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- From: chris47@uxb.liv.ac.uk (Chris Brown )
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- Subject: Re: Help Wanted: Contour Tracing
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- Date: 24 Jan 93 11:28:45 GMT
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- Patrick ChengSan Teo (teo@Xenon.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan21.192619.10241@pinet.aip.org> scotj@pinet.aip.org (scot_shinderman) writes:
- :
- :
- : > While reading the standard image processing books I have noticed one
- : > algorithm that seems to be glossed over: contour tracing. In the
- : > pictures that I am scanning, a filter is run across the pixels and a
- : > threshold is applied to produce either white or black pixels for the
- : > grey-scale. At this point there is usually a rather disconnected set of
- : > dots due to noise in the picture but also some strong edges from the
- : > filter. What is the "pratical" method of moveing along the detected
- : > pixels to find lines (or curves). If I try to step from one pixel to
- : > the next by looking in a neighborhood, then the path almost always gets
- : > caught up in the noise off to one side or another. Is there a way to
- : > "nudge" the search in a particular direction based on previous motions.
- : > Any suggestions (or sample code!) would be greatly appreciated.
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- I know the feeling well as I am having the same problem with the edges of
- cardioangiograms. I haven't solved the problem yet but I am messing about
- along the lines of keeping the image well segmented whilst averaging. Hence
- developing a noisless thick boundary.
- After that well .....
- I anybody does come up with some constructive ideas I should be most
- appreciative
-
- Thanks
-
- Chris
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- chris47@uxb.liv.ac.uk
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