how to sum all pixel within a specific distance from each pixel?

Hello everyone, I am trying this concept that the code goes through each pixel of an image and sum all the pixel values(to take a mean value then) in a specific distance (2lambda where lambda = 4) from that pixel. this should be done for all the pixels .

Thank you everyone for your response. let me explain it abit.

img_out(:,:,n) = conv2(img_in, gb,'same');

img_out is the one i want to work with now. i am gonna write some comments about what i want to achieve now.

% calculate the number of pixels in distance limit of 2 lambda to 12 lambbda(lammba is the wavelength of gabor filter but for simplicity here just consider it 4)

% to explain the above comment a bit more i have to start from pixel 1 and will go through all the pixels till the end.

e-g for pixel 1, pixel 1 will be the target pixel and we will have to sum all the pixel values of the neighbouring pixels in the distance of 2lambda to 12 lambda.

[darova]

Can you please attach some image with short explanations?

[Shivam Prasad]

Hi Waseem,

Can you tell me what you mean by :-

"then) in a specific distance (2lambda where lambda = 4) from that pixel. this should be done for all the pixels ."

[KALYAN ACHARJYA]

"... in a specific distance"

Distance from??....to each pixels ..

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

conv2 with a mask that is 1 for each pixel to be considered. The exact pattern will depend on which distance measurement you want to use. See strel() to construct some of the common ones.

[Shivam Prasad]

Hi Waseem,

I understand that the value of lambda remains the same throughout the operation. However, the size of a pixel is not fixed. It is dependent on resolution of the output screen.

Can you change the distance metric (pixels) to something else?

Also, please specify the unit of lambda.

Answer 2

[Shivam Prasad]

Hi Waseem,

Check if this works. I have made some changes to your code.

array=[1.0,5.0,25.0,27.0,35.0,38.0,41.0,50.0];
matchingpixels= zeros(length(array));
thresholddis=4.0;

for i=1:length(array)
    fprintf('Pixels found closer to %i =',i);
    currentPos=array(i);   
    sum=0;
    
    for j=1:length(array)
        if j~=i
            otherPos=array(j); 
            if  abs(currentPos-otherPos)<thresholddis
                fprintf('%i ',j);
                sum = sum+otherPos;
            end
        end  
    end
    fprintf('\nSum of pixel values = %i\n',sum);
end

[Shivam Prasad]

It's difficult to understand the code at a go. There is no reference to variables like tEnd. I suggest you to go through the logic which I have implemented in the sample code and make changes in your real code accordingly.

The idea is to use a nested for loop. Both the loops will iterate through all the neutrons. Calculate the distance between the neurons from the outer and inner loop. If this distance is between 2 and 12 lambda, output these neurons, and also add this distance in a variable SUM initialized to zero just before the inner loop starts. Output the value of the variable SUM outside the inner loop.

[Waseem Farooq]

ok thank you.