Low level image partitioning guided by the gradient watershed hierarchy

Signal Processing

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-195

  Pratikakis, I E ^a   Sahli, H ^a   Cornelis, J ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WATERSHEDS;

GRADIENT WATERSHED HIERARCHY; LOW LEVEL IMAGE PARTITIONING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032629703     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1684(98)00232-1     Document Type: Article

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