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Edge Detection on Interval-Valued Images

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Eurofuse 2011

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing ((AINSC,volume 107))

Abstract

A digital image is an approximation of some real situation, and carries some uncertainty. In this work we model the ambiguity related to the brightness by associating an interval with each pixel, instead of a scalar brightness value. Then we adapt the Sobel method for edge detection to the new conditions of the image, leading to a representation of the edges in the shape of an interval-valued fuzzy set. To conclude, we illustrate the performance of the method and perform a qualitative comparison with the classical Sobel method on grayscale images.

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  1. Dpto. Automatica y Computacion, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain

    C. Lopez-Molina, E. Barrenechea & H. Bustince

  2. Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control, Ghent University, Belgium

    B. De Baets

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  1. CITAB-UTAD University, Quinta dos Prados, 5000-911, Vila Real, Portugal

    Pedro Melo-Pinto , Pedro Couto  & Carlos Serôdio ,  & 

  2. Óbuda University, Bécsi út 96/B, H-1034, Budapest, Hungary

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  3. KERMIT, Research Unit Knowledge-based Systems, Universiteit Gent, Coupure links 653, 9000, Gent, Belgium

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Lopez-Molina, C., De Baets, B., Barrenechea, E., Bustince, H. (2011). Edge Detection on Interval-Valued Images. In: Melo-Pinto, P., Couto, P., Serôdio, C., Fodor, J., De Baets, B. (eds) Eurofuse 2011. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 107. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24001-0_30

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