An enhanced procedure for image segmentation and smoothing

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1452-1455

  Giridhar Akula, V S ^a   Chandrasekhar Reddy, P ^b   Rajaraman, V ^c   Sasidhar, A V ^d  

^a CR Engineering College   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d Rapidgm ^*

Author keywords

Image denoising; Interpolation; Markers; Over segmentation; Partial differential equations; Region growing

Indexed keywords

IMAGE DENOISING; INTERPOLATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ANISOTROPIC FILTERS; MARKERS; MERGING PROCESS; OVER SEGMENTATION; PDE (PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS); REGION GROWING; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SEGMENTATION PROCEDURE;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 34347383134     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.1452.1455     Document Type: Article

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