An adaptive canny edge detector using histogram concavity analysis

International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 172-181

  Zeng, Jun ^a   Li, Dehua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Canny edge detector; Histogram concavity analysis; Switching median filter

Indexed keywords

CANNY DETECTOR; CANNY EDGE DETECTORS; GAUSSIAN FILTERS; HISTOGRAM CONCAVITY ANALYSIS; NOISE ENVIRONMENTS; NOISE INTENSITIES; SELECTION METHODS; SWITCHING MEDIAN FILTER; SWITCHING MEDIAN FILTERS;

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; ELECTRIC FILTERS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMPULSE NOISE;

DETECTORS;

EID: 79959949693     PISSN: 19759339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4156/jdcta.vol5.issue6.20     Document Type: Article

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