Locally invariant texture analysis from the topographic map

In this paper, we present a set of texture features that are locally invariant to similarity or affinity. The proposed indexing scheme relies on the topographic map, a shape-based representation of images. Thanks to the hierarchical organization of the topographic map, the approach gives a grip on the multi-scale structure of textures. Using simple one dimensional histograms, the method is shown to achieve state-of-the-art performances among locally invariant methods, both on the whole Brodatz and UIUC databases.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ICPR
• Authors: Gui-Song Xia, Julie Delon, Yann Gousseau
• Keywords: Computer Vision, Dimensional Histograms, ICPR 2008, Invariant Methods, Topographic Map