MATLAB: Alternatives to xcov for Image analysis

Question

I am trying to estimate the periodocity of objects in an image and started by plotting a line profile of the average of the columns: This willt hen be used to overlay a matrix on the image to estimate the signal of the objects (that are in a regular pattern)

I have then read that xcov can be used to obtain the actual periodicity:

I do not have the signal processiong toolbox and was wondering if there was another approach I could use to get the same result

Answer 1

You can do it yourself, manually. Just write the code - it's not that hard. You can use conv() which is in base MATLAB.