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PDE and Level Sets: Algorithmic Approaches to Static and Motion Imagery

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Suri, J.S., Laxminarayan, S., Gao, J., Reden, L. (2002). Image Segmentation Via PDEs. In: Suri, J.S., Laxminarayan, S. (eds) PDE and Level Sets: Algorithmic Approaches to Static and Motion Imagery. Topics in Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47930-3_4

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