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A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification

Tzimiropoulos, Georgios; Mitianoudis, Nikolaos; Stathaki, Tania

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Georgios Tzimiropoulos

Nikolaos Mitianoudis

Tania Stathaki



Abstract

In this paper, the problem of moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification is jointly considered. A generalization and modification of current state-of-the-art geometric moment-based functions is introduced. The properties of these functions are investigated thoroughly using Fourier series analysis and several observations and closed-form solutions are derived. We demonstrate the connection between the results presented in this work and symmetry detection principles suggested from previous complex moment-based formulations. The proposed analysis offers a unifying framework for shape orientation/symmetry detection. In the context of symmetry classification and matching, the second part of this work presents a frequency domain method, aiming at computing a robust moment-based feature set based on a true polar Fourier representation of image complex gradients and a novel periodicity detection scheme using subspace analysis. The proposed approach removes the requirement for accurate shape centroid estimation, which is the main limitation of moment-based methods, operating in the image spatial domain. The proposed framework demonstrated improved performance, compared to state-of-the-art methods.

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Tzimiropoulos, G., Mitianoudis, N., & Stathaki, T. (2009). A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1109/TIP.2008.2007050

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2009
Deposit Date Feb 1, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
Print ISSN 1057-7149
Electronic ISSN 1057-7149
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 18
Issue 1
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/TIP.2008.2007050
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1014037
Publisher URL http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4685872
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