Using resolution pyramids for watershed image segmentation

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1021-1031

  Frucci, Maria ^a   Ramella, Giuliana ^a   Sanniti di Baja, Gabriella ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Resolution pyramid; Segmentation; Watershed transformation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

IMAGE COMPONENTS; RESOLUTION PYRAMID; WATERSHED TRANSFORMATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 34047167071     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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