Definition:Hough Transform

Definition

The Hough transform is a general technique which is now used to identify the locations of features in digital images.

It is a development of the Radon transform suitable for numerical calculation.

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Source of Name

This entry was named for Paul Van Campen Hough.

Historical Note

The Hough transform was invented in its original form by Paul Van Campen Hough in $1959$.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Hough transform
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Radon transform