Title :
Entropy production in colour images
Author :
Boccignone, Giuseppe ; Ferraro, Mario
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing.dell´Informazione e Ing. Elettrica, Salerno Univ.
Abstract :
We generalize to colour images a method to calculate the local information content in an image. The method is based on the theory of thermodynamics of irreversible transformations and relies on fine-to-coarse transformations, such as diffusion processes. To this end, we discuss an extension to multi-valued images of isotropic diffusion, where cross-interactions between the different colour channels are allowed. Results achieved in simulation are presented and discussed
Keywords :
diffusion; entropy; image colour analysis; irreversible thermodynamics; colour images; cross-interactions; diffusion processes; entropy production; fine-to-coarse transformations; irreversible transformations; isotropic diffusion; local information content; multi-valued images; thermodynamics; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Diffusion processes; Entropy; Equations; Image converters; Image resolution; Loss measurement; Production; Temperature sensors; Thermodynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 2000. Proceedings. 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0750-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.2000.905303