Hierarchic Voronoi skeletons

Abstract Robust and time-efficient skeletonization of a (planar) shape, which is connectivity preserving and based on Euclidean metrics, can be achieved by first regularizing the Voronoi diagram (VD) of a shape's boundary points, i.e. by removal of noise-sensitive parts of the tessellation and then by establishing a hierarchic organization of skeleton constituents. Each component of the VD is attributed with a measure of prominence which exhibits the expected invariance under geometric transformations and noise. The second processing step, a hierarchic clustering of skeleton branches, leads to a multiresolution representation of the skeleton, termed skeleton pyramid.

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