Document image binarization based on topographic analysis using a water flow model

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 265-277

  Kim, In Kwon ^a   Jung, Dong Wook ^a   Park, Rae Hong ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Binarization; Document image; Local adaptive thresholding; Water flow model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DOCUMENT IMAGE BINARIZATION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0036132442     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3203(01)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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