An improved image segmentation algorithm based on otsu method

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6625, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wang, Hongzhi ^a   Dong, Ying ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Histogram; Image segmentation; Otsu method; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MODAL ANALYSIS; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION;

HISTOGRAMS; MACHINE VISION INDUSTRY; OTSU METHOD;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 41149143713     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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