Towards computer-assisted photo-identification of humpback whales

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1727-1730

  Ranguelova, Elena ^a   Huiskes, Mark ^a   Pauwels, Eric J ^a  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE-MATCHING TECHNIQUE; DORSAL FINS; HUMPBACK WHALES; MARINE MAMMALS;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 20444437180     PISSN: 15224880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2004.1421406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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