A STUDY OF SHAPE RECOGNITION USING THE MEDIAL AXIS TRANSFORMATION.

Abstract

The Medial Axis Transformation is a transformation by which shape description properties may be extracted from an arbitrary shape. The paper examines properties of the transformation as applied to shape recognition, and discusses how these properties may best be used for this purpose. The transformation and its inverse transform have been simulated on a digital computer, and properties of the transformed shape have been examined with the use of the computer. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0646258

Entities

People

  • Otis Philbrick

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Recognition

Readers

  • Computer Vision.