A multiscale approach to texture-based image retrieval

This paper presents research on a robust technique for texture-based image retrieval in multimedia museum collections. The aim is to be able to use a query image patch containing a single texture to retrieve images containing an area with similar texture to that in the query. The feature extractor used to build the feature vectors is based on an improved version of the discrete wavelet frames (DWF), proposed elsewhere. In order to utilise the feature extractor on real scene image datasets, a block-oriented decomposition technique, termed the multiscale sub-image matching method, is presented. The multiscale method, together with the DWF, provide an efficient content-based retrieval technique without the need for segmentation. The algorithms are tested on a range of databases of texture images as well as on real museum image collections. Promising results are reported.

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.     

Classification of honeybee pollen using a multiscale texture filtering scheme

People are interested in the composition of honeybee pollen due to its nutritional value and therapeutic benefits. Its palynological composition depends on the local flora surrounding the beehive, and its identification is currently done manually using optical microscopy. This procedure is tedious and expensive in systematic application and is unable to automatically separate pollen loads of different species of plants. We present an automatic methodology to discriminate pollen loads based on texture image classification. Texture features are generated using a multiscale filtering scheme. A statistical evaluation of the algorithm is provided and discussed.Received: 26 January 2003, Accepted: 2 March 2004, Published online: 13 July 2004 Correspondence to: P. Carrión     

Texture classification using the support vector machines

In recent years, support vector machines (SVMs) have demonstrated excellent performance in a variety of pattern recognition problems. In this paper, we apply SVMs for texture classification, using translation-invariant features generated from the discrete wavelet frame transform. To alleviate the problem of selecting the right kernel parameter in the SVM, we use a fusion scheme based on multiple SVMs, each with a different setting of the kernel parameter. Compared to the traditional Bayes classifier and the learning vector quantization algorithm, SVMs, and, in particular, the fused output from multiple SVMs, produce more accurate classification results on the Brodatz texture album.     

基于复小波和支持向量机的纹理分类法*

针对图像纹理分类问题,提出了一种将二元树复小波变换与支持向量机相结合的分类方法,通过二元树复小波变换对纹理图像进行四层分解,提取各子频带小波系数模的均值和标准方差组成特征向量,利用支持向量机作为分类器实现纹理图像分类。对20类Brodatz纹理图像的分类实验表明,提出的方法具有较高的分类精度,在有限训练样本的情况下比传统的分类算法平均正确率有10%左右的提高,体现了该方法的有效性和良好的泛化能力。     

基于纹理和高斯密度特征的图像检索算法

直接从DCT域中提取图像的特征是提高图像的检索效率的方法.直接从压缩域中提取图像的高斯密度,即计算图像在8个方向上的分段累加值,形成一个8*4的二维向量,再结合图像的纹理特征来进行图像检索.为了验证算法的可行性,建立了10000幅图像的图像库.实验结果表明,该方法能够准确地检索出目标图像,有效地提高了图像检索的精度和速度.     

Multiscale directional filter bank with applications to structured and random texture retrieval

In this paper, multiscale directional filter bank (MDFB) is investigated for texture characterization and retrieval. First, the problem of aliasing in decimated bandpass images on directional decomposition is addressed. MDFB is then designed to suppress the aliasing effect as well as to minimize the reduction in frequency resolution. Second, an entropy-based measure on energy signatures is proposed to classify structured and random textures. With the use of this measure for texture pre-classification, an optimized retrieval performance can be achieved by selecting the MDFB-based method for retrieving structured textures and a statistical or model-based method for retrieving random textures. In addition, a feature reduction scheme and a rotation-invariant conversion method are developed. The former is developed so as to find the most representative features while the latter is developed to provide a set of rotation-invariant features for texture characterization. Experimental works confirm that they are effective for texture retrieval.     

基于特征直方图的蛋白质结构分类和检索方法

针对蛋白质结构的自动分类需求,提出一种基于BOVF方法的蛋白质结构分类与检索新算法。该算法利用SURF提取蛋白质结构各视角图像的局部特征,利用K-means对所有特征进行聚类分析生成视觉词典,统计视角图像的特征在视觉词典中出现的频率并生成特征直方图,以此直方图作为蛋白质结构的特征,使用KLD计算2个结构之间的相似度。3个实验分别被用来检验本文算法的分类和检索性能。实验结果证明本文算法具有比较算法无法达到的分类效果和检索性能。     

综合颜色和纹理及SVM相关反馈的图像检索

由于单一特征不足以准确地描述图像特征,提出了一种结合颜色特征和纹理特征的图像检索方法。针对传统颜色直方图中图像对所有像素具有相同重要性的问题进行了改进,提出像素加权的改进颜色直方图方法;然后采用Gabor小波提取纹理特征。为提高图像检索的性能,提出了一种支持向量机的相关反馈方法。实验结果表明,该方法具有较好的检索性能。     

基于SVM算法和纹理特征提取的遥感图像分类

遥感图像分类是遥感图像处理领域中的一个重要的研究方向,传统的遥感图像分类方法根据像素值进行分类,忽视了遥感影像中丰富的纹理特征信息.小波分析通过引入宽度可变的窗口,可以同时对信号的局部信息进行频率域和时间域的变换.小波分析算法可以有效地提取出图像中的纹理特征信息.支持向量机算法是20世纪90年代提出的一种新的机器学习算法,通常被用来进行模式识别和分类.结合小波纹理提取算法,利用支持向量机进行遥感图像分类.研究结果表明,结合纹理特征的支持向量机分类的效果优于直接对灰度图像进行分类.     

