Quasi-Invariant Parameterisations and Matching of Curves in Images

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-136

  Sato, Jun ^a,b   Cipolla, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral symmetry; Curve matching; Differential invariants; Integral invariants; Quasi invariant parameterisations; Semi local invariants

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATION THEORY; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

CURVE MATCHING; QUASI INVARIANT PARAMETERIZATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL INVARIANTS; INTEGRAL INVARIANTS; QUASI-INVARIANT PARAMETERIZATION; SEMI-LOCAL INVARIANTS;

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0032093796     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008011016516     Document Type: Article

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