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"""Displays an MRI image."""
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
import matplotlib.cm as cm
import numpy as np
fig, ax = plt.subplots(num="MRI_demo")
# Data are 256x256 16 bit integers
dfile = cbook.get_sample_data('s1045.ima.gz')
im = np.fromstring(dfile.read(), np.uint16).astype(float)
im.shape = (256, 256)
dfile.close()
ax.imshow(im, cmap=cm.gray)
ax.axis('off')
plt.show()
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