title: Nonparametric multiscale energy-based model and its application in some imagery problems.
abstract: This paper investigates the use of a nonparametric regularization energy term for devising a example-based rendering and segmentation technique. We have stated this problem in the multiresolution energy minimization framework and exploited the multiscale structure proposed by Wei and Levoy for the texture synthesis problem. In this nonparametric energy minimization framework, we also propose a computationally efficient coarse-to-fine recursive optimization method to minimize the cost function related to this hierarchical model. In this context, the formulation of our example-based regularization term also allows to directly infer an intuitive dissimilarity measure between two contour shapes. This measure is herein exploited to define an efficient shape descriptor for the contour-based shape recognition and indexing problem.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada. mignotte@iro.umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mignotte
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003196:Computer Graphics; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014584:User-Computer Interface