C = conv2(A,B) computes the two-dimensional convolution of matrices A and B. If one of these matrices describes a two-dimensional finite impulse response (FIR) filter, the other matrix is filtered in two dimensions.

The size of C in each dimension is equal to the sum of the corresponding dimensions of the input matrices, minus one. That is, if the size of A is [ma,na] and the size of B is [mb,nb], then the size of C is [ma+mb-1,na+nb-1].

The indices of the center element of B are defined as floor(([mb nb]+1)/2).

C = conv2(hcol,hrow,A) convolves A first with the vector hcol along the rows and then with the vector hrow along the columns. If hcol is a column vector and hrow is a row vector, this case is the same as C = conv2(hcol*hrow,A).

C = conv2(...,'shape') returns a subsection of the two-dimensional convolution, as specified by the shape parameter:

full Returns the full two-dimensional convolution (default).

same Returns the central part of the convolution of the same size as A.

valid Returns only those parts of the convolution that are computed without the zero-padded edges. Using this option, C has size [ma-mb+1,na-nb+1] when all(size(A) >= size(B)). Otherwise conv2 returns [].

Note If any of A, B, hcol, and hrow are empty, then C is an empty matrix [].