Pattern recognition in a data matrix (non-image)

I want to find a certain pattern in intensity data which is a 3d matrix. The intensity is a function of time and phase. The pcolor plot below shows a small set of the visualized data. I want to get MATLAB to automatically go through the data and find events that are similar to the structure in the dashed box.

To do that, I have written a script that finds the intensity peaks in time for each phase channel, and then through using some if statements, I try to capture the structure (not the actual code):

if (t(max(channel(5)))==t(max(channel(2)))) & (t(max(channel(3)))==t(max(channel(1.5)))
  record time
else
  Tframe=Tframe+hours(1)
end

This method is very slow and doesn't capture the structures. Is there any MATLAB toolbox for this purpose?

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Try normalized cross correlation, normxcorr2().