The Application of Chain Code Sum in the Edge form Analysis
Lu Zong · 2002
This dissertation expands on a new algorithm, which has the function of analyzing edge form with the chain code. By the introduction of the concepts of relative chain code and absolute chain code, we proposed a simple and direct algorithm to compute chain code sum(average chain code). We found that tangent direction(slope) of edge point can be figured by the absolute chain code sum of three sequential points and curvature of edge can be figured by the difference of chain code sum between the three sequential points ingoing and outgoing. Furthermore, we provided the criterion distinguishing edge inflexion and sleek curve section and the method computing inaccurately curvature radius and approximate perimeter. In the end of the paper, we introduced the use method with cell edge hollow repairing and overlap or conglutination cell segmenting for example. This algorithm has proved high speed and has a good effect of cell segmention on more than twenty groups of conglutinate and absent cells which are gathered from three kinds of cells.