Mathematical morphology enhancement of maximum entropy thresholding for small targets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3389, Issue , 1998, Pages 84-91

  Kemper, Paul J ^a  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Image processing; Mathematical morphology; Small target

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

AVERAGE INFORMATION; COMBINED TECHNIQUES; ENTROPIC THRESHOLDING; ENTROPY CONTRIBUTIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; SMALL TARGETS; TARGET DETECTION AND TRACKING; THRESHOLDING ALGORITHMS;

MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS;

EID: 84973373363     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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