Morphology for matrix data: Ordering versus PDE-based approach

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 496-511

  Burgeth, Bernhard ^a   Bruhn, Andres ^a   Didas, Stephan ^a   Weickert, Joachim ^a   Welk, Martin ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor MRI; Dilation; Erosion; Loewner ordering; Mathematical morphology; Matrix valued images; Nonlinear partial differential equation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DIFFUSION TENSOR; DILATION; LOEWNER ORDERING; MATRIX VALUED IMAGES; NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION;

MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 33846588484     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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