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Thinning procedures are often used in image processing when it is necessary to deal with a reduced, although still meaningful, amount of data. In this communication, an algorithm employing sequential deletion operation is presented which, by using the notion of elongatedness, allows to detect correctly any meaningful prominence of a digital figure.
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Arcelli, C., Di Baja, G.S. (1978). Role of Elongatedness in Digital Figure Compression. In: Rose, J. (eds) Current Topics in Cybernetics and Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93104-8_16
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