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Region Basics |
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CreateBoxBorderRegion | Creates a frame-shaped region with given parameters. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreateBoxRegion | Creates a rectangular region corresponding to a given box. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreateCircleRegion | Creates a circular region corresponding to a given circle. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreateCrossRegion | Creates a cross-shaped region with given parameters. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreateEllipseRegion | Creates an elliptic region of given bounding rectangle. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreateGridRegion | Creates a grid-shaped region with given parameters. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreateLineRegion | Creates a line region. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreatePathBorderRegion | Creates a region along a given path. The region may be internal or external to the path. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreatePathRegion | Creates a region along the given path. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreatePolygonRegion | Creates a polygonal region corresponding to a given closed path. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreateRectangleBorderRegion | Creates a frame-shaped region with given parameters. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreateRectangleRegion | Creates a region corresponding to a given rectangle. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreateRingRegion | Creates a ring-shaped region with given parameters. |
FoundationLite | ||
CreateSegmentRegion | Creates a segment region. |
FoundationLite | ||
EmptyRegion | Creates an empty region with a given frame. |
FoundationLite | ||
GetRegionFrame | Returns the width and height of the entire region's frame (not to be confused with RegionBoundingBox!). |
FoundationLite | ||
LocationsToRegion | Forms a region containing pixels of given locations. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionCharacteristicPoint | Returns a characteristic point of the input's region bounding box. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionToLocations | Converts a region to an array of its pixel locations. It may be considered explicit region decompression. |
FoundationLite | ||
SetRegionFrame | Changes the width and the height of a region's frame (but does not rescale the content). |
FoundationLite | ||
SkipEmptyRegion | If the input region contains at least one pixel, then it is copied to the output; otherwise Nil is returned. Secures against domain errors caused by empty regions, e.g. just before the RegionMassCenter filter is to be invoked. |
FoundationLite | ||
TestRegionEmpty | Tests whether the size of a region equals zero. |
FoundationLite | ||
TestRegionNotEmpty | Tests whether the size of a region doesn't equal zero. |
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TestRegionOnBorder | Tests whether a region is adjacent to its border. |
FoundationLite | ||
VerifyRegion | Checks if the point-runs of the input region are correctly arranged (sorted, not overlapping etc.). You only need to use this tool if you create regions from point-runs manually. |
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Region Combinators |
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Icon | Name | Description / Applications | Modules | |
RegionDifference | Computes a region containing pixels from the first input region but not from the second input region. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionIntersection | Computes the common part of two regions. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionIntersection_OfArray | Computes the common part of an array of regions. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionIntersection_OfLoop | Computes the common part of regions appearing in consecutive iterations. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionSymmetricDifference | Computes a region containing pixels from first or second input region, but not from both. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionSymmetricDifference_OfArray | Computes a region containing pixels belonging to an odd number of array regions. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionSymmetricDifference_OfLoop | Computes a region containing pixels belonging to an odd number of regions appearing in consecutive iterations. |
FoundationPro | ||
RegionUnion | Computes a region containing pixels from both input regions. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionUnion_OfArray | Computes a region containing all the pixels that any of the input regions contains. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionUnion_OfLoop | Computes the union of regions appearing in consecutive iterations. |
FoundationLite | ||
Region Features |
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Icon | Name | Description / Applications | Modules | |
RegionArea | Computes the number of pixels contained in a region. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionBoundingBox | Computes the smallest box containing a region. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionBoundingBox_OrNil | Computes the smallest box containing a region; returns NIL if the region is empty. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionBoundingCircle | Computes the smallest circle enclosing a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionBoundingCircle_OrNil | Computes the smallest circle enclosing a region; returns NIL if the region is empty. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionBoundingEllipse | Computes the smallest ellipse enclosing a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionBoundingEllipse_OrNil | Computes the smallest ellipse enclosing a region; returns NIL if the region is empty. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionBoundingParallelogram | Computes the smallest parallelogram containing a region. |
FoundationPro | ||
RegionBoundingRectangle | Computes the smallest rectangle containing a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionBoundingRectangle_FixedAngle | Computes the smallest rectangle with the given orientation angle containing a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionBoundingRectangle_FixedAngle_OrNil | Computes the smallest rectangle with the given orientation angle containing a region; returns NIL if the region is empty. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionBoundingRectangle_OrNil | Computes the smallest rectangle containing a region; returns NIL if the region is empty. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionCaliperDiameter | Computes the longest and the shortest width of the input region measured as distance between parallel lines containing the whole region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionCircularity | Computes the area of a region divided by the area of a circular region having the same feature. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionComplexity | Calculates how much the input region's perimeter is bigger than the perimeter of a circle of the same area. