A CA-based edge operator and its performance evaluation

被引:30
作者
Wongthanavasu, S [1 ]
Sadananda, R [1 ]
机构
[1] Khon Kaen Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Comp Sci, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
关键词
cellular automata; edge detection; finite state machine;
D O I
10.1016/S1047-3203(03)00022-1
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
This paper presents a new edge detector based on a cellular automata model. A uniform cellular automaton rule using a von Neumann neighborhood is proposed for carrying out edge detection on binary and gray-scaled images. A computational model and characterization of the state space of the rule are analyzed using a finite state machine. The work shows that a cellular automata-based model often provides an optimum edge map on binary images, and on average is better than the compared edge operators for gray-scaled images. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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页码:83 / 96
页数:14
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