SEAC and the start of image processing at the National Bureau of Standards

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 7-13

  Kirsch, Russell A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bronx High School of Science   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g US National Bureau of Standards ^*  (United States)

^h Sturvil Corporation   (United States)

ⁱ ACM   (United States)

^j IEEE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SCANNING;

COMPUTER INNOVATIONS; STANDARDS ELECTRONIC AUTOMATIC COMPUTER (SEAC);

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0032050118     PISSN: 10586180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/85.667290     Document Type: Article

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