数字图像处理MathematicalMorphology-课件

1、Mathematical MorphologyA Geometric Approach to Image Processing and Analysis2Image Analysis and Processing Geometry Space Abstract SpaceLinearNon LinearLinearConvolutionFourier, WaveletTomographSplinesStatisticalMultivariate analysisNeural SetsStereologyMorphologicalMorphological FilteringGranulomet

2、ryRandom setsWatershedsSyntacticalSemantic approachGrammarsIndexation结构元素数学形态学研究几何结构的基本思想是利用“结构元素”（structuring element）探测图像，看能否将这个结构元素很好地填放在图像的内部，同时验证填放结构元素的方法是否有效。结构元素的设计在处理实际问题中是非常重要的，它决定了抽取信息的结果，构造不同的结构元素，就可以完成不同的分析任务。AB二值图像的表示一个矩阵图像中位于原点处的像素值用带“”号下标的字体表示，并约定用“1”表示活动（前景）像素，用“0”表示不活动（背景）像素。处理图像时，假

3、定所有不在矩阵边框内的像素均为“0”值。如有界矩阵S，其中含有一个23的矩形带下标的元素0表示 原点的位置 图像形态学初步腐蚀膨胀膨胀与腐蚀的代数意义膨胀与腐蚀的滤波特点小结作业基础平移概念将一个集合A平移距离x ，表示为A+x axa+xA+xA二值图像的平移1、腐蚀（erode）定义集合A被集合B“腐蚀”，表示为其中A为输入图像，B为结构元素 腐蚀的结果由将B平移x，但仍然包含在A内的所有x点组成。如果将B看作模板，则由在平移过程中，所有可以填入A 内部的模板的原点组成。腐蚀还有几种常用表示：E(A,B)，ERODE(A,B) 腐蚀的性质1、如果原点在结构元素的内部，则腐蚀后的图像为原图像

4、的一个子集，即腐蚀具有收缩图像的作用，也就是可以去除比模板小的噪声；2、如果原点不在结构元素的内部，则腐蚀后的图像可能不在原图像的内部，反而可能具有填充图像内孔洞的作用。AB原点在结构元素内部时的腐蚀AB原点不在结构元素内部时的腐蚀数值举例原点不在结构元素内2、膨胀（dilate）A被B膨胀表示为： Ac表示A 的补集。膨胀还可以用D(A,B)， DILATE(A,B)表示 ABAB利用圆盘对矩形膨胀，尖角被磨圆性质1、对前景的外部作了平滑滤波 2、满足交换律 3、膨胀的等效表达式膨胀ABAB离散情况下的明克夫斯基和（膨胀）小结1、膨胀可以实现图像缝隙的连接；2、腐蚀可以去除小颗粒噪声或毛刺；

5、3、多种组合，实现开、闭、击中、击不中；4、典型的非线性滤波，滤波效果可交互控制；5、模板设计与算法设计膨胀、腐蚀的组合滤波效果应用边界提取 骨架抽取 极限腐蚀 Top-hat变换 流域变换 灰度形态变换 Basic Morphology OperatorsDilation, Erosion, Opening, Closing Basic Morphology AlgorithmsBoundary extractionRegion fillingHit-or-Miss transformationThinningThickeningPruningApplicationsFilteringSeg

6、mentationCoding & Compression Object detectionComputer visionQuestionWhat is Mathematical Morphology ?A Commercial AnswerMathematical Morphology is FAST !Mathematical Morphology is CHEAP !PhysicalSignal analysis techniques based on set theory aiming at the study of relations between physical and str

7、uctural propertiesSignal ProcessingNon linear signal processing techniques based on minimum and maximum operationsEngineeringAlgorithm and software/hardware tools for developing signal processing applicationsAn (imprecise) Mathematical AnswerA mathematical tool for investigating geometric structure

8、in binary and grayscale images.Shape Processing and AnalysisVisual perception requires transformation of images so as to make explicit particular shape information.Goal: Distinguish meaningful shape information from irrelevant one.The vast majority of shape processing and analysis techniques are bas

9、ed on designing a shape operator which satisfies desirable properties. ExampleImage analysis consists of obtaining measurements characteristic to images under consideration.Geometric measurements (e.g., object location, orientation, area, length of perimeter)Grayscale ImagesBinary ImagesMorphologica

10、l Shape OperatorsObjects are opaque and shape information is not additive !Shapes are usually combined by means ofSet Union (overlapping objects)：Set Intersection (occluded objects):Morphological Shape OperatorsShape operators should distribute over set-unions and set-intersections (a type of “linea

11、rity”) !MorphologicalDilationMorphologicalErosionMorphological OperatorsErosions and dilations are the most elementary operators of mathematical morphology.More complicated morphological operators can be designed by means of combining erosions and dilations.QuestionWhat is Mathematical Morphology ?A

12、 (precise) Mathematical AnswerAlgebra Complete LatticesOperators Erosions-DilationsMathematical MorphologyTopology Hit-or-MissGeometry Convexity - Connectivity DistanceApplications Image Processing and AnalysisA mathematical tool that studies operators on complete latticesMathematicalLattice theory

13、for objects or operators in continuous or discrete spacesTopology and stochastic modelsTranslation Invariant OperatorsMorphological Erosion“LINEARITY”TRANSLATION INVARIANCEMorphological ErosionMorphological ErosionPablo Picasso, Pass with the Cape, 1960StructuringElementMorphological Dilation“LINEAR

14、ITY”TRANSLATION INVARIANCEMorphological DilationMorphological DilationPablo Picasso, Pass with the Cape, 1960StructuringElementMorphological DilationMorphological OpeningMorphological OpeningPablo Picasso, Pass with the Cape, 1960StructuringElementMorphological OpeningIs a smoothing filter !Amount a

15、nd type of smoothing is determined by the shape and size of the structuring element.Approximates a shape from below, since Morphological Opening & ClosingDilation, Erosion, Opening, Closing Morphological Opening & ClosingOpeningSmoothes the contourBreaks narrow isthmusesEliminates thin protrusionsX

16、B is a subset of XClosing Smoothes the contourFuses narrow breaksEliminates small hollFill gaps in the contourX B is a subset of XFiltering ExampleBoundary ExtractionQuestionHenri Matisse, Woman with Amphoraand Pomegranates, 1952Can we automatically extract the largest connected component (the woman

17、s body) in this image ?AnswerORIGINALEROSIONMARKERMARKERMARKERMARKERThis is a morphological operator that filters out connected image components of a certain size and shape CONNECTED OPERATORS !Connected ComponentReconstructionGeodesic ReconstructionRegion Filling8-connected boundaryBeginning with a

18、 point P inside X and letDo UntilImportant ResultsIncreasingOperator+TranslationInvariantOperatorMain IdeaExamine the geometrical structure of an image by matching it with small patterns at various locations.By varying the size and shape of the matching patterns, called structuring elements, one can extract useful information about the shape of the different parts of the image and their interrelations.Results in image operators which are well suited for the analysis of the geometrical and topological