MATLAB: Help removing unwanted lines from image and identify spots

identify circleimage processing

After some enhancement I get the following image: http://i44.tinypic.com/2jfwsnd.jpg I want to identify the spots which clearly has a circle like shape, but the lines make it hard. any suggestions?

Best Answer

  1. Threshold to create a binary object
  2. bwareaopen() to get rid of small stuff
  3. imopen to get rid of lines;