How to overlay images with soft edges - matlab

I have a set of images of some shapes on black backgrounds. I want to overlay these shapes on another image. This is a sample:
m = 200; n = m*3/2; p = m / 2;
background = im2double(rgb2gray(imresize(imread('pears.png'), [m, n])));
[x, y] = meshgrid(linspace(-1, 1, 64));
shape1 = imadjust(im2double(imresize(imread('moon.tif'), [m, m])), [.1 .9], [0, 1]);
shape2 = imadjust(im2double(rgb2gray(imresize(imread('saturn.png'), [m, m]))), [.1 .9], [0, 1]);
mask1 = double(shape1>0);
mask2 = double(shape2>0);
I = background;
I(:, (1:m)+0) = (1-mask1).*I(:, (1:m)+0) + mask1.*shape1;
I(:, (1:m)+p) = (1-mask2).*I(:, (1:m)+p) + mask2.*shape2;
And the result:
How can I remove those sharp black edges?

You can erode your masks slightly with imerode to remove the black edges, then filter them with imfilter to blend the images together smoothly. Here's a simple example with disk filters of radius 2:
erode1 = imerode(mask1, strel('disk', 2));
erode2 = imerode(mask2, strel('disk', 2));
blend1 = imfilter(erode1, fspecial('disk', 2));
blend2 = imfilter(erode2, fspecial('disk', 2));
I = background;
I(:, (1:m)+0) = (1-blend1).*I(:, (1:m)+0) + blend1.*shape1;
I(:, (1:m)+p) = (1-blend2).*I(:, (1:m)+p) + blend2.*shape2;
To refine the result you can experiment with the types and sizes of the structure elements and filters created by strel and fspecial, respectively.

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how to find the corners of rotated object in matlab?

