Automatic gradient threshold determination for edge detection.

Henstock, P V; Chelberg, D M · IEEE Trans Image Process · 1996

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Abstract

We describe a method to automatically find gradient thresholds to separate edge from nonedge pixels. A statistical model that is the weighted sum of two gamma densities corresponding to edge and nonedge pixels is used to identify a threshold. Results closely match human perceptual thresholds even under low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) levels.