Geometric invariant shape representations using morphological multiscale analysis

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-168

  Alvarez, L ^a   Blanc, A P ^a   Mazorra, L ^a   Santana, F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Affine invariance; Geometric partial differential equations; Mathematical morphology; Shape representation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

GEOMETRIC INVARIANT SHAPE REPRESENTATION; GEOMETRIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL MULTISCALE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0037345261     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022112501107     Document Type: Article

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