title: Shape analysis using fractal dimension: a curvature based approach.
abstract: The present work shows a novel fractal dimension method for shape analysis. The proposed technique extracts descriptors from a shape by applying a multi-scale approach to the calculus of the fractal dimension. The fractal dimension is estimated by applying the curvature scale-space technique to the original shape. By applying a multi-scale transform to the calculus, we obtain a set of descriptors which is capable of describing the shape under investigation with high precision. We validate the computed descriptors in a classification process. The results demonstrate that the novel technique provides highly reliable descriptors, confirming the efficiency of the proposed method.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Computação, Universidade Federal de Uberlandia Av. João Naves de Ávila, 2121, 38408-100 Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: André R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Backes
authors.forename: João B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Florindo
authors.forename: Odemir M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Bruno