Figure 1.

Graphical representation of O y∩Ω i. The dashed circle denotes the circular neighborhood O y centered on y. The image domain Ω is divided into three disjoint regions Ω 1, Ω 2, and Ω 3, which partition the neighborhood O y into three subregions O y∩Ω 1, O y∩Ω 2, and O y∩Ω 3.