Model-Driven Vision Using Procedure Description: Motivation And Application To Photointerpretation And Medical Diagnosis

Keith A. Lantz; Christopher M. Brown; Dana H. Ballard

doi:10.1117/12.956741

9 January 1979 Model-Driven Vision Using Procedure Description: Motivation And Application To Photointerpretation And Medical Diagnosis

Keith A. Lantz, Christopher M. Brown, Dana H. Ballard

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Proceedings Volume 0155, Image Understanding Systems and Industrial Applications I; (1979) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956741
Event: 22nd Annual Technical Symposium, 1978, San Diego, United States

Abstract

We present a general scheme for the representation and use of procedural knowledge in an image understanding system. Each procedure has associated with it a procedure descriptor, which characterizes the procedure's capabilities in terms of its input/output behavior and its performance characteristics. A general control paradigm, based on descriptor-directed invocation of procedures, is presented and shown to allow for: intelligent, goal-directed invocation; dynamic planning using local context; modular addition and change of procedural knowledge; and flexible allocation of computing resources. The representation scheme and control paradigm are being applied in the domains Of medical imagery (ultrasonograms and radiographs) and aerial imagery (of industrial sites).

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Keith A. Lantz, Christopher M. Brown, and Dana H. Ballard "Model-Driven Vision Using Procedure Description: Motivation And Application To Photointerpretation And Medical Diagnosis", Proc. SPIE 0155, Image Understanding Systems and Industrial Applications I, (9 January 1979); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956741

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