Three new implementations of the triangular prism method for computing the fractal dimension of remote sensing images

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-382

  Sun, Wanxiao ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRISMS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEXTURES;

DIGITAL NUMBERS (DN); FRACTAL DIMENSIONS; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; TRIANGULAR PRISM METHOD;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURE;

EID: 33645830269     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.72.4.373     Document Type: Article

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