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**Comparison of Granulometric Studies of Brain**

Jorge D. Mendiola-Santibañez1, Martín Gallegos-Duarte2, Domingo J. Gómez-Meléndez1, Angélica R. Jiménez-Sánchez3

*de Querétaro, Centro Universitario S/N, CP. 76010, Querétaro*

and Israel M. Santillán-Méndez<sup>1</sup>

*El Marqués, CP. 76240 Querétaro*

*Santiago de Querétaro*

*México*

**Slices from Normal and Dissociated Strabismus**

**Subjects Through Morphological Transformations**

<sup>1</sup>*División de Investigación y Posgrado de la Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma*

**1. Introduction**

∧ inf operator ∨ sup operator

*B* structuring element

*μ*, *λ* scalars ( i.e. positive numbers)

*Z*<sup>+</sup> integer and positive numbers space

*f*(*x*), *g*(*x*) numerical function of *x εμ*(*f*)(*x*) morphological erosion size *μ δμ*(*f*)(*x*) morphological dilation size *μ γμ*(*f*)(*x*) morphological opening size *μ ϕμ*(*f*)(*x*) morphological closing size *μ γ*˜*μ*(*f*)(*x*) opening by reconstruction size *μ ϕ*˜*μ*(*f*)(*x*) closing by reconstruction size *μ*

*<sup>B</sup>*<sup>ˇ</sup> transposed of the structuring element *<sup>B</sup>*, i.e., *<sup>B</sup>*ˇ= {−*<sup>x</sup>* : *<sup>x</sup>* <sup>∈</sup> *<sup>B</sup>*}

**Notation**

<sup>2</sup>*Posgrado de la Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Investigación, Universidad*

*Autónoma de Querétaro, Clavel # 200, Fraccionamiento Prados de la Capilla,*

<sup>3</sup>*Universidad Politécnica de Querétaro, Carretera Estatal 420 S/N, El Rosario,*

