A double-threshold image binarization method based on edge detector

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1254-1267

  Chen, Qiang ^a   Sun, Quan sen ^a   Ann Heng, Pheng ^b   Xia, De shen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Binarization; Double threshold; Edge connection; Edge detector; Seed filling

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING;

BINARIZATION; DOUBLE-THRESHOLD; EDGE CONNECTION; EDGE DETECTORS; SEED FILLING;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 36749091932     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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