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Mathematical Morphology as a Tool for Shape Description

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Shape in Picture

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 126))

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Mathematical morphology is an approach in image processing based on geometrical concepts such as transformation groups and metric spaces. As such it is well suited to the extraction of information about the shape of the various parts in a scene. This paper presents an overview of some known morphological techniques (e.g. skeletonization, granulometric analysis) for the description and decomposition of shape.

The author wishes to acknowledge Adri Steenbeek for implementing the decomposition algorithm.

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  1. Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Henk J. A. M. Heijmans

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  1. Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Ying-Lie O  & Henk J. A. M. Heijmans  & 

  2. Institute for Human Factors (TNO-IZF), Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, Kampweg 5, 3769 DE, Soesterberg, The Netherlands

    Alexander Toet

  3. Department of Communication and Neuroscience, University of Keele, ST5 5BG, Keele, Staffordshire, UK

    David Foster

  4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, 08855-0909, Piscataway, NJ, USA

    Peter Meer

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Heijmans, H.J.A.M. (1994). Mathematical Morphology as a Tool for Shape Description. In: O, YL., Toet, A., Foster, D., Heijmans, H.J.A.M., Meer, P. (eds) Shape in Picture. NATO ASI Series, vol 126. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03039-4_11

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