@techreport{TR-IC-03-03,
  number = {IC-03-03},
  author = {R.S. Torres and A.X. Falcão and L. da F. Costa},
  title = {A Graph-based Approach for Multiscale Shape Analysis},
  month = {March},
  year = {2003}, 
  institution = {Institute of Computing, University of Campinas},
  note = {In English, 18 pages.
    \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract}
         This paper presents the advantages of computing two recently
         proposed shape descriptors, multiscale fractal dimension and
         contour saliences, using the image foresting transform---a
         graph-based approach to the design of image processing
         operators. It introduces a robust approach to estimate
         contour saliences (peaks of high curvature) by exploiting the
         relation between contour and skeleton. The paper also
         compares both shape descriptors to fractal dimension, Fourier
         descriptors, and moment invariants with respect to their
         invariance to object characteristics that belong to a same
         class (compact-ability) and to their discriminatory ability
         to separate objects that belong to distinct classes
         (separability).
  }
}