The curvature function evolved in scale-space as a representation of biological shapes

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-85

  Sanchez Marin, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

corneal cells; curvature; object recognition; scale space; shape analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030976967     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(97)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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