SKEL_DYER - skeletonize an image as proposed by Dyer & Rosenfeld

NAME

skel_dyer

SYNOPSIS

skel_dyer [ options ] input-file [ output-file ]

DESCRIPTION

skel_dyer skeletonizes an image as described by Dyer & Rosenfeld in 1979. The program will skeletonize the bright coloured parts in the image. The input-file should be a .pgm image file. If an output-file is specified this file will be used to store the resulting image. Otherwise the result is written to the input-file.

OPTIONS

-r
Reverse the image during the process, resulting in the skeletonization of the dark parts of the image instead of the bright parts.

-n<nr>
This option forces the program to stop after <nr> passes. The default value is after 10000 passes.

-q<fraction>
This option forces the program to stop if less than <fraction> pixels have been changed during the last pass. The default value is 0.01. The -n and the -q option can be used together.

-k<factor>
With this option the k-parameter used in the algorithm can be set. The value of k will be set equal to 1/<factor>. The default is -k8 (k = 0.125).

SEE ALSO

skel_leng(1), WB_smooth(1), WB_threshold(1)
06-May-97. Automatically converted by man2html, written by G.Matas (g.matas@ee.surrey.ac.uk)