Focal plane implementation of 2D steerable and scalable Gabor-type filters

Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-334

  Shi, Bertram E ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL FILTERS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

GABOR-TYPE FILTERS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIERS;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0033340806     PISSN: 09225773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008197102693     Document Type: Article

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