Neural-network-based models of 3-D objects for virtualized reality: A comparative study

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-111

  Cretu, Ana Maria ^a   Petriu, Emil M ^a   Patry, Gilles G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feedforward neural networks; Geometric modeling; Neural network applications; Unsupervised learning; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; MORPHOLOGY; MOTION ESTIMATION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

GEOMETRIC MODELING; NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATIONS; UNSUPERVISED LEARNING; VIRTUALIZED REALITY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 32044448971     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.860862     Document Type: Article

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