A SHAPE DESCRIPTOR BASED ON SCALE-INVARIANT MULTISCALE FRACTAL DIMENSION

Vítor Baccetti Garcia, Ricardo da S. Torres

2010

Abstract

This paper proposes a new scale-invariant shape descriptor based on the Multiscale Fractal Dimension (MFD). The MFD is a curve that describes boundary complexity and self-affinity characteristics by obtaining fractal dimension values as function of Euclidean morphologic dilation radii. Using this concept, which guarantees rotation and translation invariance, we introduce a new scale-invariant descriptor that is obtained by selecting a relevant fragment of this curve using a sliding window. The novel shape descriptor is compared with the Multiscale Fractal Dimension and four other shape descriptors. Experimental results demonstrate that the new descriptor is scale-invariant and yields very good results in terms of effectiveness performace when compared with well-known shape descriptors.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Baccetti Garcia V. and da S. Torres R. (2010). A SHAPE DESCRIPTOR BASED ON SCALE-INVARIANT MULTISCALE FRACTAL DIMENSION . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-029-0, pages 185-190. DOI: 10.5220/0002831301850190

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp10,
author={Vítor Baccetti Garcia and Ricardo da S. Torres},
title={A SHAPE DESCRIPTOR BASED ON SCALE-INVARIANT MULTISCALE FRACTAL DIMENSION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={185-190},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002831301850190},
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 - A SHAPE DESCRIPTOR BASED ON SCALE-INVARIANT MULTISCALE FRACTAL DIMENSION
SN - 978-989-674-029-0
AU - Baccetti Garcia V.
AU - da S. Torres R.
PY - 2010
SP - 185
EP - 190
DO - 10.5220/0002831301850190