Affine invariant segmentation by variational method

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 294-325

  Ballester, C ^a   Caselles, V ^a   Gonzalez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affine invariance; Image segmentation; Multiscale algorithm; Region growing; Variational method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

AFFINE INVARIANCE; MULTISCALE ALGORITHMS; REGION GROWING METHODS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0030083381     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003613999426702X     Document Type: Article

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