Image Analysis And Recognition: International Conference, Iciar 2004 Porto, Portugal, September 29 - October 1, 2004, Proceedings, Part I

by Iciar 200 (2004 Porto, Portugal); Campilho, A.; Kamel, Mohamed

• ISBN13: 9783540232230
• ISBN10: 3540232230
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-28
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The two-volume set LNCS 3211/3212 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, ICIAR 2004, held in Porto, Portugal, in September/October 2004. The 210 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 316 full papers submitted. The papers are organized in topical sections on image segmentation, image processing and analysis, image analysis and synthesis, image and video coding, shape and matching, image description and recognition, video processing and analysis, 3D imaging, image retrieval and indexing, morphology, biomedical applications, document processing, color analysis, texture analysis, motion analysis, surveillance and remote sensing, tracking, face detection and recognition, security systems, visual inspection.

Table of Contents

Part I
Image Segmentation
Automatic Image Segmentation Using a Deformable Model Based on Charged Particles	1	(8)
Andrei C. Jalba, Michael H.F. Wilkinson, Jos B.T.M. Roerdink
Hierarchical Regions for Image Segmentation	9	(8)
Slawo Wesolkowski, Paul Fieguth
Efficiently Segmenting Images with Dominant Sets	17	(8)
Massimiliano Pavan, Marcello Pelillo
Color Image Segmentation Using Energy Minimization on a Quadtree Representation	25	(8)
Adolfo Martinez-Usó, Filiberto Pla, Pedro Garcia-Sevilla
Segmentation Using Saturation Thresholding and Its Application in Content-Based Retrieval of Images	33	(8)
A. Vadivel, M. Mohan, Shamik Sural, A.K. Majumdar
A New Approach to Unsupervised Image Segmentation based on Wavelet-Domain Hidden Markov Tree Models	41	(8)
Qiang Sun, Shuiping Gou, Licheng Jiao
Spatial Discriminant Function with Minimum Error Rate for Image Segmentation	49	(8)
EunSang Bak
Detecting Foreground Components in Grey Level Images for Shift Invariant and Topology Preserving Pyramids	57	(8)
Giuliana Ramella, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja
Pulling, Pushing, and Grouping for Image Segmentation	65	(9)
Guoping Qiu, Kin-Man Lam
Image Segmentation by a Robust Clustering Algorithm Using Gaussian Estimator	74	(8)
Lei Wang, Hongbing Ji, Xinbo Gao
A Multistage Image Segmentation and Denoising Method - Based on the Mumford and Shah Variational Approach	82	(8)
Song Gao, Tien D. Bui
A Multiresolution Threshold Selection Method Based on Training	90	(8)
J.R. Martinez-de Dios, A. Ollero
Segmentation Based Environment Modeling Using a Single Image	98	(8)
Seung Taek Ryoo
Unsupervised Color-Texture Segmentation	106	(8)
Yuzhong Wang, Jie Yang, Yue Zhou
Image Processing and Analysis
Hierarchical MCMC Sampling	114	(8)
Paul Fieguth
Registration and Fusion of Blurred Images	122	(8)
Filip Sroubek, Jan Flusser
A New Numerical Scheme for Anisotropic Diffusion	130	(9)
Hongwen Yi, Peter H. Gregson
An Effective Detail Preserving Filter for Impulse Noise Removal	139	(8)
Naif Alajlan, Ed Jernigan
A Quantum-Inspired Genetic Algorithm for Multi-source Affine Image Registration	147	(8)
Hichem Talbi, Mohamed Batouche, Amer Draa
Nonparametric Impulsive Noise Removal	155	(8)
Bogdan Smolka, Rastislav Lukac
BayesShrink Ridgelets for Image Denoising	163	(8)
