6.3 Boundaries - More Than Simple Edge Points, Linking

Morse, S.P.,
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Thurston, M., and Rosenfeld, A.,
Edge and Curve Detection for Visual Scene Analysis,
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Earlier: A1, A2: UMDGSFC TR 70-128, August 1970. BibRef

Rosenfeld, A., Thurston, M., and Lee, Y.H.,
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Granlund, G.H.,
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And:
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Mero, L.[Laszlo],
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Sankar, P.V., Sklansky, J.,
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Hashimoto, M., Sankar, P.V., Sklansky, J.,
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Costabile, M.F., Pieroni, G.G.,
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WWW Version. BibRef 8112

Black, W., Clement, T.P., Harris, J.F., Llewellyn, B., Preston, G.,
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PR(14), No. 1-6, 1981, pp. 33-42.
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Nagata, M.[Motoyasu],
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Crawley, B.J.[Barry J.],
Line follower,
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Suk, M., Song, O.,
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WWW Version. Minimal Spanning Tree. BibRef 8406

Shipman, A.L., Bitmead, R.R., Allen, G.H.,
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Fischler, M.A.[Martin A.], and Wolf, H.C.[Helen C.],
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And: RCV87(204-209). BibRef
And:
Machine Perception of Linear Structure,
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And: A1 only: DARPA82(274-282). Edge Linking. See also Detection of Roads and Linear Structures in Low Resolution Aerial Images Using Multi-Source Knowledge Integration Techniques. Lines are extracted (almost) by nonmaximal suppression in intensity, then linking. BibRef

Chen, B.D., and Siy, P.,
Forward / Backward Contour Tracing with Feedback,
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Grattoni, P., Pollastri, E., Premoli, A.,
A Contour Detection Algorithm Based on the Minimum Radial Inertia (MRI) Criterion,
CVGIP(43), No. 1, July 1988, pp. 22-36.
WWW Version. BibRef 8807

Parent, P.[Pierre], and Zucker, S.W.,
Trace Inference, Curvature Consistency, and Curve Detection,
PAMI(11), No. 8, August 1989, pp. 823-839.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
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Zucker, S.W., Parent, P.[Pierre],
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ICPR82(745-747). BibRef 8200

Bryson, N., Taylor, C.J.,
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IVC(10), No. 5, June 1992, pp. 308-311.
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Earlier:
PDF Version. 9109
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Donahue, M.J., and Rokhlin, S.I.,
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David, C.[Chantal], Zucker, S.W.[Steven W.],
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Zucker, S.W., David, C., Dobbins, A., and Iverson, L.,
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Dubuc, B.[Benoit], Zucker, S.W.[Steven W.],
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Dubuc, B.[Benoit], Zucker, S.W.[Steven W.],
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Ashkan, G., and Modestino, J.W.,
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Earlier: PRIP77(216-224). Seems to be: depending on Noise: 1) average it down, 2) find edges with a threshold, 3) produce a prototype image, 4) edges in original (noisy) image, 5) using prototype find in original; on chest-xrays (lung outlines) seems to eliminate some of the effects of ribs. BibRef

Gritton, G.W.K., and Parrish, Jr., E.A.,
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Mumford, D., and Shah, J.,
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Earlier: The vision reference has been:
Boundary Detection by Minimizing Functionals,
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Martelli, A.,
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Martelli, A.,
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Pingle, K.K., and Tenenbaum, J.M.,
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Griffin, H.[Hugh],
Image pre-processing sub-system,
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Cole, R., Vishkin, U.,
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Gupta, A.K., Chaudhury, S., Parthasarathy, G.,
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Herault, L., Horaud, R.,
Smooth Curve Extraction by Mean-Field Annealing,
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Veltkamp, R.C.,
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Belkasim, S.O., Shridhar, M., Ahmadi, M.,
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Fleck, M.M.,
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WWW Version. BibRef 9602
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Fleck, M.M.,
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Ghelli, F.C.,
A Sequential Learning Method For Boundary Detection,
PR(21), No. 2, 1988, pp. 131-139.
WWW Version. BibRef 8800

Li, Z.N., Zhang, D.,
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Pan, X., Lane, D.M.,
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Haig, T.D., Attikiouzel, Y., and Alder, M.D.,
Border Following: New Definition Gives Improved Borders,
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Premoli, A., Grattoni, P., Pollastri, F.,
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Tambouratzis, T.,
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Palmer, P.L., Dabis, H.S., and Kittler, J.V.,
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CVIU(63), No. 3, May 1996, pp. 476-494. 9606