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionContours | Computes an array of closed paths corresponding to the contours of the input region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionConvexity | Computes the area of a region divided by area of its convex hull. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionDiameter | Computes the longest segment connecting two pixels contained in region and its length. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionDirectionalDispersion | Directional standard deviation of the distance of the region's points to the center. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionDispersion | Calculates how much more the input region's points are dispersed comparing to the points of a circle of the same area. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionEllipticAxes | Computes axes of an ellipse having the same first and second order moments as the given region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionElongation | Computes the elongation factor of a region ( perfect circle has minimal elongation equal 1.0 ). |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionFeatureValue | Computes the feature value of the input region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionHoles | Creates regions of the holes of the input region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionHoles_Elastic | Fills a ridges region with convex basins. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionInscribedBox | Computes the largest box contained in a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionInscribedCircle | Computes the largest circle contained in a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionMassCenter | Computes a point with coordinates equal to the average coordinates of the region's pixels. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionMassCenter_OrNil | Computes a point with coordinates equal to the average coordinates of the region's pixels; returns NIL if the region is empty. |
FoundationLite | ||
RegionMedialAxis | Computes an array of paths corresponding to the skeleton of the input region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionMoment | Computes selected second-order moment of a region in regular and normalized ( divided by region area ) variant. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionNumberOfHoles | Computes the number of holes in a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionOrientation | Computes the orientation of a region as an angle of value in a proper range. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionPerimeterLength | Computes the length of the input region perimeter. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionPointRunLengths | Returns the lengths of horizontal sequences of locations that constitute the input region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionProjection | Computes the profile of the region pixel count in consecutive rows or columns. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionRectangularity | Computes the area of a region divided by the area of its bounding rectangle. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionsFeatureValues | Computes the feature values of the input regions. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionSkewness | Directional standard deviation of the distance of the region's points to the center. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionThickness | Diameter of the biggest inscribed circle. |
FoundationBasic | ||
Region Global Transforms |
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Icon | Name | Description / Applications | Modules | |
FillRegionHoles | Adds pixels to the input region so that it contains no holes. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionBoundaries | Removes interior pixels from a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionConvexHull | Computes the smallest convex region containing the input region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionConvexHull_AsPath | Computes the smallest convex polygon containing the input region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionInteriors | Removes boundary pixels from a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionOuterBoundaries | Returns the top, right, bottom and left boundaries of the input region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RemoveBordersFromRegion | Removes from a region the pixels that lie very close to the region's frame. Assures that the resulting region is not "touching" the borders. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RemoveRegionBlobs | Splits a region into blobs, removes blobs not fulfilling the specified condition, and merges the rest back into one region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RemoveRegionBoundaryBlobs | Removes all blobs intersecting a boundary of a given region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
SplitRegionIntoBlobs | Splits a region into an array of regions corresponding to its connected components. Segmentation of a region into individual objects when the objects do not touch each other. |
FoundationBasic | ||
SplitRegionIntoComponents | Splits a region into an array of regions. Operates by merging blobs in accordance to the inMaxDistance parameter. |
FoundationBasic | ||
SplitRegionIntoExactlyNComponents | Splits a region into a fixed-size array of regions. |
FoundationBasic | ||
Region Metrics |
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RegionToRegionDistance | Computes minimal distance between one of the points of the first region with one of the points of the second region. |
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Region Morphology |
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BottomHatRegion | Performs a morphological black top hat (bottom hat) operation on a region using a predefined kernel. |
FoundationBasic | ||
BottomHatRegion_AnyKernel | Performs a morphological black top hat (bottom hat) operation on a region using an arbitrary kernel. |
FoundationBasic | ||
CloseRegion | Performs a morphological closing on a region using selected predefined kernel. Filling-in small gaps in a region without making it thicker. |
FoundationBasic | ||
CloseRegion_AnyKernel | Performs a morphological closing on a region using an arbitrary kernel. Filling-in gaps of a particular shape without making the region thicker. |
FoundationBasic | ||
DemarcateRegions | Splits common pixels of the input regions among these regions. Use this filter to make sure that the regions of an array do not intersect. |
FoundationBasic | ||
DilateRegion | Performs a morphological dilation on a region using a predefined kernel. Making the region thicker or filling-in small holes within it. |
FoundationBasic | ||
DilateRegion_AnyKernel | Performs a morphological dilation on a region using an arbitrary kernel. Making the region thicker in a non-symmetrical way or filling-in gaps of a particular shape. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ErodeRegion | Performs a morphological erosion on a region using a predefined kernel. Making the region thinner or removing small parts. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ErodeRegion_AnyKernel | Performs a morphological erosion on a region using an arbitrary kernel. Making the region thinner in a non-symmetrical way or removing small parts of a particular shape. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ErodeRegion_Threshold | Erodes a region with inThresholdValue pixels of inKernel. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ExpandRegions | Splits pixels of the input regions and their complement among these regions. Use this filter to make sure that every pixel belongs to a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
