fits_read_image_subset

 Function Name:
    fits_read_image_subset

 Description: Reads a region of an image from a FITS file. This function
              is particularly useful for programs which must process
              large images.

 Usage:
    [IMAGE] = fits_read_image_subset(FILENAME, START, END);

 Arguments:
    FILENAME: A character array representing the filename.
    START:    A vector representing the starting position of the image region.
    END:      A vector representing the ending position of the image region.

 Returns:
    IMAGE:    The image as a MATLAB array.

 Type 'mfitsio_license' to display the MFITSIO licensing agreement.

0001 % Function Name:
0002 %    fits_read_image_subset
0003 %
0004 % Description: Reads a region of an image from a FITS file. This function
0005 %              is particularly useful for programs which must process
0006 %              large images.
0007 %
0008 % Usage:
0009 %    [IMAGE] = fits_read_image_subset(FILENAME, START, END);
0010 %
0011 % Arguments:
0012 %    FILENAME: A character array representing the filename.
0013 %    START:    A vector representing the starting position of the image region.
0014 %    END:      A vector representing the ending position of the image region.
0015 %
0016 % Returns:
0017 %    IMAGE:    The image as a MATLAB array.
0018 %
0019 % Type 'mfitsio_license' to display the MFITSIO licensing agreement.
0020 
0021 function [IMAGE]=fits_read_image_subset(FILENAME, START, END);
0022 
0023 % Author: Damian Eads <eads@lanl.gov>
0024 %
0025 % This software and ancillary information (herein called ``Software'')
0026 % called MFITSIO is made available under the terms described here. The
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0028 % LA-CC-02-085.
0029 %
0030 % This SOFTWARE has been authored by an employee of the University of
0031 % California, operator of the Los Alamos National Laboratory under
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0037 %
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