Re: ridge finder algorithm?

Posted by Kenneth Sloan-2 on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ridge-finder-algorithm-tp3692475p3692476.html

First, you need to find edges...and then cull isolated edges that  
don't link together into longer ridge-like features.

The first hit on Googling "ridge finding image" led me to John Russ's  
very good "Image Processing Handbook".

I would start there.


On May 18, 2009, at 6:48 PM, Bill Christens-Barry wrote:

> Can anyone point me to an algorithm for detecting ridges in a  
> monochrome image? I'd like to end up
> with a binary image comprised of single-pixel width lines along the  
> ridges. I can think of several
> ways to do it, mostly involving looping over a range of  
> thresholdis, but these methods seem very
> inefficient.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Christens-Barry

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