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Is there an easy way to select for morphological components which do not border/touch the edges of an image?

Taking this doodle as an example:

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We'd want to only select morphological components that stay at least some critical distance from the edges of the image.

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  • $\begingroup$ For example, after labeling all connected components you can check pixels on the border and mark objects that you meet as unlabeled $\endgroup$
    – Eddy_Em
    Sep 2, 2013 at 20:40
  • $\begingroup$ Are the morphological components you have in mind the same as the ones shown by MorphologicalComponents[yourimage] // Colorize? $\endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    Sep 2, 2013 at 20:46
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    $\begingroup$ How about adding a border to the picture and then removing the border component (with everything attached to it)? $\endgroup$
    – DavidC
    Sep 2, 2013 at 20:48
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    $\begingroup$ How about DeleteBorderComponents[yourimage]? $\endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    Sep 2, 2013 at 20:49
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    $\begingroup$ @MichaelE2 hit the nail on the head, imho. $\endgroup$
    – DavidC
    Sep 2, 2013 at 20:51

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DeleteBorderComponents does what you ask. You can crop or pad the border, I suppose, if you wish to delete components that are close to the border.

img = Import["https://i.stack.imgur.com/2fQ3j.png"];
DeleteBorderComponents[img]

Mathematica graphics

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