Medial axes and Mean Curvature Motion II: Singularities

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-105

  Teixeira, Ralph Costa ^a  

^a IMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Curvature motion; Distance transform; Medial axis; Singularities; Symmetry set

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTER VISION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MOTION ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SET THEORY;

CURVATURE MOTION; DISTANCE TRANSFORM; MEDIAL AXIS; SINGULARITIES; SYMMETRY SET;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 17444415668     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10851-005-4969-0     Document Type: Article

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