A Sequential Thinning Algorithm For Image Skeletonization

Chung Chang Lee

doi:10.1117/12.936680

9 January 1984 A Sequential Thinning Algorithm For Image Skeletonization

Chung Chang Lee

Proceedings Volume 0432, Applications of Digital Image Processing VI; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936680
Event: 27th Annual Technical Symposium, 1983, San Diego, United States

Abstract

A sequential thinning algorithm is presented, which maintains connectivity within a 3-by-3 window to produce a pixel-thin skeleton from a connected, unevenly thick skeleton. The algorithm can be readily adapted for either 4-neighbor or 8-neighbor connectedness to aid the shape extraction of an object in a complex scene. The algorithm includes an efficient test for connectivity thereby minimizing processing time.

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Chung Chang Lee "A Sequential Thinning Algorithm For Image Skeletonization", Proc. SPIE 0432, Applications of Digital Image Processing VI, (9 January 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936680

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