# Image analysis

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/image-analysis/61894
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/image-analysis/61894 "2021-05-26T23:36:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![rajan\_mav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@rajan\_mav](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rajan_mav)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/image-analysis/61894/1 "2021-05-26T23:36:31Z")

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Hi,

I am new to Julia, I have an image (attached), what will be the best way to analyze/count the dots, barring all other information from the image?  
 ![test](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/8/e/8e7beb5941e0ab41b9c2be141af0d87bdf7a2e4a.png)

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### Author: ![lnacquaroli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lnacquaroli/32/20467_2.png) [@lnacquaroli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lnacquaroli)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/image-analysis/61894/2 "2021-05-26T23:55:07Z")

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You can have a look at [Images.jl](https://juliaimages.org/latest/install/) for this.

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### Author: ![stillyslalom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stillyslalom/32/45687_2.png) [@stillyslalom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stillyslalom)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/image-analysis/61894/3 "2021-05-27T03:34:04Z")

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Specifically, take a look at image segmentation - this [watershed algorithm demo](https://juliaimages.org/latest/pkgs/segmentation/#Demo-9) should give you enough to work with.