New shape-based texture descriptors for rotation invariant texture classification

In this paper, we present a new rotation-invariant texture description scheme based on an explicit transform of texture features to shapes. Texture features are obtained in a short computational time by applying the partial form of Gabor functions. These features are then transformed to 2-D closed shapes, and their moment invariants and global shape descriptors are derived to classify the rotated textures. Experiments using various texture samples showed high rates of correct classifications.