• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 59, Issue 4, 0412002 (2022)
Enzhuang Zheng and Baojiang Zhong*
Author Affiliations
  • School of computer Science & Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou , Jiangsu 215000, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP202259.0412002 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Enzhuang Zheng, Baojiang Zhong. Anisotropic Multi-Scale Edge Detection Algorithm[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(4): 0412002 Copy Citation Text show less
    Comparison of two multi-scale fusion techniques. (a) Test image; (b) multi-scale fusion effect based on geometric average; (c) multi-scale fusion effect based on arithmetic average
    Fig. 1. Comparison of two multi-scale fusion techniques. (a) Test image; (b) multi-scale fusion effect based on geometric average; (c) multi-scale fusion effect based on arithmetic average
    Effect of multi-scale fusion
    Fig. 2. Effect of multi-scale fusion
    Flow chart of proposed anisotropic multi-scale edge detection algorithm
    Fig. 3. Flow chart of proposed anisotropic multi-scale edge detection algorithm
    Sampling results of discrete anisotropic filters: (a) Anisotropic Gaussian filters; (b) anisotropic edge filters
    Fig. 4. Sampling results of discrete anisotropic filters: (a) Anisotropic Gaussian filters; (b) anisotropic edge filters
    Comparison of ROC curves of different algorithms
    Fig. 5. Comparison of ROC curves of different algorithms
    Comparison of FOM curves of different algorithms
    Fig. 6. Comparison of FOM curves of different algorithms
    Edge detection results of different algorithms: (a) Test images; (b) manually marked edge maps ; (c) Canny algorithm[6];(d) SMED algorithm[7]; (e) ANDD algorithm[8]; (f) proposed algorithm
    Fig. 7. Edge detection results of different algorithms: (a) Test images; (b) manually marked edge maps ; (c) Canny algorithm[6];(d) SMED algorithm[7]; (e) ANDD algorithm[8]; (f) proposed algorithm
    ParameterCanny6SMED7ANDD8Proposed algorithm
    Scale mechanismSingle scaleMultiple scalesSingle scaleMultiple scales
    FilterIsotropic filterIsotropic filterAnisotropic filterAnisotropic filter
    Fusion strategyUnusedGeometric averageUnusedArithmetic average
    Table 1. Comparison of different algorithm models
    AlgorithmPrecisionRecallF-score
    Canny60.55210.69820.6166
    SMED70.56440.71270.6299

    ANDD8

    Proposed algorithm

    0.5643

    0.5710

    0.7436

    0.7558

    0.6417

    0.6505

    Table 2. Objective evaluation results of different algorithms on BSDS500 dataset
    AlgorithmPrecisionRecallF-scoreNoise robustnessComputation complexity
    BestGoodBadBestGoodBadBestGoodBadBestGoodBadBestGoodBad
    Canny6
    SMED7
    ANDD8
    Proposed algorithm
    Table 3. Performance comparison of different algorithms
    Enzhuang Zheng, Baojiang Zhong. Anisotropic Multi-Scale Edge Detection Algorithm[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(4): 0412002
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