Texture analysis using a generalised wavelet transform

A novel frequency domain approach to the analysis of texture is presented. It consists of two main components: texture synthesis and segmentation. The synthesis method models the relation between pairs of texture patches by an affine transform. Segmentation is accomplished by detecting the texture boundary using a gradient operator. This scheme is implemented in the Fourier domain with varying scales using a generalised wavelet transform, the multiresolution Fourier transform (MFT). The technique has the potential to deal effectively with textures having varying amounts of structural information