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Watershed (image processing)

Known as: Watershed (algorithm), Watershed segmentation, Watershed algorithm 
In the study of image processing a watershed of a grayscale image is analogous to the notion of a catchment basin of a heightmap. In short, a drop of… 
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Aphelion Imaging Software SuiteBioimage informaticsConnected-component labelingGradient

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Image segmentationMathematical morphology

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Validation of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Soil Moisture Products
Validation is an important and particularly challenging task for remote sensing of soil moisture. A key issue in the validation… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Application of time-lapse ERT imaging to watershed characterization
Time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography ERT has many practical applications to the study of subsurface properties and… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Global Review of the Physical and Biological Effectiveness of Stream Habitat Rehabilitation Techniques
Abstract The degradation of inland aquatic habitats caused by decades of human activities has led to worldwide efforts to… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Environmental issues of Lake Taihu, China
Lake Taihu is characterized by its shallowness (mean depth = 1.9 m) and large surface area (2,338 km2). Runoff sources are mostly… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Automatic lung segmentation in CT images using watershed transform
The preprocessing step of most computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems for identifying the lung diseases is lung segmentation. We… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Ecological resilience in urban ecosystems: Linking urban patterns to human and ecological functions
Urban ecosystems evolve over time and space as the outcome of dynamic interactions between socio-economic and biophysical… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
A Review of Stream Restoration Techniques and a Hierarchical Strategy for Prioritizing Restoration in Pacific Northwest Watersheds
Abstract Millions of dollars are spent annually on watershed restoration and stream habitat improvement in the U.S. Pacific… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Enhancing Water Use Efficiency in Irrigated Agriculture
Irrigated agriculture is a vital component of total agriculture and supplies many of the fruits, vegetables, and cereal foods… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Self-governance and forest resources
Forest resources share attributes with many other resource systems that make difficult their governance and management in a… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Landscape influences on stream biotic integrity assessed at multiple spatial scales
The biological integrity of stream ecosystems depends critically on human activities that affect land use/cover along stream… 
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