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Opening

Opening
gives the morphological opening of image with respect to the structuring element ker.
Opening
gives the opening with respect to a range r square.
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  • Opening works with binary, grayscale and other images.
  • The structuring element ker is a matrix containing s and s.
  • Opening automatically pads structuring elements to have odd dimensions.
  • If multiple image channels are present, Opening operates on each of them separately.
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Basic Examples   (2)
Use morphological opening to extract objects larger than the structuring element:
Opening of a color photo with a diamond-shaped structuring element:
Use morphological opening to extract objects larger than the structuring element:
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Opening of a color photo with a diamond-shaped structuring element:
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