Stable bi-level and multi-level thresholding of images using a new global transformation

IET Computer Vision

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 60-74

  Davies, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MICROFLUIDICS; STABILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED (CO); AUTOMATED INSPECTION; COMPLICATED ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; CRITERION FUNCTIONS; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION; GOOD STABILITY; GREY SCALE IMAGING; HIGH SENSITIVITY (HS); IMAGE DETAILS; MULTI MODES; MULTI-LEVEL THRESHOLDING (MLT); THRESHOLDING;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 45749141689     PISSN: 17519632     EISSN: 17519640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cvi:20070071     Document Type: Article

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