Title :
Locating boundaries of textured regions
Author :
Palmer, P.L. ; Petrou, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
fDate :
9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors introduce the concept of free angle to locate boundaries of textured regions in grey-level images. Using this with methods of mathematical morphology, the authors demonstrate that boundaries of all textured regions in remotely sensed images ran be located accurately
Keywords :
edge detection; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image segmentation; image texture; mathematical morphology; remote sensing; boundary location; edge detection; free angle; geophysical measurement technique; grey-level image; image processing; image region; image texture; land surface; mathematical morphology; optical imaging; remote sensing; terrain mapping; Cities and towns; Detectors; Humans; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Image texture analysis; Morphology; Pixel; Roads; Urban areas;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
