Image Retrieval Using Low Level and Local Features Contents: A Comprehensive Review

Table 3

Comparison of various local feature detection techniques [66].

Local feature Detector	Image structure detected	Invariance					Property
		Translation	Illumination	Rotation	Scale	Affine	Repeatability	Localization	Robustness	Efficiency
Harris and Stephens [45]	Corner	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	High	High	High	Average
Hessian	Blob	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Average	Average	Average	Low
SUSAN [52]	Corner	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Average	Average	Average	High
Harris-Laplace [46]	Corner and blob	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	High	High	Average	Low
Difference of Gaussian [50]	Corner and blob	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Average	Average	Average	Average
SURF [48]	Corner and blob	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Average	High	Average	High
SIFT [50]	Corner and blob	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Average	High	High	Average
MSER [53]	Region	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High	High	Average	High