How to save series of images?

Hi.

I am reading and doing a bunch of stuff on a series of images.

But I want to save every thing done on every image for future use. How can I do so?

I mean, for example, I have read 100 images and just turn them into binary. How can I save all of them in binary in the workspace for further use?

By saving I do not mean writing the images, I mean keep them in the memory and workspace.

I can't use something like

. . .

binaryImage (i) = ... (i is the index of the loop in which the process is done)

because it confuses with dimensions of the image.

What can I do?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Steven/Mohammad:

If you have a script, then any variables are left hanging around in the base workspace. If they are in a function, then vanish when the function exits. To use variables in a function in the future elsewhere, you need to return them as output arguments. Or else use the methods described in the FAQ: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_share_data_between_callback_functions_in_my_GUI.28s.29.3F

By the way if you want to save images in a loop, you need to save either to a 3D array

if i == 1
  binaryImage3D = thisBinaryImage; % The first time, initialize
else
  binaryImage3D = cat(3, binaryImage3D, thisBinaryImage);
end

or save it into a cell of a cell array where you use braces instead of parentheses.

allBinaryImages{i} = thisBinaryImage;

You can read the FAQ on cell arrays for a good description of cell arrays: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#What_is_a_cell_array.3F

[Steven]

Thanks for your reply.

1. I used something like this:

allBinaryImages(i,:,:)=thisBinaryImage(:,:)

Now I could save them, but I could not load them again! I mean when later I wanted to for example imshow one of them, say allBinaryImages(3,:,:), I always come to an error which I do understand, but do not know how to solve it.

So, how can I for example later, show one of those allBinaryImages? because now they are 3 dimensions.

2. By the way! I sent you a message. I would be very grateful if you will reply to me (or shall I ask it here?)

Thanks so much for your time.

[Image Analyst]

1. You need to have i be the last index, not the first. And you don't need the (:,:) on the array:

allBinaryImages(:, :, i) = thisBinaryImage;

To show one particular plane from that 3D image, you'd select it

imshow(allBinaryImages(:,:, 42)); % Show image #42.

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