Edge Detection

Che-Ming Hu
E-mail: truexray@hotmail.com
Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering
National Taian !ni"ersity# Tai$ei# Taian# %&C
Abstract
Edges are 'oundaries 'eteen different textures. Edge also can 'e defined as
discontinuities in image intensity from one $ixel to another.. The edges for an image are
alays the im$ortant characteristics that offer an indication for a higher fre(uency.
)etection of edges for an image may hel$ for image segmentation #data com$ression#
and also hel$ for ell matching# such as image reconstruction and so on.
There are many methods to ma*e edge detection. The most common method for edge
detection is to calculate the differentiation of an image. The first-order deri"ati"es in an
image are com$uted using the gradient# and the second-order deri"ati"es are o'tained
using the +a$lacian. ,nother method for edge detection uses Hil'ert Transform. ,nd e
ha"e $ro$osed a ne method called short res$onse Hil'ert transform -.%H+T/ that
com'ines the differentiation method and the Hil'ert transform method.
Hoe"er# .%H+T im$ro"ed the differentiation method and H+T# it still can not fulfill
our re(uest. 0e can "ie .%H+T as the medium 'eteen the differentiation o$eration
and the Hil'ert transform -H+T/ for edge detection. No# e ill introduce im$ro"ed
harris1 algorithm and ne corner detection algorithm. , more accurate algorithm for
corner and edge detections that is the im$ro"ed form of the ell-*non Harris1
algorithm is introduced. 2irst# instead of a$$roximating 3L4m5x# n5y67L4m# n638 9ust in
terms of x8# xy# and y8# e ill a$$roximate 3L4m5x# n5y67L4m# n63-L4m5x# n5y67L4m#
n6/ 'y the linear com'ination of x8# xy# y8# x# y# and :. There are ; 'asis different from <
'asis. 0e can o'ser"e the sign of "ariation ith this modifiction. It can a"oid
mis9udging the $ixel at the rong location and is also hel$ful for increasing the
ro'ustness to noise. Moreo"er# e also use orthogonal $olynomial ex$ansion and ta'le
loo*ing u$ and define the cornity as the =integration> of the (uadratic function to further
im$ro"e the $erformance. 2rom simulations# our algorithm is effecti"e 'oth for corner
detection and edge detection.
FIG 0.1 - .te$ edges. -a/ The change in le"el occurs exactly at $ixel :?. -'/ The same
le"el change as 'efore# 'ut o"er @ $ixels centered at $ixel :?. This is a ramp edge. -c/
.ame le"el change 'ut o"er :? $ixels# centered at :?. -d/ , smaller change o"er :?
$ixels. The insert shos the ay the image ould a$$ear# and the dotted line shos
here the image as sliced to gi"e the illustrated cross-section.
FIG 0.2 - The effect of sam$ling on a ste$ edge. -a/ ,n ideal ste$ edge. -'/ Three
dimensional "ie of the ste$ edge. -c/ .te$ edge sam$led at the center of a $ixel#
instead of on a margin. -d/ The result# in threedimensions# has the a$$earance of a
staircase.
Introduction
:. 2ist-&rder )eri"ati"e Edge )etection:
,n im$ortant (uantity in edge detection is the magnitude of this "ector# denoted
f# 0here

,nother im$ortant (uantity is the direction of the gradient "ector. That is#
:
angle of tan
y
x
G
G

