LEVEL SET METHODS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN IMAGE SCIENCE*

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 623-656

  Tsai, Richard ^a   Osher, Stanley ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 29144525336     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: 19450796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CMS.2003.v1.n4.a1     Document Type: Article

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