Nezamoddin Nezamoddini-Kachouie, Paul Fieguth, Edward Jernigan
Image Salt-Pepper Noise Elimination by Detecting Edges and Isolated Noise Points	171	(8)
Gang Li, Binheng Song
Image De-noising via Overlapping Wavelet Atoms	179	(8)
V. Bruni, D. Vitulano
Gradient Pile Up Algorithm for Edge Enhancement and Detection	187	(8)
Leticia Guimarães, André Soares, Viviane Cordeiro, Altamiro Susin
Co-histogram and Image Degradation Evaluation	195	(9)
Pengwei Hao, Chao Zhang, Anrong Dang
MAP Signal Reconstruction with Non Regular Grids	204	(8)
João M. Sanches, Jorge S. Marques
Comparative Frameworks for Directional Primitive Extraction	212	(8)
M. Penas, M.J. Carreira, M.G. Penedo, M. Mirmehdi, B.T. Thomas
Dynamic Content Adaptive Super-Resolution	220	(8)
Mei Chen
Efficient Classification Method for Autonomous Driving Application	228	(8)
Pangyu Jeong, Sergiu Nedevschi
Image Analysis and Synthesis
Parameterized Hierarchical Annealing for Scientific Models	236	(8)
Simon K. Alexander, Paul Fieguth, Edward R. Vrscay
Significance Test for Feature Subset Selection on Image Recognition	244	(9)
Qianren Xu, M. Kamel, M.M.A. Salama
Image Recognition Applied to Robot Control Using Fuzzy Modeling	253	(8)
Paulo J. Sequeira Gonçalves, L.F. Mendonça, J.M.C. Sousa, J.R. Caldas Pinto
Large Display Interaction Using Video Avatar and Hand Gesture Recognition	261	(8)
Sang Chul Ahn, Tae-Seong Lee, Ig-Jae Kim, Yong-Moo Kwon, Hyoung-Gon Kim
Image and Video Coding
Optimal Transform in Perceptually Uniform Color Space and Its Application in Image Coding	269	(8)
Ying Chen, Pengwei Hao, Anrong Dang
Lossless Compression of Color-Quantized Images Using Block-Based Palette Reordering	277	(8)
António J.R. Neves, Armando J. Pinho
Fovea Based Coding for Video Streaming	285	(10)
Çagatay Dikici, H. Isil Bozma, Reha Civanlar
Influence of Task and Scene Content on Subjective Video Quality	295	(7)
Ying Zhong, Iain Richardson, Arash Sahraie, Peter McGeorge
Evaluation of Some Reordering Techniques for Image VQ Index Compression	302	(8)
Antonio R.C. Paiva, Armando J. Pinho
Adaptive Methods for Motion Characterization and Segmentation of MPEG Compressed Frame Sequences	310	(8)
C. Doulaverakis, S. Vagionitis, M. Zervakis, E. Petrakis
On the Automatic Creation of Customized Video Content	318	(9)
José San Pedro, Nicolas Denis, Sergio Dominguez
Shape and Matching
Graph Pattern Spaces from Laplacian Spectral Polynomials	327	(8)
Bin Luo, Richard C. Wilson, Edwin R. Hancock
A Hierarchical Framework for Shape Recognition Using Articulated Shape Mixtures	335	(9)
Abdullah Al Shaher, Edwin R. Hancock
A New Affine Invariant Fitting Algorithm for Algebraic Curves	344	(8)
Sait Sener, Mustafa Unel
Graph Matching Using Manifold Embedding	352	(8)
Bai Xiao, Hang Yu, Edwin Hancock
A Matching Algorithm Based on Local Topologic Structure	360	(8)
Xinjian Chen, Jie Tian, Xin Yang
2-D Shape Matching Using Asymmetric Wavelet-Based Dissimilarity Measure	368	(8)
Ibrahim El Rube', Mohamed Kamel, Maher Ahmed
A Real-Time Image Stabilization System Based on Fourier-Mellin Transform	376	(8)
J.R. Martinez-de Dios, A. Ollero
A Novel Shape Descriptor Based on Interrelation Quadruplet	384	(8)
Dongil Han, Bum-Jae You, Sang-Rok Oh
An Efficient Representation of Hand Sketch Graphic Messages Using Recursive Bezier Curve Approximation	392	(8)
Jaehwa Park, Young-Bin Kwon
Contour Description Through Set Operations on Dynamic Reference Shapes	400	(8)
