""" Grayscale morphological operations """ import functools import numpy as np from scipy import ndimage as ndi from ..util import crop from .footprints import _footprint_is_sequence, _shape_from_sequence from .misc import default_footprint __all__ = ['erosion', 'dilation', 'opening', 'closing', 'white_tophat', 'black_tophat'] def _iterate_gray_func(gray_func, image, footprints, out): """Helper to call `binary_func` for each footprint in a sequence. binary_func is a binary morphology function that accepts "structure", "output" and "iterations" keyword arguments (e.g. `scipy.ndimage.binary_erosion`). """ fp, num_iter = footprints[0] gray_func(image, footprint=fp, output=out) for _ in range(1, num_iter): gray_func(out.copy(), footprint=fp, output=out) for fp, num_iter in footprints[1:]: # Note: out.copy() because the computation cannot be in-place! for _ in range(num_iter): gray_func(out.copy(), footprint=fp, output=out) return out def _shift_footprint(footprint, shift_x, shift_y): """Shift the binary image `footprint` in the left and/or up. This only affects 2D footprints with even number of rows or columns. Parameters ---------- footprint : 2D array, shape (M, N) The input footprint. shift_x, shift_y : bool Whether to move `footprint` along each axis. Returns ------- out : 2D array, shape (M + int(shift_x), N + int(shift_y)) The shifted footprint. """ if footprint.ndim != 2: # do nothing for 1D or 3D or higher footprints return footprint m, n = footprint.shape if m % 2 == 0: extra_row = np.zeros((1, n), footprint.dtype) if shift_x: footprint = np.vstack((footprint, extra_row)) else: footprint = np.vstack((extra_row, footprint)) m += 1 if n % 2 == 0: extra_col = np.zeros((m, 1), footprint.dtype) if shift_y: footprint = np.hstack((footprint, extra_col)) else: footprint = np.hstack((extra_col, footprint)) return footprint def _invert_footprint(footprint): """Change the order of the values in `footprint`. This is a patch for the *weird* footprint inversion in `ndi.grey_morphology` [1]_. Parameters ---------- footprint : array The input footprint. Returns ------- inverted : array, same shape and type as `footprint` The footprint, in opposite order. Examples -------- >>> footprint = np.array([[0, 0, 0], [0, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1]], np.uint8) >>> _invert_footprint(footprint) array([[1, 1, 0], [1, 1, 0], [0, 0, 0]], dtype=uint8) References ---------- .. [1] https://github.com/scipy/scipy/blob/ec20ababa400e39ac3ffc9148c01ef86d5349332/scipy/ndimage/morphology.py#L1285 # noqa """ inverted = footprint[(slice(None, None, -1),) * footprint.ndim] return inverted def pad_for_eccentric_footprints(func): """Pad input images for certain morphological operations. Parameters ---------- func : callable A morphological function, either opening or closing, that supports eccentric footprints. Its parameters must include at least `image`, `footprint`, and `out`. Returns ------- func_out : callable The same function, but correctly padding the input image before applying the input function. See Also -------- opening, closing. """ @functools.wraps(func) def func_out(image, footprint, out=None, *args, **kwargs): pad_widths = [] padding = False if out is None: out = np.empty_like(image) if _footprint_is_sequence(footprint): # Note: in practice none of our built-in footprint sequences will # require padding (all are symmetric and have odd sizes) footprint_shape = _shape_from_sequence(footprint) else: footprint_shape = footprint.shape for axis_len in footprint_shape: if axis_len % 2 == 0: axis_pad_width = axis_len - 1 padding = True else: axis_pad_width = 0 pad_widths.append((axis_pad_width,) * 2) if padding: image = np.pad(image, pad_widths, mode='edge') out_temp = np.empty_like(image) else: out_temp = out out_temp = func(image, footprint, out=out_temp, *args, **kwargs) if padding: out[:] = crop(out_temp, pad_widths) else: out = out_temp return out return func_out @default_footprint def erosion(image, footprint=None, out=None, shift_x=False, shift_y=False): """Return grayscale morphological erosion of an image. Morphological erosion sets a pixel at (i,j) to the minimum over all pixels in the neighborhood centered at (i,j). Erosion shrinks bright regions and enlarges dark regions. Parameters ---------- image : ndarray Image array. footprint : ndarray or tuple, optional The neighborhood expressed as a 2-D array of 1's and 0's. If None, use a cross-shaped footprint (connectivity=1). The footprint can also be provided as a sequence of smaller footprints as described in the notes below. out : ndarrays, optional The array to store the result of the morphology. If None is passed, a new array will be allocated. shift_x, shift_y : bool, optional shift footprint about center point. This only affects eccentric footprints (i.e. footprint with even numbered sides). Returns ------- eroded : array, same shape as `image` The result of the morphological erosion. Notes ----- For ``uint8`` (and ``uint16`` up