Image Processing Toolbox for Matlab

596 Pages·2013·18.64 MB·English

Image Processing Toolbox™
User’s Guide
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Contents
Getting Started
1
ImageProcessingToolboxProductDescription ...... 1-2
KeyFeatures ..................................... 1-2
ConfigurationNotes ............................... 1-3
RelatedProducts .................................. 1-4
Compilability ..................................... 1-5
ImageImportandExport .......................... 1-6
Introduction ...................................... 1-6
Step1: ReadandDisplayanImage ................... 1-6
Step2: CheckHowtheImageAppearsintheWorkspace .. 1-7
Step3: ImproveImageContrast ..................... 1-8
Step4: WritetheImagetoaDiskFile ................ 1-10
Step5: ChecktheContentsoftheNewlyWrittenFile .... 1-10
ImageEnhancementandAnalysis ................... 1-12
Introduction ...................................... 1-13
Step1: ReadImage ................................ 1-13
Step 2: Use Morphological Opening to Estimate the
Background .................................... 1-13
Step 3: View the Background Approximation as a
Surface ........................................ 1-14
Step4: SubtracttheBackground Imagefrom the Original
Image ......................................... 1-15
Step5: IncreasetheImageContrast .................. 1-16
Step6: ThresholdtheImage ........................ 1-17
Step7: IdentifyObjectsintheImage ................. 1-17
Step8: ExamineOneObject ......................... 1-18
Step9: ViewAllObjects ............................ 1-19
Step10: ComputeAreaofEachObject ................ 1-20
Step11: ComputeArea-basedStatistics ............... 1-21
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Step12: CreateHistogramoftheArea ................ 1-22
GettingHelp ...................................... 1-23
ProductDocumentation ............................ 1-23
ImageProcessingExamples ......................... 1-23
MATLABNewsgroup .............................. 1-24
Acknowledgments ................................. 1-25
Introduction
2
ImagesinMATLAB ................................ 2-2
ExpressingImageLocations ........................ 2-3
PixelIndices ..................................... 2-3
SpatialCoordinates ................................ 2-4
ImageTypesintheToolbox ........................ 2-10
OverviewofImageTypes ........................... 2-10
BinaryImages .................................... 2-11
IndexedImages ................................... 2-12
GrayscaleImages ................................. 2-14
TruecolorImages .................................. 2-15
ConvertingBetweenImageTypes ................... 2-19
ConvertingBetweenImageClasses ................. 2-21
OverviewofImageClassConversions ................. 2-21
LosingInformationinConversions ................... 2-21
ConvertingIndexedImages ......................... 2-21
WorkingwithImageSequences ..................... 2-23
Overview of Toolbox Functions That Work with Image
Sequences ..................................... 2-23
ProcessImageSequences ........................... 2-26
ProcessMulti-FrameImageArrays ................... 2-27
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ImageArithmetic .................................. 2-29
OverviewofImageArithmeticFunctions .............. 2-29
ImageArithmeticSaturationRules ................... 2-30
NestingCallstoImageArithmeticFunctions ........... 2-30
Reading and Writing Image Data
3
GettingInformationAboutaGraphicsFile .......... 3-2
ReadingImageData ............................... 3-3
WritingImageDatatoaFile ........................ 3-5
Overview ........................................ 3-5
SpecifyingFormat-SpecificParameters ................ 3-6
ReadingandWritingBinaryImagesin1-BitFormat .... 3-6
DeterminingtheStorageClassoftheOutputFile ....... 3-7
ConvertingBetweenGraphicsFileFormats .......... 3-8
WorkingwithDICOMFiles ......................... 3-9
OverviewofDICOMSupport ........................ 3-9
ReadingMetadatafromaDICOMFile ................ 3-10
ReadingImageDatafromaDICOMFile .............. 3-12
WritingImageDataorMetadatatoaDICOMFile ...... 3-13
WorkingwithMayoAnalyze7.5Files ................ 3-19
WorkingwithInterfileFiles ........................ 3-20
WorkingwithHighDynamicRangeImages .......... 3-21
UnderstandingDynamicRange ...................... 3-21
ReadingaHighDynamicRangeImage ................ 3-21
CreatingaHighDynamicRangeImage ............... 3-22
ViewingaHighDynamicRangeImage ................ 3-22
WritingaHighDynamicRangeImagetoaFile ......... 3-23
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Displaying and Exploring Images
4
ImageDisplayandExplorationOverview ............ 4-2
