6.4.4.2 General Contour Representations

Oliviero, A., Scarpetta, G.,
A New Approach to Contour Coding,
CGIP(15), No. 1, January 1981, pp. 87-92.
WWW Version. BibRef 8101

Kundu, M.K., Chaudhuri, B.B., Dutta Majumder, D.,
A Generalised Digital Contour Coding Scheme,
CVGIP(30), No. 3, June 1985, pp. 269-278.
WWW Version. BibRef 8506

Landy, M.S., Cohen, Y.,
Vectorgraph Coding: Efficient Coding of Line Drawings,
CVGIP(30), No. 3, June 1985, pp. 331-344.
WWW Version. BibRef 8506

Eden, M., Kocher, M.,
On the Performance of a Contour Coding Algorithm in the Context of Image Coding. Part I: Contour Segment Coding,
SP(8), 1985, pp. 381-386. See also High Compression Image Coding Based on a Contour-Texture Model. BibRef 8500

Nakajima, M., Agui, T., Sakamoto, K.,
Pseudo-Coding Method for Digital Line Figures,
IECE(J68-D), No. 4, April 1985, pp. 623-630. BibRef 8504

Bengtsson, A., and Eklundh, J.O.,
Shape Representation by Multiscale Contour Approximation,
PAMI(13), No. 1, January 1991, pp. 85-93.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. BibRef 9101
And: SCIA89(252-261). BibRef
Earlier: with A3: Howako, J., TRITA-NA-8607, December 1986. Hierarchical representation using scale-space techniques (stability of features over scale) using straight lines and arcs. BibRef

Rosin, P.L.,
A Hierarchy of Representations for Curves,
AVFP94(465-474). BibRef 9400

Rosin, P.L.,
Representing Curves at Their Natural Scales,
PR(25), No. 11, November 1992, pp. 1315-1325.
WWW Version. BibRef 9211

Rosin, P.L.,
Determining Local Natural Scales of Curves,
PRL(19), No. 1, January 1998, pp. 63-75. 9807 BibRef
Earlier: ICPR94(A:185-189).
IEEE DOI Reference BibRef

Rosin, P.L., and Venkatesh, S.,
Extracting Natural Scales Using Fourier Descriptors,
PR(26), No. 9, September 1993, pp. 1383-1393.
WWW Version. BibRef 9309

Yuen, P.C., Lee, W.F., Tsang, W.M., Lam, F.K.,
Localization of Dominant Points for Image-Coding,
PRL(16), No. 3, March 1995, pp. 225-232. BibRef 9503

Yuen, P., Tsang, P.W.M.,
Localization of Dominant Points for Object Recognition: A Scale-Space Approach,
SP(44), No. 3, July 1995, pp. 341-352. BibRef 9507

Grattoni, P., Guiducci, A.,
Contour Coding for Image Description,
PRL(11), 1990, pp. 95-105. BibRef 9000

Kim, W., Park, R.H.,
Contour Coding Based on the Decomposition of Line Segments,
PRL(11), 1990, pp. 191-195. BibRef 9000

Biswas, S.N., Pal, S.K., Dutta Majumder, D.,
Binary Contour Coding Using Bezier Approximation,
PRL(8), 1988, pp. 237-249. BibRef 8800

Kim, K.J., Lim, C.W., Kang, M.G., Park, K.T.,
Adaptive Approximation Bounds for Vertex Based Contour Encoding,
IP(8), No. 8, August 1999, pp. 1142-1147.
IEEE DOI Reference BibRef 9908

Kim, K.J., Suh, J.Y., Kang, M.G.,
Generalized Interframe Vertex-Based Shape Encoding Scheme for Video Sequences,
IP(9), No. 10, October 2000, pp. 1667-1676.
IEEE DOI Reference 0010 BibRef

Sakkalis, T.[Takis], Charitos, C.,
Approximating Curves via Alpha Shapes,
GMIP(61), No. 3, May 1999, pp. 165-176. BibRef 9905

Atzori, L.[Luigi], de Natale, F.G.B.[Francesco G.B.],
Reconstruction of missing or occluded contour segments using Bezier interpolations,
SP(80), No. 8, August 2000, pp. 1691-1694. 0008 BibRef

Biswas, S.[Sambhunath],
Contour coding through stretching of discrete circular arcs by affine transformation,
PR(34), No. 1, January 2001, pp. 63-77.
WWW Version. 0010 BibRef

Pinho, A.J.,
Adaptive Context-Based Arithmetic Coding of Arbitrary Contour Maps,
SPLetters(8), No. 1, January 2001, pp. 4-6.
IEEE Top Reference. 0012 BibRef

Pinho, A.J., Almeida, L.B.,
Figures of merit for quality assessment of binary edge maps,
ICIP96(III: 591-594).
IEEE DOI Reference 9610 BibRef

Pinho, A.J.[Armando J.], Almeida, L.B.[Luís B.],
Contextual edge detection using a recurrent neural network,
CIAP97(II: 254-261).
WWW Version. 9709 BibRef
Earlier:
Edge detection filters based on artificial neural networks,
CIAP95(159-164).
Springer DOI Reference 9509 BibRef
Earlier:
Some results on edge enhancement with neural networks,
ICIP94(III: 893-897).
IEEE DOI Reference 9411 BibRef

