Automatic detection of sub-km craters in high resolution planetary images

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 880-887

  Urbach, Erik R ^a   Stepinski, Tomasz F ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crater counting; Crater detection algorithms; Mars; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DETECTIONS; CRATER COUNTING; CRATER DETECTION ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING PIPELINES; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS; IMPACT CRATERS; MARS; PANCHROMATIC IMAGES; TECHNICAL DETAILS; TEMPORAL PRECISION; VISUAL INSPECTIONS;

DATA PROCESSING; PIPELINES; SIGNAL DETECTION; VISUAL COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 67349265520     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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