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# ITK Valued Regional Minima Image Filter

Transforms the image so that any pixel that is not a regional minima is set to the maximum value for the pixel type. Pixels that are regional minima retain their value.

## Group (Subgroup)

ITKMathematicalMorphology (MathematicalMorphology)

## Description

Regional minima are flat zones surrounded by pixels of higher value. A completely flat image will be marked as a regional minima by this filter.

This code was contributed in the Insight Journal paper: "Finding regional extrema - methods and performance" by Beare R., Lehmann G. <https://www.insight-journal.org/browse/publication/65>

### Author

 Richard Beare. Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

### Related Filters

- ValuedRegionalMaximaImageFilter , ValuedRegionalExtremaImageFilter ,
- HMinimaImageFilter


### Input Parameter(s)

| Parameter Name | Parameter Type | Parameter Notes | Description |
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|
| Fully Connected Components | Bool |  | Whether the connected components are defined strictly by face connectivity (False) or by face+edge+vertex connectivity (True). Default is FalseFor objects that are 1 pixel wide, use True. |

### Input Cell Data

| Parameter Name | Parameter Type | Parameter Notes | Description |
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|
| Image Geometry | Geometry Selection | Image | Select the Image Geometry Group from the DataStructure. |
| Input Cell Data | Array Selection | Allowed Types: int8, uint8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, int64, uint64, float32, float64 | The image data that will be processed by this filter. |

### Output Cell Data

| Parameter Name | Parameter Type | Parameter Notes | Description |
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|
| Output Cell Data | DataObjectName |  | The result of the processing will be stored in this Data Array inside the same group as the input data. |

## Example Pipelines

## License & Copyright

Please see the description file distributed with this plugin.

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