Hessian-polar context: a descriptor for microfilaria recognition

António Anjos, Faroq AL-Tam

Abstract:

This paper presents a new effective descriptor for microfilaria. Since microfilaria is a thin elastic object, the proposed
descriptor handles it locally. At each medial point of the microfilaria, the local structure of the microfilaria votes for a given
shape. Accumulating these votes in the polar domain yields a rich descriptor. Experimental results show the effectiveness of
the proposed approach when compared to a set of different well-established methods.