Number of spot in binary image

how i can find the spot of binary imagr,

the result of binary image below must be = 4

how i can find it?????

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

bw = im2bw(imread('image.jpeg'));
[~, numspots] = bwlabel( imclearborder(~bw) );

[mohammed alany]

Many thanks dear Walter Roberson,

your answer is very fast and helpful