ind2gray

 clc;
  clear all;
  close all;
  % The algorithm parameters:
  % 1. Parameters of edge detecting filters:
  %    X-axis direction filter:
       Nx1=10;Sigmax1=1;Nx2=10;Sigmax2=1;Theta1=pi/2;
  %    Y-axis direction filter:
       Ny1=10;Sigmay1=1;Ny2=10;Sigmay2=1;Theta2=0;
  % 2. The thresholding parameter alfa:
       alfa=0.1;

% Get the initial image lena.gif

[X,map]=imread('lena.gif');    
isempty(map);
w=ind2gray(X,map);
figure(1);
colormap(gray);
subplot(3,2,1);
imagesc(w,200);
title('Image: lena.gif');

% X-axis direction edge detection
subplot(3,2,2);
filterx=d2dgauss(Nx1,Sigmax1,Nx2,Sigmax2,Theta1);
Ix= conv2(w,filterx,'same');
imagesc(Ix);
title('Ix');

% Y-axis direction edge detection
subplot(3,2,3)
filtery=d2dgauss(Ny1,Sigmay1,Ny2,Sigmay2,Theta2);
Iy=conv2(w,filtery,'same'); 
imagesc(Iy);
title('Iy');

% Norm of the gradient (Combining the X and Y directional derivatives)
subplot(3,2,4);
NVI=sqrt(Ix.*Ix+Iy.*Iy);
imagesc(NVI);
title('Norm of Gradient');

% Thresholding
I_max=max(max(NVI));
I_min=min(min(NVI));
level=alfa*(I_max-I_min)+I_min;
subplot(3,2,5);
Ibw=max(NVI,level.*ones(size(NVI)));
imagesc(Ibw);
title('After Thresholding');

% Thinning (Using interpolation to find the pixels where the norms of 
% gradient are local maximum.)
subplot(3,2,6);
[n,m]=size(Ibw);
for i=2:n-1,
for j=2:m-1,
  if Ibw(i,j) > level,
  X=[-1,0,+1;-1,0,+1;-1,0,+1];
  Y=[-1,-1,-1;0,0,0;+1,+1,+1];
  Z=[Ibw(i-1,j-1),Ibw(i-1,j),Ibw(i-1,j+1);
     Ibw(i,j-1),Ibw(i,j),Ibw(i,j+1);
     Ibw(i+1,j-1),Ibw(i+1,j),Ibw(i+1,j+1)];
  XI=[Ix(i,j)/NVI(i,j), -Ix(i,j)/NVI(i,j)];
  YI=[Iy(i,j)/NVI(i,j), -Iy(i,j)/NVI(i,j)];
  ZI=interp2(X,Y,Z,XI,YI);
    if Ibw(i,j) >= ZI(1) & Ibw(i,j) >= ZI(2)
    I_temp(i,j)=I_max;
    else
    I_temp(i,j)=I_min;
    end
  else
  I_temp(i,j)=I_min;
  end
end
end
imagesc(I_temp);
title('After Thinning');
colormap(gray);

Error in ==> ind2gray>parse_inputs at 79 iptcheckmap(varargin{2}, mfilename, 'MAP', 2);

Error in ==> ind2gray at 23 [a,cm] = parse_inputs(varargin{:});

Error in ==> main at 17 w=ind2gray(X,map);

[Ashish Uthama]

[Edit - format code]

Ammu, please use consider using code formatting to post code.

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

It really helps if you give us the FULL error message.

what happens if you type:

isempty(map)

?