squareRoot

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Name

squareRoot - take the square root of each pixel value

Syntax

 squareRoot [-s <scale>] <input> <output>

Description

squareRoot takes the square root of every pixel in the input image according to the formula:

 output(x,y) = sqrt(input(x,y)) * scale

Accepts all pixel types except complex and double complex. If the result is outside the domain of the actual pixel type, the nearest possible value is returned. Output image will have the same pixel type as input.

Options

-s scale
Default: 1.0.

See also

squareRoot(3), square(1), absValue(1), power(1), phase(1), real(1), imag(1), scale(1), multiply(1), divide(1), biffConvert(1)

Author

Tor Lønnestad, BLAB, ifi, UiO

Examples

 squareRoot mona.img sqrtMona.img
 squareRoot -scale 10.0 mona.img sqrtMona.img

Id

$Id: squareRoot.c,v 1.34 1997/05/27 14:46:24 svein Exp $