to a certain bit-depth) data, the lower algorithm complexity makes the `skimage.filters.rank.minimum` function more efficient for larger images and footprints. The footprint can also be a provided as a sequence of 2-tuples where the first element of each 2-tuple is a footprint ndarray and the second element is an integer describing the number of times it should be iterated. For example ``footprint=[(np.ones((9, 1)), 1), (np.ones((1, 9)), 1)]`` would apply a 9x1 footprint followed by a 1x9 footprint resulting in a net effect that is the same as ``footprint=np.ones((9, 9))``, but with lower computational cost. Most of the builtin footprints such as ``skimage.morphology.disk`` provide an option to automatically generate a footprint sequence of this type. Examples -------- >>> # Erosion shrinks bright regions >>> import numpy as np >>> from skimage.morphology import square >>> bright_square = np.array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0], ... [0, 1, 1, 1, 0], ... [0, 1, 1, 1, 0], ... [0, 1, 1, 1, 0], ... [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=np.uint8) >>> erosion(bright_square, square(3)) array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=uint8) """ if out is None: out = np.empty_like(image) if _footprint_is_sequence(footprint): footprints = tuple((_shift_footprint(fp, shift_x, shift_y), n) for fp, n in footprint) return _iterate_gray_func(ndi.grey_erosion, image, footprints, out) footprint = np.array(footprint) footprint = _shift_footprint(footprint, shift_x, shift_y) ndi.grey_erosion(image, footprint=footprint, output=out) return out @default_footprint def dilation(image, footprint=None, out=None, shift_x=False, shift_y=False): """Return grayscale morphological dilation of an image. Morphological dilation sets the value of a pixel to the maximum over all pixel values within a local neighborhood centered about it. The values where the footprint is 1 define this neighborhood. Dilation enlarges bright regions and shrinks dark regions. Parameters ---------- image : ndarray Image array. footprint : ndarray or tuple, optional The neighborhood expressed as a 2-D array of 1's and 0's. If None, use a cross-shaped footprint (connectivity=1). The footprint can also be provided as a sequence of smaller footprints as described in the notes below. out : ndarray, optional The array to store the result of the morphology. If None is passed, a new array will be allocated. shift_x, shift_y : bool, optional Shift footprint about center point. This only affects 2D eccentric footprints (i.e., footprints with even-numbered sides). Returns ------- dilated : uint8 array, same shape and type as `image` The result of the morphological dilation. Notes ----- For `uint8` (and `uint16` up to a certain bit-depth) data, the lower algorithm complexity makes the `skimage.filters.rank.maximum` function more efficient for larger images and footprints. The footprint can also be a provided as a sequence of 2-tuples where the first element of each 2-tuple is a footprint ndarray and the second element is an integer describing the number of times it should be iterated. For example ``footprint=[(np.ones((9, 1)), 1), (np.ones((1, 9)), 1)]`` would apply a 9x1 footprint followed by a 1x9 footprint resulting in a net effect that is the same as ``footprint=np.ones((9, 9))``, but with lower computational cost. Most of the builtin footprints such as ``skimage.morphology.disk`` provide an option to automatically generate a footprint sequence of this type. Examples -------- >>> # Dilation enlarges bright regions >>> import numpy as np >>> from skimage.morphology import square >>> bright_pixel = np.array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0], ... [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], ... [0, 0, 1, 0, 0], ... [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], ... [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=np.uint8) >>> dilation(bright_pixel, square(3)) array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 1, 1, 1, 0], [0, 1, 1, 1, 0], [0, 1, 1, 1, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=uint8) """ if out is None: out = np.empty_like(image) if _footprint_is_sequence(footprint): # shift and invert (see comment below) each footprint footprints = tuple( (_invert_footprint(_shift_footprint(fp, shift_x, shift_y)), n) for fp, n in footprint ) return _iterate_gray_func(ndi.grey_dilation, image, footprints, out) footprint = np.array(footprint) footprint = _shift_footprint(footprint, shift_x, shift_y) # Inside ndi.grey_dilation, the footprint is inverted, # e.g. `footprint = footprint[::-1, ::-1]` for 2D [1]_, for reasons unknown # to this author (@jni). To "patch" this behaviour, we invert our own # footprint before passing it to `ndi.grey_dilation`. # [1] https://github.com/scipy/scipy/blob/ec20ababa400e39ac3ffc9148c01ef86d5349332/scipy/ndimage/morphology.py#L1285 # noqa footprint = _invert_footprint(footprint) ndi.grey_dilation(image, footprint=footprint, output=out) return