Comparative study of skew detection algorithms

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 443-451

  Amin, Adnan ^a   Fischer, Stephen ^a   Parkinson, Anthony F ^a   Shiu, Ricky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0006897780     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.245770     Document Type: Article

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