Chapter 7

Shape Description

7.1 Introduction
7.2 Chain codes
7.3 Polygonal approximations
7.4 Fourier Descriptors
7.5 Quadtrees
7.6 Pyramids
7.7 Shape features
7.8 Moment descriptors
7.9 Thinning algorithms
7.10 Mathematical morphology
7.11 Greyscale morphology
7.12 Skeletons
7.13 Shape decomposition