Efficient algorithms for optimization-based image segmentation

International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-166

  Asano, Tetsuo ^a   Chen, Danny Z ^b   Katoh, Naoki ^c   Tokuyama, Takeshi ^d  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Approximation scheme; Computer vision; Dynamic programming; Fast matrix searching; Hand probing; Polynomial time algorithm; Region segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035590607     PISSN: 02181959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218195901000420     Document Type: Article

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