1. A method of image texture analysis including the steps of: mapping the image into a first set of binary representations of the image, wherein each representation in the set corresponds to a transformation by a first monotonically varying operator; mapping each binary representation of the first set of binary representations into a further set of binary image representations using a second monotonically varying operator, thereby forming a matrix of binary image representations; transforming the matrix by allocating a scalar value to each binary image representation; arranging the scalar values in a two dimensional space against parameters of the first monotonically varying operator and the second monotonically varying operator to form a first array of scalar values; and identifying defined texture characteristics from the resulting array of scalar values.