% LOAD_STACK load stack file into a stack structure.
% (trees package)
%
% [stack name path] = load_stack (name, options)
% ----------------------------------------------
%
% loads a stack structure from a file. As in "save_stack":
% stack has to be in the following form:
% stack.M::cell-array of 3D-matrices: n tiled image stacks containing
% fluorescent image
% stack.sM::cell-array of string, 1xn: names of individual stacks
% stack.coord::matrix nx3: x, y, z coordinates of starting points of each
% stack
% stack.voxel::vector 1x3: xyz size of a voxel
%
% Input
% -----
% - name::string: name of file including the extension ".stk"
% {DEFAULT : open gui fileselect} spaces and other weird symbols not
% allowed!
% - options::string: {DEFAULT: ''}
% '-s' : show
%
% Output
% ------
% - stack::struct: image stacks in structure form (see above)
% - name::string: name of output file; [] no file was selected -> no output
% - path::sting: path of the file, complete string is therefore: [path name]
%
% Example
% -------
% stack = load_stack ('sample.stk', '-s');
%
% See also imload_stack loadtif_stack show_stack
% Uses
%
% the TREES toolbox: edit, visualize and analyze neuronal trees
% Copyright (C) 2009 Hermann Cuntz
function [stack tname path] = load_stack (tname, options)
if (nargin<1)||isempty(tname),
[tname path] = uigetfile ({'*.stk', 'stack format (*.stk)'}, ...
'Pick a file', 'multiselect', 'off');
if tname == 0,
stack = [];
return
end
else
path = '';
end
if (nargin<2)||isempty(options),
options = ''; % {DEFAULT: no option}
end
if tname ~= 0,
data = load ([path tname], '-mat');
stack = data.stack;
else
stack = [];
end
if strfind (options, '-s'), % show option
clf; hold on; show_stack (stack);
xlabel ('x [\mum]'); ylabel ('y [\mum]'); zlabel ('z [\mum]');
view (3); grid on; axis image;
end