On the accuracy of the Sobel edge detector

Abstract The magnitude and angle accuracy of the Sobel edge detector is studied. It is shown that the error-free angle output of the iterative Sobel edge detector is achieved only at the expense of a degraded edge magnitude accuracy. Edge angle and edge magnitude correcting formulae are derived.

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