Image thresholding using restricted equivalence functions and maximizing the measures of similarity

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 496-516

  Bustince, H ^a   Barrenechea, E ^a   Pagola, M ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Restricted equivalence functions; Similarity measures; Thresholding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

GRAYSCALE IMAGES; IMAGE THRESHOLDING; RESTRICTED EQUIVALENCE FUNCTIONS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846228732     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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