out @default_footprint @pad_for_eccentric_footprints def opening(image, footprint=None, out=None): """Return grayscale morphological opening of an image. The morphological opening of an image is defined as an erosion followed by a dilation. Opening can remove small bright spots (i.e. "salt") and connect small dark cracks. This tends to "open" up (dark) gaps between (bright) features. Parameters ---------- image : ndarray Image array. footprint : ndarray or tuple, optional The neighborhood expressed as a 2-D array of 1's and 0's. If None, use a cross-shaped footprint (connectivity=1). The footprint can also be provided as a sequence of smaller footprints as described in the notes below. out : ndarray, optional The array to store the result of the morphology. If None is passed, a new array will be allocated. Returns ------- opening : array, same shape and type as `image` The result of the morphological opening. Notes ----- The footprint can also be a provided as a sequence of 2-tuples where the first element of each 2-tuple is a footprint ndarray and the second element is an integer describing the number of times it should be iterated. For example ``footprint=[(np.ones((9, 1)), 1), (np.ones((1, 9)), 1)]`` would apply a 9x1 footprint followed by a 1x9 footprint resulting in a net effect that is the same as ``footprint=np.ones((9, 9))``, but with lower computational cost. Most of the builtin footprints such as ``skimage.morphology.disk`` provide an option to automatically generate a footprint sequence of this type. Examples -------- >>> # Open up gap between two bright regions (but also shrink regions) >>> import numpy as np >>> from skimage.morphology import square >>> bad_connection = np.array([[1, 0, 0, 0, 1], ... [1, 1, 0, 1, 1], ... [1, 1, 1, 1, 1], ... [1, 1, 0, 1, 1], ... [1, 0, 0, 0, 1]], dtype=np.uint8) >>> opening(bad_connection, square(3)) array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=uint8) """ eroded = erosion(image, footprint) # note: shift_x, shift_y do nothing if footprint side length is odd out = dilation(eroded, footprint, out=out, shift_x=True, shift_y=True) return out @default_footprint @pad_for_eccentric_footprints def closing(image, footprint=None, out=None): """Return grayscale morphological closing of an image. The morphological closing of an image is defined as a dilation followed by an erosion. Closing can remove small dark spots (i.e. "pepper") and connect small bright cracks. This tends to "close" up (dark) gaps between (bright) features. Parameters ---------- image : ndarray Image array. footprint : ndarray or tuple, optional The neighborhood expressed as a 2-D array of 1's and 0's. If None, use a cross-shaped footprint (connectivity=1). The footprint can also be provided as a sequence of smaller footprints as described in the notes below. out : ndarray, optional The array to store the result of the morphology. If None, a new array will be allocated. Returns ------- closing : array, same shape and type as `image` The result of the morphological closing. Notes ----- The footprint can also be a provided as a sequence of 2-tuples where the first element of each 2-tuple is a footprint ndarray and the second element is an integer describing the number of times it should be iterated. For example ``footprint=[(np.ones((9, 1)), 1), (np.ones((1, 9)), 1)]`` would apply a 9x1 footprint followed by a 1x9 footprint resulting in a net effect that is the same as ``footprint=np.ones((9, 9))``, but with lower computational cost. Most of the builtin footprints such as ``skimage.morphology.disk`` provide an option to automatically generate a footprint sequence of this type. Examples -------- >>> # Close a gap between two bright lines >>> import numpy as np >>> from skimage.morphology import square >>> broken_line = np.array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0], ... [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], ... [1, 1, 0, 1, 1], ... [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], ... [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=np.uint8) >>> closing(broken_line, square(3)) array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=uint8) """ dilated = dilation(image, footprint) # note: shift_x, shift_y do nothing if footprint side length is odd out = erosion(dilated, footprint, out=out, shift_x=True, shift_y=True) return out def _white_tophat_seqence(image, footprints, out): """Return white top hat for a sequence of footprints. Like SciPy's implementation, but with ``ndi.grey_erosion`` and ``ndi.grey_dilation`` wrapped with ``_iterate_gray_func``. """ tmp = _iterate_gray_func(ndi.grey_erosion, image, footprints, out) tmp = _iterate_gray_func(ndi.grey_dilation, tmp.copy(), footprints, out) if tmp is None: tmp = out if image.dtype == np.bool_ and tmp.dtype == np.bool_: np.bitwise_xor(image, tmp, out=tmp) else: np.subtract(image, tmp, out=tmp) return tmp @default_footprint def