WWW Version. BibRef
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Minsky, D.E., Feigin, M.M.,
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Earlier:
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Casadei, S.[Stefano], Mitter, S.K.[Sanjoy K.],
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Casadei, S.[Stefano], Mitter, S.K.[Sanjoy K.], Perona, P.[Pietro],
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Hajjar, A., Chen, T.,
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Yuen, P.C., Feng, G.C., Zhou, J.P.,
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Jiang, X.Y.[Xiao-Yi],
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Destrempes, F.[Francois], Mignotte, M.[Max],
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González Velasco, H.M.[Horacio M.], García Orellana, C.J.[Carlos J.], Macías Macías, M.[Miguel], López Aligué, F.J.[F. Javier], Acevedo Sotoca, M.I.[M. Isabel],
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Contour tracing; Contour extraction; Object border; Progressive boundary linking; Synchronous redundancy pruning BibRef

Ratschek, H.[Helmut], Rokne, J.[Jon],
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Papari, G., Campisi, P., Petkov, N., Neri, A.,
Contour Detection by Multiresolution Surround Inhibition,
ICIP06(749-752). 0610

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Köthe, U.[Ullrich], Stelldinger, P.[Peer], Meine, H.[Hans],
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Lei, D.B.[De-Bin], Pan, C.[Chunhong], Yang, Q.[Qing], Shi, M.[Minyong],
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Tsuji, H., Saito, S., Takahashi, H., Nakajima, M.,
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Hugues, E.[Etienne], Guilleux, F.[Florent], Rochel, O.[Olivier],
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Mundhenk, T.N.[T. Nathan], Itti, L.[Laurent],
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BMCV02(80 ff.).
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Chabbi, H., Theller, L., Paris, S.,
Automatic detection of planar contours from uncalibrated images,
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Cao, F.[Frederic],
Good continuations in digital image level lines,
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Cao, F.[Frederic],
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Bovyrin, A.V.,
Fast extraction of scene structure based on gradient runs analysis,
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Shen, J.H.[Jian-Hong],
The Mumford-Shah digital filter pair (MS-DFP) and applications,
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Jong, H.H.[Hsin-Haw], Wu, Z.H.[Zong-Han], Wang, S.J.[Sheng-Jyh],
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Abrantes, A.J., Marques, J.S.,
Pattern Recognition Methods for Object Boundary Detection,
BMVC98(xx-yy). BibRef 9800
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Exploiting the common structure of some edge linking algorithms: An experimental study,
ICIP95(III: 624-627).
IEEE DOI Link 9510
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Floreby, L.[Lars], Sornmo, L.[Leif], Sjogreen, K.[Katarina],
Boundary Finding Using Fourier Surfaces of Increasing Order,
ICPR98(Vol I: 465-467).
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Lim, G.[Gek], Alder, M.D.[Michael D.],
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ICIP96(I: 837-840).
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Hoover, A.[Adam], Goldbaum, M.,
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Bonnin, P., Hoeltzener-Douarin, B., Pissaloux, E.E.,
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ICIP96(II: 141-144).
IEEE DOI Link 9610
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Salotti, M.[Marc], Hatimi, M.[Mostafa],
A new heuristic search for boundary detection,
CIAP95(381-386).
Springer DOI Link 9509
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Mikhail, E.M.[Edward M.],
Linear Features for Photogrammetric Restitution and Object Completion,
SPIE(1944), April 1993, pp. 16-30. BibRef 9304

Kong, B., et al.,
A Benchmark: Performance Evaluation of Dashed Line Detection Algorithms,
GRMA95(xx). BibRef 9500

Dori, D., Liu, W.Y.[Wen-Yin], and Peleg, M.,
How to Win a Dashed Line Detection Contest,
GRMA95(xx) BibRef 9500

Strathy, N.W., Said, F., Suen, C.Y.,
A Sequential Method of Extracting Contour Chains from an Image,
ICPR94(B:580-582).
IEEE DOI Link BibRef 9400

Ungureanu, D.O., Prosmans, M., Van Gool, L.J.[Luc J.], Oosterlinck, A., Zegers, J., Decaluwe, J.,
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CVPR93(793-794).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0403
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Revankar, S., Sher, D.,
Constrained contouring in polar coordinates,
CVPR93(688-689).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0403
Outline region of interest by linking edge points. BibRef

de Beauville, J.P.A.[J. P. Asselin], Mraghni, M.C.,
Contour-Detection using the shape of the nearest neighbors Set (NN-Set),
CAIP93(165-169).
Springer DOI Link 9309
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Otte, M., Nagel, H.H.,
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ECCV92(687-695).
Springer DOI Link BibRef 9200

Liu, S.M., Lin, N.C., Liang, C.C.,
An Iterative Edge Linking Algorithm with Noise Removal Capability,
ICPR88(II: 1120-1122).
IEEE DOI Link
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Diamond, M.D., Narasimhamurthy, N., Ganapathy, S.,
Optimization Approaches to the Problem of Edge Linking with a Focus on Parallel Processing,
IJCAI83(1003-1009). BibRef 8300

Chapter on Edge Detection and Analysis, Lines, Segments, Curves, Corners, Hough Transform continues in
Improving Edges by Neighborhood Processing, Relaxation, Multi-Scale .