Reconstruction of textured seafloors from side-scan sonar images

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-126

  Dura E ^a   Bell, J ^a   Lane, D ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SCATTERING; SEA LEVEL; SONAR;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; SHADE-FROM-SHADING; SIDE-SCAN SONAR IMAGE; TEXTURED SEAFLOOR;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 2342593228     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:20040262     Document Type: Article

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