Forma: A program in C to trace object peripheries for two-dimensional shape analysis

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 683-695

  Nelson, Douglas D ^a   Full, William E ^b   Evangelista, Silvio ^c  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Edge detection; Image analysis; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SHAPE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029730005     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-3004(96)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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