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Using the Image Tool to Explore Images

The Image Tool is an image display tool that also provides access to several other related tools, such as the Pixel Region tool, the Image Information tool, and the Adjust Contrast tool. The Image Tool also provides navigation aids that can help explore large images, such as scroll bars, the Overview tool, pan tool, and zoom buttons. The Image Tool presents an integrated environment for displaying images and performing common image processing tasks.

For example, this code reads an image into the MATLAB workspace and then displays it in the Image Tool.

The following figure shows the image displayed in the Image Tool, with all of the related tools active. For more information about using the Image Tool and related tools, see the topics in the following list.

Image Tool and Related Tools


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