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hessian(image, sigmas=range(1, 10, 2), scale_range=None, scale_step=None, alpha=0.5, beta=0.5, gamma=15, black_ridges=True, mode=None, cval=0)

This filter can be used to detect continuous edges, e.g. vessels, wrinkles, rivers. It can be used to calculate the fraction of the whole image containing such objects.

Defined only for 2-D and 3-D images. Almost equal to Frangi filter, but uses alternative method of smoothing. Refer to to find the differences between Frangi and Hessian filters.

Notes

Written by Marc Schrijver (November 2001) Re-Written by D. J. Kroon University of Twente (May 2009)

Parameters

image : (N, M[, P]) ndarray: Array with input image data.
sigmas : iterable of floats, optional: Sigmas used as scales of filter, i.e., np.arange(scale_range[0], scale_range[1], scale_step)
scale_range : 2-tuple of floats, optional: The range of sigmas used.
scale_step : float, optional: Step size between sigmas.
beta : float, optional: Frangi correction constant that adjusts the filter's sensitivity to deviation from a blob-like structure.
gamma : float, optional: Frangi correction constant that adjusts the filter's sensitivity to areas of high variance/texture/structure.
black_ridges : boolean, optional: When True (the default), the filter detects black ridges; when False, it detects white ridges.
mode : {'constant', 'reflect', 'wrap', 'nearest', 'mirror'}, optional: How to handle values outside the image borders.
cval : float, optional: Used in conjunction with mode 'constant', the value outside the image boundaries.

Returns

out : (N, M[, P]) ndarray: Filtered image (maximum of pixels across all scales).

Filter an image with the Hybrid Hessian filter.

Examples

See :

Back References

The following pages refer to to this document either explicitly or contain code examples using this.

skimage.filters.ridges.frangi skimage.filters.ridges.meijering skimage.filters.ridges.sato

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