Miroslav Koprnicky, Maher Ahmed, Mohamed Kamel
An Algorithm for Efficient and Exhaustive Template Matching	408	(8)
Luigi Di Stefano, Stefano Mattoccia, Federico Tombari
Modelling of Overlapping Circular Objects Based on Level Set Approach	416	(8)
Eva Dejnozkova, Petr Dokladal
A Method for Dominant Points Detection and Matching 2D Object Identification	424	(8)
A. Carmona-Poyato, N.L. Fernández-Garcia, R. Medina-Carnicer, F.J. Madrid-Cuevas
Image Description and Recognition
Character Recognition Using Canonical Invariants	432	(8)
Sema Doguscu, Mustafa Unel
Finding Significant Points for a Handwritten Classification Task	440	(7)
Juan Ramón Rico-Juan, Luisa Miccó
The System for Handwritten Symbol and Signature Recognition Using FPGA Computing	447	(8)
Rauf K. Sadykhov, Leonid P. Podenok, Vladimir A. Samokhval, Andrey A. Uvarov
Reconstruction of Order Parameters Based on Immunity Clonal Strategy for Image Classification	455	(8)
Xiuli Ma, Licheng Jiao
Visual Object Recognition Through One-Class Learning	463	(8)
QingHua Wang, Luis Seabra Lopes, David M.J. Tax
Semantic Image Analysis Based on the Representation of the Spatial Relations Between Objects in Images	471	(8)
Hyunjang Kong, Miyoung Cho, Kwanho Jung, Sunkyoung Baek, Pankoo Kim
Ridgelets Frame	479	(8)
Tan Shan, Licheng Jiao, Xiangchu Feng
Adaptive Curved Feature Detection Based on Ridgelet	487	(8)
Kang Liu, Licheng Jiao
Globally Stabilized 3L Curve Fitting	495	(8)
Turker Sahin, Mustafa Unel
Learning an Information Theoretic Transform for Object Detection	503	(8)
Jianzhong Fang, Guoping Qiu
Image Object Localization by AdaBoost Classifier	511	(8)
Wladyslaw Skarbek, Krzysztof Kucharski
Cost and Information-Driven Algorithm Selection for Vision Systems	519	(11)
Mauricio Marengoni, Allen Hanson, Shlomo Zilberstein, Edward Riseman
Gesture Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction Through a Knowledge Based Software Platform	530	(8)
M. Hasanuzzaman, Tao Zhang, V. Ampornaramveth, M.A. Bhuiyan, Yoshiaki Shirai, H. Ueno
Appearance-Based Object Detection in Space-Variant Images: A Multi-model Approach	538	(9)
V. Javier Traver, Alexandre Bernardino, Plinio Moreno, José Santos-Victor
3D Object Recognition from Appearance: PCA Versus ICA Approaches	547	(9)
M. Asunción Vicente, Cesar Fernández, Oscar Reinoso, Luis Payá
A Stochastic Search Algorithm to Optimize an N-tuple Classifier by Selecting Its Inputs	556	(8)
Hannan Bin Azhar, Keith Dimond
Video Processing and Analysis
A Multi-expert Approach for Shot Classification in News Videos	564	(8)
M. De Santo, G. Percannella, C. Sansone, M. Vento
Motion-Compensated Wavelet Video Denoising	572	(8)
Fu Jin, Paul Fieguth, Lowell Winger
Alpha-Stable Noise Reduction in Video Sequences	580	(8)
Mohammed El Hassouni, Hocine Cherifi
Automatic Text Extraction in Digital Video Based on Motion Analysis	588	(9)
Duarte Palma, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
Fast Video Registration Method for Video Quality Assessment	597	(8)
Jihwan Choe, Chulhee Lee
Hidden Markov Model Based Events Detection in Soccer Video	605	(8)
Guoying Jin, Linmi Tao, Guangyou Xu
3D Imaging
Improving Height Recovery from a Single Image of a Face Using Local Shape Indicators	613	(8)
Mario Castelán, Edwin R. Hancock
Recovery of Surface Height from Diffuse Polarisation	621	(8)
Gary Atkinson, Edwin Hancock
Vectorization-Free Reconstruction of 3D CAD Models from Paper Drawings	629	(9)
