01128nas a2200157   4500008004100000020001400041245005300055210005300108260003800161300001200199490000700211520061700218100002000835700002300855856009200878       2011                        eng d  a0899-945700aTopology Preserving Parallel Thinning Algorithms0 aTopology Preserving Parallel Thinning Algorithms  bWiley Periodicals, Inc.cFeb 2011  a37 - 440 v213 a<p>Thinning is an iterative object reduction technique for extracting medial curves from binary objects. During a thinning process, some border points that satisfy certain topological and geometric constraints are deleted in iteration steps. Parallel thinning algorithms are composed of parallel reduction operators that delete a set of object points simultaneously. This article presents 21 parallel thinning algorithms for (8,4) binary pictures that are derived from the sufficient conditions for topology preservation accommodated to the three parallel thinning approaches. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</p>1 aNémeth, Gábor1 aPalágyi, Kálmán  uhttps://www.inf.szte.hu/en/publication/topology-preserving-parallel-thinning-algorithms