Multifractal Measures for Tissue Image Classification and Retrieval

Multifractal analysis has recently found applications in the field of automatic classification and content based retreival of tissue and cell images. The classification accuracy in such methods largely depends on the invariant characteristics of the spectra computed for a chosen intensity measure. It is therefore necessary to carry out a detailed analysis of suitable measures and the invariance of the resulting spectra. This paper discusses some key implementation aspects of multifractal based classification techniques, gives a comparative analysis of different types of intensity measures, and presents experimental results showing the corresponding inter-class and intra-class variations in the multifractal spectra.