imabsdiff

Absolute difference of two images

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Syntax

Z = imabsdiff(X,Y)

Description

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Z = imabsdiff(X,Y) subtracts each element in array Y from the corresponding element in array X and returns the absolute difference in the corresponding element of the output array Z.

You optionally can compute the absolute difference of X and Y using a GPU (requires Parallel Computing Toolbox™).

Examples

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Open Live Script

Read image into workspace.

I = imread('cameraman.tif');

Filter the image.

J = uint8(filter2(fspecial('gaussian'), I));

Calculate the absolute difference of the two images.

K = imabsdiff(I,J);

Display the absolute difference image.

figure
imshow(K,[])

Input Arguments

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Input image, specified as a numeric array of any dimension.

Example: x = imread('cameraman.tif');

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | logical

Input image, specified as a numeric array. Y must be the same size and class as X.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | logical

Output Arguments

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Difference image, returned as a numeric array. Z has the same class and size as X and Y. If X and Y are integer arrays, then imabsdiff truncates elements in the output that exceed the range of the integer type.

Tips

  • If X is of class double, then use the expression abs(X-Y) instead of this function.

  • If X is of class logical, then use the expression XOR(X,Y) instead of this function.

  • When X and Y are of class uint8, int16, or single, then imabsdiff can use hardware optimization to run faster.

  • imabsdiff runs on a GPU if at least one of X and Y are gpuArrays. It is not necessary that both inputs are gpuArrays.

Extended Capabilities

GPU Code Generation
Generate CUDA® code for NVIDIA® GPUs using GPU Coder™.

See Also

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Introduced before R2006a

Image Processing Toolbox Documentation
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