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Computes the area of a region divided by the area of a circular region having the same feature.
| Name | Type | Description | |
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inRegion | Region | Input region |
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inCircularityMeasure | CircularityMeasure | Which algorithm should be used to compute a circle |
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outCircularity | Real | |
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diagCircle | Circle2D | Computed circle which area was compared. |
Description
Circularity is a measure of similarity of a region shape to the perfect circle. Circular regions have circularity close to 1.0, while the more elongated the region is (or contains more holes), the closer to 0.0 is its circularity.
Mathematically, the circularity is calculated as follows:
Where c denotes a
circular region having the same feature as input region r. The feature being considered depends on the inCircularityMeasure chosen and it is:
- the minimal bounding circle in case of BoundingCirclePreserving
- the perimeter in case of PerimeterPreserving
- the radius (maximal distance from mass center to any of the region pixels) in case of RadiusPreserving
Hints
- If the input region is not guaranteed to be non-empty, precede this filter with SkipEmptyRegion.
Examples
Circularity with RadiusPreserving of the sample region equals to 0.667. |
Circularity with PerimeterPreserving of the sample region equals to 1.000. |
Errors
This filter can throw an exception to report error. Read how to deal with errors in Error Handling.
List of possible exceptions:
| Error type | Description |
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| DomainError | Empty region on input in RegionCircularity. |
| DomainError | Not supported circularity measure in RegionCircularity. |
Complexity Level
This filter is available on Advanced Complexity Level.
See Also
- RegionConvexity – Computes the area of a region divided by area of its convex hull.
- RegionElongation – Computes the elongation factor of a region ( perfect circle has minimal elongation equal 1.0 ).
- PolygonCircularity – Computes the area of a polygon divided by the area of a circle having the same feature.
