Spatial thresholds, image-objects, and upscaling: A multiscale evaluation

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-19

  Hay, G J ^a,c   Niemann, K O ^a   Goodenough, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; VISION;

IMAGE UPSCALING; OBJECT SPECIFIC RESAMPLING; SPATIAL THRESHOLDS;

REMOTE SENSING;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; FOREST STAND; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; UPSCALING;

EID: 0031254274     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(97)81622-7     Document Type: Article

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