Bibtex

Topological multi-contour decomposition for image analysis and image retrieval

André Ricardo Backes and Odemir Martinez Bruno

Journal of Computer Science (Infocomp), 7():74-83, 2008

Shape is one of the most important visual attributes used to characterize objects, playing a important role in pattern recognition. There are various approaches to extract relevant information of a shape. An approach widely used in shape analysis is the complexity, and Fractal Dimension and Multi-Scale Fractal Dimension are both well-known methodologies to estimate it. This papers presents a comparative study betwdoin Fractal Dimension and Multi-Scale Fractal Dimension in a shape analysis context. Through experimental comparison using a shape database previously classified, both methods are compared. Different parameters configuration of each method are considered and a discussion about the results of each method is also presented.