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+#%%     #this line is for VSCode editor only
+import cv2
+#from skimage.measure import compare_ssim
+import argparse
+import imutils
+import numpy as np
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+#change the path as per you configuration
+img = cv2.imread(r'C:\\Users\Arnab Sinha\Documents\\GitHub\\Kidney-Stone-Detection-IP\\images\\image1.jpg',1)
+sobely = cv2.Sobel(img, cv2.CV_64F, 0, 1, ksize=5)
+#sobelx = cv2.Sobel(img, cv2.CV_64F, 1, 0, ksize=5)
+#laplacian = cv2.Laplacian(img,cv2.CV_64F)
+
+plt.subplot(111), plt.imshow(sobely, cmap='gray')
+plt.title('Sobel X'), plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])