A Physical Explanation for Natural Image Statistics J. M. Geusebroek, A. W. M. Smeulders In International Workshop on Texture Analysis and Synthesis 2002. [bibtex] [pdf] [url]

The statistics of texture operators on natural images are empirically determined to conform to a Weibull process. We explain these ¯ndings from the physical prin- ciples of fragmentation processes. The Weibull parameters are known to indicate the fractal dimension of the underly- ing system. Hence, we show the Weibull process to have a physical foundation for describing natural image statistics.

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  title        = "A Physical Explanation for Natural Image Statistics",
  booktitle    = "International Workshop on Texture Analysis and Synthesis",
  pages        = "47--52",
  year         = "2002",
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