Efficient two-level image thresholding method based on Bayesian formulation and the maximum entropy principle

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2487-2498

  Chang, Yan ^a   Fu, Alan M N ^a   Yan, Hong ^a   Zhao, Mansuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayes's formula; Image segmentation; Image thresholding; Maximum entropy principle

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE QUALITY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BAYES FORMULA; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; TWO-LEVEL IMAGE THRESHOLDING METHOD;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0036812180     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1501094     Document Type: Article

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