2-D analysis of Gabor-filter output signatures for texture segmentation

Dennis Dunn, William Higgins, Joseph Wakeley

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Abstract

Many texture-segmentation schemes use Gabor elementary functions as filters to decompose a textured image into a joint space/spatial-frequency domain. Dunn et al. showed previously for a 1-D model that these filters (when properly tuned) can produce certain characteristic discontinuities (step, valley, and ridge) at texture boundaries, which AIDS image segmentation. We generalize Dunn et al. 's previous work by providing a more general 2-D analytical development. We also show when vertical and horizontal texture-phase discontinuities produce ridge or valley discontinuities, and when asymmetric filters are beneficial.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationICASSP 1992 - 1992 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages65-68
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)0780305329
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992
Event1992 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1992 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: Mar 23 1992Mar 26 1992

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume3
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Other

Other1992 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1992
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period3/23/923/26/92

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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