Multispectral image segmentation by a multichannel watershed-based approach

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4429-4452

  Li, P ^a   Xiao, X ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUTODESK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; VISUALIZATION; WATERSHEDS;

HIGH RESOLUTION MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OBJECT-BASED IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; VISUAL INSPECTION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; SEGMENTATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 34748891087     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160601034910     Document Type: Article

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