An integral-geometric approach for the Euler-Poincare characteristic of spatial images

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-62

  Nagel, W ^a   Ohser, J ^b   Pischang, K ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS ITWM   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Euler number; Image analysis; Integral geometry; Stereology

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GRAPH THEORY;

DIGITIZED IMAGES; EULER NUMBERS; EULER-POINCARE CHARACTERISTIC; GEOMETRIC APPROACHES; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL GEOMETRIC; INTEGRAL GEOMETRY; SPATIAL IMAGES; STEREOLOGY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0034002522     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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