On the discrete representation of the Laplacian of Gaussian

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1463-1472

  Gunn, Steve R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Edge detection; Edge detection error; Laplacian of Gaussian; Marr Hildreth operator; Truncation effects

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ERROR CORRECTION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING;

LAPLACIAN OF GAUSSIAN; MARR-HILDRETH OPERATOR;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 0032688020     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3203(98)00163-0     Document Type: Article

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