From gestalt theory to image analysis : a probabilistic approach
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From gestalt theory to image analysis : a probabilistic approach
（Interdisciplinary applied mathematics, v. 34）
Springer, c2008
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book introduces a new theory in Computer Vision yielding elementary techniques to analyze digital images. These techniques are a mathematical formalization of the Gestalt theory. From the mathematical viewpoint the closest field to it is stochastic geometry, involving basic probability and statistics, in the context of image analysis. The book is mathematically self-contained, needing only basic understanding of probability and calculus. The text includes more than 130 illustrations, and numerous examples based on specific images on which the theory is tested. Detailed exercises at the end of each chapter help the reader develop a firm understanding of the concepts imparted.
Table of Contents
Gestalt Theory.- The Helmholtz Principle.- Estimating the Binomial Tail.- Alignments in Digital Images.- Maximal Meaningfulness and the Exclusion Principle.- Modes of a Histogram.- Vanishing Points.- Contrasted Boundaries.- Variational or Meaningful Boundaries?.- Clusters.- Binocular Grouping.- A Psychophysical Study of the Helmholtz Principle.- Back to the Gestalt Programme.- Other Theories, Discussion.
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