Topological Numbers and Singularities in Scalar Images: Scale-Space Evolution Properties

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-269

  Kalitzin, Stiliyan N ^a,b,c,d,e   Ter Haar Romeny, Bart M ^e,f,g,h,i   Salden, Alfons H ^g   Nacken, Peter F M ^j,k,l   Viergever, Max A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^d Theoretical and Mathematical Physics   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

ⁱ 3D Computer Vision Research Group ^*

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^l Shell Intl Explor and Prod BV   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Catastrophes; Scalar images; Scale space; Singular points; Topology

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SCALAR IMAGES; SCALE SPACE;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032202989     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008376504545     Document Type: Article

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