What are the ways in which to quantify the texture of a portion of an image? I\'m trying to detect areas that are similar in texture in an image, sort of a measure of \"how
An interesting approach for this, is to use the Local Binary Patterns. Here is an basic example and some explanations : http://hanzratech.in/2015/05/30/local-binary-patterns.html
See that method as one of the many different ways to get features from your pictures. It corresponds to the 2nd step of DanielHsH's method.