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Syntax
Description
P = phantom(
def
,n)
generates an image of a head phantom that can be used to test the numerical accuracy of radon
and iradon
or other two-dimensional reconstruction algorithms. P
is a grayscale intensity image that consists of one large ellipse (representing the brain) containing several smaller ellipses (representing features in the brain).
def
is a string that specifies the type of head phantom to generate. Valid values are:
'Shepp-Logan'
- a test image used widely by researchers in tomography.
'Modified Shepp-Logan'
(default) - a variant of the Shepp-Logan phantom in which the contrast is improved for better visual perception.
n
is a scalar that specifies the number of rows and columns in P
. If you omit the argument, n
defaults to 256.
P = phantom(E,n)
generates a user-defined phantom, where each row of the matrix E
specifies an ellipse in the image. E
has six columns, with each column containing a different parameter for the ellipses. This table describes the columns of the matrix.
For purposes of generating the phantom, the domains for the x- and y-axes span [-1,1]. Columns 2 through 5 must be specified in terms of this range.
[P,E] = phantom(...)
returns the matrix E
used to generate the phantom.
Class Support
All inputs and all outputs must be of class double
.
Remarks
For any given pixel in the output image, the pixel's value is equal to the sum of the additive intensity values of all ellipses that the pixel is a part of. If a pixel is not part of any ellipse, its value is 0.
The additive intensity value A
for an ellipse can be positive or negative; if it is negative, the ellipse will be darker than the surrounding pixels. Note that, depending on the values of A
, some pixels may have values outside the range [0,1].
Example
Reference
[1] Jain, Anil K. Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1989. p. 439.
See Also
![]() | padarray | pixval | ![]() |