Connectivity preservation of 3D 6-subiteration thinning algorithms

Graphical Models and Image Processing

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 382-386

  Ma, C Min ^a  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONNECTIVITY PRESERVATION; SUBITERATION THINNING ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0030195504     PISSN: 10773169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gmip.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

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