An efficient algorithm for focus measure computation in constant time

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-156

  Minhas, Rashid ^a   Mohammed, Abdul Adeel ^a   Wu, Q M Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depth map; focus measure; integral image; shape from focus; steerable filters

Indexed keywords

DEPTH MAP; FOCUS MEASURE; INTEGRAL IMAGES; SHAPE FROM FOCUS; STEERABLE FILTERS;

ALGORITHMS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84855590979     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2011.2133930     Document Type: Article

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