Better Skeletonization

Version 1.0.0.0 (10.8 KB) by Nicholas Howe
Provides an alternative to the image toolbox skeletonization implemented in bwmorph.
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The files in this package comprise the Matlab implementation of a method for skeletonizing binary images. These are my own implementation
of a skeletonization method communicated to me by Alex Telea
(http://www.win.tue.nl/~alext/). See his papers for more details.

Skeletonization is (roughly speaking) the "thinning" of a binary image or silhouette to a one-pixel width spine. The image processing toolbox provides support for skeletonization via the bwmorph function, but its results do not always conform with our intuition. I have found that the approach used herein usually generates a more pleasing result.

There is also a routine for locating endpoints and junctions in skeletonized images.

(Note: This code has not been optimized for speed.)

Bug fix 7/18/07: In rare instances, isolated points would incorrectly be assigned an infinite value for skg.

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Nicholas Howe (2025). Better Skeletonization (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/11123-better-skeletonization), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0

Bug fix.

In rare instances, isolated points would incorrectly be assigned an infinite value for skg.