I want to find the corners of objects.
I tried the following code:
Vstats = regionprops(BW2,'Centroid','MajorAxisLength','MinorAxisLength',...
'Orientation');
u = [Vstats.Centroid];
VcX = u(1:2:end);
VcY = u(2:2:end);
[VcY id] = sort(VcY); % sorting regions by vertical position
VcX = VcX(id);
Vstats = Vstats(id); % permute according sort
Bv = Bv(id);
Vori = [Vstats.Orientation];
VRmaj = [Vstats.MajorAxisLength]/2;
VRmin = [Vstats.MinorAxisLength]/2;
% find corners of vertebrae
figure,imshow(BW2)
hold on
% C = corner(VER);
% plot(C(:,1), C(:,2), 'or');
C = cell(size(Bv));
Anterior = zeros(2*length(C),2);
Posterior = zeros(2*length(C),2);
for i = 1:length(C) % for each region
cx = VcX(i); % centroid coordinates
cy = VcY(i);
bx = Bv{i}(:,2); % edge points coordinates
by = Bv{i}(:,1);
ux = bx-cx; % move to the origin
uy = by-cy;
[t, r] = cart2pol(ux,uy); % translate in polar coodinates
t = t - deg2rad(Vori(i)); % unrotate
for k = 1:4 % find corners (look each quadrant)
fi = t( (t>=(k-3)*pi/2) & (t<=(k-2)*pi/2) );
ri = r( (t>=(k-3)*pi/2) & (t<=(k-2)*pi/2) );
[rp, ip] = max(ri); % find farthest point
tc(k) = fi(ip); % save coordinates
rc(k) = rp;
end
[xc,yc] = pol2cart(tc+1*deg2rad(Vori(i)) ,rc); % de-rotate, translate in cartesian
C{i}(:,1) = xc + cx; % return to previous place
C{i}(:,2) = yc + cy;
plot(C{i}([1,4],1),C{i}([1,4],2),'or',C{i}([2,3],1),C{i}([2,3],2),'og')
% save coordinates :
Anterior([2*i-1,2*i],:) = [C{i}([1,4],1), C{i}([1,4],2)];
Posterior([2*i-1,2*i],:) = [C{i}([2,3],1), C{i}([2,3],2)];
end
My input image is :
I got the following output image
The bottommost object in the image is not detected properly. How can I correct the code? It fails to work for a rotated image.
You can get all the points from the image, and use kmeans clustering and partition the points into 8 groups. Once partition is done, you have the points in and and you can pick what ever the points you want.
rgbImage = imread('your image') ;
%% crop out the unwanted white background from the image
grayImage = min(rgbImage, [], 3);
binaryImage = grayImage < 200;
binaryImage = bwareafilt(binaryImage, 1);
[rows, columns] = find(binaryImage);
row1 = min(rows);
row2 = max(rows);
col1 = min(columns);
col2 = max(columns);
% Crop
croppedImage = rgbImage(row1:row2, col1:col2, :);
I = rgb2gray(croppedImage) ;
%% Get the white regions
[y,x,val] = find(I) ;
%5 use kmeans clustering
[idx,C] = kmeans([x,y],8) ;
%%
figure
imshow(I) ;
hold on
for i = 1:8
xi = x(idx==i) ; yi = y(idx==i) ;
id1=convhull(xi,yi) ;
coor = [xi(id1) yi(id1)] ;
[id,c] = kmeans(coor,4) ;
plot(coor(:,1),coor(:,2),'r','linewidth',3) ;
plot(c(:,1),c(:,2),'*b')
end
Now we are able to capture the regions..the boundary/convex hull points are in hand. You can do what ever math you want with the points.
Did you solve the problem? I Looked into it and it seems that the rotation given by 'regionprops' seems to be off. To fix that I've prepared a quick solution: I've dilated the image to close the gaps, found 4 most distant peaks of each spine, and then validated if a peak is on the left, or on the right of the centerline (that I have obtained by extrapolating form sorted centroids). This method seems to work for this particular problem.
BW2 = rgb2gray(Image);
BW2 = imbinarize(BW2);
%dilate and erode will help to remove extra features of the vertebra
se = strel('disk',4,4);
BW2_dilate = imdilate(BW2,se);
BW2_erode = imerode(BW2_dilate,se);
sb = bwboundaries(BW2_erode);
figure
imshow(BW2)
hold on
centerLine = [];
corners = [];
for bone = 1:length(sb)
x0 = sb{bone}(:,2) - mean(sb{bone}(:,2));
y0 = sb{bone}(:,1) - mean(sb{bone}(:,1));
%save the position of the centroid
centerLine = [centerLine; [mean(sb{bone}(:,1)) mean(sb{bone}(:,2))]];
[th0,rho0] = cart2pol(x0,y0);
%make sure that the indexing starts at the dip, not at the corner
lowest_val = find(rho0==min(rho0));
rho1 = [rho0(lowest_val:end); rho0(1:lowest_val-1)];
th00 = [th0(lowest_val:end); th0(1:lowest_val-1)];
y1 = [y0(lowest_val:end); y0(1:lowest_val-1)];
x1 = [x0(lowest_val:end); x0(1:lowest_val-1)];
%detect corners, using smooth data to remove noise
[pks,locs] = findpeaks(smooth(rho1));
[pksS,idS] = sort(pks,'descend');
%4 most pronounced peaks are where the corners are
edgesFndCx = x1(locs(idS(1:4)));
edgesFndCy = y1(locs(idS(1:4)));
edgesFndCx = edgesFndCx + mean(sb{bone}(:,2));
edgesFndCy = edgesFndCy + mean(sb{bone}(:,1));
corners{bone} = [edgesFndCy edgesFndCx];
end
[~,idCL] = sort(centerLine(:,1),'descend');
centerLine = centerLine(idCL,:);
%extrapolate the spine centerline
yDatExt= 1:size(BW2_erode,1);
extrpLine = interp1(centerLine(:,1),centerLine(:,2),yDatExt,'spline','extrap');
plot(centerLine(:,2),centerLine(:,1),'r')
plot(extrpLine,yDatExt,'r')
%find edges to the left, and to the right of the centerline
for bone = 1:length(corners)
x0 = corners{bone}(:,2);
y0 = corners{bone}(:,1);
for crn = 1:4
xCompare = extrpLine(y0(crn));
if x0(crn) < xCompare
plot(x0(crn),y0(crn),'go','LineWidth',2)
else
plot(x0(crn),y0(crn),'ro','LineWidth',2)
end
end
end
Solution

