Multiresolution image classification by hierarchical modeling withtwo-dimensional hidden Markov models
Jia Li; Gray, R.M.; Olshen, R.A.
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Volume 46, Issue 5, Aug 2000 Page(s):1826 - 1841
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/18.857794
Summary:This paper treats a multiresolution hidden Markov model for
classifying images. Each image is represented by feature vectors at
several resolutions, which are statistically dependent as modeled by the
underlying state process, a multiscale Markov mesh. Unknowns in the
model are estimated by maximum likelihood, in particular by employing
the expectation-maximization algorithm. An image is classified by
finding the optimal set of states with maximum a posteriori probability.
States are then mapped into classes. The multiresolution model enables
multiscale information about context to be incorporated into
classification. Suboptimal algorithms based on the model provide
progressive classification that is much faster than the algorithm based
on single-resolution hidden Markov models
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