An investigation into the skeletonization approach of hilditch

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Abstract

The skeletonization approach of Hilditch is compared with its so-called “simplified version” given by Stefanelli and Rosenfeld. Experimental results show the superiority of the original approach as described by Hilditch. A heuristic modification to Hilditch's approach is also proposed and empirically tested.

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This work has been supported by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada under grant A3060.

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