How to do side filling of an image

We need to detect the ground using simple filling starting from the bottom of the image shown below. Any suggestions?
This codes what I have done so far,
rgb=imread('obstacle_scene_1.jpg');
figure, imshow(rgb);
rgbImage = imread('obstacle_scene_1.jpg');
hsvInt = rgb2hsv(rgbImage);
hsvDouble = rgb2hsv(double(rgbImage));
figure, imshow(hsvInt);
figure, imshow(hsvDouble);
level = graythresh(hsvInt);
bw = im2bw(hsvInt,level);
bw = bwareaopen(bw, 50);
figure, imshow(bw)
what I want is
Using GraphCut, constraining the top and the obstacles to "background" and the bottom to "foreground":
img = imread('http://i.stack.imgur.com/xJQBP.jpg');
bw = img(4:243,6:325,1) > 128 ;
sz = size(bw);
Create pixel-wise tendency not to belong to background, stronger tendency at the bottom
bgp = linspace(1,0,sz(1))'*ones(1,sz(2));
Constrain the last row not to belong to background
bgp(end,:) = 1000.*(1-bw(end,:));
Constraint top row and obstacles not to belong to "foreground":
fgp = 1000.*bw;
fgp(1,:) = 1000;
Create the graph (using sparse_adj_matrix):
[ii jj] = sparse_adj_matrix(sz, 1, 1);
sel = ii<jj;
ii=ii(sel);
jj=jj(sel);
W = sparse(ii, jj, double(bw(ii)==bw(jj)), numel(bw), numel(bw));
Using GraphCut to split the image:
gch = GraphCut('open',[bgp(:) fgp(:)]', 500*[0 1; 1 0], W+W' );
[gch L] = GraphCut('expand', gch);
gch = GraphCut('close', gch);
Resulting with:
L = reshape(L, sz);

