<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gábor Németh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kálmán Palágyi</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Topology Preserving Parallel Thinning Algorithms</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMAGING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY</style></secondary-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">INT J IMAG SYST TECH</style></short-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Feb 2011</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">37 - 44</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0899-9457</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Thinning is an iterative object reduction technique for extracting medial curves from binary objects. During a thinning process, some border points that satisfy certain topological and geometric constraints are deleted in iteration steps. Parallel thinning algorithms are composed of parallel reduction operators that delete a set of object points simultaneously. This article presents 21 parallel thinning algorithms for (8,4) binary pictures that are derived from the sufficient conditions for topology preservation accommodated to the three parallel thinning approaches. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal article</style></work-type><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">UT: 000287789100005ScopusID: 79951782238doi: 10.1002/ima.20272</style></notes></record></records></xml>