How can I convert a 3 dimensional matrix into a single cell

How can I convert a 3d matrix into a cell array with 1*1 dimension which would then open the 3 dimensional matrix

[James Tursa]

I don't understand what "would then open the 3 dimensional matrix" means. Can you give a short example? E.g., suppose you had a 4x3x2 array ... what would your cell array look like?

[bhavya vendra]

I have a 1024*1024 *80 image stack converted to a matrix. I need it to be in a 1*1 cell that would contain this matrix. This is what I have right now

if true
clear all
clc
folder = 'E:\Users\bvendra\Desktop\4.13umgs3-14c2before20,30, almost40\20\tif';
D = 'E:\Users\bvendra\Desktop\4.13umgs3-14c2before20,30, almost40\20\tif';
dCell = dir([D,'.tif']);
% NOTE: CHANGE FILETYPE AS APPROPRIATE FOR EACH SEQUENCE (.png, *.bmp, or *.jpg)
N = 80
numRows = ceil(sqrt(N));
IMAGES = cell(1,N);
FNAMEFMT = '%d.tif';
% Load images
for i=1:N
a = imread(sprintf(FNAMEFMT, i));
end
save vol01 
end

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Already answered in your duplicate question: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/279904-converting-3d-image-stack-to-a-1-1-cell-array

Answer 2

[Kelly Kearney]

Is this what you want?

x = rand(4,3,2);
x = {x};

[bhavya vendra]

Hello,

This lets me put the matrix in a cell but now I am losing the 3rd dimension of the matrix. I have my code attached below. My matrix is 1024*1024*80 and the cell only seems to display 1024*1024. Is there a way to fix it?

if true
 if true
clear all
clc
folder = 'E:\Users\bvendra\Desktop\4.13umgs3-14c2before20,30, almost40\20\tif';
D = 'E:\Users\bvendra\Desktop\4.13umgs3-14c2before20,30, almost40\20\tif';
dCell = dir([D,'.tif']);
% NOTE: CHANGE FILETYPE AS APPROPRIATE FOR EACH SEQUENCE (.png, *.bmp, or *.jpg)
N = 80
numRows = ceil(sqrt(N));
IMAGES = cell(1,N);
FNAMEFMT = '%d.tif';
% Load images
for i=1:N
a = imread(sprintf(FNAMEFMT, i));
end
save vol01 
end 
end

[Kelly Kearney]

I assume a is supposed to be a 3D matrix? Right now, you're overwriting the data on each iteration of the loop. Instead, save each image to a single slice of the matrix:

a = zeros(1024,1024,N);
for ii = 1:N
   a(:,:,ii) = imread(sprintf(FNAMFMT, ii));
end