_


,
f
Com$utation of the gradient of an image is 'ased on o'taining the $artial deri"ati"es
of f/x and f/y at e"ery $ixel location. +et the << area shon in Fig. :.:
re$resent the gray le"els in a neigh'orhood of an image. &ne of the sim$lest ays to
im$lement a first-order $artial deri"ati"e at $oint z
A
is to use the folloing %o'erts
cross-gradient o$erators:
and
These deri"ati"es can 'e im$lemented for an entire image 'y using the mas*s shon in
Fig. :.8 ith the $rocedure of con"olution.
,nother a$$roach using mas*s of siBe << shon in Fig. :.< hich is gi"en 'y
and
a slight "ariation of these to e(uations uses a eight of 8 in the center coefficient:
< ; C : @ D
- / - /
y
G z z z z z z + + + +
, eight "alue of 8 is used to achie"e some smoothing 'y gi"ing more im$ortance
to the center $oint. Fig.:.@# called the .o'el o$erators# is used to im$lement these to
e(uations.
B
:
B
8
B
<
B
@
B
A
B
;
B
D
B
E
B
C
Fig. :.: , << area of an image.
Fig. :.8 The %o'erts o$erators.
Fig. :.< The Freitt o$erators.
Fig. :.@ The .o'el o$erators.
8. .econd-&rder )eri"ati"e Edge )etection
The +a$lacian of a 8-) function f -x# y/ is a second-order deri"ati"e defined as
There are to digital a$$roximations to the +a$lacian for a << region:
here the z1s are defined in Fig. 8.:. Mas*s for im$lementing these to e(uations are
shon in Fig. 8.:.
Fig. 8.: To *ind of << +a$lacian mas*.
The +a$lacian is usually com'ined ith smoothing as a $recursor to finding
edges "ia Bero-crossings. The 8-) Gaussian function
here is the standard de"iation# 'lurs the image ith the degree of 'lurring 'eing
determined 'y the "alue of . The +a$lacian of h is
8
8
8 8 8
8
8
@
8
- # /
r
x y
h x y e

1 +

1
]
This function is commonly referred to as the +a$lacian of Gaussian -+&G/.
Fig. 8.8 <-dimension coordinate of +a$lacian of Gaussian -+&G/.
,fter calculating the to-dimensional second-order deri"ati"e of an image# e find
the "alue of a $oint hich is greater than a s$ecified threshold and one of its neigh'ors
is less than the negati"e of the threshold. The $ro$erty of this $oint is called
Bero-crossing and e can denote it as an edge $oint.
0e note to additional $ro$erties of the second deri"ati"e around an edge: -:/ It
$roduces to "alues for e"ery edge in an image -an undesira'le feature/G and -8/ an
imaginary straight line 9oining the extreme $ositi"e and negati"e "alues of the second
deri"ati"e ould cross Bero near the mid$oint of the edge. This Bero-crossing $ro$erty
of the second deri"ati"e is (uite useful for locating the centers of thic* edges.
Fig. 8.< !sing differentiation to detect -a/ the shar$ edges# -c/ the ste$ edges ith
noise# and -e/ the ram$ edges. -'/-d/-e/ are the results of differentiation of -a/-c/-e/.
<. Hil'ert Transform for Edge )etection
There is another method for edge detection that uses the Hil'ert transform -H+T/.
The H+T is
:
- / - / H - /# here - /
H
g h x g x h x
x

and H means con"olution. ,lternati"ely#
- / - / - /
H
G f H f G f
here G- f / I FT 4g-x/6 -2T means the 2ourier transform/# G
H
- f / I FT 4g
H
-x/6# and
- / sgn- / H f j f
#
here the sign function is defined as
sgn- / : hen ?#
sgn- / : hen ?#
sgn-?/ ?
f f
f f
>
<

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Fig. <.: !sing H+Ts to detect -a/ the shar$ edges# -c/ the ste$ edges ith noise# and -e/
the ram$ edges. -'/-d/-e/ are the results of the H+Ts of -a/-c/-e/
@. .hort %es$onse Hil'ert Transform for Edge )etection
Jased on Canny1s criterion# e de"elo$ the short res$onse Hil'ert transform
-.%H+T/# hich is the intermediate of the original H+T and the differentiation
o$eration. 2or edge detection# the .%H+T can com$romise the ad"antages of the H+T
and differentiation. It can ell distinguish the edges from the non-edge regions and at
the same time are ro'ust to noise. 0e also find that there are many ays to define the
.%H+T. If the constraints hich come from Canny1s criterion are satisfied# the resultant
.%H+T ill ha"e good $erformance in edge detection.
The Definition of the SRHT
0e com'ine the H+T and differentiation to define the .%H+T. 2rom the theorem
of the 2ourier Transform#
csch- / tanh- /
FT
x j f
here
csch- / 8 K - /
tanh- / - / K - /
x x
x x x x
x e e
x e e e e

