Efficient Euclidean distance transform algorithm of binary images in arbitrary dimensions

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 230-242

  Wang, Jun ^a,b,c   Tan, Ying ^a,b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c State Administration of Taxation   (China)

Author keywords

Arbitrary dimensions; Binary image; Euclidean distance transform; Independent scan; Linear time algorithm

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY DIMENSION; CURRENT PROCESSING; EDT ALGORITHMS; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE TRANSFORMS; EUCLIDEAN PLANES; EXACT EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; IMAGE POINTS; INDEPENDENT SCAN; LINEAR-TIME ALGORITHMS; RECURSIONS; SUBIMAGES; TIME COMPLEXITY;

ALGORITHMS; BINARY IMAGES;

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

EID: 84866013218     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2012.07.030     Document Type: Article

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