MATLAB: Removing unwanted pixels

image processsing

I have an image
in which i need only the text ,i want to remove extra whitr regions around the text.please help

Best Answer

Im = imread('Q8.png');
BW = im2bw(Im,graythresh(Im));
bw1 = imdilate(BW,[0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1]);
s = regionprops(bw1,'Area');
k = sort([s.Area],'descend');
bw2 = bwareaopen(bw1, k(2)-1);
bw3 = imfill(bw2,'holes');
bwOut = bw3 & BW;
imshow(bwOut)
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