Multiscale contour extraction using a level set method in optical satellite images

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 854-858

  Xu, Qizhi ^a   Li, Bo ^a   He, Zhaofeng ^a   Ma, Chao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contour extraction; homogeneity metric; level set methods; undecimated wavelet transform (UWT)

Indexed keywords

COARSE-TO-FINE; COMPUTATION BURDEN; CONTOUR EXTRACTION; ENERGY FUNCTIONALS; HOMOGENEITY METRIC; IMAGE FEATURES; LEVEL SET METHOD; MULTISCALES; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGES; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; UNDECIMATED WAVELET TRANSFORM; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

DROP BREAKUP; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; SATELLITES; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 80052326269     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2128855     Document Type: Article

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