The Hermite transform as an efficient model for local image analysis: An application to medical image fusion

Computers and Electrical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-110

  Escalante Ramírez, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gaussian derivatives; Hermite transform; Human visual perception; Image fusion; Local orientation analysis; Medical images

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE FUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

GAUSSIAN DERIVATIVES; HERMITE TRANSFORMS; HUMAN VISUAL PERCEPTION; IMAGE REPRESENTATION MODELS; LOCAL ORIENTATION ANALYSIS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 39449099350     PISSN: 00457906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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