Information-theoretic approach to image description and interpretation

Alexey S. Potapov; Vadim R. Lutsiv

doi:10.1117/12.555533

5 April 2004 Information-theoretic approach to image description and interpretation

Alexey S. Potapov, Vadim R. Lutsiv

Proceedings Volume 5400, Seventh International Workshop on Nondestructive Testing and Computer Simulations in Science and Engineering; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.555533
Event: 2003 Chapter books, 2003, Bellingham, WA, United States

Abstract

We present an information-theoretic approach to the image interpretation problems. In the context of this approach such tasks as contour extracting, constructing the most informative image features and image matching are described as a single unified problem. Our approach is based primarily on the interpretation of the image (or image set) representation problem as a Minimum Description Length (MDL) problem. The image matching turns out to be a generally adopted method of images alignment by maximization of their mutual information. However, instead of using the pixels intensities themselves a more condensed data representation form can be used to reduce the dimensionality of input data and to extract the invariant information: hierarchical image structural description. Though we developed and successfully applied the information-theoretic approach for the images matching, it can be extended to the other problems, e.g. the changes detection.

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Alexey S. Potapov and Vadim R. Lutsiv "Information-theoretic approach to image description and interpretation", Proc. SPIE 5400, Seventh International Workshop on Nondestructive Testing and Computer Simulations in Science and Engineering, (5 April 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.555533

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