Pinho, A.J.[Armando J.], Almeida, L.B.,
On the Partition of Binary Edge Maps as a First Step for Quantitative Quality Evaluation,
ICIP96(III: 343-346).
IEEE DOI Reference BibRef 9600

Pinho, A.J.,
A Method for Encoding Region Boundaries Based on Transition Points,
IVC(16), No. 3, March 16 1998, pp. 213-218.
WWW Version. 9804 BibRef
Earlier:
Constrained and Unconstrained Simplification of Image Partitions Encoded with the Method of Transition Points,
ICIP00(Vol II: 903-906).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0008 BibRef
Earlier:
Encoding of closed boundaries using transition points,
ICIP98(I: 271-275).
IEEE DOI Reference 9810 BibRef

Xiao, Y.[Yi], Zou, J.J.[Ju Jia], Yan, H.[Hong],
An adaptive split-and-merge method for binary image contour data compression,
PRL(22), No. 3-4, March 2001, pp. 299-307.
HTML Version. 0105 BibRef

Jalba, A.C.[Andrei C.], Wilkinson, M.H.F.[Michael H.F.], Roerdink, J.B.T.M.[Jos B.T.M.], Bayer, M.M.[Micha M.], Juggins, S.[Stephen],
Automatic diatom identification using contour analysis by morphological curvature scale spaces,
MVA(16), No. 4, September 2005, pp. 217-228.
Springer DOI Reference 0512 BibRef

Wilkinson, M.H.F.[Michael H.F.], Roerdink, J.B.T.M.[Jos B.T.M.], Droop, S.[Stephen], Bayer, M.M.[Micha M.],
Diatom Contour Analysis Using Morphological Curvature Scale Spaces,
ICPR00(Vol III: 652-655).
IEEE DOI Reference
IEEE DOI Reference
HTML Version. 0009 BibRef

Jalba, A.C.[Andrei C.], Roerdink, J.B.T.M.[Jos B.T.M.],
Automatic Segmentation of Diatom Images,
CAIP03(329-336).
WWW Version. 0311 BibRef

Jalba, A.C.[Andrei C.], Wilkinson, M.H.F.[Michael H.F.], Roerdink, J.B.T.M.[Jos B.T.M.],
Shape Representation and Recognition Through Morphological Curvature Scale Spaces,
IP(15), No. 2, February 2006, pp. 331-341.
IEEE DOI Reference 0602 BibRef

Do, M.N.[Minh N.], Vetterli, M.,
The Contourlet Transform: An Efficient Directional Multiresolution Image Representation,
IP(14), No. 12, December 2005, pp. 2091-2106.
IEEE DOI Reference 0512 BibRef
Earlier:
Contourlets: a directional multiresolution image representation,
ICIP02(I: 357-360).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0210 BibRef

Pal, S.[Sarbajit], Ganguly, P.[Pankaj], Biswas, P.K.,
Cubic Bezier approximation of a digitized curve,
PR(40), No. 10, October 2007, pp. 2730-2741.
WWW Version. 0707Bezier curve; Break point; Evolutionary search algorithm; Integral square error BibRef

Uemura, S., Haseyama, M., Kitajima, H.,
Efficient contour shape description by using fractal interpolation functions,
ICIP02(I: 485-488).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0210 BibRef

Stavrianopoulou, A.[Andriani], Anastassopoulos, V.[Vassilis],
The Euler Feature Vector,
ICPR00(Vol III: 1022-1024).
IEEE DOI Reference
HTML Version. 0009Contour representations. BibRef

Hontani, H.[Hidekata], Deguchi, K.[Koichiro],
Scale-Based Corner Extraction of a Contour Figure Using a Crystalline Flow,
WTRCV02(269-281). 0204 BibRef

Hontani, H.[Hidekata], Deguchi, K.[Koichiro],
Primitive Curve Generation Based on Multiscale Contour Figure Approximation,
ICPR00(Vol II: 887-890).
IEEE DOI Reference
HTML Version. 0009 BibRef
Earlier:
An Adaptive Local Smoothing for Contour Figure Approximation,
ScaleSpace99(483-488). BibRef

Meier, F., Shuster, G.M., and Katsaggelos, A.,
An Efficient Boundary Encoding Scheme which is Optimal in the Rate-Distortion Sense,
ICIP97(II: 9-12).
IEEE DOI Reference BibRef 9700

Marimont, D.H.,
A Representation for Image Curves,
AAAI-84(237-242). BibRef 8400

Hartmann, G.,
Principles And Strategies Of Hierarchical Contour Coding,
ICPR84(1087-1089). BibRef 8400

Leroi, M., Bourton, M.,
Structural Encoding of Linear Outline in Scene Analysis,
ICPR80(358-360). BibRef 8000

Chapter on Edge Detection and Analysis, Lines, Segments, Curves, Corners, Hough Transform continues in
Circular Features, Circle Detection, Circle Fitting, or Particular Curves .