Hybrid algorithms for digital halftoning and their application to medical imaging

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-78

  Sandler, Eugene A ^a   Gusev, Dmitri A ^b   Milman, Gregory Y ^c  

^a University of Technology   (Russian Federation)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIDAR Ltd   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEDICAL IMAGING; PRINTERS (COMPUTER);

FLOYD-STEINBERG ERROR DIFFUSION ALGORITHM; HYBRID ALGORITHMS; LASER PRINTERS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0030679867     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0097-8493(96)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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