matplotlib Code

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# open a file as "read binary" and read it into a string
In [1]: s = file('data/images/r1025.ima', 'rb').read()
# the string is length 256*256*2 = 131072
In [2]: len(s)
Out[2]: 131072
# the data are 2 byte / 16 bit integers
# fromstring converts them to array
In [3]: im = nx.fromstring(s, nx.Int16)
# reshape the array to 256x256
In [4]: im.shape = 256,256
# and plot it with matplotlib's imshow function
In [5]: imshow(im)
Out[5]: <matplotlib.image.AxesImage instance at 0xb659230c>