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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">109</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">jucs</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-017-01-0030</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">29875</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>I.4.1 - Digitization and Image Capture</subject>
          <subject>I.4.3 - Enhancement</subject>
          <subject>I.4.6 - Segmentation</subject>
          <subject>I.4 - IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION</subject>
          <subject>I.7.2 - Document Preparation</subject>
          <subject>I.7 - DOCUMENT AND TEXT PROCESSING</subject>
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        <article-title>A New Approach to Water Flow Algorithm for Text Line Segmentation</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group content-type="authors">
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Brodić</surname>
            <given-names>Darko</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">dbrodic@tf.bor.ac.rs</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Milivojevic</surname>
            <given-names>Zoran N.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of Belgrade, Bor, Serbia</addr-line>
        <institution>University of Belgrade</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Bor</addr-line>
        <country>Serbia</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">College of Applied Technical Science Niš, Niš, Serbia</addr-line>
        <institution>College of Applied Technical Science Niš</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Niš</addr-line>
        <country>Serbia</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Darko Brodić (<email xlink:type="simple">dbrodic@tf.bor.ac.rs</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2011</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2011</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>17</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>30</fpage>
      <lpage>47</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/AEDFAF22-11E9-5883-BC1D-649FFBA6461B">AEDFAF22-11E9-5883-BC1D-649FFBA6461B</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/7001515">7001515</uri>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Darko Brodić, Zoran N. Milivojevic</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>This paper proposes a new approach to water flow algorithm for the text line segmentation. Original method assumes hypothetical water flows under a few specified angles to the document image frame from left to right and vice versa. As a result, unwetted image frames are extracted. These areas are of major importance for text line segmentation. Method modifications mean extension values of water flow angle and unwetted image frames function enlargement. Results are encouraging due to text line segmentation improvement which is the most challenging process stage in document image processing.</p>
      </abstract>
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