Title :
Picture Processing and Overlapping Blobs
Author :
Arcelli, C. ; Levialdi, S.
Abstract :
A computer program has been written to separate overlapping convex blobs present in a binary input picture. The procedure is based on the detection of a feature, concavity, which occurs on the intersecting contours of the overlapping blobs. In order to obtain splitting, paths are grown from these regions of concavity toward the interior until segmentation is achieved. Flow charts of the program and an example are included.
Keywords :
Binary image, contour analysis, overlapping convex blobs, picture processing, points of concavity, segmentation paths.; Biomedical engineering; Engineering in medicine and biology; Feature extraction; Humans; Image processing; Immune system; Medical diagnostic imaging; Myocardium; Pattern recognition; Surface resistance; Binary image, contour analysis, overlapping convex blobs, picture processing, points of concavity, segmentation paths.;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/T-C.1971.223414
