See my demo.
% Demo to show how drawrectangle can be used to draw a rectangular box on the image.
clc; % Clear the command window.
close all; % Close all figures (except those of imtool.)
clear; % Erase all existing variables. Or clearvars if you want.
workspace; % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
format long g;
format compact;
fontSize = 20;
rgbImage = imread('peppers.png');
hFig = figure;
imshow(rgbImage);
hFig.WindowState = 'maximized';
% Ask user to draw rectangle.
button = 'Redraw';
while contains(button, 'Redraw', 'IgnoreCase',true)
uiwait(helpdlg('Draw a box'));
% User draws a box. It exits as soon as they lift the mouse.
hBox = drawrectangle('Color', 'r');
% Get the coordinates in the form [xLeft, yTop, width, height].
roiPosition = hBox.Position;
% Delete the ROI object.
delete(hBox);
% and replace it with a rectangle in the graphical overlay.
hold on;
hRect = rectangle('Position', roiPosition, 'EdgeColor', 'r', 'LineWidth', 2);
% Ask user if the rectangle is acceptable.
message = sprintf('Is this good?');
button = questdlg(message, message, 'Accept', 'Redraw', 'Reject and Quit', 'Accept');
if contains(button, 'Quit','IgnoreCase',true)
delete(hRect); % Delete the box from the overlay.
roiPosition = [];
break;
elseif contains(button, 'Redraw','IgnoreCase',true)
% OPTIONAL If you want to delete the prior one before drawing the next one.
delete(hRect);
elseif contains(button, 'Accept','IgnoreCase',true)
break;
end
end
% If you want to delete the rectangle from the overlay, do this:
delete(hRect); % Delete the box from the overlay.
% Show roiPosition in command window
roiPosition
% Crop out the rectangle into a new image.
croppedImage = imcrop(rgbImage, roiPosition);
% Display original image
subplot(2, 1, 1);
imshow(rgbImage);
axis('on', 'image')
title('Original Image', 'FontSize', fontSize)
% Display box over original image.
hold on;
rectangle('Position', roiPosition, 'EdgeColor', 'r', 'LineWidth', 2);
% Display cropped image.
subplot(2, 1, 2);
imshow(croppedImage);
axis('on', 'image')
title('Cropped Image', 'FontSize', fontSize)
% Close down figure.
% close(hFig);
