3D symmetry detection using the extended gaussian image

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 164-169

  Sun, Changming ^a   Sherrah, Jamie ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extended gaussian image; Orientation histogram; Principal axis; Reflectional and rotational symmetry; Sphere tessellation; Symmetry detection

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED GAUSSIAN IMAGES (EGI); SYMMETRY DETECTION ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; EDGE DETECTION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031076506     PISSN: 01628828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/34.574800     Document Type: Article

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