AWhat changed
Specified scale-space keypoint detection and invariant local descriptors for matching.
Scientific scope
The record is Lowe's sole-author 2004 International Journal of Computer Vision article. It does not absorb his earlier conference versions, the SIFT patent, later descriptor variants or universal invariance under arbitrary viewpoint and illumination changes.
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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Lowe's sole-author 2004 International Journal of Computer Vision article. It does not absorb his earlier conference versions, the SIFT patent, later descriptor variants or universal invariance under arbitrary viewpoint and illumination changes.
Contributors
- David G. Lowe · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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