: Santiago Aja-Fernández, Rodrigo de Luis Garcia, Dacheng Tao, Xuelong Li
: Tensors in Image Processing and Computer Vision
: Springer-Verlag
: 9781848822993
: Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
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Tensor signal processing is an emerging field with important applications to computer vision and image processing.

This book presents the state of the art in this new branch of signal processing, offering a great deal of research and discussions by leading experts in the area. The wide-ranging volume offers an overview into cutting-edge research into the newest tensor processing techniques and their application to different domains related to computer vision and image processing.

This comprehensive text will prove to be an invaluable reference and resource for researchers, practitioners and advanced students working in the area of computer vision and image processing.

Preface5
Contents7
A Review of Tensors and Tensor Signal Processing10
1 Introduction11
2 Tensor Definition11
3 Example of Tensors in Mathematics12
4 Example of Tensors in Physics and Engineering17
5 Tensors Usage in Medical Imaging20
6 Tensors Usage in Computer Vision29
7 Conclusion38
References39
Part I Tensors and Tensor Field Processing42
Segmentation of Tensor Fields: Recent Advances and Perspectives43
1 Introduction43
2 Tensors in Image Processing44
3 Scalar Diffusion and Anisotropy Measures47
4 Tensor Dissimilarity Measures50
5 Tensor Field Segmentation Techniques55
6 Summary59
References60
A Variational Approach to the Registration of Tensor- Valued Images67
1 Introduction67
2 The Variational Model69
3 Experiments75
4 Summary and Outlook82
References84
Quality Assessment of Tensor Images86
1 Introduction86
2 Background on Quality Assessment in Image Processing88
3 Background on Tensor Images91
4 Application of Quality Measures to Tensor Images93
5 Experiments98
6 Discussion106
7 Conclusions108
References109
Algorithms for Nonnegative Tensor Factorization111
1 Introduction112
2 Formulating Nonnegative Tensor Factorizations113
3 Solving the Optimization Problems Using Multiplicative Update Rules118
4 Supervised Nonnegative Tensor Factorization123
5 Applications of Nonnegative Tensor Factorizationss125
6 Conclusions and Discussion128
References129
PDE-based Morphology for Matrix Fields: Numerical Solution Schemes131
1 Introduction132
2 Morphology for Grey Scale Images133
3 Ordering Based Morphology for Matrix Fields140
4 PDE-based morphology for Matrix Fields144
5 Experimental Comparison of the Numerical Schemes146
6 Conclusion150
References150
Part II Tensors in Image Processing157
Spherical Tensor Calculus for Local Adaptive Filtering158
1 Introduction158
2 Spherical Tensor Analysis161
3 Tensorial Harmonic Expansion166
4 Local Adaptive Filtering with Tensorial Harmonics171
5 Spherical Tensor Derivatives174
6 local adaptive filtering with STDs177
7 Conclusion180
Appendix181
References182
On Geometric Transformations of Local Structure Tensors184
1 Introduction184
2 Background185
3 Tensor Transformations186
4 Local Structure Tensor Fields188
5 Local Structure Analysis191
6 Experiments194
7 Results195
8 Summary197
References197
Part III Tensors in Computer Vision199
Multi-View Matching Tensors from Lines for General Camera Models200
1 Introduction200
2 Plücker Coordinates202
3 Lines in Space203
4 Multi-Focal Tensors from Lines204
5 Constrained Camera Models207
6 Experimental Results212
7 Conclusions213
Acknowledgements214
References214
Binocular Full-Body Pose Recognition and Orientation Inference Using Multilinear Analysis218
1 Introduction218
2 Overview of the Proposed Approach220
3 Theoretical Background221
4 Multilinear Analysis of Dance Pose Images225
5 SVM-based Pose Recognition Using Pose Vectors228
6 Body Orientation Estimation Using Orientation Vector through Manifold Learning and Nonlinear Minimization230
7 Experimental Results232
8 Conclusions and FutureWork237
References238
Applications of Multiview Tensors in Higher Dimensions240
1 Introduction241
2 Notation and Background Material242
3 Higher Dimensional Spaces As Frameworks For Some Dynamic And Segmented Scenes243
4 Multiview Tensors in Higher Dimension244
5 Algorithms246
6 Critical Configurations and Their Loci248
7 Examples of Critical Loci for Projective Reconstruction254
8 Instability Results256
References262
Constraints for the Trifocal Tensor264
1 Introduction264
2 The Trifocal Tensor265
3 Constraints via Group Theory267
4 Constraints via Geometry269
5 A Minimal Set of Constraints270
References271
Part IV Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Medical Applications273
Review of Techniques for Registration of Diffusion Tensor Imaging274
1 Introduction274
2 Registration of DT-MRI276
3 Review of DT-MRI registration Algorithms279
4 Similarity Measures284
5 Diffusion Tensor Reorientation287
6 Performance Evaluation290
7 Discussion and Conclusions292
Appendix. Scalar Measures of the Diffusion294
References296
Practical and Intuitive Basis for Tensor Field Processing with Invariant Gradients and Rotation Tangents299
1 Introduction299
2 Mathematical Background300
3 Conceptual Overview302
4 Invariant Gradients303
5 Rotation Tangents305
6 Example Application: Edge Detection306
7 Other Applications311