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| Author(s): |
Bruno Brandoli Machado
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) |
| Defense date: | 2016-04-18 |
| Examining board members: |
José Fernando Rodrigues Junior;
André Guilherme Ribeiro Balan;
Pedro Henrique Bugatti;
Afonso Paiva Neto;
Agma Juci Machado Traina
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| Advisor: | José Fernando Rodrigues Junior |
| Abstract | |
Texture is one of the primary visual attributes used to describe patterns found in nature. Several texture analysis methods have been used as powerful tools for real applications involving analysis and computer vision. However, existing methods do not successfully discriminate the complexity of texture patterns. Such methods disregard the possibility of describing image structures by means of measures such as the fractal dimension. Fractality-based measures allow a non-integer geometric interpretation with applications in areas such as mathematics, physics, and biology. With this gap in mind, the central hypothesis of this thesis is that textures can be described as irregular fractal surfaces due to their complex geometry; such geometry can be exploited for image analysis and computer vision. By exploring such possibilities, pushing the limits of the state-of-the-art, this thesis starts with an analysis of texture features achieved by means of agents on image surfaces. To do so, we used the Bouligand-Minkowski fractal dimension, swarm-system Artificial Crawlers, and non-linear diffusion of Perona-Malik, techniques that led to methodologies with efficacy and efficiency comparable to the state-of-the-art. Our first method combines fractal dimension with random walks on the surface of images. In a second approach, non-linear diffusion is used to represent texture images at different scales, which are described via their fractal dimension for image classification purposes. In a third proposal, we employ fractal dimension concepts over multiple scales derived from the same image for a richer texture description. One of the purposes is the automatic detection of diseases in soybean leaves. Finally, texture characteristics were exploited in a method based on complex networks used to analyze the agglomeration of particles in nanotechnology images. The results achieved in the four methodologies described in this thesis demonstrated the potential of using texture features in tasks of classification and pattern recognition. The contributions of this work shall support significant advances in materials engineering, computer vision, and agriculture. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/02918-0 - Agents, complex networks and partial differential equations: integration of models to texture analysis |
| Grantee: | Bruno Brandoli Machado |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |