A thinning transform for digital images

Abstract Given an elongated object in a digital image, a thinning transform is described to simultaneously calculate the coordinates of its medial line elements and a value for these elements equal to the width of the object at the element's coordinates. The transform is being used in the area of quantitative fractography in photo-micrographs of rock samples.

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