# Multiscale Fields of Patterns

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.0924 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1406.0924/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 4 Jun 2014.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Computing a partition function of a generalized pattern-based energy over a semiring](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.17526/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We describe a framework for defining high-order image models that can be used in a variety of applications. The approach involves modeling local patterns in a multiscale representation of an image. Local properties of a coarsened image reflect non-local properties of the original image. In the case of binary images local properties are defined by the binary patterns observed over small neighborhoods around each pixel. With the multiscale representation we capture the frequency of patterns observed at different scales of resolution. This framework leads to expressive priors that depend on a relatively small number of parameters. For inference and learning we use an MCMC method for block sampling with very large blocks. We evaluate the approach with two example applications. One involves contour detection. The other involves binary segmentation.