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#ifndef CV_OPENING_INCLUDED
#define CV_OPENING_INCLUDED

#include "cv.h"
#include "cvaux.h"
#include "cxcore.h"

/**
 * Opening morphological operation
 *
 * opening operation would help to remove noise
 *
 * @param src         Input Array
 * @param dst         Output Array
 * @param element     Kernel shape. see cvErode or cvDilate
 * @param iterations
 * @return void
 *
 * References)
 *  R. Gonzalez, R. Woods, "Digital Image Processing," chapter 9
*/
CV_INLINE void cvOpening( const CvArr* src, CvArr* dst, 
                          IplConvKernel* element CV_DEFAULT(NULL), 
                          int iterations CV_DEFAULT(1) )
{
    cvErode( src, dst, element, iterations );
    cvDilate( dst, dst, element, iterations );
}


#endif