Detects local maxima
#include "dip_filtering.h"
dip_Error dip_Maxima ( in, mask, out, connectivity, booleanOutput )
integer, float
This function detects local maxima.
The algorithm finds a connected set of pixels with identical value, an no neighbours with higher value. This set is a local maximum and its pixels are set to 1 in the output image. If booleanOutput is false, the output image is a labelled image.
For images that have large plateaus (regions of constant value) that are not local maxima, this function can be quite slow. For example, an image that is zero everywhere except for a small peak somewhere. For such an image it is recommended to use the mask input, for example with the output of a threshold operation.
| Data type | Name | Description |
| dip_Image | in | Input image |
| dip_Image | mask | Mask image |
| dip_Image | out | Binary output image |
| dip_int | connectivity | Connectivity |
| dip_Boolean | booleanOutput | Give a binary output image? |
If you are looking for the old version of Maxima, it is still available through the following combination of commands:
dip_Dilation( in, out, se, boundary, param, shape ); dip_Equal( in, out, out );
Minima, SubpixelMaxima, LocalMinima, SeededWatershed, GrowRegions