Signature identification through the use of deformable structures

Signal Processing

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-201

  Pavlidis, I ^a   Papanikolopoulos, N P ^b   Mavuduru, R ^b  

^a HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Revolving active deformable model; Signature identification; Synchronized string matcher; Virtual gravity field; Virtual springs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

DEFORMABLE MODELS; SIGNATURE IDENTIFICATION;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 0032289745     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1684(98)00144-3     Document Type: Article

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