Vision.NET Files

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|                     Vision.NET 2.0.1                        |
|             Copyright © 2008 by Matthew Johnson             |
|     http://www.matthewajohnson.org/software/vision.html     |
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 This library is intended to provide the building blocks for 
 performing research in Computer Vision using the .NET platform 
 (which includes C#, VB.NET and managed C++). The library is 
 fairly extensive, comprising of various image formats, learning 
 systems, image processing techniques, and other tools for 
 performing state-of-the-art computer vision research.

If you are interested in contributing to the Vision.NET project, 
or having your implementation of an algorithm become available 
to others, please contact me directly and I will integrate it 
into the next release. Also, please contact me with any specific 
requests.

The Vision.NET library is supplied under the GNU Public License, 
which can be viewed either in the included "license.txt" file, 
or on the web at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

For examples of how to use the Vision.NET library in research,
please reference the Semantic Texton Forests reference 
implementation, available at 
http://www.matthewajohnson.org/research/stf.html
which is programmed entirely using the library.

==================== Revision Information ====================

Version 2.0.1 (12/8/2008)
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* Small but important bug fix regarding image ID transferrence
  through image transforms and operations.

Version 2.0 (8/18/2008)
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* Dozens of new classes added
* Four new namespaces, encompassing:
  o Decision Forest techniques
  o Image comparison techniques
  o Machine learning
  o Optimized multi-dimensional array handling
* A complete redesign of the library, making it easier to use 
  and more efficient
* New image types enabling representation of probabilistic 
  pixel models
* Countless other changes. See included documentation for details.

Version 1.1 (9/17/2007)
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* Added the following classes:
  o IntegralImage
  o FilterBank
  o GaussianFilter
  o GaussianFirstDerivative, GaussianFirstDerivativeFilter
  o GaussianSecondDerivative, GaussianSecondDerivativeFilter
  o Keypoint
  o ScaleSpacePyramid
  o ScaleSpaceSample
  o HaarFeature
  o ZNPatches
  o DiscreteContours
* Optimized various methods
* Added new options in Convolution for convolving with 
  non-radial but separable kernels
* Added various new simple image transforms and placed them 
  with the contents of Scaling into Transforms
* Miscellaneous changes to the interface and subtle improvements. 
  See documentation for full details.

Version 1.0 (7/23/2007)
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* First public release.