The Cyborg Astrobiologist: First field experience

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-207

  Mcguire, Patrick Charles ^a   Ormö, Jens ^a   Martínez, Enrique Díaz ^a,b   Manfredi, José Antonio Rodríguez ^a   Elvira, Javier Gómez ^a   Ritter, Helge ^c   Oesker, Markus ^c   Ontrup, Jörg ^c  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

co occurrence histograms; computer vision; field geology; gypsum; image segmentation; interest map; Mars; Miocene; robotics; uncommon map; wearable computers

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048969103     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147355040500220X     Document Type: Article

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