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We present a heuristic algorithm that detects the regions in shapes that are referred to as “round,” “circular” or “oval.” The algorithm is fast and takes advantage of the boundary information of the original shape and the polygonal approximation of the shape.
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Sirjani, A., Cross, G.R. (1992). Detecting Round Regions. In: Arcelli, C., Cordella, L.P., di Baja, G.S. (eds) Visual Form. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0715-8_48
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