Watershed Transformation

Watershed Transformation is a computer image analysis method that segments an image into meaningful regions, much like how watersheds separate different drainage areas in a landscape. Imagine the image as a topographical map, where brighter areas are higher and darker areas are lower. By simulating how water would flow and collect in these valleys, the algorithm identifies boundaries between objects or regions within the image. This technique helps in accurately isolating and analyzing specific parts of an image, making it useful in fields like medical imaging, object detection, and image segmentation tasks.