function [region,sizeim] = getRegion(name,offset)

height = 36;
width = 66;

[g]=pgmread(['/pro/web/web/courses/cs295-3/Assignment2/data/Testing/' name ]);
size(g);
image=g;
figure(1);
imagesc(image); colormap(gray);  drawnow;

if(offset == 0)
startPoint = ginput
offset(1) = floor(startPoint(1,2))
offset(2) = floor(startPoint(1,1))
end

xoffset = offset(2);
yoffset = offset(1);

region = image(yoffset:yoffset+height-1,xoffset:xoffset+width-1);
figure(2);
imagesc(region); colormap(gray); drawnow;
sizeim = size(region);
region = region(:);