Affine invariant classification and retrieval of texture images

In this paper, we propose a new method of extracting affine invariant texture signatures for content-based affine invariant image retrieval (CBAIR). The algorithm discussed in this paper exploits the spectral signatures of texture images. Based on spectral representation of affine transform, anisotropic scale invariant signatures of orientation spectrum distributions are extracted. Peaks distribution vector (PDV) obtained from signature distributions captures texture properties invariant to affine transform. The PDV is used to measure the similarity between textures. Extensive experimental results are included to demonstrate the performance of the method in texture classification and CBAIR.     

Log-polar wavelet energy signatures for rotation and scale invariant texture classification

Classification of texture images is important in image analysis and classification. This paper proposes an effective scheme for rotation and scale invariant texture classification using log-polar wavelet signatures. The rotation and scale invariant feature extraction for a given image involves applying a log-polar transform to eliminate the rotation and scale effects, but at same time produce a row shifted log-polar image, which is then passed to an adaptive row shift invariant wavelet packet transform to eliminate the row shift effects. So, the output wavelet coefficients are rotation and scale invariant. The adaptive row shift invariant wavelet packet transform is quite efficient with only O(n /spl middot/ log n) complexity. A feature vector of the most dominant log-polar wavelet energy signatures extracted from each subband of wavelet coefficients is constructed for rotation and scale invariant texture classification. In the experiments, we employed a Mahalanobis classifier to classify a set of 25 distinct natural textures selected from the Brodatz album. The experimental results, based on different testing data sets for images with different orientations and scales, show that the proposed classification scheme using log-polar wavelet signatures outperforms two other texture classification methods, its overall accuracy rate for joint rotation and scale invariance being 90.8 percent, demonstrating that the extracted energy signatures are effective rotation and scale invariant features. Concerning its robustness to noise, the classification scheme also performs better than the other methods.     

一类新的纹理谱描述子

在纹理元的基础上提出了一类新的纹理谱描述子,新的纹理谱描述子在3个方面作了改进：将像素的灰度差量化为4个值;量化区间根据纹理对比度自动确定,并保证量化值具有灰度线性不变性;利用相关性弱的8邻域像素构建纹理谱描述子,从而降低了纹理谱维数。定义了基于新的纹理谱描述子的光照、旋转不变性纹理特征。利用该特征对Outex纹理进行光照、旋转不变性分类,分类准确率高于基于局部二值模式的光照、旋转不变性纹理特征。     

Modeling and classifying symmetries using a multiscale opponentcolor representation

A new class of multiscale symmetry features provides a useful high-level representation for color texture. These symmetry features are defined within and between the bands of a color image using complex moments computed from the output of a bank of orientation and scale selective filters. We show that these features not only represent symmetry information but are also invariant to rotation, scale, and illumination conditions. The features computed between color bands are motivated by opponent process mechanisms in human vision. Experimental results are provided to show the performance of this set of features for texture classification and retrieval     

基于Radon变换和SWT的旋转不变纹理分类

提出了一种应用Radon变换和离散平稳小波变换(SWT)的旋转不变纹理分类算法。该方法首先对纹理图像进行Radon变换将旋转转化为平移,再用具有平移不变性的离散平稳小波对变换后的图像滤波并计算各子带的能量值组成旋转不变特征向量,最后利用支持向量机实现纹理图像的分类。将本方法与其它旋转不变纹理分类法进行比较,实验结果表明,提出的方法能有效地提高正确分类率。     

基于Log-Polar和DT-CWT的旋转不变纹理分类算法

提出了一种基于对数-极坐标变换和双树复数小波变换的旋转不变纹理分类算法。该方法首先对纹理图像进行对数-极坐标变换将旋转转化为平移,再用具有平移不变性的双树复数小波对变换后的图像滤波并计算各子带的能量值组成旋转不变特征向量,最后利用支持向量机算法实现纹理图像的分类。将本方法与其它旋转不变纹理分类算法进行比较,实验结果表明,提出的算法能有效地提高正确分类率。     

基于BM3D预处理的纹理光照不变特征提取算法

为消除光照变化对图像结构信息的影响,提出基于三维块匹配（BM3D）预处理的纹理光照不变特征提取算法。基于BM3D算法的良好降噪特性,该方法首先对图像各颜色通道采用BM3D降噪,利用小波变换得到各颜色通道对数域的低频和高频分量,然后对低、高频分量分别运用小波降噪和Bayes-Shrink算法降噪,并构造光照不变量,最后采用主成分分析(PCA)降低特征维度,取得特征向量,并利用K-最近特征线分类器进行图像分类。在Outex_TC_00014纹理数据库的实验结果表明,该算法具有较好的分类效果。     

