Image Processing Toolbox User's Guide

Introduction

This chapter introduces you to the fundamentals of image processing using MATLAB and the Image Processing Toolbox.

Images in MATLAB and the Image Processing Toolbox	How images are represented in MATLAB and the Image Processing Toolbox
Image Types in the Toolbox	Fundamental image types supported by the Image Processing Toolbox
Converting Between Image Types	Converting between the image types
Converting Between Image Classes	Converting image data from one class to another
Multiframe Image Arrays	Working with multiframe data
Reading and Writing Image Data	Reading data into the MATLAB workspace, writing data to graphics files, and getting information about image files
Working with DICOM Files	Reading and writing DICOM files
Image Arithmetic	Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing images
Coordinate Systems	Pixel versus spatial coordinates

Image Credits Images in MATLAB and the Image Processing Toolbox