Read Image

Reads image into numpy ndarray and splits the path and image filename. This is a wrapper for the OpenCV function imread.

plantcv.readimage(filename, mode = "native")

returns img, path, image filename

  • Parameters:

    • filename - image file to be read (possibly including a path)
    • mode - return mode of image ("native," "rgb,", "rgba", "csv", or "gray"), defaults to "native"

  • Context:

    • Reads in file to be processed
  • Note:
    • In most cases, the alpha channel in RGBA image data is unused (and causes issue when used as RGB image data), so unless specificed as mode='rgba' the pcv.readimage() function will read RGBA data in as an RGB image under default settings (mode='native'). However, if the alpha channel is needed users can specify mode='rgba'. Comma separated data can be read in with mode='csv' so that, for example, thermal data can be used in downstream analysis, such as pcv.analyze_thermal_values
  • Example use: 
from plantcv import plantcv as pcv      

# Set global debug behavior to None (default), "print" (to file), 
# or "plot" (Jupyter Notebooks or X11)
pcv.params.debug = "print"

#read in image
img, path, img_filename = pcv.readimage("home/user/images/test-image.png", "native")