Minimal Set of Markers for the Watershed Transform

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  • R. Lotufo
  • W. Silva
چکیده

This paper discusses the inverse problem of the watershed. From a partition obtained by the watershed from markers, find the minimal set of markers that reproduces the same watershed partition. We present a solution based on the minimum spanning tree and introduce the concept of marker receptive region. We also review the watershed transform based on the minimum spanning forest problem. Two applications of this problem are presented: aid in assisted still image watershed segmentation, and evaluation of pre-processing filters.

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تاریخ انتشار 2002