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From: pete fraser <fraser@eng.leica.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Morphology ICs?
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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 10:10:28 GMT
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simon@sdixon.demon.co.uk (simon fowler-dixon) wrote:
>
> Grey-level morphology is normally performed in hardware using rank 
> value filter devices

there is an ASIC for morphology called the PIMM1.  It was designed
by J-C Klein from the School of Mathematical Morphology at
Fontainebleau and is manufactured by LSI logic.

pete fraser


