Nonlinear diffusion and image contour enhancement

Interfaces and Free Boundaries

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-54

  Barenblatt, G I ^a   Vazquez J L ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degenerate parabolic equations; Free boundaries; Image enhancement; Nonlinear diffusion; Singular solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642263787     PISSN: 14639963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/IFB/90     Document Type: Article

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