``object separation'' - separate connected objects

VFX name:

iRegionSep

IMPROMPTU Equivalent:

Region_separation

purpose:

Separate two large objects connected by a ``tube'' having diameter less than the specified number of voxels. The operation can be done in 2-D or 3-D. The input need not be binary valued (all voxels having gray-scale values >0 are treated as being a part of some object), but the output will be.

input:

An 8-bit volume.

output:

An 8-bit volume, containing binary-valued objects.

parameters:

Default parameters menu is

connectivity = 2-D
min_isthmus_diameter = 7

comments:

1.

This can be a slow operation if the specified diameter is large.