How to square the corners of a "rectangle" in a bw image with matlab

I have images of rectangles or deformed rectangles with rounded corners, like this:
or this:
is there a way to make the corners squared with matlab?
And then how can i get the coordinates of those new corners?
Thank you
Explanation
This problem is similar to the following question. My answer will be somehow similar to my answer there, with the relevant modifications.
we want to find the parallelogram corners which fits the most to the given shape.
The solution can be found by optimization, as follows:
find an initial guess for the 4 corners of the shape. This can be done by finding the boundary points with the highest curvature, and use kmean clustering to cluster them into 4 groups.
create a parallelogram given these 4 corners, by drawing a line between each pair of corresponding corners.
find the corners which optimize the Jaccard coefficient of the boundary image and the generated parallelogram map.
The optimization will done locally on each corner, in order to spare time.
Results
Initial corner guess (corners are marked in blue)
final results:
Code
main script
%reads image and binarize it
I = rgb2gray(imread('eA4ci.jpg')) > 50;
%finds boundry of largerst connected component
boundries = bwboundaries(I,8);
numPixels = cellfun(#length,boundries);
[~,idx] = max(numPixels);
B = boundries{idx};
%finds best 4 corners
[ corners ] = optimizeCorners(B);
%generate line mask given these corners, fills the result
linesMask = drawLines(size(I),corners,corners([2:4,1],:));
rectMask = imfill(linesMask,'holes');
%remove biggest CC from image, adds linesMask instead
CC = bwconncomp(I,8);
numPixels = cellfun(#numel,CC.PixelIdxList);
[~,idx] = max(numPixels);
res = I;
res(CC.PixelIdxList{idx}) = 0;
res = res | rectMask;
optimize corners function:
function [ corners] = optimizeCorners(xy)
%finds the corners which fits the most for this set of points
Y = xy(:,1);
X = xy(:,2);
%initial corners guess
corners = getInitialCornersGuess(xy);
boundriesIm = zeros(max(Y)+20,max(X)+20);
boundriesIm(sub2ind(size(boundriesIm),xy(:,1),xy(:,2))) = 1;
%R represents the search radius
R = 7;
%continue optimizing as long as there is no change in the final result
unchangedIterations = 0;
while unchangedIterations<4
for ii=1:4
%optimize corner ii
currentCorner = corners(ii,:);
bestCorner = currentCorner;
bestRes = calcEnergy(boundriesIm,corners);
cornersToEvaluate = corners;
for yy=currentCorner(1)-R:currentCorner(1)+R
for xx=currentCorner(2)-R:currentCorner(2)+R
cornersToEvaluate(ii,:) = [yy,xx];
res = calcEnergy(boundriesIm,cornersToEvaluate);
if res > bestRes
bestRes = res;
bestCorner = [yy,xx];
end
end
end
if isequal(bestCorner,currentCorner)
unchangedIterations = unchangedIterations + 1;
else
unchangedIterations = 0;
corners(ii,:) = bestCorner;
end
end
end
end
function res = calcEnergy(boundriesIm,corners)
%calculates the score of the corners list, given the boundries image.
%the result is acutally the jaccard index of the boundries map and the
%lines map
linesMask = drawLines(size(boundriesIm),corners,corners([2:4,1],:));
res = sum(sum(linesMask&boundriesIm)) / sum(sum(linesMask|boundriesIm));
end
get initial corners function:
function corners = getInitialCornersGuess(boundryPnts)
%calculates an initial guess for the 4 corners
%finds corners by performing kmeans on largest curvature pixels
[curvatureArr] = calcCurvature(boundryPnts, 5);
highCurv = boundryPnts(curvatureArr>0.3,:);
[~,C] = kmeans([highCurv(:,1),highCurv(:,2)],4);
%sorts the corners from top to bottom - preprocessing stage
C = int16(C);
corners = zeros(size(C));
%top left corners
topLeftInd = find(sum(C,2)==min(sum(C,2)));
corners(1,:) = C(topLeftInd,:);
%bottom right corners
bottomRightInd = find(sum(C,2)==max(sum(C,2)));
corners(3,:) = C(bottomRightInd,:);
%top right and bottom left corners
C([topLeftInd,bottomRightInd],:) = [];
topRightInd = find(C(:,2)==max(C(:,2)));
corners(4,:) = C(topRightInd,:);
bottomLeftInd = find(C(:,2)==min(C(:,2)));
corners(2,:) = C(bottomLeftInd,:);
end
function [curvatureArr] = calcCurvature(xy, halfWinSize)
%calculate the curvature of a list of points (xy) given a window size
%curvature calculation
curvatureArr = zeros(size(xy,1),1);
for t=1:halfWinSize
y = xy(t:halfWinSize:end,1);
x = xy(t:halfWinSize:end,2);
dx = gradient(x);
ddx = gradient(dx);
dy = gradient(y);
ddy = gradient(dy);
num = abs(dx .* ddy - ddx .* dy) + 0.000001;
denom = dx .* dx + dy .* dy + 0.000001;
denom = sqrt(denom);
denom = denom .* denom .* denom;
curvature = num ./ denom;
%normalizing
if(max(curvature) > 0)
curvature = curvature / max(curvature);
end
curvatureArr(t:halfWinSize:end) = curvature;
end
end
draw lines function:
function mask = drawLines(imgSize, P1, P2)
%generates a mask with lines, determine by P1 and P2 points
mask = zeros(imgSize);
P1 = double(P1);
P2 = double(P2);
for ii=1:size(P1,1)
x1 = P1(ii,2); y1 = P1(ii,1);
x2 = P2(ii,2); y2 = P2(ii,1);
% Distance (in pixels) between the two endpoints
nPoints = ceil(sqrt((x2 - x1).^2 + (y2 - y1).^2));
% Determine x and y locations along the line
xvalues = round(linspace(x1, x2, nPoints));
yvalues = round(linspace(y1, y2, nPoints));
% Replace the relevant values within the mask
mask(sub2ind(size(mask), yvalues, xvalues)) = 1;
end

