Title :
On the Medial Axis Function for Visual Patterns
Author :
Moore, D.J.H. ; Seidl, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia.
fDate :
7/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new version of Blum´s medial axial function (MAF) for visual patterns is presented. The new version is incorporated in the chord space analysis framework developed by the authors and has the advantage that, unlike the original version, it is defined for grey level pictures and is a much more ``robust´´ definition. Computer generated examples are shown, and it is indicated how the technique is being applied by the authors in the development of a character recognition system.
Keywords :
Character generation; Character recognition; Density functional theory; Fires; Geometry; Humans; Robustness; Shape; Skeleton; Statistical analysis;
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSMC.1974.5408464
