An integrated system for handwritten document image processing

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 617-636

  Kavallieratou, E ^a   Dromazou, N ^a   Fakotakis, N ^a   Kokkinakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Document image; Image feature; Skew angle estimation; Slant correction

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; WORD PROCESSING;

HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING; SKEW ANGLE CORRECTION; WIGNER-VILLE DISTRIBUTION; WORD SEGMENTATION;

OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 0041842559     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001403002538     Document Type: Letter

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