基于局部特征多轴旋转不变特性的纹理图像分类算法

采用非量化的局部特征设计出一个稳健的纹理描述符,以便增强旋转和尺度变化时纹理分类的鲁棒性。首先,引入了局部特征的旋转对称性的概念,提出了一种新颖的局部特征来描述纹理的旋转不变特性。为了处理剧烈的旋转、尺度等变化,利用费舍尔向量编码方法对纹理特征量进行多尺度分析,在不增加局部特征维度的同时又能结合尺度信息,由此产生的局部特征对旋转、灰度变化都有较强的鲁棒性。实验结果表明,所提方法的评估结果在许多数据集上都远远超过了现有最优算法,大大提高了纹理分类的精度。     

多级小波分解与LBP融合的纹理提取算法

为提高不同光照、不同角度条件下的纹理识别精度,提出了一种利用多级小波分解和多尺度旋转不变LBP融合的纹理提取算法。算法在传统的LBP特征提取基础上,采用多尺度的旋转不变LBP算子分别对多级小波逼近图像提取直方图序列特征向量,与各级小波能量进行加权融合,获取更多的纹理信息,对光照和角度的变化有更高的鲁棒性。仿真结果表明,相对传统的LBP特征提取算法,改进的算法具有更高的纹理识别率。     

Colour and rotation invariant textural features based on Markov random fields

A visual appearance of natural materials significantly depends on acquisition circumstances, particularly illumination conditions and viewpoint position, whose variations cause difficulties in the analysis of real scenes. We address this issue with novel texture features, based on fast estimates of Markovian statistics, that are simultaneously rotation and illumination invariant. The proposed features are invariant to in-plane material rotation and illumination spectrum (colour invariance), they are robust to local intensity changes (cast shadows) and illumination direction. No knowledge of illumination conditions is required and recognition is possible from a single training image per material. The material recognition is tested on the currently most realistic visual representation - Bidirectional Texture Function (BTF), using CUReT and ALOT texture datasets with more than 250 natural materials. Our proposed features significantly outperform leading alternatives including Local Binary Patterns (LBP, LBP-HF) and texton MR8 methods.     

基于角度径向变换的旋转不变纹理分类

纹理分类广泛的应用于医学图像分析等领域,纹理图像的采集因拍摄角度的变化产生一定的旋转,本文提出一种基于角度径向变换的旋转不变纹理分类方法。首先采用角度径向变换方法对图像进行特征提取,分别得到图像的角向特征向量和径向特征向量;然后将提取出的2组特征向量结合起来作为图像的整体特征向量,利用K近邻特征空间距离的分类方法进行纹理分类。选取Brodatz纹理库中的图像进行纹理分类测试,实验结果表明,该算法具有较好的旋转不变纹理分类效果。     

基于脊波变换的旋转不变性纹理特征提取方法

提出了一种新的基于脊波变换的旋转不变性纹理特征提取方法。该方法是先在脊波变换过程中的一维小波变换后所形成的每个频率子波段中提取特征,然后采用构建直方图的方法来提取同一尺度下高、低频子波段之间的关系特征,最后将这些特征进行一维傅里叶变换后取幅值并进行特征级融合,从而得到旋转不变性纹理特征。实验结果表明所提出的方法与两种已有的方法相比能够取得更好的分类效果。     

基于Radon变换的纹理图像多尺度不变量分析算法

为了更好地进行图像纹理分析,提出了一种基于Radon变换的不变量纹理识别算法。该算法首先利用Radon变换将图像投影到1维空间,然后通过对投影数据进行一种平移和比例不变的自适应小波变换来构造出具有比例和平移不变性的图像的特征矩阵。这种通过对特征矩阵进行多尺度分析得到的多尺度能量特征不但具有平移、比例和旋转不变性,而且反映出了纹理图像在不同尺度上的能量分布特征。在特征提取完成以后,即可利用支撑向量机进行分类。同其他方法的比较说明,该算法可较好地描述纹理特征,并可完成纹理识别。     

Supervised texture classification: color space or texture feature selection?

The color of pixels can be represented in different color spaces which take into account different properties. However, no color space is well-suited to the discrimination of all texture databases and the prior determination of such a space is not easy. In this paper, we compare the performances reached by two texture classification schemes that use color spaces: (a) the single color space selection approach, that defines a set of texture features and then selects the color space with which the texture features allow to reach the highest classification accuracy, (b) the multi-color space feature selection (MCSFS) approach, that selects texture features which have been processed from images coded into different color spaces. Experiments carried out with benchmark texture databases show that taking advantage simultaneously of the properties of several color spaces thanks to the MCSFS approach improves the rates of well-classified images with lower learning and decision processing times.     

基于局部差分模式的不变性纹理分类

提出了局部差分变换和局部差分模式。局部差分变换具有灰度线性不变性,可消除光照变化对纹理分析的影响。基于局部差分变换的局部差分模式具有光照、旋转不变性和良好的多尺度分析能力。局部差分模式直方图可作为光照、平移、旋转不变性特征用于不变性纹理分类。实验表明,该方法的不变性纹理分类效果优于目前国际公认的基于LBP的方法。