Constrained connectivity for the processing of very-high-resolution satellite images

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5879-5893

  Soille, Pierre ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CONNECTED COMPONENT; EDGE PRESERVING; IMAGE STRUCTURES; INTENSITY VALUES; LOCAL EXTREMUM; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS; TRANSITION REGIONS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

IKONOS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEGMENTATION;

EID: 78649858849     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.512622     Document Type: Article

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