getDistance

Return distance between endpoints of Distance tool

getDistance is not recommended. Use one of the ROI classes instead, described in ROI Creation Overview.

Syntax

dist = getDistance(h)

Description

dist = getDistance(h) returns the distance between the endpoints of the Distance tool, h.

Input Arguments

h — Distance tool

imdistline

Distance tool, specified as an imdistline object.

Output Arguments

dist — Distance between endpoints

numeric scalar

Distance between endpoints, returned as a numeric scalar. The data units of the distance are determined by the XData and YData properties of the underlying image. By default, the distance is measured in pixels.