Herror ::laplace_of_gauss (
    Hobject Image,
    Hobject *ImageLaplace,
    const HTuple &Sigma
)
HImage HImage::LaplaceOfGauss (
    const HTuple &Sigma
) const
HImageArray HImageArray::LaplaceOfGauss (
    const HTuple &Sigma
) const

LoG-Operator (Laplace of Gaussian).

::laplace_of_gauss calculates the Laplace-of-Gaussian operator, i.e., the Laplace operator on a Gaussian smoothed image, for arbitrary smoothing parameters Sigma. The Laplace operator is given by:

                  2            2
               d            d
   \/ g(x,y)) = --- g(x,y) + --- g(x,y)
                  2            2
                dx           dy
The derivatives in ::laplace_of_gauss are calculated by appropriate derivatives of the Gaussian, resulting in the following formula for the convolution mask:
                       /  2   2     \     /    2   2 \
                1    | x + y      |     |   x + y  |
  \/ G (x,y) = ------- | ------ - 1 | exp | - ------ |
      s              4 |     2      |     |       2  |
               2 pi s  \  2 s       /     \    2 s   /


Parameters

Image (input_object)
(multichannel-)image(-array) -> Hobject: HImage(Array) ( byte / int1 / int2 / int4 / real )
Input image.

ImageLaplace (output_object)
(multichannel-)image(-array) -> Hobject * : HImage(Array) ( int2 )
Laplace filtered image.

Sigma (input_control)
number -> HTuple.double / long
Smoothing parameter of the Gaussian.
Default value: 2.0
Suggested values: 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 7.0
Typical range of values: 0.7 <= Sigma <= 5.0
Minimum increment: 0.01
Recommended increment: 0.1
Restriction: (Sigma > 0.7) && (Sigma <= 25.0)


Example
read_image(&Image,"mreut");
laplace_of_gauss(Image,&Laplace,2.0);
zero_crossing(Laplace,&ZeroCrossings);

Possible Successors

::zero_crossing, ::dual_threshold


Alternatives

::laplace, ::diff_of_gauss, ::derivate_gauss


See also

::derivate_gauss


Module

Image filters



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