Research Article

A Fast and Robust Ellipse-Detection Method Based on Sorted Merging

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The process of line segment extraction. (a) Number of neighboring pixels decreases after morphological thinning. (b) Extracted strips after edge linking; each color corresponds to a strip. (c) Line segments extracted from strips; each color corresponds to a line segment.
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