In this paper connected operators from mathematical morphology are extended to a wider class of operators, which are based on connectivities in higher dimension spaces, similar to scale spaces which will be called attribute spaces. Though some properties of connected filters are lost, granulometries can be defined under certain conditions, and pattern spectra in most cases. The advantage of this approach is that regions can be split into constituent parts before filtering more naturally than by using partitioning connectivities.
['Michael Wilkinson']
Attribute-Space Connected Filters