Obtain average image threshold without the background

Hello,

I have an a 171x288 uint8 image that contains a black background of a value of 0, along with an object in the image that contains numerous values. I am calculating the mean threshold of the image, but I want to calculate only the threshold of the object, without the background. How could I approach this problem?

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Try this:

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;

%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%    READ IN IMAGE
folder = pwd;
baseFileName = 'image.png';
% Get the full filename, with path prepended.
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);
if numberOfColorChannels > 1
	% It's not really gray scale like we expected - it's color.
	% Use weighted sum of ALL channels to create a gray scale image.
	grayImage = rgb2gray(grayImage);
	% ALTERNATE METHOD: Convert it to gray scale by taking only the green channel,
	% which in a typical snapshot will be the least noisy channel.
	% grayImage = grayImage(:, :, 2); % Take green channel.
end
% Display the image.
subplot(2, 2, 1);
imshow(grayImage, []);
title('Original Grayscale Image', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
impixelinfo;
hFig = gcf;
hFig.WindowState = 'maximized'; % May not work in earlier versions of MATLAB.
drawnow;

%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%    SEGMENTATION OF IMAGE
% Get a binary image of just the blob and not including the black background or the white surround.
mask = grayImage > 0 & grayImage < 255;  %imbinarize(grayImage);
subplot(2, 2, 2);
imshow(mask, []);
impixelinfo;
title('Initial Mask Image', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
impixelinfo;

% Display histogram of image but only the image within the mask
subplot(2, 3, 4);
histogram(grayImage(mask), 0:255);
grid on;
title('Histogram of gray image', 'FontSize', fontSize);

% Now get the threshold
thresh = 255 * graythresh(grayImage(mask))
% Put a red line there at the threshold
xline(thresh, 'Color', 'r', 'LineWidth', 2);

% Get a binary image of the bright stuff
brightStuff = grayImage >= thresh & mask;
subplot(2, 3, 5);
imshow(brightStuff, []);
impixelinfo;
title('Bright Pixels in Region', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
impixelinfo;
subplot(2, 3, 6);
darkStuff = ~brightStuff & mask;
imshow(darkStuff, []);
impixelinfo;
title('Dark Pixels in Region', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
impixelinfo;

[Don Calzone]

Perfect, thanks!