Contour salience descriptors for effective image retrieval and analysis

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-13

  Torres, R da S ^a   Falcao A X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Image foresting transform; Image processing; Image retrieval; Multiscale skeletonization; Shape analysis; Shape exact dilation; Shape saliences

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

IMAGE FORESTING TRANSFORM; MULTISCALE SKELETONIZATION; SHAPE ANALYSIS; SHAPE EXACT DILATION; SHAPE SALIENCES;

IMAGE RETRIEVAL;

EID: 33750631243     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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