Skin detection using the EM algorithm with spatial constraints

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 3071-3075

  Diplaros, A ^a   Gevers, T ^a   Vlassis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Color models; EM algorithm; Segmentation; Skin color; Skin detection; Unsupervised learning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COLOR; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COLOR MODELS; EM ALGORITHMS; SEGMENTATION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DETECTION; UNSUPERVISED LEARNING;

SKIN;

EID: 15744400446     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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