Milena: Write generic morphological algorithms once, run on many kinds of images

Abstract

We present a programming framework for discrete mathematical morphology centered on the concept of genericity. We show that formal definitions of morphological algorithms can be translated into actual code, usable on virtually any kind of compatible images, provided a general definition of the concept of image is given. This work is implemented in Milena, a generic, efficient, and user-friendly image processing library. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.