+
#
Therefore# from the scaling $ro$erty of the 2T:
:
- / 3 3 - K /
FT
g bx b G f b

#
e o'tain
3 3 csch- / tanh- K /
FT
b bx j f b .
2rom# e can define the short res!onse Hi"bert transfor# -SRHT/ as:
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) # here csch- /
H b b
g h x g x h x b bx
- / - / - / here - / 4 - /6#
- / 4 - /6# - / tanh- K /.
H b H H
b
G f H f G f G f FT g
G f FT g H f j f b




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b = 1
b = 4
b = 12
b = 30
Fig. @.: !sing .%H+Ts to detect the shar$ edges# the ste$ edges ith noise# and the
ram$ edges. Here e choose b I :# @# :8# and <?.
Note that hen b is small# the .%H+T ill ha"e higher a'ility to detect the edges
that are interfered 'y noise 'ut the out$uts of the edge and the non-edge region ha"e less
difference# as the results in 2ig. -a/-c/-e/ and 2ig. -'/-d/-f/. 0hen b is large# the edge
corres$onds to a "ery narro im$ulse in the out$ut -as in 2ig. -g/-h// and can ell
distinguish an edge from the non-edge region. Hoe"er# the results of edge detection
are highly sensiti"e to noise# as in 2ig. -i/-9/. Moreo"er# for ram$ edge detection# it is
$ro$er to choose b neither too large nor too small# as the results in 2ig. -e/-f/-*/-l/.
A. Im$ro"ed Harri1s ,lgorithm 2or Corner ,nd Egde )etections
Corner detection is im$ortant for feature extraction and$attern recognition. Harris
and .te$hens $ro$osed a corner detection algorithm. 2irst# they used a (uadratic
$olynomial to a$$roximate the "ariation around 4m# n6:
here Am#n# Bm#n# and Cm#n ere calculated from the correlations
'eteen the "ariations and a indo function:
Then the "ariations along the $rinci$al axes can 'e calculated
from the eigen"alues of the folloing 88 matrix:
If 'oth the to eigen"alues of Hm#n are large# then e recogniBe the $ixel 4m# n6 as a
corner. Harris and .te$hens $ro$osed a systematic and effecti"e ay to detect corners.
Hoe"er# the algorithm has some $ro'lems# such as the a'ility to distinguish the corner
from the $ea* or the di$ and the ro'ustness to noise should 'e im$ro"ed. In 4A6# an
im$ro"ed algorithm 'ased on modifying the detection criterion as $ro$osed. In this
$a$er# e a$$ly many ne ideas listed in .ection 8 to im$ro"e Harris1 algorithm for
corner detection.
A"gorith#
;. 2ist-&rder )eri"ati"e Edge )etection
,n im$ortant (uantity in edge detection is the magnitude of this "ector# denoted
f# here
x
y
f
G
x
f G
y
1
1
1

1
1

1
]
1

]
f
The magnitude gi"es the maximum rate of increase of f -x# y/ $er unit distance in the
direction of f.
8 8
x y
f G G + f
,nother im$ortant (uantity is the direction of the gradient "ector. That is#
:
angle of tan
y
x
G
G

_


,
f
here the angle is measured ith res$ect to the x-axis. The direction of an edge at -x# y/
is $er$endicular to the direction of the gradient "ector at that $oint. Com$utation of the
gradient of an image is 'ased on o'taining the $artial deri"ati"es of f x and f y
at e"ery $ixel location.
;.: .o'el Edge )etection
F: F8 F<
F@ FA F;
FD FE FC
Fig. ;.: , << area of an image.
Fig. ;.8 The .o'el o$erators.
<
: 8 D E C < A C : @ D
3 3 3 3 3 3
3 - 8 / - 8 / 3 3 - 8 / - 8 / 3
x y
G G G
P P P P P P P P P P P P
+
+ + + + + + + + +
0e can use
x
G
and
y
G
con"ol"e the image then e can get the gradient 'y e(uation and
e(uation .
;.8 Canny Edge )etection
It is hard to find the gradient 'y using e(uation
In order to sim$lify the com$utation# e ada$t another e(uation e(ual to the e(uation
# this e(uation is first-order deri"ati"e function of Guassian function.
Jecause the com$utation of 8-dimension con"olution is com$lex and large. 0e find the
gradient 'y con"ol"e x-direction and y-direction indi"idually in fact as 'elo:
- # / H - # /
- # / H - # /
x x
y y
M x y G I x y
M x y G I x y

