DOI: 10.1016/0146-664x(75)90012-x. A survey of edge detection techniques

A survey of edge detection techniques

10.1016/0146-664x(75)90012-x

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Elsevier BV

Computer Graphics and Image Processing (78)

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Davis, L. S. (1975). A survey of edge detection techniques. Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 4(3), 248â270.

Authors 1

Larry S. Davis (first)

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Type	When
Created	17 years, 5 months ago (March 3, 2008, 5:47 a.m.)
Deposited	6 years, 7 months ago (Dec. 31, 2018, 1:59 a.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 2 days ago (Aug. 2, 2025, 1:21 a.m.)
Issued	49 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 1, 1975)
Published	49 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 1, 1975)
Published Print	49 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 1, 1975)

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