Extraction of Plankton using Segmentation with Matlab

I am trying to extract plankton from a scanned image.
I segmented the plankton using the technique I found here, http://www.mathworks.com/help/images/examples/detecting-a-cell-using-image-segmentation.html
The outline is not bad, however, now I am not sure how to extract the images so each individual plankton can be saved individually. I tried to use labels but there is a lot of noise and it labels every single spec. I am wondering if there is a better way to do this.
Here is my code:
I = imread('plankton_2.jpg');
figure, imshow(I), title('original image');
[~, threshold] = edge(I, 'sobel');
fudgeFactor = .5;
BWs = edge(I,'sobel', threshold * fudgeFactor);
figure, imshow(BWs), title('binary gradient mask');
se90 = strel('line', 3, 90);
se0 = strel('line', 3, 0);
BWsdil = imdilate(BWs, [se90 se0]);
figure, imshow(BWsdil), title('dilated gradient mask');
BWdfill = imfill(BWsdil, 'holes');
figure, imshow(BWdfill);
title('binary image with filled holes');
BWnobord = imclearborder(BWdfill,1);
figure, imshow(BWnobord), title('cleared border image');
seD = strel('diamond',1);
BWfinal = imerode(BWnobord,seD);
BWfinal = imerode(BWfinal,seD);
figure, imshow(BWfinal), title('segmented image');
BWoutline = bwperim(BWfinal);
Segout = I;
Segout(BWoutline) = 0;
figure, imshow(Segout), title('outlined original image');
label = bwlabel(BWfinal);
max(max(label))
for j = 1:max(max(label))
[row, col] = find(label == j);
len = max(row) - min(row)+2;
breadth = max(col)-min(col) +2;
target = uint8(zeros([len breadth]));
sy = min(col)-1;
sx = min(row)-1;
for i = 1:size(row,1)
x = row(i,1)-sx;
y = col(i,1) - sy;
target(x,y)=I(row(i,1),col(i,1));
end
mytitle =strcat('Object Number:',num2str(j));
figure, imshow(target);mytitle;
end
for j = 1:max(max(label))
[row, col] = find(label == j);
len = max(row) - min(row)+2;
breadth = max(col)-min(col) +2;
target = uint8(zeros([len breadth]));
sy = min(col)-1;
sx = min(row)-1;
for i = 1:size(row,1)
x = row(i,1)-sx;
y = col(i,1) - sy;
target(x,y)=I(row(i,1),col(i,1));
end
mytitle =strcat('Object Number:',num2str(j));
figure, imshow(target);mytitle;
end
You should use the regionprops function to filter the detected objects by size and/or shape characteristics.

