Title :
Morphological operations on crack coded binary images
Author_Institution :
Gwent Coll. of Higher Educ., Newport, UK
fDate :
6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author describes how morphological operations using a square structuring element may be performed on a binary image by processing the crack code descriptions of the outlines. The operations of erosion, dilation, thinning, and fattening are described
Keywords :
codes; image coding; mathematical morphology; binary image processing; crack code descriptions; crack coded binary images; dilation; erosion; fattening; morphological operations; outlines; square structuring element; thinning;
Journal_Title :
Vision, Image and Signal Processing, IEE Proceedings -
DOI :
10.1049/ip-vis:19960320