Frank Ditrich, Herbert Suesse, Klaus Voss
Plane Segmentation from Two Views in Reciprocal-Polar Image Space	638	(9)
Zezhi Chen, Nick E. Pears, Bojian Liang, John McDermid
Tracking of Points in a Calibrated and Noisy Image Sequence	647	(8)
Domingo Mery, Felipe Ochoa, René Vidal
Multiresolution Approach to "Visual Pattern" Partitioning of 3D Images	655	(9)
Raquel Dosil, Xosé R. Fdez-Vidal, Xosé M. Pardo
Visual Cortex Frontend: Integrating Lines, Edges, Keypoints, and Disparity	664	(8)
João Rodrigues, J.M. Hans du Buf
Estimation of Directional and Ambient Illumination Parameters by Means of a Calibration Object	672	(8)
Alberto Ortiz, Gabriel Oliver
Environment Authentication Through 3D Structural Analysis	680	(8)
Toby P. Breckon, Robert B. Fisher
Camera Calibration Using Two Concentric Circles	688	(9)
Francisco Abad, Emilio Camahort, Roberto Vivó
Three-Dimensional Object Recognition Using a Modified Exoskeleton and Extended Hausdorff Distance Matching Algorithm	697	(8)
Rajalida Lipikorn, Akinobu Shimizu, Hidefumi Kobatake
Recognition of 3D Object from One Image Based on Projective and Permutative Invariants	705	(8)
J.M. González, J.M. Sebastián, D. Garcia, F. Sánchez, L. Angel
Wide Baseline Stereo Matching by Corner-Edge-Regions	713	(8)
Jun Xie, Hung Tat Tsui
Gradient Based Dense Stereo Matching	721	(8)
Tomasz Twardowski, Boguslaw Cyganek, Jan Borgosz
Image Retrieval and Indexing
Accelerating Multimedia Search by Visual Features	729	(8)
Grzegorz Galinski, Karol Wnukowicz, Wladyslaw Skarbek
Semantic Browsing and Retrieval in Image Libraries	737	(8)
Andrea Kutics, Akihiko Nakagawa
Robust Shape Retrieval Using Maximum Likelihood Theory	745	(8)
Naif Alajlan, Paul Fieguth, Mohamed Kamel
A Novel Shape Feature for Image Classification and Retrieval	753	(8)
Rami Rautkorpi, Jukka Iivarinen
A Local Structure Matching Approach for Large Image Database Retrieval	761	(8)
Yanling Chi, Maylor K.H. Leung
People Action Recognition in Image Sequences Using a 3D Articulated Object	769	(9)
Jean-Charles Atine
CVPIC Compressed Domain Image Retrieval by Colour and Shape	778	(9)
Gerald Schaefer, Simon Lieutaud
Automating GIS Image Retrieval Based on MCM	787	(8)
Adel Hafiane, Bertrand Zavidovique
Significant Perceptual Regions by Active-Nets	795	(8)
David Garcia-Pérez, Antonio Mosquera, Marcos Ortega, Manuel G. Penedo
Improving the Boosted Correlogram	803	(8)
Nicholas R. Howe, Amanda Ricketson
Distance Map Retrieval	811	(7)
László Czúni, Dezsö Csordás, Gergely Császár
Grass Field Segmentation, the First Step Toward Player Tracking, Deep Compression, and Content Based Football Image Retrieval	818	(7)
Kaveh Kangarloo, Ehsanollah Kabir
Spatio-temporal Primitive Extraction Using Hermite and Laguerre Filters for Early Vision Video Indexing	825	(8)
Carlos Joel Rivero-Moreno, Stéphane Bres
Non-parametric Performance Comparison in Pictorial Query by Content Systems	833	(7)
Sergio Dominguez
Morphology
Hierarchical Watersheds with Inter-pixel Boundaries	840	(8)
Luc Brun, Philippe Vautrot, Fernand Meyer
From Min Tree to Watershed Lake Tree: Theory and Implementation	848	(10)
Xiaoqiang Huang, Mark Fisher, Yanong Zhu
From Min Tree to Watershed Lake Tree: Evaluation	858	(8)
Xiaoqiang Huang, Mark Fisher
Optimizing Texture Primitives Description based on Variography and Mathematical Morphology	866	(9)
Assia Kourgli, Aichouche Belhadj-aissa, Lynda Bouchemakh
Author Index	875