A new thinning algorithm for gray-scale images by the relaxation technique

A fast parallel algorithm for thinning digital patterns

Tingwei Zhang, Ching Y. Suen · Communications of the ACM · 1984 · 2.7K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Data Mining +7

Scene Labeling by Relaxation Operations

Azriel Rosenfeld, Robert A. Hummel, Steven W. Zucker · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics · 1976 · 1.4K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Vision +11

Algorithms for graphics and image processing

R.M. McElhaney · Proceedings of the IEEE · 1983 · 379 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Systems +12

Some Parallel Thinning Algorithms for Digital Pictures

R. Stefanelli, Azriel Rosenfeld · Journal of the ACM · 1971 · 268 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Vision +8

Thinning algorithms on rectangular, hexagonal, and triangular arrays

E. S. Deutsch · Communications of the ACM · 1972 · 236 citations · Full text

Arts, Computer Science, Computational Geometry +8