Top-hat Transform - Mathematical Definitions

Mathematical Definitions

Let be a grayscale image, mapping points from an Euclidean space or discrete grid E (such as R2 or Z2) into the real line. Let be a grayscale structuring element.

Then, the white top-hat transform of f is given by:

,

where denotes the opening operation.

The black top-hat transform of f is given by:

,

where is the closing operation.

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