Morphological processor for real-time image applications

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1115-1122

  Gonzalez F ^a   Tubio O ^a   Tobajas, F ^a   De Armas, V ^a   Esper Chain R ^a   Sarmiento, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GaAs; High speed adders; Image processing; Mathematical morphology; Real time

Indexed keywords

ADDERS; ALGORITHMS; DISTORTION (WAVES); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; VLSI CIRCUITS; WAVE FILTERS;

LINEAR FILTERS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0036896281     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-2692(02)00117-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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