Automatic histogram threshold using fuzzy measures

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 199-204

  Lopes, Nuno Vieira ^a   Mogadouro do Couto, Pedro A ^b   Bustince, Humberto ^c   Melo Pinto, Pedro ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic histogram; Fuzzy measures; Fuzzy sets; Image segmentation; Index of fuzziness; Threshold

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC HISTOGRAM; CRITERION FUNCTIONS; EXISTING METHOD; FUZZINESS MEASURE; FUZZY MEASURES; GRAY LEVELS; HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATIONS; HISTOGRAM THRESHOLD; OPTIMAL THRESHOLD; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; THRESHOLD POINT;

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 72949101479     PISSN: 10577149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2009.2032349     Document Type: Article

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