“…Most of the recently proposed methods are based on either gradient/edge (Akinlar & Topal, 2011;Fernandes & Oliveira, 2008;Nieto, et al, 2011;Von Gioi, et al, 2010) or ridge/valley information (Jang & Hong, 2002;Koller, et al, 1995;Steger, 1998). Another well known approach is the Hough transform (Hough, 1962).…”