hit-or-miss transform

noun

In morphology, an operation that detects a given configuration (or pattern) in a binary image, using the erosion operator and a pair of disjoint structuring elements.

Meanings

nounhit-or-miss transform (plural hit-or-miss transforms)

plural hit-or-miss transforms

  1. mathematicsIn morphology, an operation that detects a given configuration (or pattern) in a binary image, using the erosion operator and a pair of disjoint structuring elements.
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