Design and implementation of a high level image processing machine using reconfigurable hardware

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3526, Issue , 1998, Pages 2-13

  Donachy, P ^a   Crookes, D ^b   Bouridane, A ^b   Alotaibi, K ^b   Benkrid, A ^b  

^a BRITISH TELECOM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstract machine; Architectures; Design to fit; FPGA; Image algebra; Image processing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

ABSTRACT MACHINE; IMAGE ALGEBRA; IMAGE PROCESSING MACHINE; PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE DEVICES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0037960263     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.327017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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