EM image segmentation algorithm based on an inhomogeneous hidden MRF model

IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-190

  Gu, D B ^a   Sun, J X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HIDDEN MARKOV RANDOM FIELD (HMRF); ITERATED CONDITIONAL MODE (ICM); MEAN FIELDS; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 18444413263     PISSN: 1350245X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-vis:20041210     Document Type: Article

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