Read and display a grayscale image.

I = imread('cameraman.tif');
imshow(I)

Segment the sky in the image by using the flood-fill technique. Select a pixel in the sky to be the seed location. This example uses the pixel with (row, column) coordinate (50, 50). Call the grayconnected function, specifying the image to be segmented and this seed location.

J = grayconnected(I,50,50);

Display the segmented region in color over the original image by using the labeloverlay function. The segmented region includes sky pixels that are 8-connected to the seed pixel. The region does not include pixels of similar intensity that are disconnected, such as the sky visible between the legs of the tripod.

imshow(labeloverlay(I,J))

Segment the jacket of the cameraman by using the flood-fill. Select a pixel in the jacket to be the seed location. This example specifies the seed pixel with (row, column) coordinate (110, 65). Call the grayconnected function, specifying the image to be segmented and this seed location.

J2 = grayconnected(I,110,65);

Display the segmented image in color over the original image. The segmented region includes all pixels that are 8-connected to the seed pixel. The tripod and the hair of the cameraman have similar intensity to the jacket, so they are included in the segmented region.

imshow(labeloverlay(I,J2))

Create small sample image.

I = uint8([20 22 24 23 25 20 100
           21 19 12 13 12 30 6
           22 11 13 12 24 25 5
           23 13 13 13 24 25 5
           24 27 13 12 12 13 5
           25 26  5 28 29 50 6]);

Specify the row and column indices of the seed location. The value at the seed location is 23.

seedrow = 4;
seedcol = 1;

Specify the tolerance.

tol = 3;

Create mask image, specifying the seed location and tolerance. The mask includes all pixels that are 8-connected to the seed pixel and have a value in the range [20, 26]. The mask excludes pixels with grayscale values within the tolerance range that are not 8-connected, such as the pixel with (row, column) coordinate (3, 6).

BW = grayconnected(I,seedrow,seedcol,tol)

BW = 6x7 logical array

   1   1   1   1   1   1   0
   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
   1   1   0   0   0   0   0