Design and evaluation of a multiprocessor system for computer vision

Microprocessors and Microsystems

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 365-377

  Ercan, M F ^a   Fung, Yu Fai ^b  

^a SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER VISION; DATA STRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MIM DEVICES; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

MULTILAYER SYSTEMS; PARALLEL VISION ALGORITHMS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034325817     PISSN: 01419331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-9331(00)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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