Directional image analysis with the Hough and Radon transforms

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-16

  Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a   Rolston, William A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Valmet Corporation   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

DIRECTIONAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADON TRANSFORMS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031599371     PISSN: 09704140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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