Thinning Methodologies for Pattern Recognition

by Suen, Ching Y.; Want, P. S. P.

• ISBN13: 9789810214821
• ISBN10: 9810214820
• eBook ISBN(s): 9789812797858
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-06-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC
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Summary

Papers deal with both the theoretical and experimental aspects of thinning methodologies. It is hoped that it will shed light and stimulate further research in this exciting area.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
A New Thinning Algorithm Based on Controlled Deletion of Edge Regions	p. 5
A Thinning Algorithm Based on the Force between Charged Particles	p. 23
Graph-Based Thinning for Binary Images	p. 45
An X-Crossing Preserving Skeletonization Algorithm	p. 67
Structural Description of Line Images by the Cross Section Sequence Graph	p. 91
Parallel Pattern Compression by Octagonal Propagation	p. 113
A Parallel Thinning Algorithm Using the Bounding Boxes Techniques	p. 139
Invariant Thinning	p. 151
Reconstructable Parallel Thinning	p. 181
A Parallel Thinning Algorithm Using K x K Masks	p. 219
A Systematic Evaluation of Skeletonization Algorithms	p. 239
Analytical Comparison of Thinning Algorithms	p. 263
Methodologies for Evaluating Thinning Algorithms for Character Recognition	p. 283
Automatic Comparison of Skeletons by Shape Matching Methods	p. 307
Binary and Grey-Value Skeletons: Metrics and Algorithms	p. 323
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