Local quaternion Fourier transform and color image texture analysis

  • Authors:
  • Dawit Assefa;Lalu Mansinha;Kristy F. Tiampo;Henning Rasmussen;Kenzu Abdella

  • Affiliations:
  • Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, 610 University Ave, Rm. 5-612 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9;University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, London, Ontario, Canada;University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, London, Ontario, Canada;University of Western Ontario, Department of Applied Mathematics, London, Ontario, Canada;Trent University, Department of Mathematics, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

  • Venue:
  • Signal Processing
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Color images can be treated as two-dimensional quaternion functions. For analysis of quaternion images, a joint space-wavenumber localized quaternion S transform (QS) is presented in this study for a simultaneous determination of the local color image spectra. The QS transform uses a two-dimensional Gaussian localizing window that scales with wavenumbers. Rotation invariance, invertibility and computational aspects of the QS transform are discussed. The power map of the QS transform is presented here as a powerful tool in color image texture and pattern analysis. Examples are presented.