Multiscale dilation:structure unit does not change after imdilate by itself. What the multiscale dilation meaning?

g=[0 1 0;0 1 0;0 1 0];

n=3;

ng=g;

for i=1:n

ng=imdilate(ng,g)

end

[DGM]

The strel has a width of 1px. Dilation with a 1px strel does no change.

A = zeros(5);
A(3,3) = 1

A = 5×5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

imdilate(A,1)

ans = 5×5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Answer 1

[Prachi Kulkarni]

Hi,

As per the definition of dilation described at the end of the documentation on imdilate, the structural element g when operated on the matrix ng should not lead to any change in the matrix ng.

This is not generally true. It is applicable to your particular definitions of the variables g and ng.

[DGM]

That's obviously not generally true. It's only true in this case because a 1px strel can intersect (sample) no more than a trivial neighborhood .

g = ones(1);
n = 3;
ng = padarray(g,[5 5],0,'both');
for i=1:n 
    ng = imdilate(ng,g);
end
ng

ng = 11×11

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A wider strel would effect a change.

g = ones(3);
n = 3;
ng = padarray(g,[5 5],0,'both');
for i=1:n 
    ng = imdilate(ng,g);
end
ng

ng = 13×13

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

It is perhaps worth pointing out that OP's strel is taller than 1 and will dilate vertically. It's just that the output size is constrained such that it never has any effect.

g = ones(3,1);
n = 3;
ng = padarray(g,[5 5],0,'both');
for i=1:n 
    ng = imdilate(ng,g);
end
ng

ng = 13×11

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

[DGM]

I'm sorry. I trust you know that. I just wanted to make sure that OP or a future reader didn't misinterpret it that way, and used the opportunity to elaborate on my own prior comments.