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This paper investigates the use of Gabor features in matching 2- and 3-D objects in photographic images, using a database of images of funeral monuments from English churches. The technique, which can be applied to large databases, allows an arbitrary patch of a reference image to be matched to patches of each database image at a range of scales and positions. We investigate the use of nonlinear preprocessing to reduce the influence of lighting and surface reflectance on the match results.
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Howell, A.J., Young, D.S. (2002). Image Retrieval Methods for a Database of Funeral Monuments. In: Lew, M.S., Sebe, N., Eakins, J.P. (eds) Image and Video Retrieval. CIVR 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2383. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45479-9_14
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