img-as-uint

img_as_uint

skimage.img_as_uint(image, force_copy=False) [source]

Convert an image to 16-bit unsigned integer format.

Parameters:	image : ndarray Input image. force_copy : bool Force a copy of the data, irrespective of its current dtype.
Returns:	out : ndarray of uint16 Output image.

Notes

Negative input values will be clipped. Positive values are scaled between 0 and 65535.