Automatic detection and verification of solar features

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 199-210

  Qahwaji, R ^a   Colak, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image processing; Morphological transforms; Neural networks; Solar imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMS; SOLAR IMAGING; WATERSHED TRANSFORM;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 33644651251     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: 10981098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ima.20053     Document Type: Article

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