Shape in Picture: Mathematical Description of Shape in Grey-level Images

The fields of image analysis, computer vision, and artificial intelligence all make use of descriptions of shape in grey-level images. Most existing algorithms for the automatic recognition and classification of particular shapes have been developed for specific purposes, with the result that these methods are often restricted in their application. The use of advanced and theoretically well-founded math­ ematical methods should lead to the construction of robust shape descriptors having mor...