Read multiple images on a folder in Matlab

Question

I have a problem reading multiple images in Matlab from a folder. I want to read with their original name (with the command imread because are multiband). The names of the images are like '2001_01', '2001_02'. This is my code:

myPath= 'C:\images\'; %'
a=dir(fullfile(myPath,'*.tif'));
fileNames={a.name};

And then...

for k = 1:length(fileNames)
    filename = [fileNames(k).name];  
    I = imread(filename);
end

But it doesn't work and I don't know how to save and imread each one individually. Does somebody know how can I do it? Really thanks in advance,

Answer 1

1. Regarding the first problem:

   But it doesn't work...

   Just assign the output of dir directly into fileNames (without brackets):

   fileNames = dir(fullfile(myPath, '*.tif'));
   

2. Regarding the second problem:

   ... I don't know how to save and imread each one individually.

   it seems that you need a cell array to store all images in a single collection. First, define the cell array to have the right size:

   C = cell(length(fileNames), 1);
   

   and then store each image into a different cell:

   for k = 1:length(fileNames)
       filename = fileNames(k).name;
       C{k} = imread(filename);
   end
   

   To access any image in the cell array C later, use curly braces ({}). For instance, the second image is accessed as follows: C{2}.