7 2-D Feature Analysis, Extraction and Representations, Shape, Skeletons, Texture Table of Contents (Back)

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• 7.1 Computation of General Features
  • 7.1.1 Differential and Derivative Filters
  • 7.1.2 Median Filtering
    • 7.1.2.1 Order Statistics, Rank Statistics, Filters
  • 7.1.3 Smoothing Techniques, Adaptive Smoothing
    • 7.1.3.1 Implementation of Convolution and Smoothing Techniques
  • 7.1.4 Fourier Descriptors, DFT, FFT Computation, Use, Frequency Analysis
    • 7.1.4.1 DCT Computation
  • 7.1.5 Gabor Filters -- General
  • 7.1.6 Feature, Object, Blob Detection and Spot Detection Systems
  • 7.1.7 Interest Operators, Interest Points, Feature Points, Salient Points
    • 7.1.7.1 Scale Invariant Features, SIFT, SURF
  • 7.1.8 Region of Interest Detection, ROI, Salient Regions
• 7.2 Computation of Shape Features of Two Dimensional Objects
  • 7.2.1 General Shape Computation and Representation
    • 7.2.1.1 Shape Computation Surveys, Comparisons
    • 7.2.1.2 Computing Area, Diameter and Perimeter
    • 7.2.1.3 Shape Measures
      • 7.2.1.3.1 MDL, Minimum Description Length for Shape Measure
  • 7.2.2 Convex Hull Algorithms and Convexity Analysis
    • 7.2.2.1 Convex Hull of Polygons
    • 7.2.2.2 Concavity Detection
    • 7.2.2.3 Inside/Outside Tests
  • 7.2.3 Digital Geometry
    • 7.2.3.1 Digital Geometry -- Lines, Curves and Contours
    • 7.2.3.2 Triangular, Hexagonal Grids, Geometry, Computations
  • 7.2.4 Digital Topology
  • 7.2.5 Waveform and Contour Analysis
• 7.3 Skeletons and Axial Descriptions - Medial Axis Transform (MAT) etc.
  • 7.3.1 Distance Transforms, Functions and Skeletons
  • 7.3.2 Use of Skeletons for Recognition and Representation
  • 7.3.3 Medial Axis Transform, MAT, Skeletons in Three Dimensions
  • 7.3.4 Processing of Skeletons for Descriptions
  • 7.3.5 Axial Descriptions
  • 7.3.6 Thinning Algorithms
    • 7.3.6.1 Thinning Algorithms in Three Dimensions
  • 7.3.7 Distance Transforms, Distance Functions, Distance Measures
    • 7.3.7.1 Three Dimensional Distance Transforms and Distance Functions
    • 7.3.7.2 Similarity Measure, Distance Transforms and Functions for Objects and Shapes
    • 7.3.7.3 Closest Point Algorithms, ICP, Iterative Closest Point
  • 7.3.8 Fast, Parallel, Multiresolution Techniques for the Computation of Skeletons
• 7.4 Symmetries in Two Dimensions
  • 7.4.1 Ribbon Descriptions
• 7.5 Processing and Analysis of Binary (Two Level) Images
• 7.6 Extraction and Analysis of Connected Components and Boundaries
• 7.7 Two Dimensional Data Representations, Image Order
  • 7.7.1 Run-Length Coding Representations and Operations
  • 7.7.2 Voronoi Diagrams, Delaunay Triangulation, 2-D Meshes
  • 7.7.3 Contour Coding, Boundary Coding
• 7.8 Quadtree and Pyramid Representations
  • 7.8.1 Quadtree Representations
  • 7.8.2 Quadtree Generation and Computations
    • 7.8.2.1 Quadtree Boundary Operations
  • 7.8.3 Pyramid Representations
• 7.9 Review, Comparison, Evaluation of Texture Analysis Techniques
  • 7.9.1 Texture Models, Analysis Techniques
• 7.10 Statistical Methods for Texture Description and Analysis
  • 7.10.1 Texture Discrimination and Classification
  • 7.10.2 Color Textures and Texture with Color
  • 7.10.3 Markov Random Field Models
  • 7.10.4 Hierarchical, Multi-Scale Texture Representations and Analysis
  • 7.10.5 Texture Synthesis
    • 7.10.5.1 Models for Texture Synthesis
  • 7.10.6 Oriented Texture, Directional Texture Patterns
  • 7.10.7 Filter Approaches to Texture
    • 7.10.7.1 Wavelets, Gabor Filters for Texture
  • 7.10.8 Fractals for Texture Analysis and Description, Fractal Dimension
  • 7.10.9 Autoregressive Texture Models
  • 7.10.10 Statistical Image Models
  • 7.10.11 Dynamic Textures
  • 7.10.12 Texture for Defect Detection
• 7.11 Transforms for Texture -- Fourier
• 7.12 Co-occurrence Matrix Description Methods
• 7.13 Structural Methods for Texture Description
  • 7.13.1 Texture Periods Description