Parallel implementation of the Image Block Representation using OpenMP

Abstract

Herein, a parallel implementation in OpenMP of the Image Block Representation (IBR) for binary imagesis investigated. The IBR is a region-based image representation scheme that represents the binary image as a set of non-overlapping rectangular areas with object level, called blocks. The IBR permits the execution of operations on image areas instead of image points and therefore leads to a substantial reduction of the required computational complexity. The experimental and the analytically derived results from parallel implementation in OpenMP, on a multicore computer, proved that a very good overall performance can be achieved.