A review on image segmentation techniques with remote sensing perspective

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 38, Issue , 2010, Pages 31-42

  Dey, V ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Zhong, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image; Measurement; Model; Optical; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENTS; MODELS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGE; IMAGE PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL DETAILS; MUTUALLY INDEPENDENTS; OPTICAL; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH OUTCOME; SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84923876879     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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