@conference {13070,
	title = {A novel feature descriptor based on the shearlet transform},
	booktitle = {Image Processing (ICIP), 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on},
	year = {2011},
	month = {2011/09//},
	pages = {1033 - 1036},
	abstract = {Problems such as image classification, object detection and recognition rely on low-level feature descriptors to represent visual information. Several feature extraction methods have been proposed, including the Histograms of Oriented Gradients (HOG), which captures edge information by analyzing the distribution of intensity gradients and their directions. In addition to directions, the analysis of edge at different scales provides valuable information. Shearlet transforms provide a general framework for analyzing and representing data with anisotropic information at multiple scales. As a consequence, signal singularities, such as edges, can be precisely detected and located in images. Based on the idea of employing histograms to estimate the distribution of edge orientations and on the accurate multi-scale analysis provided by shearlet transforms, we propose a feature descriptor called Histograms of Shearlet Coefficients (HSC). Experimental results comparing HOG with HSC show that HSC provides significantly better results for the problems of texture classification and face identification.},
	keywords = {analysis;multiscale, analysis;object, classification;face, classification;image, classification;intensity, coefficients;image, descriptor;feature, detection;object, distribution, edge, EXTRACTION, extraction;image, gradient, gradients;histograms, identification;feature, methods;histograms, of, orientations;face, oriented, recognition;feature, recognition;shearlet, recognition;transforms;, shearlet, singularities;texture, texture;object, transform;signal},
	doi = {10.1109/ICIP.2011.6115600},
	author = {Schwartz, W.R. and da Silva,R.D. and Davis, Larry S. and Pedrini,H.}
}
@article {12603,
	title = {Face Verification Across Age Progression},
	journal = {Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on},
	volume = {15},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006/11//},
	pages = {3349 - 3361},
	abstract = {Human faces undergo considerable amounts of variations with aging. While face recognition systems have been proven to be sensitive to factors such as illumination and pose, their sensitivity to facial aging effects is yet to be studied. How does age progression affect the similarity between a pair of face images of an individual? What is the confidence associated with establishing the identity between a pair of age separated face images? In this paper, we develop a Bayesian age difference classifier that classifies face images of individuals based on age differences and performs face verification across age progression. Further, we study the similarity of faces across age progression. Since age separated face images invariably differ in illumination and pose, we propose preprocessing methods for minimizing such variations. Experimental results using a database comprising of pairs of face images that were retrieved from the passports of 465 individuals are presented. The verification system for faces separated by as many as nine years, attains an equal error rate of 8.5\%},
	keywords = {age, Aging, Bayesian, classification;, classification;face, classifier;age, difference, effects;preprocessing, Face, image, images;error, methods;Bayes, methods;error, progression;age, rate;face, recognition, recognition;image, separated, statistics;face, systems;face, verification;facial},
	isbn = {1057-7149},
	doi = {10.1109/TIP.2006.881993},
	author = {Ramanathan,N. and Chellapa, Rama}
}
