Using quantitative statistics for the construction of machine vision systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4877, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-15

  Thacker, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithm design; Characterisation; Methodology; Quantitative statistics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0042655109     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.468491     Document Type: Conference Paper

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