基于贝叶斯网络的结构化文档检索模型

研究表明合理考虑术语之间的关系可以提高检索系统的性能。采用共现分析的方法从文档集合中学习得到术语之间的关系,并应用到结构化文档检索中,提出了一个基于贝叶斯网络的结构化文档检索模型,给出了其拓扑结构、概率估计以及推理过程。实验表明该模型的检索性能要优于没有考虑术语之间关系的模型。     

Automatic texture segmentation for content-based image retrieval application

In this article, a brief review on texture segmentation is presented, before a novel automatic texture segmentation algorithm is developed. The algorithm is based on a modified discrete wavelet frames and the mean shift algorithm. The proposed technique is tested on a range of textured images including composite texture images, synthetic texture images, real scene images as well as our main source of images, the museum images of various kinds. An extension to the automatic texture segmentation, a texture identifier is also introduced for integration into a retrieval system, providing an excellent approach to content-based image retrieval using texture features.     

Application-independent feature selection for texture classification

Recent developments in texture classification have shown that the proper integration of texture methods from different families leads to significant improvements in terms of classification rate compared to the use of a single family of texture methods. In order to reduce the computational burden of that integration process, a selection stage is necessary. In general, a large number of feature selection techniques have been proposed. However, a specific texture feature selection must be typically applied given a particular set of texture patterns to be classified. This paper describes a new texture feature selection algorithm that is independent of specific classification problems/applications and thus must only be run once given a set of available texture methods. The proposed application-independent selection scheme has been evaluated and compared to previous proposals on both Brodatz compositions and complex real images.     

一种新的自然纹理分类方法

纹理分类一直是图像处理领域重要的研究课题之一。目前,用数学方法描述纹理特征从而进行纹理分类非常流行,但这些方法无法消除纹理视觉特征和人们理解的纹理概念之间的语义障碍。提出了一种新的基于中文自然语言纹理描述词的纹理方法,把常见的自然纹理分为10大类别,然后利用小波包分解和最小二乘支持向量机对自然纹理进行分类,实现了纹理的视觉特征到语义描述的转换。实验结果证明,该方法在图像理解和基于自然语言的图像检索中有助于缩小纹理特征的数学描述和人类理解之间的“语义鸿沟”。     

Scale-orientation histogram for texture image retrieval

In this paper, a Scale-orientation histogram is defined for analyzing the “directionality” and “periodicity”, which are two of the most important deterministic dimensions in human texture perception. This histogram is applied to texture retrieval in a case study, and the experimental results illustrate its effectiveness.     

An effective method for color image retrieval based on texture

This paper presents an effective color image retrieval method based on texture, which uses the color co-occurrence matrix to extract the texture feature and measure the similarity of two color images. Due to the color information such as components and distribution is also taken into consideration, the feature obtained not only reflects the texture correlation but also represents the color information. As a result, our proposed method is superior to the gray-level co-occurrence matrix method and color histogram method, and it enhances the retrieval accuracy which is measured in terms of the recall and precision in the meanwhile.     

基于支持向量机和贝叶斯分类的异常检测模型

通过对网络攻击类型和入侵检测方法的研究,发现常用的入侵检测方法不能很好地检测U2R和R2L两类攻击。为解决异常检测中对于U2R和R2L两类攻击检测率低的问题,提出了一种基于支持向量机和贝叶斯分类的异常检测模型,该模型利用BIRCH聚类算法减少训练数据集中重复记录,并利用支持向量机分类算法和贝叶斯分类算法分别检测DoS、Probe攻击和U2R、R2L攻击。实验结果表明,该模型对于U2R和R2L的检测率分别提高到了68.6%和45.7%。     

基于贝叶斯学习的视频检索相关反馈算法设计*

针对信息检索中如何提高检索的精度问题,提出了一个基于相关反馈的视频检索算法.使用概率框架来描述检索问题,并根据贝叶斯学习按照用户的行为来更新概率分布,实现自动相关反馈,提高了检索精度.实验表明,用该算法检索的准确度比基于最近邻特征线(NFL)的视频检索方法有明显提高.     

基于同义词扩展的贝叶斯网络检索模型

利用同义词挖掘术语间的关系,对用于信息检索的简单贝叶斯网络进行若干改进,得到一个包含术语间直接关系的扩展模型。实验结果表明通过进一步调节扩展模型中的参数,可以获得良好的检索效果。     

Automatic texture feature selection for image pixel classification

Pixel-based texture classifiers and segmenters are typically based on the combination of texture feature extraction methods that belong to a single family (e.g., Gabor filters). However, combining texture methods from different families has proven to produce better classification results both quantitatively and qualitatively. Given a set of multiple texture feature extraction methods from different families, this paper presents a new texture feature selection scheme that automatically determines a reduced subset of methods whose integration produces classification results comparable to those obtained when all the available methods are integrated, but with a significantly lower computational cost. Experiments with both Brodatz and real outdoor images show that the proposed selection scheme is more advantageous than well-known general purpose feature selection algorithms applied to the same problem.