Title :
A novel morphological operator to calculate Euler number
Author :
Zhang, Zhao ; Moss, Randy H. ; Stoecker, William V.
Author_Institution :
Missouri Western State Coll., St. Joseph, MO, USA
Abstract :
This paper introduces a novel morphological operator to calculate the Euler number for binary images. The operator is based on the condition of eight-connectedness for foreground and four-connectedness for background. It is significantly faster than the previous operators. The morphological operations used in border detection are discussed
Keywords :
edge detection; mathematical morphology; Euler number calculation; binary images; edge detection; eight-connectedness; four-connectedness; morphological operator; Additives; Educational institutions; Filling; Humans; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Morphological operations;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality, 2001. Proceedings. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Shatin, Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1113-9
DOI :
10.1109/MIAR.2001.930291
