• DocumentCode
    1412454
  • Title

    A Note on Thinning

  • Author

    Rosenfeld, Azriel ; Davis, Larry S.

  • Author_Institution
    Computer Science Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1976
  • fDate
    3/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    226
  • Lastpage
    228
  • Abstract
    Implementation of a simple algorithm is described for thinning digital objects down to ``skeletons.´´ A method of detecting ``noisy´´ branches of a skeleton, with the aid of the distance transform of the original object, is developed.
  • Keywords
    Biological cells; Cities and towns; Computer science; Euclidean distance; Object detection; Skeleton;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9472
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TSMC.1976.5409243
  • Filename
    5409243
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1412454