A comparative performance evaluation of scale invariant interest point detectors for infrared and visual images

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2008

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Emir, Erdem

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In this thesis, the performance of four state-of-the-art feature detectors along with SIFT and SURF descriptors in matching object features of mid-wave infrared, long-wave infrared and visual-band images is evaluated across viewpoints and changing distance conditions. The utilized feature detectors are Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT), multiscale Harris-Laplace, multiscale Hessian-Laplace and Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF) detectors, all of which are invariant to image scale and rotation. Features on different blackbodies, human face and vehicle images are extracted and performance of reliable matching is explored between different views of these objects each in their own category. All of these feature detectors provide good matching performance results in infrared-band images compared with visual-band images. The comparison of matching performance for mid-wave and long-wave infrared images is also explored in this study and it is observed that long-wave infrared images provide good matching performance for objects at lower temperatures, whereas mid-wave infrared-band images provide good matching performance for objects at higher temperatures. The matching performance of SURF detector and descriptor for human face images in long-wave infrared-band is found to be outperforming than other detectors and descriptors.

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Electrical engineering., Electronics.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12610159/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/18055

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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E. Emir, “A comparative performance evaluation of scale invariant interest point detectors for infrared and visual images,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2008.