Edge detection methods for finding object boundaries in images

Edge detection is an image processing technique for finding the boundaries of objects within images. It works by detecting discontinuities in brightness. Edge detection is used for image segmentation and data extraction in areas such as image processing, computer vision, and machine vision.

Common edge detection algorithms include Sobel, Canny, Prewitt, Roberts, and fuzzy logic methods.

Image segmentation using the Sobel method.

Image segmentation using the Canny method.

Image segmentation using a Fuzzy Logic method.

For more details, see Image Processing Toolbox.

See also: image analysis, color profile, image thresholding, image enhancement, image reconstruction, image segmentation, image transform, image registration, digital image processing, image processing and computer vision, Steve on Image Processing, image registration