Precise Estimation of the Projection of a Shape from a Pixel Coverage Representation

• Measuring width and diameter of a shape areproblems well studied in the literature. A pixel coverage repre-sentation is one specific type of digital fuzzy representation of acontinuous image object, where the (membership) value of eachpixel is (approximately) equal to the relative area of the pixelwhich is covered by the continuous object. Lately a number ofmethods for shape analysis use pixel coverage for reducing errorof estimation. We introduce a novel method for estimating theprojection of a shape in a given direction. The method is based onutilizing pixel coverage representation of a shape. Performance ofthe method is evaluated by a number of tests on synthetic objects,confirming high precision and applicability for calculation ofdiameter and elongation of a shape.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik -- Diskret matematik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics -- Discrete Mathematics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datorseende och robotik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Vision and Robotics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datavetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Sciences (hsv//eng)

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Shape analysis

Computerized Image Analysis

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Computerized Image Processing

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