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# DetectEdges_AsRegion

Extracts a pixel-precise region of continuous edges.

### Syntax

C++
C#

void avl::DetectEdges_AsRegion
(
const avl::Image& inImage,
atl::Optional<const avl::Region&> inRoi,
avl::EdgeFilter::Type inEdgeFilter,
float inStdDevX,
atl::Optional<float> inStdDevY,
float inEdgeThreshold,
float inEdgeHysteresis,
float inMaxJoiningDistance,
const int inMinBlobArea,
avl::Region& outEdgeRegion,
)


### Parameters

Name Type Range Default Description
inImage const Image& Image from which edges will be extracted
inRoi Optional<const Region&> NIL Region of the image from which edges will be extracted
inEdgeFilter EdgeFilter::Type Type of edge filter used for computing gradients
inStdDevX float 0.0 - 2.0f Amount of horizontal smoothing used by the edge filter
inStdDevY Optional<float> 0.0 - NIL Amount of vertical smoothing used by the edge filter
inEdgeThreshold float 0.0 - 15.0f Sufficient edge strength; edges of that strength will always be detected
inEdgeHysteresis float 0.0 - 5.0f Value by which the edge threshold is decreased for edge points neighboring with sufficiently strong edges
inMaxJoiningDistance float 0.0 - 0.0f Maximal distance between edges that can be joined
inMinBlobArea const int 0 - 1 Minimal area of an edge blob
outEdgeRegion Region& Region of the found edges

### Description

The operation extracts edges from the inRoi region in the inImage image and stores the result in the outEdgeRegion region. The extraction process is the same as in DetectEdges_AsPaths, the only difference being the data type of the result. This filter returns a region rather than array of subpixel-precise paths computed by DetectEdges_AsPaths.

The extraction process starts from gradient computing. Depending on which edge filter is chosen, gradients are computed using recursive (Deriche or Lanser) or standard non-recursive filter proposed by Canny. The inStdDevX and inStdDevY parameters control size of the filter mask. The greater their values are, the larger this size is. It should be noted that the execution time of the non-recursive filter depends greatly on the size of the filter mask, while the recursive filters execution time is independent of it.

On the so computed gradient image threshold with hysteresis (as in ThresholdImage_Hysteresis) is performed with inEdgeThreshold and inEdgeHysteresis parameters. After this step only gradients which are strong enough are present. The resulting edge region can be much too thick, thus it has to be thinned. To achieve this, the non-maximum suppression is used. Every pixel with at least one of its neighbors having larger gradient is no longer considered to be an edge pixel (only neighbors in the direction of pixel's gradient matter).

### Hints

• Connect an input image to the inImage input.
• Start with inEdgeHysteresis = 0 and set inEdgeThreshold so that each important edge is at least partially detected. Then keep increasing inEdgeHysteresis until the edges are detected completely.
• If the edges are rugged or there are too many false edges, then try increasing inStdDevX.
• Do not change inEdgeFilter.

### Examples

DetectEdges_AsRegion performed on the sample image with inEdgeFilter = Canny, inStdDevX = 2.0, inStdDevY = 2.0, inEdgeThreshold = 10, inEdgeHysteresis = 5.