OpenRegion | Performs a morphological opening on a region using a predefined kernel. Removing small parts from a region without making it thinner. |
FoundationBasic | ||
OpenRegion_AnyKernel | Performs a morphological opening on a region using an arbitrary kernel. Removing small parts of a particular shape without making the region thinner. |
FoundationBasic | ||
PruneRegion | Removes one pixel wide branches from a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RegionHitAndMissTransform | Performs a hit-and-miss transformation on a region using arbitrary kernels. |
FoundationBasic | ||
SkeletonizeRegion | Thins a region to its skeleton. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ThickenRegion | Performs a morphological thickening on a region using predefined kernels. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ThinRegion | Performs a morphological thinning on a region using predefined kernels. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ThresholdSmoothedRegion_Mean | Returns region of pixels witch collect minAmount of pixels in rectangle in input region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
TopHatRegion | Performs a morphological white top hat operation on a region using a predefined kernel. |
FoundationBasic | ||
TopHatRegion_AnyKernel | Performs a morphological white top hat operation on a region using an arbitrary kernel. |
FoundationBasic | ||
Region Point Transforms |
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RegionComplement | Computes a region of pixels not contained in the input region. |
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Region Relations |
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ClassifyRegions | Splits an array of regions according to the selected feature and range. Use this filter when you have an array of regions and you want to select some of them for further processing. |
FoundationBasic | ||
GetMaximumRegion | Returns the region from the input array that corresponds to the largest computed feature value. Use this filter when you have an array of regions and you want to select one of them that best matches some criterion. |
FoundationBasic | ||
GetMaximumRegion_OrNil | Returns the region from the input array that corresponds to the largest computed feature value; returns NIL if the array or any region inside it is empty. Use this filter when you have an array of regions and you want to select one of them that best matches some criterion. |
FoundationBasic | ||
GetMinimumRegion | Returns the region from the input array that corresponds to the smallest computed feature value. Use this filter when you have an array of regions and you want to select one of them that best matches some criterion. |
FoundationBasic | ||
GetMinimumRegion_OrNil | Returns the region from the input array that corresponds to the smallest computed feature value; returns NIL if the array or any region inside it is empty. Use this filter when you have an array of regions and you want to select one of them that best matches some criterion. |
FoundationBasic | ||
GroupPathsByRegions | For each region returns which paths lie inside of it or intersect with it. |
FoundationBasic | ||
GroupPointsByRegions | For each region returns which points lie inside of it. |
FoundationBasic | ||
GroupRegionsByRegions | For each region returns which regions lie inside of it or intersect with it. |
FoundationBasic | ||
InscribeRegionInRegion | Shifts source region so that it is contained in target region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
MakeRegionConditional | Computes a region feature, checks whether its value is in range and creates a conditional region on this basis. |
FoundationBasic | ||
SelectRegions | Selects regions according to the selected feature and range. Use this filter when you have an array of regions and you want to select some of them for further processing. It is slightly faster than ClassifyRegions. |
FoundationBasic | ||
SortRegions | Changes the order of regions from the input array according to an ascending/descending sequence of their computed feature values. |
FoundationBasic | ||
TestPointArrayInRegion | Tests which points lie inside a region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
TestPointInRegion | Tests whether a point lies inside a region. |
FoundationLite | ||
TestRegionEqualTo | Tests whether given regions are equal. |
FoundationBasic | ||
TestRegionInRegion | Tests whether a region is contained in another one. |
FoundationBasic | ||
TestRegionIntersectsWith | Tests whether two regions have non-empty intersection. |
FoundationBasic | ||
TestRegionUnequalTo | Tests whether given regions are not equal. |
FoundationBasic | ||
Region Spatial Transforms |
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Icon | Name | Description / Applications | Modules | |
AlignRegion | Aligns a region to a coordinate system. Most typically used, when there is a region extracted after performing CropImageToRectangle. This filter makes it possible to align the region with the original image. |
FoundationBasic | ||
CropRegion | Creates a region from a rectangular fragment of another one. Can be used to obtain a part of a bigger region, but also to enforce specific region frame. |
FoundationLite | ||
CropRegionToQuadrangle | Creates a region from a quadrangular fragment of another one. The quadrangle must be convex. |
FoundationPro | ||
CropRegionToRectangle | Creates a region from a rectangular fragment of another one. Can be used to obtain a part of a bigger region, but also to enforce specific region frame. |
FoundationPro | ||
DownsampleRegion | Shrinks a region by the factor of two along each axis. |
FoundationBasic | ||
EnlargeRegionNTimes | Enlarges a region by a natural factor. |
FoundationBasic | ||
MirrorRegion | Mirrors a region across vertical or horizontal axis. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ReflectRegion | Reflects a region through the given location. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ResizeRegion | Enlarges or shrinks a region to new dimensions. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ResizeRegion_Relative | Resizes region relatively along each axis. |
FoundationBasic | ||
RotateRegion | Rotates a region around a specified point. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ShearRegion | Computes a leant region. |
FoundationBasic | ||
ShrinkRegionNTimes | Shrinks a region by a natural factor along each axis. |
FoundationBasic | ||
TranslateRegion | Translates a region by a given number of pixels along each axis. |
FoundationLite | ||
TransposeRegion | Flips and rotates a region so that x-coordinates are exchanged with y-coordinates. |
FoundationBasic | ||
TrimRegionToPolygon | Removes region elements lying beyond the specified polygon. |
FoundationPro | ||
TrimRegionToRectangle | Limits a region to a rectangular area. |
FoundationPro | ||
UncropRegion | Inverse of CropRegion. |
FoundationLite |