Use this tag for questions dealing with opencv cv::Mat (or cvMat) data structure. Use [mat-file] tag for Matlab binary file format. Use [matrix] tag for other types of 2D numeric data structures.

cv::Mat (or cvMat) is a basic data structure defined by opencv to handle tabular (2D or 3D) numeric data.

DO NOT CONFUSE THIS TAG WITH
matrix for general data structures for tabular numeric data.
mat-file for Matlab's binary file format.