Treffer: A parallel Euclidean distance transformation algorithm

Title:
A parallel Euclidean distance transformation algorithm
Source:
Computer vision and image understanding (Print). 63(1):15-26
Publisher Information:
San Diego, CA: Elsevier, 1996.
Publication Year:
1996
Physical Description:
print, 12 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Fachzeitschrift Article
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Katholieke univ. Leuven, dep. computerwetenschappen, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
ISSN:
1077-3142
Rights:
Copyright 1996 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Computer science; theoretical automation; systems

Physics: optics
Accession Number:
edscal.3005999
Database:
PASCAL Archive

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We present a parallel algorithm for the Euclidean distance transformation (EDT). It is a divide-and-conquer algorithm based on a fast sequential algorithm for the signed EDT (SEDT). The combining step that follows the local partial calculation of the SEDT can be done efficiently after reformulating the SEDT problem as the partial calculation of a Voronoi diagram. This leads to an algorithm with two local calculation steps with a computational complexity proportional to the number of pixels of the subregions and a global calculation step with complexity proportional to the image perimeter. This article contains a description of the algorithm, a complexity analysis, a discussion on load imbalance, and timings obtained on an iPSC/2.