An Efficient Image Independent Thinning Algorithm

Abstract: As we know that image thinning plays an important role in image processing, It is also equally important to propose an efficient image thinning algorithm with an objective, to minimize the amount of information to be processed by preserving the important information required to preserve the topological and geometrical properties of the thinned image, thereby enhancing the later processing procedure. This can be achieved by an efficient image independent thinning algorithm. This algorithm process the image in two-passes, in first pass of this algorithm, the entire image is thinned to two pixels thick and in second pass; the two pixel width image is further thinned to one pixel thick without any discontinuities in the resultant image.

Keywords: Iterative, parallel, topological, geometrical, enhancing.