reshape 8bit matrix to 16 bit matrix

Hi Community

I have a matrix sized 1024 * 512 of 8 bit elements

and i need to convert it to a matrix of 512 * 512 of 16 bit elements

i tried reshape but it doesn't work !!!

eg:

thid matrix :

16 16 32 32

48 48 64 64

will becom

4112 8224

12336 16448

any one can help me pleaze

Answer 1

[Matt J]

A=[16     16     32     32
   48     48     64     64];

B= A(:,1:2:end)*256 + A(:,2:2:end)

B = 2×2

4112 8224 12336 16448