skimage2.morphology.star#

skimage2.morphology.star(a, dtype=<class 'numpy.uint8'>)[source]#

Generates a star shaped footprint.

Start has 8 vertices and is an overlap of square of size 2*a + 1 with its 45 degree rotated version. The slanted sides are 45 or 135 degrees to the horizontal axis.

Parameters:
aint

Parameter deciding the size of the star structural element. The side of the square array returned is 2*a + 1 + 2*floor(a / 2).

Returns:
footprintndarray

The footprint where elements of the neighborhood are 1 and 0 otherwise.

Other Parameters:
dtypedtype-like, optional

The data type of the footprint.