Reduce Objects to Skeletons

1. Click Binary»Adv. Morphology or click Adv. Morphology in the Binary tab of the Processing Functions palette.
2. Select Skeleton.
3. Select the type of skeleton you want to see.
   • Skeleton L—Uses an L-shaped structuring element.
   • Skeleton M—Extracts the skeleton with more dendrites.
   • Skiz—Uses an L-shaped structuring element that affects background regions, extracting the watershed line in an image.
4. Click OK to add this step to the script.

Note   This function is computer-intensive and can take several seconds.

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