How to construct image from a .dat file?

I have performed some image analysis with some special software. It saved the final image (result) in a datafile (.dat extension). How can I view the image with Matlab?

I tried to load

 A= load('ImageFile.dat');
 figure
 imshow(A)

It give error:

 Error using imfinfo (line 115)
 Unable to determine file format.

 Error in getImageFromFile (line 17)
  img_info = imfinfo(filename);

 Error in imageDisplayParseInputs (line 74)
    [common_args.CData,common_args.Map] = ...

 Error in imshow (line 198)
  [common_args,specific_args] = ...

[Thorsten]

Could you provide the .dat file so that we can have a look at it? Can your "Special Software" store images in other formats? Does the documentation of "Special Software" says anything about the file format of the .dat file?

Answer 1

[Sudharsana Iyengar]

what does your dat file contain.

did you try imagesc option.

import the dat file into matlab and store as a variable. default name would be untitled. then try

    imagesc(untitled)