A new edge extraction method was put forward based on the SUSAN operator, according to the problems of poor anti-noise ability and edge detection incomplete of the conventional differential detection operator. The circular template and the center of the circle (template nuclear) were used in this method, the numbers of pixels was calculated through the comparison pixels value of template with the other points of pixels in the template circle, and then compared with the threshold, so as to the edge of images was extracted. The results showed that this method had high precision, and could be able to fully extract the edge of images. It is an effective method of extracting the edge of images.
