Research Article
Suitability of Digital Elevation Models for Watershed Segmenting Images with Directional Illumination
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
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| Volume 78 - Issue 12 |
| Published: September 2013 |
| Authors: Tahir Q. Syed, V. Vigneron, C. Montagne, S. Lelandais-Bonad |
10.5120/13572-0946
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Tahir Q. Syed, V. Vigneron, C. Montagne, S. Lelandais-Bonad . Suitability of Digital Elevation Models for Watershed Segmenting Images with Directional Illumination. International Journal of Computer Applications. 78, 12 (September 2013), 1-7. DOI=10.5120/13572-0946
@article{ 10.5120/13572-0946,
author = { Tahir Q. Syed,V. Vigneron,C. Montagne,S. Lelandais-Bonad },
title = { Suitability of Digital Elevation Models for Watershed Segmenting Images with Directional Illumination },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
year = { 2013 },
volume = { 78 },
number = { 12 },
pages = { 1-7 },
doi = { 10.5120/13572-0946 },
publisher = { Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA }
}
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%A Tahir Q. Syed
%A V. Vigneron
%A C. Montagne
%A S. Lelandais-Bonad
%T Suitability of Digital Elevation Models for Watershed Segmenting Images with Directional Illumination%T
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%V 78
%N 12
%P 1-7
%R 10.5120/13572-0946
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract
This paper investigates the use of different functions for the digital elevation model input to the watershed transform. The use of gradient information is the most frequent one, but its strength varies due to illumination variations. We investigate the two major classes of input functions, distance maps and the gradient, their combinations, and propose an different function using soft clustering memberships that is not covariant with illumination.
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