Closing_(morphology) Knowpia

In mathematical morphology, the closing of a set (binary image) A by a structuring element B is the erosion of the dilation of that set,

The closing of the dark-blue shape (union of two squares) by a disk, resulting in the union of the dark-blue shape and the light-blue areas.

A\bullet B=(A\oplus B)\ominus B,\,

where $\oplus$ and $\ominus$ denote the dilation and erosion, respectively.

In image processing, closing is, together with opening, the basic workhorse of morphological noise removal. Opening removes small objects, while closing removes small holes.

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It is idempotent, that is, $(A\bullet B)\bullet B=A\bullet B$ .
It is increasing, that is, if $A\subseteq C$ , then $A\bullet B\subseteq C\bullet B$ .
It is extensive, i.e., $A\subseteq A\bullet B$ .
It is translation invariant.

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Image Analysis and Mathematical Morphology by Jean Serra, ISBN 0-12-637240-3 (1982)
Image Analysis and Mathematical Morphology, Volume 2: Theoretical Advances by Jean Serra, ISBN 0-12-637241-1 (1988)
An Introduction to Morphological Image Processing by Edward R. Dougherty, ISBN 0-8194-0845-X (1992)

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Introduction to mathematical morphology

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