Alternative to geoimread.m function when geographic tags are absent

We are working with .tif images which have been converted with a third party software from .jp2 files.

Tile corner coordinates appear not to be present in the image metadata, rather in an externa .json file.

When using geoimread.m, we get the message: "The file <file> does not contain any GeoTIFF Tags"

We would ideally use a scheme like this:

[image_corner_x, image_corner_y] = m_ll2xy(image_corner_lon, image_corner_lat);
im = image(image_corner_x, image_corner_y, <image as type double>);

for plotting the imagery, drawing on the m_map package.

Is there an option to provide the tile corners to geoimread? I don't think so, I had a quick glance at the file header comments.

Alternatively, comments on an ideal image read function for this combination of input data are most appreciated.