D. .econd-&rder )eri"ati"e Edge )etection

The +a$lacian of a 8-) function f -x# y/ is a second-order deri"ati"e defined as
8 8
8
8 8
f f
f
x y

+

There are to digital a$$roximations to the +a$lacian for a << region:
8
A 8 @ ; E
@ - / f z z z z z + + +
8
A : 8 < @ ; D E C
E - / f z z z z z z z z z + + + + + + +
here the z1s are defined in Fig :.: . Mas*s for im$lementing these to e(uations are
shon in Fig.D.:
?
:
?
:
@
:
?
:
?
-a/

: : :
:
E
:
: : :
-'/
Fig.D.: To *ind of << +a$lacian mas*.
The +a$lacian is usually com'ined ith smoothing as a $recursor to finding edges "ia
Bero-crossings. The 8-) Gaussian function
8 8
8
8
- # /
x y
h x y e

+

#
here is the standard de"iation# 'lurs the image ith the degree of 'lurring 'eing
determined 'y the "alue of . The +a$lacian of h is
8
8
8 8 8
8
8
@
8
- # /
r
x y
h x y e

1 +

1
]
.
This function is commonly referred to as the +a$lacian of Gaussian -+&G/.
? ? ? -: -: -8 -: -: ? ? ?
? ? -8 -@ -E -C -E -@ -8 ? ?
? -8 -D -:A -88 -8< -88 -:A -D -8 ?
-: -@ -:A -8@ -:@ -: -:@ -8@ -:A -@ -:
-: -E -88 -:@ A8 :?< A8 -:@ -88 -E -:
-8 -C -8< -: :?< :DE :?< -: -8< -C -8
-: -E -88 -:@ A8 :?< A8 -:@ -88 -E -:
-: -@ -:A -8@ -:@ -: -:@ -8@ -:A -@ -:
? -8 -D -:A -88 -8< -88 -:A -D -8 ?
? ? -8 -@ -E -C -E -@ -8 ? ?
? ? ? -: -: -8 -: -: ? ? ?
Fig.D.8 ,n :::: mas* a$$roximation to +a$lacian of Gaussian -+&G/.
Fig.D.8 The +a$lacian of Gaussian Edge )etection
Jecause second-order deri"ati"e o$erator is sensiti"e to noise# e use lo-$ass
filter to eliminate the noise first. 0e com'ine Guassian filter ith +a$acian o$erator so
that e get +a$lacian of Gaussian Edge )etector. 0e ta*e ad"antage of the $ro$erty of
Gaussian function to distri'ute the noise.
E. Hil'ert Transform for Edge )etection
There is another method for edge detection that uses the Hil'ert transform -H+T/.
The H+T is
:
- / - / H - /# here - /
H
g h x g x h x
x

and H means con"olution. ,lternati"ely#
- / - / - /
H
G f H f G f
here G- f / I FT 4g-x/6 -2T means the 2ourier transform/# G
H
- f / I FT 4g
H
-x/6# and
- / sgn- / H f j f
#
here the sign function is defined as
sgn- / : hen ?#
sgn- / : hen ?#
sgn-?/ ?
f f
f f
>
<

