Morphology

  1. Morphological Filtering and Enhancement
    1. Morphological Gradients
      1. Standard Gradient
        1. Definition: Dilation Minus Erosion
          1. Edge Enhancement Properties
          2. Internal Gradient
            1. Definition: Original Minus Erosion
              1. Inner Edge Detection
              2. External Gradient
                1. Definition: Dilation Minus Original
                  1. Outer Edge Detection
                  2. Applications in Edge Detection
                  3. Top-Hat Transforms
                    1. White Top-Hat Transform
                      1. Definition: Image Minus Opening
                        1. Bright Feature Enhancement
                        2. Black Top-Hat Transform
                          1. Definition: Closing Minus Image
                            1. Dark Feature Enhancement
                            2. Applications
                              1. Background Subtraction
                                1. Feature Enhancement
                                  1. Contrast Improvement
                                2. Morphological Smoothing
                                  1. Alternating Sequential Filters
                                    1. Opening-Closing Sequences
                                      1. Closing-Opening Sequences
                                      2. Noise Reduction Strategies
                                        1. Parameter Selection

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                                      5. Compound Morphological Operations

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                                      7. Pattern Detection and Shape Analysis