PT Journal AU Tarabek, P TI A Contour Approach to Thinning Algorithms SO Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina PY 2009 BP 43 EP 48 VL 11 IS 3 DI 10.26552/com.C.2009.3.43-48 WP https://komunikacie.uniza.sk/artkey/csl-200903-0009.php DE thinning; skeleton; skeletonization; vectorization SN 13354205 AB Thinning algorithms are widely used in many image processing tasks. Many thinning algorithms were proposed but they usually tend to process all image pixels in every iteration. Two approaches to contour thinning are described and a short discussion about their features is given. These approaches can be implemented as sequential or parallel algorithms with different deletion rules. Results of comparison and analysis are presented in this paper. ER