Still image segmentation tools for object-based multimedia applications

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 701-725

  Mezaris, Vasileios ^b   Kompatsiaris, Ioannis ^a   Strintzis, Michael G ^b  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bayes classifier; Image analysis; Image segmentation; Large format image segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BAYES CLASSIFIERS; IMAGE FILTERING; LARGE-FORMATE IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SEMATIC OBJECTS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 3142705010     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001404003393     Document Type: Article

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