Finding shape axes using magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1388-1394

  Shroff, Harsh ^b   Ben Arie, Jezekiel ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC DIPOLE; MAGNETIC FIELD MODELING; SHAPE AXES; SHAPE DESCRIPTION;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE UNDERSTANDING;

EID: 0033322131     PISSN: 10577149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/83.791964     Document Type: Article

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