A fast thinning algorithm

Question

I\'m looking for a fast thinning algorithm that can be readily implemented using OpenCV. The mention of the library is because there are certain things that can be done in a

Answer 1

I used Zhang-Suen as well Guo-Hall; both produced satisfactory results but not the best ones. Then I tried "A Modified Parallel Thinning Algorithm" by Y. Y. ZHANG and P.S.P Wang. It was far better than the previous two algorithms. Anyone looking for a good thinning algorithm should try it since it is faster and more effective than the other two.