Morphological corner detector using paired triangular structuring elements

This paper describes corner detection from segmented areas using mathematical morphology employing paired triangular structuring elements. The algorithm identified as TriSE02 detects the inner corners of a segmented area and stores information regarding each corner's angular orientation and position. The theoretical development of this detector together with its empirical performance is established in a test utilising standard template images. Seven other established corner detectors were also tested to provide comparative performance information. This work was originally developed to identify conjugate corners in stereoscopic dual-energy X-ray images produced by an experimental system for aviation security screening. The oversensitivity exhibited by the established detectors when applied to the dual-energy X-ray images has been significantly improved upon by the new detector. Also, the careful development of the default parameterisation has resulted in a flexible approach, which is suitable for different image types and formats. (c) 2005 Pattern Recognition Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.