Small object detection in cluttered image using a correlation based active contour model

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 543-553

  Vard, Alireza ^a   Jamshidi, Kamal ^a   Movahhedinia, Naser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Active contour model; Cluttered image; Correlation; Small object detection

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CLUTTERED IMAGES; ENERGY FUNCTIONS; HIGH ROBUSTNESS; IMAGE FEATURES; IMAGE PIXELS; NAKED-EYE; RANDOM NOISE; REGION BASED ACTIVE CONTOURS; REGION INFORMATION; SMALL OBJECT DETECTION; SMALL OBJECTS;

AUTOCORRELATION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION DETECTORS;

EID: 84855774713     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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