Image Processing for Quality Improvement

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 1978, Pages 1640-1651

  Schreiber, William F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0018069775     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/PROC.1978.11172     Document Type: Article

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