Binary Image Thinning Using Autowaves Generated by PCNN |
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Authors: | Lifeng Shang Zhang Yi Luping Ji |
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Affiliation: | (1) Computational Intelligence Laboratory, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China |
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Abstract: | This paper proposes a novel binary image thinning algorithm by using the autowaves generated by Pulse Coupled Neural Network
(PCNN). Once the autowaves travelling in different directions meet, the PCNN delivers the thinning results. Four meeting conditions
are given for autowaves meeting. If a neuron satisfies one of the four conditions, the pixel corresponding to this neuron
belongs to the thinning result. Moreover, the specification of the PCNNs parameters is given, which makes the implementation
of the proposed thinning algorithm easy. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is efficient in extracting
the skeleton of images (such as Chinese characters, alphabet letters, numbers, fingerprints, etc.). Finally, a rate called
“R
MSkel” is given to evaluate the performance of different thinning algorithms, and comparisons show that the proposed algorithm
has higher “R
MSkel” and costs less time. |
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Keywords: | Medial Axis Transformation Pulse Coupled Neuron Network Binary Images Thinning Autowaves Grassfire |
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