A Novel Morphological Operator to Calculate Euler Number

Zhao Zhang
Randy Hays Moss, Missouri University of Science and Technology
William V. Stoecker, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

This paper introduces a novel morphological operator to calculate the Euler number for binary images. The operator is based on the condition of eight-connectedness for foreground and four-connectedness for background. It is significantly faster than the previous operators. The morphological operations used in border detection are discussed