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OpenCV Computer Vision Application Programming Cookbook Second Edition

By : Robert Laganiere
Book Image

OpenCV Computer Vision Application Programming Cookbook Second Edition

By: Robert Laganiere

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
OpenCV Computer Vision Application Programming Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Introduction


Mathematical morphology is a theory that was developed in the 1960s for the analysis and processing of discrete images. It defines a series of operators that transform an image by probing it with a predefined shape element. The way this shape element intersects the neighborhood of a pixel determines the result of the operation. This chapter presents the most important morphological operators. It also explores the problems of image segmentation and feature detection using algorithms based on morphological operators.