Do not forget
See also Machine Perception of 3-D Solids. And
See also Object Enhancement and Extraction. And
See also Visual Perception by a Computer.
Wertheimer, M.,
Untersuchungen zur Lehre der Gestalt, II,
Psychologische Forschung(4), 1923, pp. 301-350.
The basis for using edges -- perception depends on differences not absolute
gray values.
BibRef
2300
Julez, B.,
A Method of Coding TV Signals Based on Edge Detection,
Bell System Tech.(38), No. 4, July 1959, pp. 1001-1020.
Compression, Video.
Television.
BibRef
5907
Hodes, L.,
Machine Processing of Line Drawings,
Lincoln LabsReport 54G-0028, March 1961.
Reference by Roberts as a working line detector.
BibRef
6103
Sakai, T.,
Nagao, M.,
Fujibayashi, S.,
Line Extraction and Pattern Detection in a Photograph,
PR(1), No. 3, March 1969, pp. 233-236.
Elsevier DOI
BibRef
6903
Kirsch, R.A.,
Computer Determination of the Constituent Structure
of Biological Images,
Comp. Biomed. Res.(4), No. 3, June 1971, pp. 315-328.
Kirsch operator edge detector.
BibRef
7106
Montanari, U.,
On the Optimal Detection of Curves in Noisy Pictures,
CACM(14), No. 5, May 1971, pp. 335-345.
Uses optimization to trace curves.
BibRef
7105
Montanari, U.[Ugo],
A Note on Minimal Length Polygonal Approximations to a
Digitized Contour,
CACM(13), No. 1, January 1970, 41-47.
WWW Link.
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7001
Montanari, U.[Ugo],
On Limit Properties in Digitization Schemes,
JACM(17), No. 2, April 1970, 348-360.
Chain Codes.
Convex Polygon.
BibRef
7004
Rosenfeld, A.,
A Nonlinear Edge Detection Technique,
PIEEE(58), No. 5, May 1970, pp. 814-816.
BibRef
7005
Rosenfeld, A.,
Lee, Y.,
Thomas, R.,
Edge and Curve Detection for Texture Discrimination,
PPP70(381-xxx).
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Argyle, E.,
Techniques for Edge Detection,
PIEEE(59), No. 2, February 1971, pp. 285-287.
BibRef
7102
MacLeod, I.D.G.,
Argyle, E.,
Comments on 'Techniques for Edge Detection',
PIEEE(60), No. 3, March 1972, pp. 344.
Early edge detector reference.
Comments on above paper.
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MacLeod, I.D.G.,
The Visibility of Gratings:
Spatial Frequency Channels or Bar-Detecting Units?,
Vision Research(14), 1974, pp. 909-915.
BibRef
7400
Nadler, M.,
An Analog-Digital Character Recognition System,
IRE, Trans. Electr. Comp or
TC(12), No. 5, 1963, pp. 814-821.
Early Compass gradient edge detector.
BibRef
6300
Nadler, M.[Morton],
A Note on the Coefficients of Compass Mask Convolutions,
CVGIP(51), No. 1, July 1990, pp. 96-101.
Elsevier DOI Analysis of old edge detectors.
BibRef
9007
Herskovits, A.,
Binford, T.O.,
On Boundary Detection,
MIT AI Memo183, July 1970.
Report on early Binford edge detector, developed from a
detailed analysis of what really happens at an edge.
BibRef
7007
Pingle, K.K.,
Visual Perception by a Computer,
AII(277-284). 1969.
This is the first description of the Sobel operator, attributed
here to Sobel.
Compared in:
See also Edge Location to Subpixel Values in Digital Imagery. With humans in:
See also Comparison of Edge Detectors: A Methodology and Initial Study.
BibRef
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Patrick, E.A.,
Costello, J.P.,
Monds, F.C.,
Decision Directed Estimation of a Two Class Decision Boundary,
TC(19), 1970, pp. 197-205.
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7000
Griffith, A.K.,
Edge Detection in Simple Scenes Using a Priori Information,
TC(22), No. 4, April 1973, pp. 371-381.
BibRef
7304
Griffith, A.K.,
Mathematical Models for Automatic Line Detection,
JACM(20), No. 1, January 1973, pp. 62-80.
