Segmentation and noise removal on thermographic images of hands

Thermology International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 89-94

  Vardasca, Ricardo ^a   Bajwa, Usama ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN ENGINEERING   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Edge detection; Hands; Noise reduction; Outline; Segmentation; Thermal image

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; NOISE REDUCTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 48649088203     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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