Morphological Operations MCQ 15 Questions
Time: ~25 mins Intermediate

Morphological Operations MCQ

Set-theoretic min/max filters, structuring element shape/size, compositions (opening/closing), and boundary effects.

Easy: 5 Q Medium: 6 Q Hard: 4 Q
Erosion

Shrink FG

Dilation

Grow FG

Opening

Ero→Dil

Closing

Dil→Ero

Mathematical morphology

Morphology processes shapes using a structuring element (SE): erosion shrinks foreground, dilation grows it; openings remove speckles, closings fill gaps.

Duality

Erosion on foreground relates to dilation on background—design SE size/shape for the defect scale you target.

Operators

Erosion

Local minimum over SE support—removes thin protrusions, separates touching objects if SE fits.

Dilation

Local maximum—bridges small gaps, thickens strokes.

Opening

Erosion then dilation—suppresses bright noise smaller than SE.

Closing

Dilation then erosion—fills dark holes smaller than SE.

Post-threshold cleanup

Binary map → Opening/Closing → Connected components

Pro tip: SE anisotropy matters—lines along one direction erode faster with orthogonal SEs.