In collaboration with Payame Noor University and the Iranian Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers

Document Type : Research Article

Author

Department of Mathematics‎, ‎Payame Noor University (PNU)‎, P.O‎. ‎BOX 19395-4697‎, ‎Tehran‎, ‎Iran.

Abstract

In 2010, Alvarez et al. proposed an algorithm for morphological snakes that could detect objects whose edges consist of convex sets and polygonal edges. However, the algorithm may not detect the boundary well if the edges of an object contain a convex set or if there are several separated objects in an image. In this paper, we present two optimal sub-algorithms that are modifications to the Alvarez et al. algorithm. Our algorithms provide optimal edge detection for images and we present examples to demonstrate their effectiveness.

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