• DocumentCode
    3088783
  • Title

    A new thinning algorithm

  • Author

    Lee, C.L. ; Wang, P.S.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Comput. Sci., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct 1994
  • Firstpage
    546
  • Abstract
    This paper introduces a new thinning algorithm which is simple yet can maintain the same advantages of other key algorithms. In this new algorithm, only a very small set of rules of criteria for deleting pixels is used. It is faster and easier to implement. Several examples are illustrated
  • Keywords
    image processing; pixels deletion; skeletonisation; thinning algorithm; Character recognition; Clocks; Computer science; Educational institutions; Feature extraction; Image analysis; Resonance light scattering; Shape; Testing; Text analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pattern Recognition, 1994. Vol. 1 - Conference A: Computer Vision & Image Processing., Proceedings of the 12th IAPR International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Jerusalem
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-6265-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICPR.1994.576353
  • Filename
    576353