Pulse Reformation Algorithm for Leakage of Connected Operators

Gene Stoltz, Inger Fabris-Rotelli

2015

Abstract

The Discrete Pulse Transform (DPT) is a hierarchical decomposition of a signal in n-dimensions, built from iteratively applying the LULU operators. The DPT is a fairly new mathematical framework with minimal application and is prone to leakage within the domain, as are most other connected operators. Leakage is the unwanted union of two connected sets and thus provides false connectedness information regarding the data. The Pulse Reformation Framework (PRF) is developed to address the leakage problem within the DPT. It was specifically tested with circular probes and showed successful object extraction of blood cells.

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Stoltz G. and Fabris-Rotelli I. (2015). Pulse Reformation Algorithm for Leakage of Connected Operators . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-089-5, pages 583-590. DOI: 10.5220/0005313205830590


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@conference{visapp15,
author={Gene Stoltz and Inger Fabris-Rotelli},
title={Pulse Reformation Algorithm for Leakage of Connected Operators},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={583-590},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005313205830590},
isbn={978-989-758-089-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)
TI - Pulse Reformation Algorithm for Leakage of Connected Operators
SN - 978-989-758-089-5
AU - Stoltz G.
AU - Fabris-Rotelli I.
PY - 2015
SP - 583
EP - 590
DO - 10.5220/0005313205830590