Name
dilation - Calculate the dilated image (for both binary and graylevel image).
Usage
output = dilation(input, mask, morphtype = "morph_type")
Input
- input
- The first input image
- mask
- The second input image used as the mask (default: image of size 3^n filled with ones).
- The size of the mask has to be odd so that the center of mask can be well defined.
- The size of the mask should be smaller than the size of the first input image.
- morph_type
- Type of the dilation
- BINARY is for binary dilation;
- GRAYLEVEL is for graylevel dilation.
Output
- output
- dilated image
Method
- For dilation binary, the output image is defined as the Minkowski addition of the two input images $A\oplusB={t\inZ^2; t=a+b, a\inA, b\inB}$
- For dilation graylevel, the output image is defined as $A\oplusB=\max[A(x+i,y+j)+B(i,j)]$
Reference
H. R. Myler and A. R. Weeks, "The Pocket Handbook of Image Processing Algorithms in C," Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1993.
Author / Maintainer
Pawel A. Penczek
Keywords
- category 1
- MORPHOLOGY
- category 2
- SPATIAL, NONLINEAR
Files
morphology.py
See also
Maturity
- stable
- works for most people, has been tested; test cases/examples available.
Bugs
None. It is perfect.