Expectation-maximization algorithms for image processing using multiscale models and mean- field theory, with applications to laser radar range profiling and segmentation

Optical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1287-1301

  Tsai, A ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Willsky, A S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Image processing; Laser radar; Mean field theory; Multiscale models

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER VISION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; MARKOV-RANDOM FIELD MODELING; MEAN-FIELD THEORY; MULTISCALE MODEL; MUMFORD-SHAH VARIATIONAL APPROACH; OPTIMAL MULTISCALE ESTIMATOR;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0035388547     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1385168     Document Type: Article

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