Indexing points along curve in matrix in order from one endpoint to the other
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I have a logical image with many 1-px wavy curve segments and I am trying to fit a curve to these segments to find the orientation along the curve through derivative information. To do this I am planning on using the indexed points from the curves and something such as cubic splines, but "PixelList" and "find" return the points in order of appearance in the matrix, not order of appearance in the line.
Is there a method in MATLAB to index the points in the matrix in an order starting from one endpoint to the other endpoint.
For example given:
A = [0 1 1 1 0; 1 0 0 0 1; 1 0 0 0 0; 1 0 0 0 1; 0 1 0 1 0; 0 0 1 0 0];
% A =
% 0 1 1 1 0
% 1 0 0 0 1
% 1 0 0 0 0
% 1 0 0 0 1
% 0 1 0 1 0
% 0 0 1 0 0
[rows cols] = find(A==1); %This gives the following [row,col] pairs:
(2,1),(3,1),(4,1),(1,2),(5,2)... etc
I would like the points in this order ([row,col] again):
(2,5),(1,4),(1,3),(1,2),(2,1),(3,1),(4,1)... etc
% Or starting from the other endpoint
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Image Analyst
on 17 Jul 2012
Edited: Image Analyst
on 17 Jul 2012
Is interparc what you're looking for? http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/34874-interparc Or you might try bwboundaries() or bwtraceboundary().
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Sean de Wolski
on 17 Jul 2012
Use the 'endpoints' option in bwmorph to find the end points. Pick an end point and then traverse your 'pixellist' selecting points adjacent to each selected pixel repeating until you reach the other end.
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