ImageDev

UltimateErosion

Computes the ultimate eroded set of a binary image.

Access to parameter description

For an introduction: This algorithm consists of applying successive erosions until all objects of the input image disappear ($X_i$ images below).
Then each erosion step is reconstructed into the previous erosion step ($Y_i$ image below).
The difference between the eroded image $X_i$ and the reconstructed image $Y_i$ is the centroid of objects that disappeared at the erosion step number $i$.

This algorithm enables counting the number of convex particles, even if some of them are touching each other, as long as the pseudo-centre of each particle is outside of other particles.

<b> Figure 1.</b> Ultimate erosion on a basic example
Figure 1. Ultimate erosion on a basic example


See also

Function Syntax

This function returns outputBinaryImage. 
// Function prototype
std::shared_ptr< iolink::ImageView >
ultimateErosion( std::shared_ptr< iolink::ImageView > inputBinaryImage,
                 UltimateErosion::Neighborhood neighborhood,
                 std::shared_ptr< iolink::ImageView > outputBinaryImage = NULL );
This function returns outputBinaryImage. 
// Function prototype.
ultimate_erosion( input_binary_image, neighborhood = UltimateErosion.Neighborhood.CONNECTIVITY_26, output_binary_image = None )
This function returns outputBinaryImage. 
// Function prototype.
public static IOLink.ImageView
UltimateErosion( IOLink.ImageView inputBinaryImage,
                 UltimateErosion.Neighborhood neighborhood = ImageDev.UltimateErosion.Neighborhood.CONNECTIVITY_26,
                 IOLink.ImageView outputBinaryImage = null );

Class Syntax

Parameters

Parameter Name Description Type Supported Values Default Value
input
inputBinaryImage
The binary input image. Image Binary nullptr
input
neighborhood
The 3D neighborhood configuration. This parameter is ignored with a 2D input image.
CONNECTIVITY_6 The structuring element is composed of voxels with a common face with the voxel of interest.
CONNECTIVITY_18 The structuring element is composed of voxels with at least one common edge.
CONNECTIVITY_26 The structuring element is a full cube.
Enumeration CONNECTIVITY_26
output
outputBinaryImage
The binary output image. Its dimensions and type are forced to the same values as the input. Image nullptr
Parameter Name Description Type Supported Values Default Value
input
input_binary_image
The binary input image. image Binary None
input
neighborhood
The 3D neighborhood configuration. This parameter is ignored with a 2D input image.
CONNECTIVITY_6 The structuring element is composed of voxels with a common face with the voxel of interest.
CONNECTIVITY_18 The structuring element is composed of voxels with at least one common edge.
CONNECTIVITY_26 The structuring element is a full cube.
enumeration CONNECTIVITY_26
output
output_binary_image
The binary output image. Its dimensions and type are forced to the same values as the input. image None
Parameter Name Description Type Supported Values Default Value
input
inputBinaryImage
The binary input image. Image Binary null
input
neighborhood
The 3D neighborhood configuration. This parameter is ignored with a 2D input image.
CONNECTIVITY_6 The structuring element is composed of voxels with a common face with the voxel of interest.
CONNECTIVITY_18 The structuring element is composed of voxels with at least one common edge.
CONNECTIVITY_26 The structuring element is a full cube.
Enumeration CONNECTIVITY_26
output
outputBinaryImage
The binary output image. Its dimensions and type are forced to the same values as the input. Image null

Object Examples

auto foam_sep = readVipImage( std::string( IMAGEDEVDATA_IMAGES_FOLDER ) + "foam_sep.vip" );

UltimateErosion ultimateErosionAlgo;
ultimateErosionAlgo.setInputBinaryImage( foam_sep );
ultimateErosionAlgo.setNeighborhood( UltimateErosion::Neighborhood::CONNECTIVITY_26 );
ultimateErosionAlgo.execute();

std::cout << "outputBinaryImage:" << ultimateErosionAlgo.outputBinaryImage()->toString();

foam_sep = imagedev.read_vip_image(imagedev_data.get_image_path("foam_sep.vip"))

ultimate_erosion_algo = imagedev.UltimateErosion()
ultimate_erosion_algo.input_binary_image = foam_sep
ultimate_erosion_algo.neighborhood = imagedev.UltimateErosion.CONNECTIVITY_26
ultimate_erosion_algo.execute()

print( "output_binary_image:", str( ultimate_erosion_algo.output_binary_image ) )

ImageView foam_sep = Data.ReadVipImage( @"Data/images/foam_sep.vip" );

UltimateErosion ultimateErosionAlgo = new UltimateErosion
{
    inputBinaryImage = foam_sep,
    neighborhood = UltimateErosion.Neighborhood.CONNECTIVITY_26
};
ultimateErosionAlgo.Execute();

Console.WriteLine( "outputBinaryImage:" + ultimateErosionAlgo.outputBinaryImage.ToString() );

Function Examples

auto foam_sep = readVipImage( std::string( IMAGEDEVDATA_IMAGES_FOLDER ) + "foam_sep.vip" );

auto result = ultimateErosion( foam_sep, UltimateErosion::Neighborhood::CONNECTIVITY_26 );

std::cout << "outputBinaryImage:" << result->toString();

foam_sep = imagedev.read_vip_image(imagedev_data.get_image_path("foam_sep.vip"))

result = imagedev.ultimate_erosion( foam_sep, imagedev.UltimateErosion.CONNECTIVITY_26 )

print( "output_binary_image:", str( result ) )

ImageView foam_sep = Data.ReadVipImage( @"Data/images/foam_sep.vip" );

IOLink.ImageView result = Processing.UltimateErosion( foam_sep, UltimateErosion.Neighborhood.CONNECTIVITY_26 );

Console.WriteLine( "outputBinaryImage:" + result.ToString() );