Written by leading researchers, the 2nd Edition of the Dictionary of Computer Vision & Image
Processing is a comprehensive and reliable resource which now provides explanations of …

Recognition of iris based on visible light (VL) imaging is a difficult problem because of the
light reflection from the cornea. Nonetheless, pigment melanin provides a rich feature source …

Shape description is an important task in content-based image retrieval (CBIR). A variety of
techniques have been reported in the literature that aims to represent objects based on their …

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in getting a proper quantitative
understanding of cellular and molecular processes [1],[2]. One of the major challenges of …

The polymorphic and morphological forms, and growth rates of different crystal facets are
important parameters in pharmaceutical crystallisation processes that call for techniques for …

Polygon similarity can play an important role in geographic information retrieval, map
matching and updating, and spatial data mining applications. Geographic information …

The problem of plasma boundary reconstruction in relation to shape control was discussed.
The different approaches to guaranteeing accuracy and robustness of plasma boundary …

In geographic information retrieval and spatial data mining, similarity is used to resolve
shape matching and clustering. Many approaches have been developed to calculate …

Motion trajectory is a meaningful and informative clue in characterizing the motions of
human, robots or moving objects. Hence, it is important to explore effective motion trajectory …

Two functions describing a closed curve are proposed and applied to synthesis of 1-DOF
planar geared five-bar mechanism as a path generator. The functions are the distance of the …