MATLAB: Detection of Particle Orientation

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How can I detect the orientation of the bright region with respect to the center of the particle using matlab?? I have done a rough analysis using paint and simple trignometry and it turns out to be around 45 degree (considering the center of the bright region and the center of the particle).

Best Answer

Use regionprops():
% Code to detect angle of a blob.
% By Image Analyst
clc; % Clear the command window.
fprintf('Beginning to run %s.m ...\n', mfilename);
close all; % Close all figures (except those of imtool.)
clear; % Erase all existing variables. Or clearvars if you want.
workspace; % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
format long g;
format compact;
fontSize = 15;
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

% READ IN IMAGE
folder = pwd;
baseFileName = 'ZoomIn_100f.jpg';
% Get the full filename, with path prepended.
fullFileName = fullfile(folder, baseFileName);
% Check if file exists.
if ~exist(fullFileName, 'file')
% The file doesn't exist -- didn't find it there in that folder.
% Check the entire search path (other folders) for the file by stripping off the folder.
fullFileNameOnSearchPath = baseFileName; % No path this time.
if ~exist(fullFileNameOnSearchPath, 'file')
% Still didn't find it. Alert user.
errorMessage = sprintf('Error: %s does not exist in the search path folders.', fullFileName);
uiwait(warndlg(errorMessage));
return;
end
end
grayImage = imread(fullFileName);
% Get the dimensions of the image.
% numberOfColorChannels should be = 1 for a gray scale image, and 3 for an RGB color image.
[rows, columns, numberOfColorChannels] = size(grayImage);
if numberOfColorChannels > 1
% It's not really gray scale like we expected - it's color.
% Use weighted sum of ALL channels to create a gray scale image.
% grayImage = rgb2gray(grayImage);
% ALTERNATE METHOD: Convert it to gray scale by taking only the green channel,
% which in a typical snapshot will be the least noisy channel.
grayImage = grayImage(:, :, 1); % Take red channel.
end
% Crop it to the right lines.
% grayImage = grayImage(1750:2250, 800:end);
subplot(2, 2, 1);
imshow(grayImage, []);
impixelinfo;
title('Red Channel Image', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
hFig = gcf;
hFig.WindowState = 'maximized'; % May not work in earlier versions of MATLAB.

drawnow;
subplot(2, 2, 2);
imhist(grayImage);
grid on;
title('Histogram of Original Image', 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% SEGMENTATION OF IMAGE
% Get a binary image by interactively thresholding using the function at
% https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/29372-thresholding-an-image
% 91 seems good for this image.
lowThreshold = 91;
highThreshold = 255;
% [lowThreshold, highThreshold] = threshold(lowThreshold, highThreshold, grayImage)
mask = grayImage > lowThreshold & grayImage < highThreshold;
mask = imclearborder(mask);
mask = imfill(mask, 'holes');
% Take largest blobs.
mask = bwareafilt(mask, 1);
subplot(2, 2, 3);
imshow(mask, []);
impixelinfo;
caption = sprintf('Mask of White SemiCircles');
title(caption, 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
% Measure centroid and orientation.
props = regionprops(mask, 'Centroid', 'Orientation')
xCenter = props.Centroid(1);
yCenter = props.Centroid(2);
hold on;
plot(xCenter, yCenter, 'r+', 'MarkerSize', 40, 'LineWidth', 2);
% Display the masked image.
subplot(2, 2, 4);
overlayImage = imoverlay(grayImage, mask, 'r');
imshow(overlayImage, []);
impixelinfo;
caption = sprintf('Masked Image. Angle = %.2f degrees.', props.Orientation);
title(caption, 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
hFig = gcf;
hFig.WindowState = 'maximized'; % May not work in earlier versions of MATLAB.
drawnow;
% Make a line at that angle at the centroid.
slope = tan(props.Orientation)
x = 1 : columns;
y = slope * (x - xCenter) + yCenter;
hold on;
plot(x, y, 'r-', 'LineWidth', 2);
fprintf('Done running %s.m ...\n', mfilename);