Alternative Way to Compute the Euler Number of a Binary Image

In this paper an alternative way to compute the (E) Euler number of a binary image via information about its pixels is presented. The P perimeter of the objects in the image, their Pc contact perimeter and the T-type pixel are used to obtain this important invariant. This is the second time the Eule...

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Authors: J. H. Sossa-Azuela, E. B. Cuevas-Jiménez, D. Zaldivar-Navarro
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2011
Country:México
Institution:Universidad de Guadalajara
Repository:Redalyc-UDG
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:47421207006
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=47421207006
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ingeniería
perimeter
Euler number
contact perimeter
topological invariant
topological descriptor
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Summary:In this paper an alternative way to compute the (E) Euler number of a binary image via information about its pixels is presented. The P perimeter of the objects in the image, their Pc contact perimeter and the T-type pixel are used to obtain this important invariant. This is the second time the Euler number is described in terms of the contact perimeter of the objects in an image but with new results. The first paper that reports computing the Euler number of a binary shape in terms of the and Pc is in [E. Bribiesca, Computation of the Euler number using the contact perimeter, Computers and Mathematics with Applications 60,1364-137 (2010)]. Bribiesca's proposal is useful only for unit-width shapes. In this paper, we extend Bribiesca's method for non-unit-width shapes.