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Pattern Recognition Letters
Volume 10, Issue 2, August 1989, Pages 77-80
 
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An improved parallel algorithm for thinning digital patterns

Juan Humberto Sossa

Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Sección de Control Automático, Apartado Postal 14-740 07000, México, D.F., México

Received 7 October 1988; 
revised 19 October 1988. 
Available online 20 May 2003.

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Abstract

An improved algorithm for extracting a simplified skeletal version of digital patterns is proposed in this paper. Experimental results show that this method compares favorably with the one proposed by Abdulla-Saleh-Morad.

Author Keywords: Thinning; unitary skeleton; digital pattern

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