Bowstring-based dual-threshold computation method for adaptive Canny edge detector

International Conference Image and Vision Computing New Zealand

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 13-18

  Liu, Xiangdong ^a   Yu, Yin ^a   Liu, Bing ^a   Li, Zhen ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive dual threshold computation; Canny edge detector; Gradient magnitude histogram (GMH); Unsupervised hysteresis thresholding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894300782     PISSN: 21512191     EISSN: 21512205     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IVCNZ.2013.6726985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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