Image Feature Detectors and Descriptors Foundations and Applications

Introduction.- Image Features Detection, Description and Matching.- A Review of Image Interest Point Detectors: From Algorithms to FPGA Hardware Implementations.- Image Features Extraction, Selection and Fusion for Computer Vision.- Image Feature Extraction Acceleration.- Satellite Image Registration: A Comparative Study Using Invariant Local Features.- Redundancy Elimination in Video Summarization.- A Real Time Dactylology Based Selective Image Encryption Using Speeded Up Robust Features Extraction Technique and Artificial Neural Network.- Spectral Reflectance Images and Applications.- Image Segmentation using an Evolutionary Method based on Allostatic Mechanisms.- Image Analysis and Coding Based on Ordinal Data Representation.- Intelligent Detection of Foveal Zone from Colored Fundus Images of Human Retina through a Robust Combination of Fuzzy-Logic and Active Contour Model.- Registration of Digital Terrain Images using Nondegenerate Singular Points.- Visual Speech Recognition with Selected Boundary Descriptors.- Application of Texture Features for Classification of Primary Benign and Primary Malignant Focal Liver Lesions.- Application of Statistical Texture Features for Breast Tissue Density Classification.