A combined method for segmentation and registration for an advanced and progressive evaluation of thermal images

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 21950-21967

  Barcelos, Emilio Z ^a,b,c   Caminhas, Walmir M ^b   Ribeiro, Eraldo ^c   Pimenta, Eduardo M ^d   Palhares, Reinaldo M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^d Medical Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Image registration; Image segmentation; Sports medicine; Thermography

Indexed keywords

IMAGE REGISTRATION; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

CORRECTION FACTORS; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION FEATURES; POST-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; PROGRESSIVE EVALUATIONS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SPATIAL COORDINATES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84912057018     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s141121950     Document Type: Article

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