Operation: erode

erode operation

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The operation uses the method erode from the ImageJ class ImageProcessor. See also ImageJ documentation.

Example

binary input image    binary result image
color input image    color result image

Description

The operation replaces each pixel with the maximum (brightest) value in a 3x3 neighborhood, thus enlarging bright regions. This is the same as using the maximum operation with a radius 1. The operation can be applied repeatedly on the same image for a given number of times.

Options

options
number of times: The number of times the operation is applied to the input image.

Parameter

The only parameter is the input image.

Results

The onlt result is the result image.