Colour morphology and its approaches

Yeh, Chun-Wei (2015). Colour morphology and its approaches. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

Mathematical morphology was first applied to binary images and readily extended to grey-level images. In extending mathematical morphology to colour it is difficult to define a suitable unambiguous ordering. We present two complete ordering schemes based on colour difference and similarity ordering for colour morphology. A novel colour difference formula is first introduced. This colour difference formula is based on colour extrema derived from a simple physical model of image formation and avoids the more arbitrary mathematical and perceptual definitions previously reported. Moreover, we define similarity criteria as the basis for mathematical morphology that can be used with flat and non-flat structuring elements. The proposed orderings meet the properties of mathematical morphology, and provide a harmonised approach for binary, grey-level and colour morphology. A comparison of ordering schemes for dilation, erosion, opening, closing and filtering operator shows the colour difference-based ordering presented here to be at least as good as other ordering schemes and better than some of the well principled, previously reported methods in not generating artefacts and reducing image noise. Additionally, the development of a similarity-based ordering to perform morphological gradient and Hit-or-Miss transforms for colour images is presented.

Type of Work: Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.)
Award Type: Doctorates > Ph.D.
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Pycock, DavidUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
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College/Faculty: Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
School or Department: School of Engineering, Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Funders: None/not applicable
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
URI: http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/5430

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