A constant-time algorithm for erosions/dilations with applications to morphological texture feature computation

Real-Time Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-239

  Sivakumar, K ^a   Patel, M J ^b   Kehtarnavaz, N ^b   Balagurunathan, Y ^b   Dougherty, E R ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE QUALITY; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

CONSTANT TIME ALGORITHMS; DILATIONS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034207028     PISSN: 10072014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtim.1999.0172     Document Type: Article

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