Abstract
This paper presents a morphological image processing operation for hexagonally sampled images and proposes a new edge detection method for these images by using a grayscale morphology. This is achieved by applying morphological gradient operators and multiscale top-hat transformations (white and black top-hat transformations) to hexagonal images. The proposed study includes a method for converting hexagonally sampled images as well as the processing and subsequent display of images on a hexagonal grid. Performance evaluation were performed to assess the proposed method. The proposed study shows that a method of edge enhancement by applying three by three hexagonal structuring element achieves results superior to those of a rectangular images. The results indicated that the proposed edge detection algorithms improved substantially after implementation of the edge enhancement method.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | International Journal of Image Processing |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2016 |