Nested-hierarchical scene models and image segmentation

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 1992, Pages 3167-3187

  Woodcock, C ^a   Harward, V J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER (TM); NESTED HIERARCHICAL SCENE MODELS; REGION BASED IMAGE SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM;

REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NESTED HIERARCHY; REMOTE SENSING; SCENE MODEL;

EID: 0027009286     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169208904109     Document Type: Article

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