Levelings: Theory and practice

Abstract

Connected operators enlarge the flat zones of an image and never create a contour where no contour was present. This definition is too vague to be useful in practice, except for binary images. For grey-tone images a more precise characterization has to he given in order to be operational. This leeds to the introduction of floodings, razings, flattenings and levelings. Extending the notion of a flat Zone and of a contour leads to extended connected operators. The chapter concludes by showing the versatility and power of these operators in practice. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.