Correcting image distortion

I have a distorted image that I need to correct. I thought this would be a simple task using the Vision Utilities but can't seem to do it. Can someone help. I have attached an image. Thank you
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To me it looks like the image has already been corrected. All the lines look pretty straight. What do you need to do to the image?
If you are just trying to do image distortion correction, there are many programs out there that would do a better job easier than IMAQ Vision.
If you do need to do it in Vision, you would need to capture an image of a correction grid and create a calibration template. From this, you would be able to create a corrected image.
Bruce
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