imdilate

J = imdilate(I::Union{GMTimage{<:UInt8, 2}, GMTimage{<:Bool, 2}}; hsize=3, vsize=3, sel=nothing)::GMTimage

keywords: GMT, Julia, image morphology, dilation

Dilate the grayscale or binary image I.

The dilation is performed with a matrix of 0’s and 1’s with width hsize and height vsize, or, if possible, with the structuring element strel. Later case is faster but it is only available for binary images, where by binary images we mean Boolean images or images with only 0’s and 1’s of UInt8 type.

Args

• I::Union{GMTimage{<:UInt8, 2}, GMTimage{<:Bool, 2}}: Input image.

Kwargs

• hsize::Int=3: Horizontal size of the 'box' structuring element.

• vsize::Int=3: Vertical size of the 'box' structuring element.

• sel=nothing: Structuring element (See strel function). An alternative to hsize and vsize options. If equal to nothing, a structuring box of size hsize x vsize is used.

Returns

A new GMTimage of the same type as I with the dilation applied.

Example

Dilation with a square of width 3 (the default when neither sel, nor hsize or vsize are specified)

Examples

Dilation with a square of width 3 (the default when neither sel, nor hsize or vsize are specified)

using GMT

I = gmtread(TESTSDIR * "assets/fig_text_bw.png");
J = imdilate(I);
grdimage(I, figsize=7)
grdimage!(J, figsize=7, xshift=7.1, show=true)

See Also

imerode, imopen, imclose, strel