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Wavelet descriptor of planar curves: theory and applications

G H Chuang1, C J Kuo

  • 1Philips EBEI (Taiwan) Ltd., Taipei.

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing : a Publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society
|January 1, 1996
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