A new method for gray-level picture thresholding using the entropy of the histogram.

Computer Vision, Graphics, & Image Processing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 273-285

  Kapur, J N ^a   Sahoo, P K ^a   Wong, A K C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

ENTROPY OF THE HISTOGRAM; GRAY-LEVEL PICTURE THRESHOLDING; PICTURE PROCESSING;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0022266928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0734-189X(85)90125-2     Document Type: Article

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