Texture

There is no formal definition of texture. However it is usually interpreted to measure qualities such as smoothness, coarseness, regularity, and direction

Texture can be characterized by different metrics such as:

	statistical metrics: characterize smooth, coarse, grainy, etc. using traditional statistical values such as mean and variance.
	structural metrics: patterns based on image primitives such as lines or other repeating structures in the image
	spectral metrics: based on properties of the Fourier Transform such as symmetry, directionality.

Applications of Texture Processing

	Segmentation
	Create textures for image generation, compression, steganography (image watermarking)