C. .hort %es$onse Hil'ert Transform for Edge )etection

Jased on Canny1s criterion 4A6# e de"elo$ the short res$onse Hil'ert transform
-.%H+T/# hich is the intermediate of the original H+T and the differentiation
o$eration. 2or edge detection# the .%H+T can com$romise the ad"antages of the H+T
and differentiation. It can ell distinguish the edges from the non-edge regions and at
the same time are ro'ust to noise. 0e also find that there are many ays to define the
.%H+T. If the constraints hich come from Canny1s criterion are satisfied# the resultant
.%H+T ill ha"e good $erformance in edge detection.
The Definition of the SRHT
0e com'ine the H+T and differentiation to define the .%H+T. 2rom the theorem
of the 2ourier Transform#
csch- / tanh- /
FT
x j f #
here
csch- / 8 K - /
tanh- / - / K - /
x x
x x x x
x e e
x e e e e

+
#
Therefore# from the scaling $ro$erty of the 2T:
:
- / 3 3 - K /
FT
g bx b G f b

#
e o'tain
3 3 csch- / tanh- K /
FT
b bx j f b .
2rom# e can define the short res!onse Hi"bert transfor# -SRHT/ as:
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) # here csch- /
H b b
g h x g x h x b bx
- / - / - / here - / 4 - /6#
- / 4 - /6# - / tanh- K /.
H b H H
b
G f H f G f G f FT g
G f FT g H f j f b




In fact#
to com$romise the goals of =higher distinction> and =noise immunity> and achie"e the
re(uirement of =good detection> $ro$osed 'y Canny# the im$ulse res$onse of the edge
detection filter should satisfy:
$%onstraint 1& The im$ulse res$onse h-x/ is neither too short nor too long. If e define
8
3 3 3 - / 3 T x h x dx

#
then T should satisfy
A
:
L T L A
8
#
here A
:
and A
8
are some thresholds. To achie"e higher immunity to noise# T should 'e
larger than a certain threshold A
:
. To ma*e the filter ha"e higher a'ility for
distinguishing the edge from the non-edge region# T should 'e smaller than a certain
threshold A
8
.
$%onstraint 2& { } ( )
?
3 - / 3 Max h x h x
here x
?
I ? or x
?
is "ery close to ?.
$%onstraint '& ( ) ( )
: 8
h x h x >
if 3x
8
3 M 3x
:
3 3x
?
3#
or although in some conditions the im$ulse res$onse is not strictly descending 'ut the
local $ea* is much smaller than the glo'al $ea* 3h-x
?
/3.
( ) ( )
: 8 8 :
8 ?
#
'ut - / - / .
h x h x x x
h x h x
< >
=
$%onstraint (& h-x/ I h-x/.
In fact# there are many alternati"e ays to define the .%H+T. There are also other
functions that satisfy Canny1s criterions and can 'e treated as the im$ulse res$onses of
.%H+Ts. 2or exam$le#
8
3 3
: 8
@
sgn- /
: -8 /
FT b f
b x
je f
b x

+
hen 'I:
8
: 8
@ :
: -8 /
b x
b x x

+
hen 'I?
( ) ( )
:
: 8
K 8 8
FT
bx i Si b f
x

here
?
sin
- /
x
t
Si x dt
t

A
sin - /
- /
FT
bx
H f
b x
here ' sinc-x/ I sin- x/K- x/#
8
;
sin - /
- /
FT
bx
H f
b x

E)!eri#ent
Here# e sho the ex$eriments of these algorithms as 'elo.-first-order deri"ati"e
edge detection# second-order deri"ati"e edge detection# Hil'ert Transform for edge
detection# .hort %es$onse Hil'ert Transform for edge detection and Im$ro"ed Harri1s
,lgorithm for corner and edge detection/ 0e can found that different detectors ha"e
different effect on the images. .ome detectors can detect fe Bero-crossings hile
others can detect many Bero-crossings. The condition de$ends on hich detector e
choose and hich threshold "alues e set. The ex$eriment result is simulated 'y matla'
as shon on the 2igures as 'elo:
First-order deri*ati*e edge detection+
-a/ &riginal image. -'/ %o'erts o$erator.

-c/ Freitt o$erator. -d/ .o'el o$erator.

