7 2-D Feature Analysis, Extraction and Representations, Shape, Skeletons, Texture

Two-Dimensional feature extraction and computation algorithms are described here. Edge detection, region segmentation and texture are covered in later chapters.

7.1 Computation of General Features

Chapter Contents (Back)
Feature Extraction. Fast Algorithms. Parallel Algorithms. Feature Computation.

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Build representation by alternating between template and a maximum pooling operation. Both shape and texture. Learns from a few examples.
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Texture; Texton; Image Manifold; Primal sketch; Visual learning; Information projection
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Phase congruency; Hilbert transform; Local energy; Feature detection BibRef

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Spatial Statistics of Image Features for Performance Comparison,
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Between image features and objects. Feature transfer (akin to transfer learning). BibRef

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Capturing Layers in Image Collections with Componential Models: From the Layered Epitome to the Componential Counting Grid,
CVPR13(500-507)
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Jojic, N., Caspi, Y.[Yaron],
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Affine properties of the relative position PHI-descriptor,
ICPR16(1941-1946)
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Computational modeling, Computer science, Image color analysis, Marine vehicles, Shape, Visualization, affine transformation, invariance, relative position, spatial relationship, visual, descriptor BibRef

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