A width-invariant property of curves based on wavelet transform with a novel wavelet function

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 541-548

  Yang, Lihua ^a,b   Suen, Ching Y ^b   Tang, Yuan Yan ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Curve; Edge detection; Maximum moduli; Wavelet transform; Width invariance

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; EDGE DETECTION; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING;

WIDTH INVARIANCE;

WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

EID: 0037645780     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2003.810949     Document Type: Article

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