A video segmentation algorithm for hierarchical object representations and its implementation

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1204-1215

  Herrmann, Stephan ^b   Mooshofer, Hubert ^a,b   Dietrich, Harald ^b   Stechele, Walter ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hierarchical object model; Image analysis; Segmentation hardware; Segmentation software; Video processing tools

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

HIERARCHICAL OBJECT REPRESENTATIONS; LOW-LEVEL VIDEO PROCESSING TOOLS; VIDEO SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0033281203     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/76.809156     Document Type: Article

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