loading...
 This Article 
   
 Share 
   
 Bibliographic References 
   
 Add to: 
 
Digg
Furl
Spurl
Blink
Simpy
Google
Del.icio.us
Y!MyWeb
 
 Search 
   
On the Detection of the Axes of Symmetry of Symmetric and Almost Symmetric Planar Images
January 1989 (vol. 11 no. 1)
pp. 104-108
ASCII Text
x 
 
G. Marola, "On the Detection of the Axes of Symmetry of Symmetric and Almost Symmetric Planar Images," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 104-108, January, 1989.
 
 
BibTex
x
 
@article{ 10.1109/34.23119,
author = {G. Marola},
title = {On the Detection of the Axes of Symmetry of Symmetric and Almost Symmetric Planar Images},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence},
volume = {11},
number = {1},
issn = {0162-8828},
year = {1989},
pages = {104-108},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/34.23119},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
RefWorks Procite/RefMan/Endnote
x 
 
TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
TI - On the Detection of the Axes of Symmetry of Symmetric and Almost Symmetric Planar Images
IS - 1
SN - 0162-8828
SP104
EP108
EPD - 104-108
A1 - G. Marola,
PY - 1989
KW - axes of symmetry detection; computerised picture processing; computerised pattern recognition; symmetric planar images; gray-level; planar curves; identification; centroids; digitized figures; computerised pattern recognition; computerised picture processing; optimisation
VL - 11
JA - IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
ER -
 

A simple algorithm is presented for finding all the axes of symmetry of symmetric and almost symmetric planar images having nonuniform gray-level (intensity images). The technique, which can also be used in conjunction with planar curves, is based on the identification of the centroids of the given image and other related sets of points, followed by a maximization of a specially defined coefficient of symmetry. Owing to the nature of the required procedures, which are strictly based on the computation of mean values, the method is not particularly affected by the presence of noise and is especially suited for application in conjunction with digitized figures.

[1] M. J. Atallah, "On symmetry detection,"IEEE Trans. Comput., vol. C-34, pp. 663-666, July 1985.
[2] S. A. Friedberg, "Finding axes of skewed symmetry,"Comput. Vision Graphics Image Processing, vol. 34, pp. 138-155, 1986.
[3] L. N. Childs,A Concrete Introduction to Higher Algebra. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1979.

Index Terms:
axes of symmetry detection; computerised picture processing; computerised pattern recognition; symmetric planar images; gray-level; planar curves; identification; centroids; digitized figures; computerised pattern recognition; computerised picture processing; optimisation
Citation:
G. Marola, "On the Detection of the Axes of Symmetry of Symmetric and Almost Symmetric Planar Images," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 104-108, Jan. 1989, doi:10.1109/34.23119
Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use.