Fast Sphericity and Roundness approximation in 2D and 3D using Local Thickness

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Main Authors: Pieta, Pawel Tomasz, Rasumssen, Peter Winkel, Dahl, Anders Bjorholm, Christensen, Anders Nymark
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Published: 2025
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author Pieta, Pawel Tomasz
Rasumssen, Peter Winkel
Dahl, Anders Bjorholm
Christensen, Anders Nymark
author_facet Pieta, Pawel Tomasz
Rasumssen, Peter Winkel
Dahl, Anders Bjorholm
Christensen, Anders Nymark
contents Sphericity and roundness are fundamental measures used for assessing object uniformity in 2D and 3D images. However, using their strict definition makes computation costly. As both 2D and 3D microscopy imaging datasets grow larger, there is an increased demand for efficient algorithms that can quantify multiple objects in large volumes. We propose a novel approach for extracting sphericity and roundness based on the output of a local thickness algorithm. For sphericity, we simplify the surface area computation by modeling objects as spheroids/ellipses of varying lengths and widths of mean local thickness. For roundness, we avoid a complex corner curvature determination process by approximating it with local thickness values on the contour/surface of the object. The resulting methods provide an accurate representation of the exact measures while being significantly faster than their existing implementations.
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spellingShingle Fast Sphericity and Roundness approximation in 2D and 3D using Local Thickness
Pieta, Pawel Tomasz
Rasumssen, Peter Winkel
Dahl, Anders Bjorholm
Christensen, Anders Nymark
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Sphericity and roundness are fundamental measures used for assessing object uniformity in 2D and 3D images. However, using their strict definition makes computation costly. As both 2D and 3D microscopy imaging datasets grow larger, there is an increased demand for efficient algorithms that can quantify multiple objects in large volumes. We propose a novel approach for extracting sphericity and roundness based on the output of a local thickness algorithm. For sphericity, we simplify the surface area computation by modeling objects as spheroids/ellipses of varying lengths and widths of mean local thickness. For roundness, we avoid a complex corner curvature determination process by approximating it with local thickness values on the contour/surface of the object. The resulting methods provide an accurate representation of the exact measures while being significantly faster than their existing implementations.
title Fast Sphericity and Roundness approximation in 2D and 3D using Local Thickness
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.05808