Image enhancement using morphological operations: A case study

Abstract

Morphology consists of two words: Morph+ology. Morph means transformation, and ology means a branch of study. Image transformation may take place due to various factors. One of such factors is noise. Hence, morphology is considered to be an image transformation technique which is used to remove imperfections in an image caused by noise. Morphology finds its application in the representation of shape of a region, describing skeletons, surface deviation analysis, and other surface metrological applications. Morphological operations are performed using erosion and dilation algorithms, and the results are verified using MATLAB R2013a.