Analysis and comparison on image feature detectors

A number of image feature detectors and their characteristics are analyzed. The key issues of image feature detection are discussed extensively and comprehensively. Gradient-based feature detectors, their properties, and faults are discussed and phase-based techniques and their problems are also explained. Based on the survey, some open issues, which need to be researched further, are presented, and the future research trends are also discussed.

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