ABSTRACT
Mathematical morphology has been widely used for many applications in image processing and analysis. Most image processing architectures adapted to morphological operations use structuring elements (SEs) of a limited size. Therefore, dif culties arise when we deal with a large sized structuring element. Various algorithms have been developed for decomposing a large sized structuring element into dilations of small structuring components. In this chapter, we present the techniques of dealing with the decomposition of morphological SEs.
