Elliptical descriptors: Some simplified morphometric parameters for the quantification of complex outlines

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 853-871

  Schmittbuhl, Matthieu ^a   Allenbach, Bernard ^b   Le Minor, Jean Marie ^a   Schaaf, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Service Regional de Traitement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Elliptical Fourier analysis; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 4344676383     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MATG.0000007783.72366.0c     Document Type: Article

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