Shape in Picture
Subtitle: Mathematical Description of Shape in Grey-level Images (NATO ASI Series / Computer and Systems Sciences)
Contributors: Ying-Lie O (Editor); Alexander Toet (Editor); David Foster (Editor); Henk J.A.M. Heijmans (Editor); Peter Meer (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 23, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 676
ISBN-13: 9783540575788
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Image processing; Mathematics for scientists & engineers; Signal processing; General; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Geometry - General; Computer Graphics - General; Computer Vision; Categorial shape theory; Computers / Computer Graphics / General; Differential geometry; Differentialgeometrie; Digital topolgy; Digitale Topologie; Formbeschreibung; Geometrie; Mathematical morphology; Mathematische Morphologie; Computer graphics; Congresses; Shape theory (Topology)
First sentence: In principle, shape is that quality of an object that depends on the relative positions of all the points comprising its outline or external surface.