Dilate¶

Perform morphological 'dilation' filtering. Adds pixel in center of the kernel if conditions set in kernel are true.

dilate(img, kernel, i, device, debug=None)

returns device, image after dilation

• Parameters:
  • img1 - Input image
  • kernel - An odd integer that is used to build a kernel x kernel matrix using np.ones
  • i - Iterations, i.e. the number of consecutive filtering passes
  • device - Counter for image processing steps
  • debug- None, "print", or "plot". Print = save to file, Plot = print to screen. Default = None
• Context:
  • Used to perform morphological dilation filtering. Helps expand objects at the edges, particularly after erosion.
• Example use:
  • Use In NIR Tutorial

Input grayscale image

from plantcv import plantcv as pcv

# Perform dilation
# Results in addition of pixels to the boundary of object
device, dilate_img = pcv.dilate(img, kernel, 1 device, debug='print')

Image after dilation