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imsubtract

Subtract one image from another or subtract constant from image

Description

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Z = imsubtract(X,Y) subtracts each element in array Y from the corresponding element in array X and returns the difference in the corresponding element of the output array Z.

Examples

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This example shows how to subtract two uint8 arrays. Note that negative results are rounded to 0.

X = uint8([ 255 0 75; 44 225 100]);
Y = uint8([ 50 50 50; 50 50 50 ]);
Z = imsubtract(X,Y)
Z = 2x3 uint8 matrix

   205     0    25
     0   175    50

Read a grayscale image into the workspace.

I = imread('rice.png');

Estimate the background.

background = imopen(I,strel('disk',15));

Subtract the background from the image.

J = imsubtract(I,background);

Display the original image and the processed image.

imshow(I)

figure
imshow(J)

Read an image into the workspace.

I = imread('rice.png');

Subtract a constant value from the image.

J = imsubtract(I,50);

Display the original image and the result.

imshow(I)

figure
imshow(J)

Input Arguments

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First array (minuend), specified as a numeric array or logical array of any dimension.

Second array (subtrahend) to be subtracted from X, specified as a numeric array or logical array of the same size and class as X, or a numeric scalar of type double.

Output Arguments

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Difference, returned as a numeric array of the same size as X. Z is the same class as X unless X is logical, in which case Z is data type double. If X is an integer array, then elements of the output that exceed the range of the integer type are truncated, and fractional values are rounded.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a