Given the large volume of images being sent back from remote spacecraft, there is a need for automated analysis techniques that can quickly identify interesting features in those images. Feature identification in individual images and automated …
As of December 2009, there are more than 1,500,000 orbital images of Mars available on the Planetary Data System's Imaging Node (from Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Global Surveyor, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). The volume of image data is …