white_tophat(image, footprint=None, out=None): """Return white top hat of an image. The white top hat of an image is defined as the image minus its morphological opening. This operation returns the bright spots of the image that are smaller than the footprint. Parameters ---------- image : ndarray Image array. footprint : ndarray or tuple, optional The neighborhood expressed as a 2-D array of 1's and 0's. If None, use a cross-shaped footprint (connectivity=1). The footprint can also be provided as a sequence of smaller footprints as described in the notes below. out : ndarray, optional The array to store the result of the morphology. If None is passed, a new array will be allocated. Returns ------- out : array, same shape and type as `image` The result of the morphological white top hat. Notes ----- The footprint can also be a provided as a sequence of 2-tuples where the first element of each 2-tuple is a footprint ndarray and the second element is an integer describing the number of times it should be iterated. For example ``footprint=[(np.ones((9, 1)), 1), (np.ones((1, 9)), 1)]`` would apply a 9x1 footprint followed by a 1x9 footprint resulting in a net effect that is the same as ``footprint=np.ones((9, 9))``, but with lower computational cost. Most of the builtin footprints such as ``skimage.morphology.disk`` provide an option to automatically generate a footprint sequence of this type. See Also -------- black_tophat References ---------- .. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-hat_transform Examples -------- >>> # Subtract gray background from bright peak >>> import numpy as np >>> from skimage.morphology import square >>> bright_on_gray = np.array([[2, 3, 3, 3, 2], ... [3, 4, 5, 4, 3], ... [3, 5, 9, 5, 3], ... [3, 4, 5, 4, 3], ... [2, 3, 3, 3, 2]], dtype=np.uint8) >>> white_tophat(bright_on_gray, square(3)) array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 5, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=uint8) """ if out is image: opened = opening(image, footprint) if np.issubdtype(opened.dtype, bool): np.logical_xor(out, opened, out=out) else: out -= opened return out elif out is None: out = np.empty_like(image) # promote bool to a type that allows arithmetic operations if isinstance(image, np.ndarray) and image.dtype == bool: image_ = image.view(dtype=np.uint8) else: image_ = image if isinstance(out, np.ndarray) and out.dtype == bool: out_ = out.view(dtype=np.uint8) else: out_ = out if _footprint_is_sequence(footprint): return _white_tophat_seqence(image_, footprint, out_) footprint = np.array(footprint) out_ = ndi.white_tophat(image_, footprint=footprint, output=out_) return out @default_footprint def black_tophat(image, footprint=None, out=None): """Return black top hat of an image. The black top hat of an image is defined as its morphological closing minus the original image. This operation returns the dark spots of the image that are smaller than the footprint. Note that dark spots in the original image are bright spots after the black top hat. Parameters ---------- image : ndarray Image array. footprint : ndarray or tuple, optional The neighborhood expressed as a 2-D array of 1's and 0's. If None, use a cross-shaped footprint (connectivity=1). The footprint can also be provided as a sequence of smaller footprints as described in the notes below. out : ndarray, optional The array to store the result of the morphology. If None is passed, a new array will be allocated. Returns ------- out : array, same shape and type as `image` The result of the morphological black top hat. Notes ----- The footprint can also be a provided as a sequence of 2-tuples where the first element of each 2-tuple is a footprint ndarray and the second element is an integer describing the number of times it should be iterated. For example ``footprint=[(np.ones((9, 1)), 1), (np.ones((1, 9)), 1)]`` would apply a 9x1 footprint followed by a 1x9 footprint resulting in a net effect that is the same as ``footprint=np.ones((9, 9))``, but with lower computational cost. Most of the builtin footprints such as ``skimage.morphology.disk`` provide an option to automatically generate a footprint sequence of this type. See Also -------- white_tophat References ---------- .. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-hat_transform Examples -------- >>> # Change dark peak to bright peak and subtract background >>> import numpy as np >>> from skimage.morphology import square >>> dark_on_gray = np.array([[7, 6, 6, 6, 7], ... [6, 5, 4, 5, 6], ... [6, 4, 0, 4, 6], ... [6, 5, 4, 5, 6], ... [7, 6, 6, 6, 7]], dtype=np.uint8) >>> black_tophat(dark_on_gray, square(3)) array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 5, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=uint8) """ if out is image: original = image.copy() else: original = image out = closing(image, footprint, out=out) if np.issubdtype(out.dtype, np.bool_): np.logical_xor(out, original, out=out) else: out -= original return out