20070306-Connected component labeling – Part 1

原文：http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2007/03/06/connected-component-labeling-part-1/

bwlabel implements an operation known as connected component labeling, or sometimes blob labeling. So, what is a connected component, and what does it mean to label it?

Let's start by looking at a simple binary image:

bw = imread('http://blogs.mathworks.com/images/steve/119/binary.png');
imshow(bw)

In subsequent posts I'll write about several methods you might use to find connected components, including the particular methods used by  bwlabel  and its multidimensional cousin  bwlabeln . I'll also explain how the exact definition of a pixel's neighborhood affects the results.