COSIE.image_preprocessing.load_image

load_image(filename, verbose=True)[source]

Efficiently load an image file and convert it to a NumPy array.

Parameters

filenamestr: Path to the image file. Supports common formats such as .png, .jpg, .tif.
verbosebool, optional: Whether to print log messages during the loading process. Default is True.

Returns

imgnp.ndarray: A NumPy array representing the image. Shape is (H, W) for grayscale or (H, W, 3) for RGB images. The alpha channel is removed if present.