Pictorial Information Processing and Analysis.

Abstract : This paper deals with the specific research activities that were carried out and grouped under six headings: (1) Segmentation of pictures into distinctive regions, (2) Detection of significant local features (such as edges) in a picture, (3) Picture approximation, (4) Picture manipulation and enhancement, (5) Picture processing software, and (6) Picture analysis applications: terrain analysis, cloud pattern recognition. (Author)