diff --git a/src/MatlabReader.cpp b/src/MatlabReader.cpp
index 7e677f0..8218ff5 100644
--- a/src/MatlabReader.cpp
+++ b/src/MatlabReader.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ MatlabReader::~MatlabReader()
     Mat_Close(mMatFile);
 }
 
+std::shared_ptr<short> MatlabReader::readint16(const std::string& aFieldName, size_t& aSize)
+{
+    if(mMatFile == nullptr)
+    {
+        return std::shared_ptr<short>();
+    }
+    matvar_t* matvar = Mat_VarRead(mMatFile, aFieldName.c_str());
+    aSize =  matvar->nbytes / static_cast<unsigned long long>(matvar->data_size);
+    short* resultDara = new short[aSize];
+    std::copy((short*)matvar->data,(short*)matvar->data+aSize,resultDara);
+    std::shared_ptr<short> result();
+    return std::shared_ptr<short>(resultDara,std::default_delete<short[]>());
+}
+
 Aurora::Matrix MatlabReader::read(const std::string& aFieldName)
 {
     if(mMatFile == nullptr)
diff --git a/src/MatlabReader.h b/src/MatlabReader.h
index 3f1d7b2..0504ac8 100644
--- a/src/MatlabReader.h
+++ b/src/MatlabReader.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ public:
     explicit MatlabReader(const std::string& aFilePath);
     ~MatlabReader();
     Aurora::Matrix read(const std::string& aFieldName);
+    std::shared_ptr<short> readint16(const std::string& aFieldName,size_t& size);
+
 
 private:
     mat_t* mMatFile;