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How long is the coast of Britain?
I heard this morning that Benoît B. Mandelbrot died over the weekend. Dr. Mandelbrot developed the theory of fractal...
15 years ago
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R2010b – Image Processing Toolbox performance improvements
MathWorks shipped release R2010b last month. Today I want to mention several performance improvements made in the Image...
15 years ago
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The Two Amigos
I'd like to introduce Brett Shoelson as guest blogger for today. Many of you already know Brett from his work...
15 years ago
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Disconnected component labeling: part 2
Last week I wrote about a user's request to perform connected-component labeling with an unusual connectivity...
15 years ago
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Disconnected component labeling: part 1
A blog reader asked me recently for an enhancement related to connectivity. I found the request a bit surprising, and I...
15 years ago
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Fourier transforms, vertical lines, and horizontal lines
A reader asked in a blog comment recently why a vertical line (or edge) shows up in the Fourier transform of an image...
15 years ago
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Almost-connected-component labeling
In a recent post I demonstrated the use of bwdist (binary image Euclidean distance transform) to perform isotropic...
15 years ago
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Documentation for previous releases now available online
Thanks to Steve Lord I just learned that documentation for previous MathWorks releases is now available online. This is...
15 years ago
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Isotropic dilation using the distance transform
Brett recently asked me about an image processing problem. One step in the problem involved finding out which pixels...
15 years ago
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Visualizing regionprops ellipse measurements
The Image Processing Toolbox function regionprops gives you measurements of shape-based measurements of image regions....
15 years ago
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Complex surprises from fft
One of the discrete-time Fourier transform properties that many people learn is that if a sequence is conjugate...
15 years ago
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“DIM” terminology
I've been bothered recently by a MATLAB terminology question: How should we describe the dim argument in functions such...
15 years ago
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MATLAB xUnit 3.0.1
On June 16 I let you know about a new version of MATLAB xUnit that I posted on the MATLAB Central File Exchange. Since then...
15 years ago
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Plotting the DTFT using the output of fft
In my Fourier transform series I've been trying to address some of the common points of confusion surrounding this...
15 years ago
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MATLAB xUnit: new version available
03-Aug-2016 update: MATLAB xUnit is now in a different location. It is currently maintained by Paul Sexton. In...
15 years ago
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Goodbye Apple Hill 1!
Today offered more excitement than usual at MathWorks headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts. We got to destroy a building!...
15 years ago
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Negative frequencies
I recently asked for your advice about how to continue my Fourier transform series. I appreciate all the enthusiastic...
15 years ago
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The Fundamental Matrix Song
If you're into multiple view geometry and computer vision and you're looking for a funny, enjoyable 3 min 15 sec...
16 years ago
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill example on Art of MATLAB blog
Hi folks, You might be interested in Kelly's example showing how to get Gulf of Mexico oil-spill images using the...
16 years ago
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Survey on code reuse by MATLAB users
MathWorker Ned Gulley, whom some of you may know from his involvement in the MATLAB Contest, met Chris Scaffidi recently....
16 years ago
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Fourier transforms – where to go from here
Last fall I started posting occasionally about Fourier transforms. This topic causes much confusion, which is...
16 years ago
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MathWorks Academic Virtual Conference
Readers in academia might be interested in the upcoming MathWorks Academic Virtual Conference on May 11, 2010. Educators...
16 years ago
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More R2010a performance improvements in Image Processing Toolbox
Earlier this week I posted some relative speed improvement charts for some functions in the Image Processing Toolbox that...
16 years ago
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Performance improvements in R2010a
Last month we shipped R2010a, the first of our two releases this year. R2010a includes version 7.0 of Image Processing...
16 years ago
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More about variable names inside functions
Last week I wrote that I do not normally worry very much about whether a variable name inside a function I'm writing might...
16 years ago
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A practice that doesn’t make me cry
About a month ago, Doug posted a list of 10 MATLAB code practices that make him cry. (Not a pretty sight, I promise you.)...
16 years ago
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No units in the DTFT
OysterEngineer (I love that name!) asked some interesting questions in response to my last Fourier transform post,...
16 years ago
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Is Denoising Dead?
In the category of "eye-catching titles," the April 2010 issue of IEEE Transactions on Image Processing has an article...
16 years ago
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The DFT and the DTFT
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