Fast reflectional symmetry detection using orientation histograms

Real-Time Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-74

  Sun, C ^a   Si, D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST REFLECTIONAL SYMMETRY DETECTION; ORIENTATION HISTOGRAMS;

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0033076848     PISSN: 10072014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtim.1998.0135     Document Type: Article

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