• DocumentCode
    3425853
  • Title

    A symmetric convexity measure

  • Author

    Rosin, Paul L. ; Mumford, Christine L.

  • Author_Institution
    Cardiff Sch. of Comput. Sci., Cardiff Univ., UK
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-26 Aug. 2004
  • Firstpage
    11
  • Abstract
    A new area-based convexity measure for polygons is described. It has the desirable properties that it is not sensitive to small boundary defects, and it is symmetric with respect to intrusions and protrusions. The measure requires a maximally overlapping convex polygon, and this is efficiently estimated using a genetic algorithm. Examples of the measures application to medical image analysis are shown.
  • Keywords
    genetic algorithms; image classification; medical image processing; shape measurement; area-based convexity measure; genetic algorithm; maximally overlapping convex polygon; medical image analysis; small boundary defects; symmetric convexity measure; Area measurement; Arm; Biomedical imaging; Character generation; Computer science; Genetic algorithms; Image analysis; Image segmentation; Robustness; Shape measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pattern Recognition, 2004. ICPR 2004. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1051-4651
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2128-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICPR.2004.1333693
  • Filename
    1333693