Discrete medial axis transform for discrete thin and elongated objects

Skeletons are compact shape descriptions of discrete images. They have been extensively studied because of their utility in various applications such as data compression, shape abstraction, navigation and features detection. In this article, a new Euclidean skeletal definition for 2D discrete object...

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Autores: Puig Puig, Anna, Tost Pardell, Daniela|||0000-0001-9619-605X, Navazo Álvaro, Isabel|||0000-0001-6298-1463
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/93117
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/93117
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Skeletons
2D discrete objects
Euclidean skeletal definition
Distance map
DMAT
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Sumario:Skeletons are compact shape descriptions of discrete images. They have been extensively studied because of their utility in various applications such as data compression, shape abstraction, navigation and features detection. In this article, a new Euclidean skeletal definition for 2D discrete objects based on the Distance Map (DMAT) is being proposed. As a novel feature, it is shown that this skeleton is a connected subset of the discretization of the continuous medial axis of the object. Because of this property, the DMAT is 8-connected, it reflects all the features of the object and it preserves its topological characteristics. In addition, it provides dimensionality reduction, symmetry detection and invertibility. Moreover, it has a reasonable size and it guarantees low thickness.