Combined thresholding and neural network approach for vein pattern extraction from leaf images

IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 881-892

  Fu, H ^a   Chi, Z ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMPLEX MODALITY; INHERENT TRAITS; INTENSITY HISTOGRAM; PLANT RECOGNITION;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 33751550214     PISSN: 1350245X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-vis:20060061     Document Type: Article

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