Method for finding the medial axis transform of an image

Details Method for finding the medial axis transform of an image Method for finding the medial axis transform of an image

1989-08-28

1991-06-11

Boudreau, Leo H.

Image analysis

Histogram processing

For setting a threshold

382 60, G06K 936

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050239201

ABSTRACT:
An improved method for constructing the medial axis transform of an image is disclosed. The method requires only that one line of the image be held in memory at any given time. The method runs in a time of order N, where N is the number of pixels in the image.

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T. Wakayama, "A Core-Line Tracing Algorithm Based on Maximal Square Moving", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machines Intelligence, 4(1), pp. 68-74, 1982.
H. Blum, "A Transformation for Extracting New Descriptors of Shape", in W. Walthen-Dunn (ed.), Models for the Perception of Speech and Visual Form, M.I.T. Press, 1967, pp. 362-379.

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