CIRCLE DETECTION USING THE IMAGE RAY TRANSFORM - A Novel Technique for using a Ray Analogy to Extract Circular Features

Alastair H. Cummings, Mark S. Nixon, John N. Carter

2010

Abstract

Physical analogies are an exciting paradigm for creating techniques for image feature extraction. A transform using an analogy to light rays has been developed for the detection of circular and tubular features. It uses a 2D ray tracing algorithm to follow rays through an image, interacting at a low level, to emphasise higher level features. It has been empirically tested as a pre-processor to aid circle detection with the Hough Transform and has been shown to provide a clear improvement over standard techniques. The transform was also used on natural images and we show its ability to highlight circles even in complex scenes. We also show the flexibility available to the technique through adjustment of parameters.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

H. Cummings A., S. Nixon M. and N. Carter J. (2010). CIRCLE DETECTION USING THE IMAGE RAY TRANSFORM - A Novel Technique for using a Ray Analogy to Extract Circular Features . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-029-0, pages 23-32. DOI: 10.5220/0002818900230032

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp10,
author={Alastair H. Cummings and Mark S. Nixon and John N. Carter},
title={CIRCLE DETECTION USING THE IMAGE RAY TRANSFORM - A Novel Technique for using a Ray Analogy to Extract Circular Features},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={23-32},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002818900230032},
isbn={978-989-674-029-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010)
TI - CIRCLE DETECTION USING THE IMAGE RAY TRANSFORM - A Novel Technique for using a Ray Analogy to Extract Circular Features
SN - 978-989-674-029-0
AU - H. Cummings A.
AU - S. Nixon M.
AU - N. Carter J.
PY - 2010
SP - 23
EP - 32
DO - 10.5220/0002818900230032