Digital Imaging and Processing

  1. Morphological Image Processing
    1. Mathematical Morphology Foundations
      1. Set Theory for Morphology
        1. Sets and Set Operations
          1. Reflection and Translation
            1. Logical Operations on Binary Images
            2. Structuring Elements
              1. Definition and Properties
                1. Common Shapes
                  1. Size Selection
                    1. Origin and Symmetry
                  2. Basic Morphological Operations
                    1. Dilation
                      1. Definition and Properties
                        1. Effects on Binary Images
                          1. Geometric Interpretation
                          2. Erosion
                            1. Definition and Properties
                              1. Effects on Binary Images
                                1. Relationship to Dilation
                                2. Duality Principle
                                  1. Erosion-Dilation Duality
                                    1. Complement Relationships
                                  2. Compound Morphological Operations
                                    1. Opening
                                      1. Definition as Erosion followed by Dilation
                                        1. Shape Smoothing
                                          1. Small Object Removal
                                          2. Closing
                                            1. Definition as Dilation followed by Erosion
                                              1. Gap Filling
                                                1. Hole Filling
                                                2. Properties of Opening and Closing
                                                  1. Idempotent Property
                                                    1. Monotonicity
                                                      1. Duality
                                                    2. Morphological Algorithms
                                                      1. Boundary Extraction
                                                        1. Internal and External Boundaries
                                                          1. Implementation Methods
                                                          2. Region Filling
                                                            1. Hole Filling Algorithm
                                                              1. Connected Component Filling
                                                              2. Connected Component Extraction
                                                                1. Component Labeling
                                                                  1. Size Filtering
                                                                  2. Convex Hull
                                                                    1. Definition and Computation
                                                                    2. Thinning and Thickening
                                                                      1. Skeleton Extraction
                                                                        1. Medial Axis Transform
                                                                          1. Hit-or-Miss Transform
                                                                          2. Skeletonization
                                                                            1. Morphological Skeleton
                                                                              1. Skeleton by Maximal Disks
                                                                                1. Reconstruction from Skeleton
                                                                                2. Pruning
                                                                                  1. Spurious Branch Removal
                                                                                    1. Iterative Pruning
                                                                                  2. Grayscale Morphology
                                                                                    1. Extension to Grayscale Images
                                                                                      1. Grayscale Dilation and Erosion
                                                                                        1. Grayscale Opening and Closing
                                                                                          1. Top-Hat and Bottom-Hat Transforms
                                                                                            1. Morphological Gradient
                                                                                              1. Applications in Image Enhancement

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