parallel 3D binary skeleton DirectionalSkeletonizer Usage: skelpar3d in.pgm algorithm nsteps [inhibit] out.pgm 
Description: Parallel 3D binary thinning or skeleton. The parameter nsteps gives, if positive, the number of parallel thinning steps to be processed. If the value given for nsteps equals -1, the thinning is continued until stability.
The parameter algorithm is a numerical code indicating which method will be used for the thinning. The possible choices are: 
- 0: Palagyi (curvilinear, 6-subiterations directional, 1998) 
 
- 1: Palagyi (curvilinear, sequential, 2006) 
 
- 2: Palagyi (surface, parallel directional, 2002) 
 
- 3: Palagyi (surface, fully parallel, 2008) 
 
- 4: Raynal (curvilinear, directional, 2010) 
 
- 5: Raynal (surface, directional, 2010) 
 
- 6: Lohou-Bertrand (curvilinear, symmetric, 2007) 
 
- 7: Ma-Wan-Chang (curvilinear, 2 subfields, 2002) 
 
- 8: Tsao-Fu (curvilinear, 6-subiterations directional, 1982) 
 
- 9: Ma-Sonka (curvilinear, fully parallel, does not preserve topology 1996) 
 
- 10: Ma-Wan (curvilinear (18/6) 6 subiterations, CVIU 2000) 
 
- 11: Lohou-Bertrand (curvilinear 6 subiterations, DAM 2005) 
 
- 12: Lohou-Bertrand (curvilinear 12 subiterations, DAM 2004) 
 
- 13: ACK3a 
 
- 14: CKSC 
 
- 15: Ma-Wan-Lee (curvilinear, 4 subfields, 2002) 
 
- 16: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 2 subfields, 2010, var. 1) 
 
- 17: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 2 subfields, 2010, var. 2) 
 
- 18: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 2 subfields, 2010, var. 3) 
 
- 19: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 4 subfields, 2010, var. 1) 
 
- 20: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 4 subfields, 2010, var. 2) 
 
- 21: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 4 subfields, 2010, var. 3) 
 
- 22: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 8 subfields, 2010, var. 1) 
 
- 23: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 8 subfields, 2010, var. 2) 
 
- 24: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 8 subfields, 2010, var. 3) 
 
- 25: She et al. (curvilinear, symmetric, DICTA 2009) 
 
- 26: Tsao-Fu (surface, 6-subiterations directional, 1981) 
 
- 27: Tsao-Fu (curvilinear, 6-subiterations directional, 1981) 
 
- 28: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 2 subfields, 2010, var. 0) 
 
- 29: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 4 subfields, 2010, var. 0) 
 
- 30: Nemeth-Kardos-Palagyi (curvilinear, 8 subfields, 2010, var. 0) 
 
- 31: Lohou-Bertrand (surface, symmetric, 2007) 
 
- 32: Manzanera et al. (surface, symmetric, 1999)
 
If the parameter inhibit is given and is a binary image name, then the points of this image will be left unchanged.
Types supported: byte 3d
Category: topobin
- Author:
 - Michel Couprie, Benjamin Raynal, John Chaussard