Here's a start. Adapt as needed
% Demo by Image Analyst
clc; % Clear the command window.
close all; % Close all figures (except those of imtool.)
clear; % Erase all existing variables. Or clearvars if you want.
workspace; % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
format long g;
format compact;
fontSize = 22;
markerSize = 40;
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% READ IN IMAGE
folder = [];
baseFileName = 'testPab.png';
fullFileName = fullfile(folder, baseFileName);
% Check if file exists.
if ~exist(fullFileName, 'file')
% The file doesn't exist -- didn't find it there in that folder.
% Check the entire search path (other folders) for the file by stripping off the folder.
fullFileNameOnSearchPath = baseFileName; % No path this time.
if ~exist(fullFileNameOnSearchPath, 'file')
% Still didn't find it. Alert user.
errorMessage = sprintf('Error: %s does not exist in the search path folders.', fullFileName);
uiwait(warndlg(errorMessage));
return;
end
end
grayImage = imread(fullFileName);
% Get the dimensions of the image.
% numberOfColorChannels should be = 1 for a gray scale image, and 3 for an RGB color image.
[rows, columns, numberOfColorChannels] = size(grayImage)
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% Display the image.
subplot(2, 2, 1);
imshow(grayImage);
impixelinfo;
axis('on', 'image');
title('Original Image', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
if numberOfColorChannels > 1
% It's not really gray scale like we expected - it's color.
fprintf('It is not really gray scale like we expected - it is color\n');
% Extract the blue channel.
grayImage = grayImage(:, :, 3);
end
% Update the dimensions of the image.
% numberOfColorChannels should be = 1 for a gray scale image, and 3 for an RGB color image.
[rows, columns, numberOfColorChannels] = size(grayImage)
% Maximize window.
g = gcf;
g.WindowState = 'maximized';
drawnow;
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% Display the histogram.
subplot(2, 2, 2);
histogram(grayImage(grayImage>0), 256);
grid on;
title('Histogram of Image Gray Levels', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
% Threshold the image to get the dark stuff.
% https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/29372-thresholding-an-image?s_tid=srchtitle
lowThreshold = 0;
highThreshold = 201;
% [lowThreshold, highThreshold, lastThresholdedBand] = threshold(lowThreshold, highThreshold, grayImage)
mask = grayImage >= lowThreshold & grayImage <= highThreshold;
% Do an opening to break lines.
windowSize = 11;
se = zeros(windowSize,windowSize);
se(ceil(windowSize/2), :) = 1;
se(:, ceil(windowSize/2)) = 1;
% se = ones(windowSize);
% mask = imopen(mask, se);
mask = imerode(mask, se);
windowSize = 15;
se = zeros(windowSize,windowSize);
se(ceil(windowSize/2), :) = 1;
se(:, ceil(windowSize/2)) = 1;
mask = imdilate(mask, se);
% Fill in the mask.
mask = imfill(mask, 'holes');
% Smooth it some more.
windowSize = 21;
kernel = ones(windowSize)/ windowSize^2;
mask = conv2(double(mask), kernel, 'same');
mask = mask > 0.5;
% Take 2 largest blobs
mask = bwareafilt(mask, 2);
subplot(2, 2, 3);
imshow(mask)
title('Mask Image', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
axis('on', 'image');
impixelinfo
drawnow;
subplot(2, 2, 4);
imshow(grayImage)
title('Mask Image', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
axis('on', 'image');
% Plot the borders of all the blobs in the overlay above the original grayscale image
% using the coordinates returned by bwboundaries().
% bwboundaries() returns a cell array, where each cell contains the row/column coordinates for an object in the image.
% Here is where we actually get the boundaries for each blob.
boundaries = bwboundaries(mask);
% boundaries is a cell array - one cell for each blob.
% In each cell is an N-by-2 list of coordinates in a (row, column) format. Note: NOT (x,y).
% Column 1 is rows, or y. Column 2 is columns, or x.
numberOfBoundaries = size(boundaries, 1); % Count the boundaries so we can use it in our for loop
% Here is where we actually plot the boundaries of each blob in the overlay.
hold on; % Don't let boundaries blow away the displayed image.
for k = 1 : numberOfBoundaries
thisBoundary = boundaries{k}; % Get boundary for this specific blob.
x = thisBoundary(:,2); % Column 2 is the columns, which is x.
y = thisBoundary(:,1); % Column 1 is the rows, which is y.
plot(x, y, 'r-', 'LineWidth', 2); % Plot boundary in red.
end
hold off;
caption = sprintf('%d Outlines, from bwboundaries()', numberOfBoundaries);
title(caption, 'FontSize', fontSize);
axis('on', 'image'); % Make sure image is not artificially stretched because of screen's aspect ratio.
