Edge-end Pixel Extraction for Edge-based Image Segmentation

Extraction of edge-end-pixels is an important step for the edge linking process to achieve edge-based image segmentation. This paper presents an algorithm to extract edge-end pixels together with their directional sensitivities as an augmentation to the currently available mathematical models. The algorithm is implemented in the Java environment because of its inherent compatibility with web interfaces since its main use is envisaged to be for remote image analysis on a virtual instrumentation platform.

• Mahinda P. Pathegama
• Özdemir Göl

• edge-end pixels
• image processing
• imagesegmentation
• pixel extraction

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