@conference {872,
	title = {Topology preserving 2-subfield 3D thinning algorithms},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications (SPPRA)},
	year = {2010},
	note = {ScopusID: 77954590365},
	month = {Feb 2010},
	pages = {310 - 316},
	publisher = {IASTED ACTA Press},
	organization = {IASTED ACTA Press},
	type = {Conference paper},
	address = {Innsbruck, Austria},
	abstract = {<p>This paper presents a new family of 3D thinning algorithms for extracting skeleton-like shape features (i.e, centerline, medial surface, and topological kernel) from volumetric images. A 2-subfield strategy is applied: all points in a 3D picture are partitioned into two subsets which are alternatively activated. At each iteration, a parallel operator is applied for deleting some border points in the active subfield. The proposed algorithms are derived from Ma{\textquoteright}s sufficient conditions for topology preservation, and they use various endpoint characterizations.</p>},
	author = {G{\'a}bor N{\'e}meth and P{\'e}ter Kardos and K{\'a}lm{\'a}n Pal{\'a}gyi},
	editor = {B Zagar and A Kuijper and H Sahbi}
}
