Recent Trends in Multimedia Information Processing : Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, Manchester Town Hall, UK, 7-8 November 2002

by Liatsis, Panos

• ISBN13: 9789812382436
• ISBN10: 9812382437
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Emphasizes the convergence of information processing algorithms and associated technologies.

Table of Contents

International Programme Committee
International Organising and Review Committee
Preface
Selected Topics in Medical Image Processing	p. 1
Machine Learning: Techniques and Trends	p. 12
Phase Recovery of a Stochastic Point Process System	p. 37
Image Retrieval Using Spatial Context	p. 44
An Experience in the Image Database Retrieval	p. 50
A Multimedia Tele-Teaching Application	p. 55
Analysis of TCP/IP Protocol Behaviour in a Congested Multimedia Computer Network	p. 59
A Restoration Method for Delay Proportional Differentiated Services	p. 66
Massive Marching: A Parallel Computation of Distance Function	p. 71
A Flexible Runtime System for Image Processing in a Distributed Computational Environment for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle	p. 77
Automatic Cameraman with Trajectory Extraction	p. 85
A New Algorithm for Fast Full Search Block Motion Estimation based on Number Theoretic Transforms	p. 90
Color-Based Moving Object Extraction of Traffic Scenes	p. 95
Automatic Distribution of Ammunitions	p. 100
Similarity Hypergraph Representation for Edge Detection Algorithm on Noisy Images	p. 105
CV-SDF- A Synchronous Data Flow Model for Real-Time Computer Vision Applications	p. 113
Adaptive Parameters in the Regularized Image Restoration	p. 123
Groupwise Interference Cancellation for Multicode Multirate DS-CDMA System with Biorthogonal Modulation on High-Rate Users	p. 132
Per-Survivor Processing Phase Synchronisation Acquisition Techniques for 8PSK DVB-S TCM	p. 141
Code Selection Scheme for Multi-Carrier CDMA in Correlated Fading Channel	p. 147
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)- Technical Basis and Application	p. 154
A Novel Intrusive Voice Transmission Quality Test System for Mobile Networks	p. 158
Characterization of Scattering Function of HF Channels by Complex Multifractal Approach: New Algorithm	p. 163
Reconfigurable Computing using FPGAs: Is JBits the Answer?	p. 170
Multifunction Generator using Horner Scheme and Small Tables	p. 175
FPAD versus FPGA for Future Mobile Communications	p. 181
Recent Trends in FPAA Devices	p. 186
Design of FPGA-based Kalman Filter with Cordic Algorithm	p. 191
Efficient Implementation of MPEG-4 Video Decoder on ADI Blackfin DSP	p. 200
Deployment of Constrained Delaunay Mesh in VOP Shape Coding	p. 205
High-Capacity Data Hiding in MPEG-2 Compressed Video	p. 212
Camera Motion Estimation for Object-Based Video Coding	p. 219
Nonuniform Sampling of Chrominance and Its Application to Intra-Frame Coding	p. 223
Object-Based Intra-Frame Video Coding using the Lifting Transform	p. 229
Application of Variable Length List Viterbi Algorithm to the ITU-T ADPCM Coders	p. 234
Wavelet based Stereo Image Pair Coding with Pioneering Block Search	p. 239
Wavelet Transform and Variable Block Truncation Coding for Image Compression	p. 244
Lossless Compression for Small Satellite On-Board Imaging	p. 249
The Use of Fuzzy Image Quality Measure for Embedded Wavelet Coders	p. 256
Choice of Wavelet Filters for Medical Image Compression and Approximation	p. 261
Microarchitectural Characterisation of JPEG-2000 Software	p. 267
Analytical Design of 2-D FIR Filters for Image Compression	p. 278
Threshold Selection by Maximising the Between Class Variance of a Fuzzy 2-Partition	p. 282
Recursive Signal-Dependent L-Filter for Non-Gaussian Noise Removal from Video Sequence	p. 289
Invarient Object Recognition based on Hybrid Hough-Rapid Transform	p. 297
Visual Inspection of Semiconductor Crystals using a Hybrid Detection Method and a Binary Tree Classifier	p. 305
Modelling of Histogram Equalisation with Logarithmic Affine Transforms	p. 312
Exact Reconstruction of Gray-Scale Images from Projections	p. 317
HMM-based Dance Gesture Recognition	p. 322
A Progressive Wavelet Oriented Watershed Technique for Image Segmentation	p. 327
Automatic Face Segmentation in Video Sequences	p. 334
Active Contours Using Watershed Segmentation	p. 340
Segmentation Algorithm for Extended Target in Complex Environment	p. 346
A Hybrid Neural Network for Blind Identification of Speech Transmission Channels	p. 353
Boosting of Hidden Markov Models and the Application to Visual Speech Analysis	p. 358
Spiking Neuron Auditory Model for Speech Processing Systems	p. 365
Speaker's Style Determination by Using Prosody Characteristics	p. 370
Consistency of Projective Reconstructions Obtained from the Same Image Pair	p. 376
A Constraint based Algorithm for Dense Disparity Estimation in Stereo Vision	p. 382
Extracting Objects in Complex Scenes through 3D Distributed Exploration	p. 389
Focal Region-Based Volume Rendering	p. 394
On the Choice of Transform for Low Frequency Image Watermarking	p. 398
A New Approach to Robust Watermarking for Copyright Protection in Digital Imaging	p. 403
Automatic Face Region Watermarking using Qualified Significant Wavelet Trees	p. 407
An Undeniable Digital Watermark Protocol	p. 413
Sensor Data Fusion using a Committee of Local Expert RBF Networks	p. 419
Accurate Classification of Pain EEG Signals using Learning Vector Quantisation Clustering of Multiband Coherence Strength	p. 430
Online Classification of EEG Signals using Artificial Neural Networks for Biofeedback Training of Patients with Epilepsy	p. 438
A Support Vector Machine Function Approximation Approach for Solving the Inverse Modeling Problem in Intelligent Robotics Applications	p. 447
The Optimal Learning Set for the Binary Discrete Perception	p. 453
A Cooperative Learning Algorithm for Multi-Layered Neural Networks using a PC Cluster	p. 463
Data Mining and Telecommunication Fraud Detection using Artificial Neural Networks	p. 474
Compensating the Non-Linear Distribution of an OFDM Signal with Neural Networks	p. 484
Neural Networks based On-Board Lossless Image Compression	p. 489
Fast Signature Verification without a Special Tablet	p. 496
Large Scale Features in Prokaryote and Eukaryote Genomics Signals	p. 501
Automatic Identification of Bee's Species from Images of Their Wings	p. 509
Microarray Image Analysis	p. 516
Equivalent Circuit of Retinal Light Adaptation	p. 522
A Basis of Invariant Moments for Color Images	p. 527
Fast Segmentation of Color Images using the Fuzzy K-means Algorithm and Different Sampling Approaches	p. 532
Colour Appearance Models	p. 536
New Algorithm for Noise Attenuation in Color Images based on the Central Weighted Vector Median Filter	p. 544
A Color Visual Model for Perceptual Redundancy Estimating	p. 549
Visible and Near IR Image Fusion to Create Colour Night Vision	p. 554
Color Sigma Filter	p. 559
A New Edge Tracking Mechanism for Quantitative Coronary Analysis	p. 566
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