diff --git a/macros/creators/bmcv.xml b/macros/creators/bmcv.xml
new file mode 100644
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+
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+
diff --git a/tools/points2binaryimage/bmcv.xml b/tools/points2binaryimage/bmcv.xml
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+../../macros/creators/bmcv.xml
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diff --git a/tools/points2binaryimage/points2binaryimage.xml b/tools/points2binaryimage/points2binaryimage.xml
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--- a/tools/points2binaryimage/points2binaryimage.xml
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+ 0.2
+ 2
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operation_3443
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numpy
pandas
pytz
- dateutil
+ python-dateutil
tifffile
@@ -40,9 +48,13 @@
- **What it does**
- Converts CSV point file to binary image.
+ This tool converts a CSV list of points to a binary image by rasterizing the point coordinates.
+
+ The created image is a single-channel image with 16 bits per pixel (unsigned integer).
+ The points are rasterized with value 32767 (white).
+ Pixels not corresponding to any points in the CSV are assigned the value 0 (black).
+
10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.07.019