On the detection of edges in vector images
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1Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY.
Abstract:
A novel method for edge detection in vector images is proposed that does not require any prior knowledge of the imaged scenes. In the derivation, it is assumed that the observed vector images are realizations of spatially quasistationary processes, and that the vector observations are generated by parametric probability distribution functions of known form whose parameters are in general unknown. The method detects and estimates the edge locations using a criterion derived by Bayesian theory. It chooses the number of edges and their locations according to the maximum a posteriori probability (MAP) principle. We provide results that demonstrate its performance on synthesized and real images.
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