Page segmentation using thinning of white areas

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 59-68

  Kise, Koichi ^a,c,d   Yanagida, Osamu ^a,b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b ROHM CO LTD   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d IEEE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Document image processing; Layout analysis; Page segmentation; Thinning

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY;

DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING; LAYOUT ANALYSIS; PAGE SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0032027884     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-684X(199803)29:3<59::AID-SCJ6>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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