Method for defining analog circuits for the minimization of discrete functionals: An image processing application

Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 457-477

  Storace, Marco ^a   Parodi, Mauro ^a   Pastorino, Diego ^b   Tripodoro, Veronica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DISCRETE FUNCTIONALS; FUNCTIONAL MINIMIZATION;

LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033354289     PISSN: 0278081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01387466     Document Type: Article

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