DisplayingImagesUsingtheimshowFunction ....... 4-4
Overview ........................................ 4-4
SpecifyingtheInitialImageMagnification ............. 4-6
ControllingtheAppearanceoftheFigure .............. 4-6
DisplayingEachImageinaSeparateFigure ........... 4-7
DisplayingMultipleImagesintheSameFigure ........ 4-8
UsingtheImageViewerApptoExploreImages ...... 4-11
ImageViewerAppOverview ........................ 4-11
OpeningtheImageViewer .......................... 4-13
SpecifyingtheInitialImageMagnification ............. 4-14
SpecifyingtheColormap ............................ 4-15
ImportingImageDatafromtheWorkspace ............ 4-17
ExportingImageDatatotheWorkspace ............... 4-18
SavingtheImageDataDisplayedintheImageViewer ... 4-18
ClosingtheImageViewer ........................... 4-20
PrintingtheImageintheImageViewer ............... 4-20
ExploringVeryLargeImages ....................... 4-21
Overview ........................................ 4-21
CreatinganR-SetFile ............................. 4-21
OpeninganR-SetFile .............................. 4-22
UsingImageViewerAppNavigationAids ............ 4-23
NavigatinganImageUsingtheOverviewTool ......... 4-23
PanningtheImageDisplayedintheImageViewer ...... 4-26
Zooming In and Out on an Image in the Image Viewer
App ........................................... 4-27
SpecifyingtheMagnificationoftheImage ............. 4-27
GettingInformationaboutthePixelsinanImage .... 4-30
DeterminingtheValueofIndividualPixels ............ 4-30
DeterminingtheValuesofaGroupofPixels ........... 4-32
DeterminingtheDisplayRangeofanImage ........... 4-35
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MeasuringtheDistanceBetweenTwoPixels ......... 4-37
UsingtheDistanceTool ............................ 4-37
ExportingEndpointandDistanceData ................ 4-38
CustomizingtheAppearanceoftheDistanceTool ....... 4-39
Getting Information About an Image Using the Image
InformationTool ................................ 4-40
Adjusting Image Contrast Using the Adjust Contrast
Tool ............................................ 4-42
UnderstandingContrastAdjustment ................. 4-42
StartingtheAdjustContrastTool .................... 4-43
UsingtheHistogramWindowtoAdjustImageContrast .. 4-46
UsingtheWindow/LevelTooltoAdjustImageContrast .. 4-47
ModifyingImageData ............................. 4-50
CropanImageUsingtheImageViewerApp ......... 4-52
ViewingImageSequences .......................... 4-55
ImageSequences .................................. 4-55
ViewImageSequencesintheVideoViewerApp ........ 4-55
ViewingImageSequencesasaMontage ............... 4-64
ConvertingaMultiframeImagetoaMovie ............ 4-66
DisplayingDifferentImageTypes ................... 4-67
DisplayingIndexedImages ......................... 4-67
DisplayingGrayscaleImages ........................ 4-68
DisplayingBinaryImages .......................... 4-69
DisplayingTruecolorImages ........................ 4-71
AddingaColorbartoaDisplayedImage ............. 4-73
PrintingImages ................................... 4-75
PrintingandHandleGraphicsObjectProperties ........ 4-75
SettingToolboxPreferences ........................ 4-77
ViewingandChangingPreferencesUsingthePreferences
DialogBox ..................................... 4-77
Retrieving the Values of Toolbox Preferences
Programmatically ............................... 4-77
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Setting the Values of Toolbox Preferences
Programmatically ............................... 4-78
Building GUIs with Modular Tools
5
ModularInteractiveTools .......................... 5-2
DisplayingtheTargetImage ........................ 5-10
CreatingtheModularTools ........................ 5-11
Overview ........................................ 5-11
AssociatingModularToolswithaParticularImage ...... 5-12
GettingtheHandleoftheTargetImage ............... 5-14
SpecifyingtheParentofaModularTool ............... 5-15
PositioningtheModularToolsinaGUI ............... 5-18
BuildaPixelInformationGUI ....................... 5-19
AddingNavigationAidstoaGUI .................... 5-22
CustomizingModularToolInteractivity ............. 5-28
Overview ........................................ 5-28
BuildImageComparisonTool ....................... 5-29
CreatingYourOwnModularTools .................. 5-33
Overview ........................................ 5-33
CreateAngleMeasurementTool ..................... 5-35
Geometric Transformations
6
ResizeanImage ................................... 6-2
Overview ........................................ 6-2
SpecifyingtheInterpolationMethod .................. 6-3
PreventingAliasingbyUsingFilters .................. 6-4
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