NDLI: High-Precision Boundary Length Estimation by Utilizing Gray-Level Information

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Sladoje, N. Lindblad, J.
Copyright Year	1979
Abstract	We present a novel method that provides an accurate and precise estimate of the length of the boundary (perimeter) of an object by taking into account gray levels on the boundary of the digitization of the same object. Assuming a model where pixel intensity is proportional to the coverage of a pixel, we show that the presented method provides error-free measurements of the length of straight boundary segments in the case of nonquantized pixel values. For a more realistic situation, where pixel values are quantized, we derive optimal estimates that minimize the maximal estimation error. We show that the estimate converges toward a correct value as the number of gray levels tends toward infinity. The method is easy to implement; we provide the complete pseudocode. Since the method utilizes only a small neighborhood, it is very easy to parallelize. We evaluate the estimator on a set of concave and convex shapes with known perimeters, digitized at increasing resolution. In addition, we provide an example of applicability of the method on real images, by suggesting appropriate preprocessing steps and presenting results of a comparison of the suggested method with other local approaches.
Sponsorship	IEEE Computer Society
Page Count	7
File Size	796627
Starting Page	357
Ending Page	363
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01628828
Volume Number	31
Issue Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-02-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Pixel Image segmentation Digital images H infinity control Shape Quantization Image edge detection Detectors Length measurement Estimation error quantization. Size and shape length estimate perimeter pixel coverage gray level
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Applied Mathematics Artificial Intelligence Computational Theory and Mathematics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Software

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