An algorithm to decompose hierarchically bidimensional patterns is introduced. The single-scale input pattern is first transformed into a multi-scale data set. The multi-resolution skeleton is then computed and its hierarchical decomposition is obtained by using the notion of permanence. A constrained reverse distance transformation is applied to the skeleton components to reconstruct the regions into which the pattern is decomposed. A merging process then reduces the number of components to the most significant ones and improves decomposition stability
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Image Analysis and Processing, 1999. Proceedings. International Conference on
Date of Conference: 1999