Page segmentation for document image analysis using a neural network

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1854-1861

  Patel, Devesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Convolution; Document page segmentation; Entropy thresholding; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003229466     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600618     Document Type: Article

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