Vascular diseases are among the most important public health problems in developed
countries. Given the size and complexity of modern angiographic acquisitions, segmentation …

Connected operators are morphological tools that have the property of filtering images
without creating new contours and without moving the contours that are preserved. Those …

Mathematical Morphology allows for the analysis and processing of geometrical structures
using techniques based on the fields of set theory, lattice theory, topology, and random …

Very high spatial resolution (VHR) images allow to feature man-made structures such as
roads and thus enable their accurate analysis. Geometrical characteristics can be extracted …

Connected operators are filtering tools that act by merging elementary regions called flat
zones. Connecting operators cannot create new contours nor modify their position …

In this paper, we describe a multiscale and multishape morphological method for pattern-
based analysis and classification of gray-scale images using connected operators …

Vessel tree reconstruction in volumetric data is a necessary prerequisite in various medical
imaging applications. Specifically, when considering the application of automated lung …

The implementation of morphological connected set operators for image filtering and pattern
recognition is discussed. Two earlier algorithms based on priority queues and hierarchical …

Digital topology and geometry refers to the use of topologic and geometric properties and
features for images defined in digital grids. Such methods have been widely used in many …

Vessel enhancement is an important preprocessing step in accurate vessel-tree
reconstruction which is necessary in many medical imaging applications. Conventional …