Abstract

The standard morphological operators are (i) defined on Euclidean space, (ii) based on structuring elements, and (iii) invariant with respect to translation. There are several ways to generalise this. One way is to make the operators adaptive by letting the size or shape of structuring elements depend on image location or on image features. Another one is to extend translation invariance to more general invariance groups, where the shape of the structuring element spatially adapts in such a way that global group invariance is maintained. We review group-invariant morphology, discuss the relations with adaptive morphology, point out some pitfalls, and show that there is no inherent incompatibility between a spatially adaptive structuring element and global translation invariance of the corresponding morphological operators.

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