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scipy.misc.lena

scipy.misc.lena()

Get classic image processing example image, Lena, at 8-bit grayscale bit-depth, 512 x 512 size.

Parameters :

None :

Returns :

lena : ndarray

Lena image

Examples

>>> import scipy.misc
>>> lena = scipy.misc.lena()
>>> lena.shape
(512, 512)
>>> lena.max()
245
>>> lena.dtype
dtype('int32')

>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> plt.gray()
>>> plt.imshow(lena)
>>> plt.show()

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