A Hough transform technique for the detection of reflectional symmetry and skew-symmetry

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-130

  Yip, Raymond K K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hough transformation; Reflectional symmetry; Skew symmetry; Skew symmetry axis; Skew transverse angle

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE QUALITY;

REFLECTIONAL SYMMETRY; SKEW-SYMMETRY;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 0033909040     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8655(99)00138-5     Document Type: Article

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