Fig.:?.: Exam$les of edge detection using three different o$erators.
Second-order deri*ati*e edge detection+
-a/ &riginal image. -'/ +a$lacian mas* of 2ig.-a/

-c/ +a$lacian mas* of 2ig.-'/ -d/ +&G mas* of 2ig.-'/

Fig.:?.8 Exam$les of edge detection using three different +a$lacian mas*s.
Hi"bert Transfor# for Edge Detection+
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Fig.:?.< !sing H+Ts to detect -a/ the shar$ edges# -c/ the ste$ edges ith noise#
and -e/ the ram$ edges. -'/-d/-e/ are the results of the H+Ts of -a/-c/-e/.
Short Res!onse Hi"bert Transfor# for Edge Detection+
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Fig.:?.@ !sing .%H+Ts to detect the shar$ edges# the ste$ edges ith noise# and
the ram$ edges. Here e choose b I :# @# :8# and <?.
-a/ &riginal image -'/ %esults of differentiation
-c/ %esults of the H+T -d/ %esults of the .%H+T# bIE
Fig.:?.A Ex$eriments that use differentiation# the H+T# and the .%H+T -'IE/ to do edge
detection for +ena image.
-a/ +ena 5 noise# .N% I <8 -'/ %esults of differentiation
-c/ %esults of the H+T -d/ %esults of the .%H+T# bIE
Fig.:?.; Ex$eriments that use differentiation# the H+T# and the .%H+T -bIE/ to detect
the edges of +ena image interfered 'y noise.
-a/ b I ?.A for +ena image -'/ b I ?.A for +ena 5 noise
-c/ b I 8? for +ena image -d/ b I 8? for +ena 5 noise
-e/ b I E for +ena image -f/ b I E for +ena 5 noise
Fig.:?.D !sing the .%H+T to detect the edges of +ena image or +ena 5 noise hen b is
chosen as ?.A #E and 8?.
,at"ab si#u"ation$SRHT&
'I?.: 'IA
'I:8 'IA?
Fig.:?.E !sing .%H+Ts to detect the shar$ edges. Here e choose b I :# @# :8# and <?.
%onc"usions
In the research# e ha"e many methods to ma*e edge detections# such as first-order
deri"ati"e edge detection# second-order deri"ati"e edge detection# H+T and .%H+T. 0e
can "ie .%H+T as the medium 'eteen the differentiation o$eration and the Hil'ert
transform -H+T/ for edge detection. .%H+T has higher ro'ustness for noise than H+T
and can successfully detect ram$ edges. The .%H+T can also a"oid the $ixels that near
to an edge 'e recogniBed as an edge $ixel# hich is usually an im$ortant $ro'lem hen
using the H+T for edge detection. 0e also do se"eral ex$eriments and sho that the
.%H+T can successfully detect the edges of a com$licated image. Moreo"er# directional
edge detection -i.e.# detect the edges ith certain direction/ are also the $ossi'le
a$$lications of the .%H+T. 2ortunately# e can use im$ro"ed Harris1 algorithm to
im$ro"e the dra'ac*s of .%H+T. The change is that e o'ser"e the sign of "ariation.
It can a"oid mis9udging the $ixel at the rong location and is also hel$ful for increasing
the ro'ustness.
Refernces
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Edge )etections># "ol :# 8??A.
486 0illiam O. Fratt # =)igital Image FrocessingP0illiam O. Fratt <
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4<6 Niun-)e Huang# =Image Com$ression 'y .egmentation and Joundary
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4@6 ). Qiou R .. Ta''one# =Edge )etection Techni(ues ,n &"er"ie># :CCE.
4A6 N. Canny# =, Com$utational ,$$roach to Edge )etection#> IEEE Trans. Fattern
,nalysis and Machine Intelligence# F,MI-E# ;# No"em'er :CE;# ;DC7;CE.
4;6 Maar# ).# Hildreth E.# =Theory of edge detection># Froceedings %oyal .oc. +ondon#
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4D6 ,d"anced Edge )etection Techni(ue: Techni(ues in Cim$utational Sision:
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