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A basic requirement of scale-space representations in general is that of scale causality, which states that local extrema in the image should not be enhanced when resolution is diminished. We consider a special class of nonlinear scale-spaces consistent with this constraint, which can be linearised by a suitable isomorphism in the grey-scale domain so as to reproduce the familiar Gaussian scale-space. We consider instances in which nonlinear representations may be the preferred choice, as well as instances in which they enter by necessity. We also establish their relation to morphological scale-space representations based on a quadratic structuring function.
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Florack, L. Non-Linear Scale-Spaces Isomorphic to the Linear Case with Applications to Scalar, Vector and Multispectral Images. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision 15, 39–53 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011221614364
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