pattern matching

please tell me about the concept of pattern matching.i am trying to write a matlab coding for identifying objects in airport x-ray images of bags using pattern matching.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Go here first: http://iris.usc.edu/Vision-Notes/bibliography/contents.html Come back when you have specific MATLAB questions about specific algorithms.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

Perhaps you could collaborate with http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/12765-airport-x-ray-images