iCys User Guide

Using the iNovator Toolkit iNovator-specific Protocol Modules
Figure B-8: Erode
❑ Dilate—Performs morphological dilation on the image. Dilation is the opposite of
erosion. It turns on pixels at the perimeter of a cluster of pixels thus increasing the
size of each pixel cluster. It may be used to close "holes" within a pixel cluster.
Figure B-9: Dilate
❑ Open—Performs morphological open on the image. Open is erosion followed by
dilation. The Open operation may be used to open the spaces between pixel
clusters or eliminate small clusters and then return the remaining clusters back to
their original size.
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