Systematic error in the determination of perimeter and area of off-lattice digitalized images

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 5071-5077

  Imre, A R ^a  

^a KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL DIMENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXELS; SCANNING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

INTERIOR-TO-EDGE RATIO; OFF-LATTICE DIGITALIZED IMAGES; RASTER IMAGES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

DIGITIZATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FRAGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXEL; RASTER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 41449083890     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701241944     Document Type: Article

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