Revised Mathematical Morphological Concepts

Joseph Ackora-Prah^*, Yao Elikem Ayekple, Robert Kofi Acquah, Perpetual Saah Andam, Eric Adu Sakyi, Daniel Gyamfi

Department of Mathematics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

DOI: 10.4236/apm.2015.54019                

Abstract

We revise some mathematical morphological operators such as Dilation, Erosion, Opening and Closing. We show proofs of our theorems for the above operators when the structural elements are partitioned. Our results show that structural elements can be partitioned before carrying out morphological operations.

Keywords

Mathematical Morphology, Dilation, Erosion, Opening, Closing

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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