An edge embedded marker-based watershed algorithm for high spatial resolution remote sensing image segmentation

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2781-2787

  Li, Deren ^a   Zhang, Guifeng ^b   Wu, Zhaocong ^a   Yi, Lina ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Edge embedded; High spatial resolution; Image segmentation; Marker based watershed; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DETECTING OBJECTS; EDGE DETECTORS; EDGE EMBEDDED; EDGE INFORMATION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUE; MARKER-BASED WATERSHED; OVER SEGMENTATION; POSITIONAL ACCURACY; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SEGMENTATION RESULTS; WATER-SHED ALGORITHM;

EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; WATERSHEDS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 77956962241     PISSN: 10577149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2010.2049528     Document Type: Article

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