters 2 and 3 of the M.Sc. thesis. The software, Nuages, that was used to assemble the reconstruction from tetrahedrons that connect contours in adjacent layers, can be obtained here .