OpenCV Mat to IplImage* conversion - opencv

Question

I have a pointer to image:
IplImage *img;
which has been converted to Mat
Mat mt(img);
Then, the Mat is sent to a function that gets a reference to Mat as input void f(Mat &m);
f(mt);
Now I want to copy back the Mat data to the original image.
Do you have any suggestion?
Best
Ali

Answer 1

Your answer can be found in the documentation here: http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/c++_cheatsheet.html
Edit:
The first half of the first code area indeed talks about the copy constructor which you already have.
The second half of the first code area answers your question. Reproduced below for clarity.
//Convert to IplImage or CvMat, no data copying
IplImage ipl_img = img;
CvMat cvmat = img; // convert cv::Mat -> CvMat

Answer 2

For the following case:
double algorithm(IplImage* imgin)
{
//blabla
return erg;
}
I use the following way to call the function:
cv::Mat image = cv::imread("image.bmp");
double erg = algorithm(&image.operator IplImage());
I have made some tests and how it looks the image object will manage the memory. The operator IplImage() will only construct the header for IplImage. Maybe this could be useful?

Answer 3

You can use this form:
Your Code:
plImage *img;
Mat mt(img);
f(mt);
Now copy back the Mat data to the original image.
img->imageData = (char *) mt.data;
You can also copy the data instead of pointer:
memcpy(mt.data, img->imageData, (mt.rows*mt.cols));
(mt.rows*mt.cols) is the size that you should use for copy all data the mt to img.
Hope I helped