*Project Title*
A comparative study of shape descriptors.

*Project Description* 

In pattern recognition and related areas, shape is an important characteristic to identify and distinguish objects.

This project will involve the following tasks:
* Implementing a set of image descriptors based on object shape information;
* Comparing these descriptors in terms of common measures like precision and recall;
* Code documentation.

*Language/technology skills*
C language.

*Number of People*
1-2

*Project Resources*

1. D. Zhang and G. Lu, Review of Shape Representation and Description, Pattern Recognition,
37, 1, 1--19, Jan, 2004.

2. S. Loncaric, A Survey of Shape Analysis Techniques, Pattern Recognition, 31,8,983--1190, Aug, 1998.

3. Maytham Safar, Cyrus Shahabi and Xiaoming Sun, Image Retrieval by Shape: A Comparative Study,
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (I), 141--144, 2000.


4. MPEG-7 shape descriptors

M. Bober, MPEG-7 Visual Shape Descriptors, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology,
2001, 11, 6, 716--719,June.