Texture and Colour in Image Analysis

Dear Colleagues,

        Colour and texture are among the visual properties that mostly determine the appearance of objects, materials and scenes. As a consequence, the analysis of colour and texture plays a fundamental role in a wide range of applications, for instance, object recognition, scene understanding, materials classification, defect detection, biometric identification, content-based multimedia retrieval, remote sensing and computer-assisted diagnosis.
        The field is undergoing rapid changes. While the “hand-designed” paradigm was the leading approach until not too long ago, during the last few years, research has been shifting towards data-driven models, where the visual features are no longer designed “a priori”, but learned from the data (deep learning).
        This Special Issue wants to provide a forum to discuss strategies, challenges and perspectives in this field of research. We are soliciting original contributions as well as thorough reviews and comprehensive comparative evaluations. We particularly encourage the submission of theoretical works investigating the mathematical underpinnings of colour and texture analysis.

Prof. Francesco Bianconi
Prof. Dr. Antonio Fernández
Prof. Raúl E. Sánchez-Yáñez
Guest Editors

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