====== Contour Extraction Performance ======

Below are some performance details.
We describe the process of generating 4 contour lines on a rather sizeable image.

==== System ==== 
  * CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1ghz
  * Memory : 2Gb

==== Image ==== 
  * Image Resolution : 9920 x 4000 = 39.680.000 pixels
  * Size : 150MB

==== Task ==== 
  * Generate 4 contours simultaneously (interpolate edge centers and joints)

==== Results ====

  * Time Elapsed : 631.5 sec.
  * Found Edges : 22830
  * Speed (pixels/sec) : 61Kpixels/sec
  * Speed (Mb/sec) : +- 0.24 Mb/sec