Philip R. Thrift, Stanley M. Dunn. Approximating point-set images by line segments using a variation of the Hough transform. Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, 21(3):383-394, 1983. [doi]
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title = {Approximating point-set images by line segments using a variation of the Hough transform},
author = {Philip R. Thrift and Stanley M. Dunn},
year = {1983},
doi = {10.1016/S0734-189X(83)80050-4},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0734-189X(83)80050-4},
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journal = {Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing},
volume = {21},
number = {3},
pages = {383-394},
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