title: Affine invariant features from the trace transform.
abstract: The trace transform is a generalization of the Radon transform that allows one to construct image features that are invariant to a chosen group of image transformations. In this paper, we propose a methodology and appropriate functionals that can be computed from the image function and which can be used to calculate features invariant to the group of affine transforms. We demonstrate the usefulness of the constructed image descriptors in retrieving images from an image database and compare it with relevant state-of-the-art object retrieval methods.
authors.affiliation: School of Electronics and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK. m.petrou@surrey.ac.uk
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrou
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kadyrov
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology; 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