A nonlinear diffusion equation as a fast and optimal solver of edge detection problems

1 January 1999

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vol. 6 (15206149) , 3449-3452 vol.6
https://doi.org/10.1109/icassp.1999.757584

Abstract

A nonlinear diffusion process known to be effective for image segmentation is analyzed in 1-D. It is shown that it optimally solves certain edge detection problems. A fast implementation of the algorithm is introduced.

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