pylab_examples example code: image_slices_viewer.py

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from __future__ import print_function
import numpy
from matplotlib.pyplot import figure, show


class IndexTracker(object):
    def __init__(self, ax, X):
        self.ax = ax
        ax.set_title('use scroll wheel to navigate images')

        self.X = X
        rows, cols, self.slices = X.shape
        self.ind = self.slices/2

        self.im = ax.imshow(self.X[:, :, self.ind])
        self.update()

    def onscroll(self, event):
        print("%s %s" % (event.button, event.step))
        if event.button == 'up':
            self.ind = numpy.clip(self.ind + 1, 0, self.slices - 1)
        else:
            self.ind = numpy.clip(self.ind - 1, 0, self.slices - 1)

        self.update()

    def update(self):
        self.im.set_data(self.X[:, :, self.ind])
        ax.set_ylabel('slice %s' % self.ind)
        self.im.axes.figure.canvas.draw()


fig = figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)

X = numpy.random.rand(20, 20, 40)

tracker = IndexTracker(ax, X)


fig.canvas.mpl_connect('scroll_event', tracker.onscroll)
show()

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