GETTING_STARTED with the MedOptics Correction Utility medcorrect.c:

Platforms: The program is written in C, and has been compiled on
RedHat Linux 7.3 and on a TRUE UNIX 64 ALPHA. Gcc (linux) is prefered
only insofar as the full help and usage strings are used. (gcc allows
mult-line string constants).  Also, The binary on the download page was
compiled as a standalone binary so it may run as is on lots other
linux systems. 

DOWNLOAD:

Option 1) Go to http://staff.chess.cornell.edu/~woll
   > From the directory Medcorrect_v1, download either the tarball
     medcorrect.tgz or each individual file. 

   > If you don't alread have them, get the three correction files
     (medxbin1.tif, medybin1.tif, and medi12b1.tif) from the directory
     Medoptics_correction_files

Next, if you downloaded the program as an archive, use tar -xzvf
medcorrect.tgz to unzip the distribution (it automatically creates a
directory Medcorrect_v1 into which the files go). Within that
directory, "./medcorrect --help" results in the help string being
printed out. If it fails, you will probably have to recompile. To do
so just delete or rename the existing binary file medcorrect and type
"make medcorrect".

TO USE:

1) make sure the medcorrect binary is in your path -- or just move it
   to a data directory to test

2) Either a) put the correction files (medxbin1...) in a sensible
             place, away from your data & edit the file medcorrect.cfg
             (which should be in your data directory) to reflect the
             location of the correction files.

       or b) call medcorrect with the "id" options and the -t and -x
	     options to specify the location of the intensity and
	     distortion correction files. (See USAGE for
	     details). These locations will be written to the file
	     medcorrect.cfg and used the next time medcorrect is run
	     _without_ the -t and -x options.

3) Try it: > medcorrect id -s my_data.tif You should see the TV6-style
            line numbers scroll across as intensity and distortion
            correction are preformed, and that the program is
            outputting the corrected data to "to my_data_c.tif"

4) See USAGE (or type medcorrect --help) to see other usage examples.