Parallel computation of the Euclidean distance transform on a three-dimensional image array

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-212

  Lee, Yu Hua ^a   Horng, Shi Jinn ^b   Seitzer, Jennifer ^c  

^a CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer vision; Distance transform; EREW PRAM model; Euclidean distance; Image processing; Parallel algorithm; Three dimension

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER VISION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; THEOREM PROVING;

DISTANCE TRANSFORM; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE TRANSFORM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL IMAGE ARRAY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ARRAY;

PARALLEL ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0037624720     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2003.1189579     Document Type: Article

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