Line Detection.
BibRef
7301
Mori, S.,
Monden, Y.,
Mori, T.,
Edge Representation in Gradient Space,
CGIP(2), December 1973, pp. 321-325.
Use the histogram of gradients to find the actual edge when it
is smeared.
BibRef
7312
Davis, L.S.[Larry S.],
A Survey of Edge Detection Techniques,
CGIP(4), No. 3, September 1975, pp. 248-270.
Elsevier DOI
Survey, Edge Detection.
Edge Detection, Survey. Mathematical discussion.
Even this early, there are enough to survey.
BibRef
7509
Smith, M.W.,
Davis, W.A.,
A New Algorithm for Edge Detection,
CGIP(4), No. 1, March 1975, pp. 55-62.
Elsevier DOI
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7503
Earlier:
ICPR74(150-151).
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O'Gorman, F.,
Clowes, M.B.,
Finding Picture Edges Through Collinearity of Feature Points,
TC(25), No. 4, April 1976, pp. 449-455.
BibRef
7604
Earlier:
IJCAI73(543-555).
Colinear Lines.
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Robinson, G.S.[Güner S.],
Edge Detection by Compass Gradient Masks,
CGIP(6), No. 5, October 1977, pp. 492-501.
Elsevier DOI
BibRef
7710
Chien, Y.P.,
Fu, K.S.,
A Decision Function Method for Boundary Detection,
CGIP(3), No. 2, June 1974, pp. 125-140.
Elsevier DOI
BibRef
7406
Chien, Y.P.,
On the Optimal Extraction of Boundary Curves,
CGPR75(208-209).
BibRef
7500
Persson, E.[Eric],
A New Edge Detection Algorithm and Its Applications in
Picture Processing,
CGIP(5), No. 4, December 1976, pp. 425-446.
Elsevier DOI
BibRef
7612
Nahi, N.E.,
Jahanshahi, M.H.,
Image Boundary Estimation,
TC(26), No. 3, August 1977, pp. 772-781.
See also Role of Recursive Estimation in Statistical Image Enhancement.
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7708
Nahi, N.E.,
Lopez Mora, S.,
Estimation-Detection of Object Boundaries in Noisy Images,
AC(23), October 1978, pp. 834-846.
BibRef
7810
Frei, W.,
Chen, C.,
Fast Boundary Detection: A Generalization and a New Algorithm,
TC(26), No. 10, October 1977, pp. 988-998.
See also Fourier Interpretation of the Frei-Chen Edge Masks, A.
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7710
Wechsler, H.,
Kidode, M.,
A New Edge Detection Technique and Its Implementation,
SMC(7), December 1977, pp. 827-836.
BibRef
7712
And:
Mathematical Models for Scene Analysis,
ICPR78(755-761).
BibRef
Bowker, J.K.,
Edge-Vector Image Analysis,
ICPR74(520-524).
Orthogonal pair of gradient masks.
BibRef
7400
Horn, B.K.P.,
The Binford-Horn Line Finder,
MIT AI Memo285, December 1973.
BibRef
7312
Earlier:
MIT AIVision Flash 16, 1971.
The only documentation on this classic line finder.
BibRef
Pratt, W.K.,
Interplanetary Picture Transmission Using the Edge Detection System,
TRSSD 2161, January 1962, Hughes Aircraft Co.
BibRef
6201
O'Gorman, F.,
Edge Detection Using Walsh Functions,
AI(10), No. 2, April 1978, pp. 215-223.
HTML Version.
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7804
Stern, D.,
Kurz, L.,
Edge Detection in Correlated Noise Using Latin Square Masks,
PR(21), No. 2, 1988, pp. 119-129.
This one is missing from the web site.
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8800
Kadar, I.[Ivan],
Kurz, L.[Ludwik],
A Class of Robust Edge Detectors Based on Latin Squares,
PR(11), No. 5-6, 1979, pp. 329-339.
Elsevier DOI
BibRef
7900
Chapter on Edge Detection and Analysis, Lines, Segments, Curves, Corners, Hough Transform continues in
Basic Edge Operators .