morphologyEx

Performs advanced morphological transformations.

C++: void morphologyEx (InputArray src, OutputArray dst, int op, InputArray kernel, Point anchor=Point(-1,-1), int iterations=1, int borderType=BORDER_CONSTANT, const Scalar& borderValue=morphologyDefaultBorderValue() )

Python: cv2. morphologyEx (src, op, kernel [, dst [, anchor [, iterations [, borderType [, borderValue ] ] ] ] ] ) → dst

C: void cvMorphologyEx (const CvArr* src, CvArr* dst, CvArr* temp, IplConvKernel* element, int operation, int iterations=1 )

Python: cv. MorphologyEx (src, dst, temp, element, operation, iterations=1 ) → None

Parameters:

src – Source image. The number of channels can be arbitrary. The depth should be one of CV_8U, CV_16U, CV_16S, CV_32F` or ``CV_64F. dst – Destination image of the same size and type as src . element – Structuring element. op – Type of a morphological operation that can be one of the following: MORPH_OPEN - an opening operation MORPH_CLOSE - a closing operation MORPH_GRADIENT - a morphological gradient MORPH_TOPHAT - “top hat” MORPH_BLACKHAT - “black hat” iterations – Number of times erosion and dilation are applied. borderType – Pixel extrapolation method. See borderInterpolate() for details. borderValue – Border value in case of a constant border. The default value has a special meaning. See createMorphologyFilter() for details.

The function can perform advanced morphological transformations using an erosion and dilation as basic operations.

Opening operation:

Closing operation:

Morphological gradient:

“Top hat”:

“Black hat”:

Any of the operations can be done in-place. In case of multi-channel images, each channel is processed independently.

See also

dilate(),erode(),createMorphologyFilter()

Note

• An example using the morphologyEx function for the morphological opening and closing operations can be found at opencv_source_code/samples/cpp/morphology2.cpp