Something like
public static double[] CollapseHorizontally(SciTIF.Image imgR)
{
double[] collapsed = new double[imgR.Height];
for (int y = 0; y < imgR.Height; y++)
{
double xSum = 0;
for (int x = 0; x < imgR.Width; x++)
{
int offset = y * imgR.Width + x;
xSum += imgR.Values[offset];
}
double xMean = xSum / imgR.Width;
collapsed[y] = xMean;
}
return collapsed;
}