A new method for invariant feature extraction on textured images undergoing
affine transformations is presented. This is performed by transformation o
f the autocorrelation function (ACF) followed by determination of an invari
ant criterion which is the sum of the coefficients of the discrete correlat
ion matrix. Experimental results support the effectiveness of the proposed
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