gradient

Syntax: gradient(f, spatial sigma, dfdx, dfdy, dfdz, gamma)

Calculates Gaussian gradient \((\partial f / \partial x, \partial f / \partial y, \partial f / \partial z)\) of an image \(f\). Each of the derivatives is calculated by convolving the image with the corresponding derivative of the Gaussian function.

This command can be used in the distributed processing mode. Use distribute command to change processing mode from local to distributed.

Arguments

f [input]

Data type: uint8 image, uint16 image, uint32 image, uint64 image, int8 image, int16 image, int32 image, int64 image, float32 image

Image whose gradient is to be calculated.

spatial sigma [input]

Data type: real

Standard deviation of Gaussian kernel.

dfdx [output]

Data type: float32 image

Derivative in \(x\)-direction

dfdy [output]

Data type: float32 image

Derivative in \(y\)-direction

dfdz [output]

Data type: float32 image

Derivative in \(z\)-direction

gamma [input]

Data type: real

Default value: 0

Scale-space scaling exponent according to Lindeberg. Set to zero to disable scaling.