14. Edge Detection

  1. Oge Marques

Published Online: 4 AUG 2011

DOI: 10.1002/9781118093467.ch14

Practical Image and Video Processing Using MATLAB®

Practical Image and Video Processing Using MATLAB®

How to Cite

Marques, O. (2011) Edge Detection, in Practical Image and Video Processing Using MATLAB®, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9781118093467.ch14

Author Information

  1. Florida Atlantic University, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 4 AUG 2011
  2. Published Print: 2 SEP 2011

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470048153

Online ISBN: 9781118093467

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Keywords:

  • edge detection, image processing operation - in computer vision solutions, finding most relevant edges in images;
  • Canny edge detector [Can86], one of the most popular - powerful, effective edge detection operators today;
  • edge linking and boundary detection - image containing only edges of original image

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Formulation of the Problem

  • Basic Concepts

  • First-order Derivative Edge Detection

  • Second-order Derivative Edge Detection

  • The Canny Edge Detector

  • Edge Linking and Boundary Detection

  • Tutorial 14.1: Edge Detection

  • Problems