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If you want to run blob detection with OpenCV, I would recommend taking a look at SimpleBlobDetector. You can easily convert any ROS image message to an OpenCV-Mat using cv_bridge and take it from there.

If the above mentioned detector suits your needs, I'll give you more details on how to make it work.

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