Fourier transforms and fractals in the food and agricultural industry

Links between the fractal Hausdorff-dimension, the Founer transform of two dimensional semes and image segmentation by texture are discussed It is shown that the fractal Hausdorff-dhnension can be derived by integration of the intensity in the spatial frequency domain (i.e. the Fourier plane) over a set of different band-limited spatial filters. The difference between a computational and optical approach to determine die Hansdorff-dimension are shown, with advantages of both methods discussed Possible future directions of research/improvements are mentioned Natural and simulated scenes are considered which apply to a wide range of situations in the agricultural and food industry.