• DocumentCode
    1109701
  • Title

    Picture Processing and Overlapping Blobs

  • Author

    Arcelli, C. ; Levialdi, S.

  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1971
  • Firstpage
    1111
  • Lastpage
    1115
  • Abstract
    A computer program has been written to separate overlapping convex blobs present in a binary input picture. The procedure is based on the detection of a feature, concavity, which occurs on the intersecting contours of the overlapping blobs. In order to obtain splitting, paths are grown from these regions of concavity toward the interior until segmentation is achieved. Flow charts of the program and an example are included.
  • Keywords
    Binary image, contour analysis, overlapping convex blobs, picture processing, points of concavity, segmentation paths.; Biomedical engineering; Engineering in medicine and biology; Feature extraction; Humans; Image processing; Immune system; Medical diagnostic imaging; Myocardium; Pattern recognition; Surface resistance; Binary image, contour analysis, overlapping convex blobs, picture processing, points of concavity, segmentation paths.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-C.1971.223414
  • Filename
    1672007