DocumentCode
3165517
Title
Counting volcanoes on Venus: comparison between humans, computers and theory
Author
Forshaw, M.R.B. ; Wiles, C.R.
Author_Institution
Univ. Coll. London, UK
fYear
1995
fDate
4-6 Jul 1995
Firstpage
65
Lastpage
69
Abstract
Between 1990 and 1992 the Magellan spacecraft returned synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of 98% of the surface of the planet Venus, which revealed the presence of a large number (about 106) of small volcanoes. The authors discuss counting of the volcanoes by computer and humans. A theoretical study is given
Keywords
Venus; astronomy computing; image recognition; planetary surfaces; radar imaging; radioastronomical techniques; Magellan spacecraft; SAR images; Venus; computer; human; synthetic aperture radar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Image Processing and its Applications, 1995., Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN
0-85296-642-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp:19950621
Filename
465574
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