Delaunay command gives fewer of triangles than expected in MATLAB

I have got two unregistered images and a base image I use as reference for registration, image registration is performed as demonstrated in matlab example using SURF, now I have all images of 100*100 so after applying transformation matrix on both and saving all coordinates from three images in matrix named registeredPts when I apply delaunay command on a 30,000x2 matrix I get only 20,000 triangles where as as far as I know i should get 60,000 triangles approx
I have to use delaunay triangulation for image interpolation. I cannot figure out why so few number of triangles are formed though i cannot find any fault in feature based registration
close all
clear all
K = 2;
P1 = imread('C:\Users\Javeria Farooq\Desktop\project images\a.pgm');
%apply a command here that rgb2gray if it is a if it is rgb so convert it
% P1=rgb2gray(P1);
%reads the image to be registered
P2 = imread('C:\Users\Javeria Farooq\Desktop\project images\b.pgm');
% P2=rgb2gray(P2);
P3 = imread('C:\Users\Javeria Farooq\Desktop\project images\c.pgm');
% P3=rgb2gray(P3);
%reads the base image
image1_gray = makelr(P1, 1, 100, 1/2);
%image1_gray = P1;
% makes lr image of first
image2_gray= makelr(P2, 1, 100, 1/2);
image3_gray= makelr(P3, 1, 100, 1/2);
%image2_gray= P2;
%makes lr image of second
figure(1),imshow(image1_gray)
axis on;
grid on;
title('Unregistered image');
figure(2),imshow(image3_gray)
axis on;
grid on;
title('Unregistered image2');
figure(3),imshow(image2_gray)
axis on;
grid on;
title('Base image ');
impixelinfo
% both image displayed with pixel info
hold on
points_image1= detectSURFFeatures(image1_gray, 'NumScaleLevels', 100, 'NumOctaves', 12, 'MetricThreshold', 500 );
%detects surf features of first image
points_image2 = detectSURFFeatures(image2_gray, 'NumScaleLevels', 100, 'NumOctaves', 12, 'MetricThreshold', 500 );
points_image3 = detectSURFFeatures(image3_gray, 'NumScaleLevels', 100, 'NumOctaves', 12, 'MetricThreshold', 500 );
%detects surf features of second image
[features_image1, validPoints_image1] = extractFeatures(image1_gray, points_image1);
[features_image2, validPoints_image2] = extractFeatures(image2_gray, points_image2);
[features_image3, validPoints_image3] = extractFeatures(image3_gray, points_image3);
%extracts features of both images
indexPairs = matchFeatures(features_image1, features_image2, 'Prenormalized', true) ;
indexPairs1 = matchFeatures(features_image3, features_image2, 'Prenormalized', true) ;
% get matching points
matched_pts1 = validPoints_image1(indexPairs(:, 1));
matched_pts2 = validPoints_image2(indexPairs(:, 2));
matched_pts3 = validPoints_image3(indexPairs1(:, 1));
matched_pts4=validPoints_image2(indexPairs1(:, 2));
figure(4); showMatchedFeatures(image1_gray,image2_gray,matched_pts1,matched_pts2,'montage');
legend('matched points 1','matched points 2');
figure(5); showMatchedFeatures(image3_gray,image2_gray,matched_pts3,matched_pts4,'montage');
%matched features of both images are displayed
legend('matched points 3','matched points 2');
% Compute the transformation matrix using RANSAC
[tform, inlierFramePoints, inlierPanoPoints, status] = estimateGeometricTransform(matched_pts1, matched_pts2, 'projective');
[tform1, inlierFramePoints, inlierPanoPoints, status] = estimateGeometricTransform(matched_pts3, matched_pts4, 'projective');
%figure(6); showMatchedFeatures(image1_gray,image2_gray,inlierPanoPoints,inlierFramePoints,'montage');
%tform = estimateGeometricTransform(matched_pts1,matched_pts2,'projective')
%calculate transformation matrix using projective transform
T=tform.T;
r=[];
A=[];
l=1
[N1 N2]=size(image2_gray)
registeredPts = zeros(N1*N2,2);
pixelVals = zeros(N1*N2,1);
for row = 1:N1
for col = 1:N2
pixNum = (row-1)*N2 + col;
pixelVals(pixNum,1) = image2_gray(row,col);
registeredPts(pixNum,:) = [col,row];
end
end
[r]=transformPointsForward(tform,registeredPts(:,:));
[q]=transformPointsForward(tform1,registeredPts(:,:));
%coordinates of base image
image2_gray=double(image2_gray);
R=2;
r1=r(:,1);
r2=r(:,2);
for row = 1:N1
for col = 1:N2
pixNum = N1*N2 + (row-1)*N2 + col;
pixelVals(pixNum,1) = image1_gray(row,col);
registeredPts(pixNum,:) = [r1(col,:),r2(col,:)];
end
end
q1=q(:,1);
q2=q(:,2);
for row = 1:N1
for col = 1:N2
pixNum = N1*N2 +N1*N2+ (row-1)*N2 + col;
pixelVals(pixNum,1) = image3_gray(row,col);
registeredPts(pixNum,:) = [q1(col,:),q2(col,:)];
end
end
tri = delaunayTriangulation();
tri.Points=[registeredPts(:,1),registeredPts(:,2)];
i figured out the problem in code
for row = 1:N1
for col = 1:N2
pixNum = N1*N2 + (row-1)*N2 + col;
pixelVals(pixNum,1) = image1_gray(row,col);
registeredPts(pixNum,:) = [r1(col,:),r2(col,:)];
end
end
here same registered points are reassigned again and again, i corrected it by assigning the points out of for loop using
registeredPts=[registeredPts;r]
now i m getting above 60,000 triangles which works fine