Neighbouring Color Dependence Matrix for Image Analysis : Application to homogeneous and heterogeneous areas detection and characterization

A new method for color texture characterization and color texture region detection is presented. This method, which we will name NCDM (Neighbouring Color Dependence Matrices), is the extension to color textures of the NGLDM (Neighbouring Gray Level Dependence Matrices) introduced by Sun et al. [1] a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Jacquin, B., Smolarz, A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:24592
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/24592
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/elcvia.149
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Espai de color
Textura de color
Segmentació d'imatge de color
Color space
Color Texture
Anisotropy
NGLDM
Color Image Segmentation
Chi-square Test
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Sumario:A new method for color texture characterization and color texture region detection is presented. This method, which we will name NCDM (Neighbouring Color Dependence Matrices), is the extension to color textures of the NGLDM (Neighbouring Gray Level Dependence Matrices) introduced by Sun et al. [1] and completed by Berry et al. [2]. This approach consists in estimating the dependences of colors between a pixel and its neighbours. We propose two steps: a color areas classification in two classes followed by the characterization of the detected areas. In the first step, we compute the NCDM with an isotropic neighbourhood. The structure of the isotropic NCD distribution allow us to separate the pixels of a color composite image into two classes, which correspond respectively to homogeneous and heterogeneous regions in the image. We then consider that the heterogeneous regions are potentially textured regions and in the second step we propose to compute the NCDM with anisotropic neighbourhoods corresponding to the eight principal directions. To seek the dominant directions in a color texture, a measure of spatial dependence between a pixel and its neighbours is computed by way of a chi-square test. This measure is based on the fit of the NGLD and NCD distribution with a binomial model under independence hypothesis. The variations of the colors are computed in uniform perceptual color spaces. We have chosen the color space "L1 norm" introduced by Angulo and Serra.