Diatom Contour Analysis Using Morphological Curvature Scale Spaces
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چکیده
A method for shape analysis of diatoms (single-cell algae with silica shells) based on extraction of features on the contour of the cells by multi-scale mathematical morphology is presented. After building a morphological contour curvature scale space, we present a method for extracting the most prominent features by unsupervised cluster analysis. The number of extracted features matches well with those found visually in 92 % of the 350 diatom images examined.
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