The raw moment M_ij (Hu 1962) is calculated by
M_ij = sum(x^i * y^j * Im[i, j])
where x and y are the pixel coordinates and Im is the (image) matrix. Various useful properties of an image may be gleaned from certain moments. For example, the image area is given by M_00, and the image centroid is (M_10 / M_00, M_01 / M_00). The image orientation angle can also be derived.