Image Analysis and Processing – ICIAP 2009: 15th International Conference Vietri sul Mare, Italy, September 8-11, 2009 Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Learning with Missing or Incomplete Data....Pages 1-4
Image Analysis and Machine Learning: How to Foster a Stronger Connection?....Pages 5-5
Computer Analysis of Lighting in Realist Master Art: Current Methods and Future Challenges....Pages 6-11
First International Fingerprint Liveness Detection Competition—LivDet 2009....Pages 12-23
SVR-Based Jitter Reduction for Markerless Augmented Reality....Pages 24-33
Re-photography and Environment Monitoring Using a Social Sensor Network....Pages 34-42
Region-Based Illuminant Estimation for Effective Color Correction....Pages 43-52
A New Technique for Image Magnification....Pages 53-61
Nonlocal Similarity Image Filtering....Pages 62-71
FESID: Finite Element Scale Invariant Detector....Pages 72-81
Conditions for Segmentation of 2D Translations of 3D Objects....Pages 82-91
Segmentation of Wood Fibres in 3D CT Images Using Graph Cuts....Pages 92-102
Semantic-Based Segmentation and Annotation of 3D Models....Pages 103-112
Reducing Keypoint Database Size....Pages 113-122
Automatic Estimation of the Inlier Threshold in Robust Multiple Structures Fitting....Pages 123-131
Integration of Contextual Information in Online Handwriting Representation....Pages 132-142
Plant Leaf Identification Using Multi-scale Fractal Dimension....Pages 143-150
Detection of a Hand Holding a Cellular Phone Using Multiple Image Features....Pages 151-160
Object Detection by Estimating and Combining High-Level Features....Pages 161-169
Video Event Classification Using Bag of Words and String Kernels....Pages 170-178
Video Sequences Association for People Re-identification across Multiple Non-overlapping Cameras....Pages 179-189
Shadow Removal in Outdoor Video Sequences by Automatic Thresholding of Division Images....Pages 190-198
A New Generative Feature Set Based on Entropy Distance for Discriminative Classification....Pages 199-208
A Hybrid Approach Handling Imbalanced Datasets....Pages 209-218
Nonlinear Embedded Map Projection for Dimensionality Reduction....Pages 219-228
A Riemannian Self-Organizing Map....Pages 229-238
Towards a Theoretical Framework for Learning Multi-modal Patterns for Embodied Agents....Pages 239-248
The Impact of Reliability Evaluation on a Semi-supervised Learning Approach....Pages 249-258
On the Training Patterns Pruning for Optimum-Path Forest....Pages 259-268
Learning Class Specific Graph Prototypes....Pages 269-277
Tree Covering within a Graph Kernel Framework for Shape Classification....Pages 278-287
Vision-Based Markerless Gaming Interface....Pages 288-296
Quality Assessment of the MPEG-4 Scalable Video CODEC....Pages 297-306
An Automatic Method for Counting Annual Rings in Noisy Sawmill Images....Pages 307-316
A License Plate Extraction Algorithm Based on Edge Statistics and Region Growing....Pages 317-326
Boat Speed Monitoring Using Artificial Vision....Pages 327-336
Theia: Multispectral Image Analysis and Archaeological Survey....Pages 337-345
A Self-updating Multiexpert System for Face Identification....Pages 346-354
Characterisation of Retinal Feature Points Applied to a Biometric System....Pages 355-363
Coastline Detection from SAR Images by Level Set Model....Pages 364-373
Wavelet-Based Feature Extraction for Handwritten Numerals....Pages 374-383
A Texture Based Shoe Retrieval System for Shoe Marks of Real Crime Scenes....Pages 384-393
Encephalic NMR Tumor Diversification by Textural Interpretation....Pages 394-403
Pathnodes Integration of Standalone Particle Filters for People Tracking on Distributed Surveillance Systems....Pages 404-413
On Improving the Efficiency of Eigenface Using a Novel Facial Feature Localization....Pages 414-424
Semiotic Design of a Hypermedia for Cultural Heritage....Pages 425-433
An Experimental Analysis of the Relationship between Biometric Template Update and the Doddington’s Zoo: A Case Study in Face Verification....Pages 434-442
Similarity Searches in Face Databases....Pages 443-450
Vision-Based Motion Capture of Interacting Multiple People....Pages 451-460
Probabilistic Corner Detection for Facial Feature Extraction....Pages 461-470
License Plate Detection and Character Recognition....Pages 471-480
Towards a Subject-Centered Analysis for Automated Video Surveillance....Pages 481-489
Geometric-Aligned Cancelable Fingerprint Templates....Pages 490-499
A Hybrid Approach to Land Cover Classification from Multi Spectral Images....Pages 500-508
Improving the Accuracy of a Score Fusion Approach Based on Likelihood Ratio in Multimodal Biometric Systems....Pages 509-518
A 3D Scanner for Transparent Glass....Pages 519-527
Red Eye Detection through Bag-of-Keypoints Classification....Pages 528-537
A New Large Urdu Database for Off-Line Handwriting Recognition....Pages 538-546
Object Matching in Distributed Video Surveillance Systems by LDA-Based Appearance Descriptors....Pages 547-557
Analysis and Classification of Crithidia Luciliae Fluorescent Images....Pages 558-566
Confidence Measures for Error Correction in Interactive Transcription Handwritten Text....Pages 567-574
On the Quantitative Estimation of Short-Term Aging in Human Faces....Pages 575-584
3D Neural Model-Based Stopped Object Detection....Pages 585-593
A New Linguistic-Perceptual Event Model for Spatio-Temporal Event Detection and Personalized Retrieval of Sports Video....Pages 594-603
Towards Protein Interaction Analysis through Surface Labeling....Pages 604-612
A Semi-automated Method for the Measurement of the Fetal Nuchal Translucency in Ultrasound Images....Pages 613-622
Video Background Segmentation Using Adaptive Background Models....Pages 623-632
A New Algorithm for Polygonal Approximation Based on Ant Colony Optimization....Pages 633-641
Recognition of Occluded Shapes Using Size Functions....Pages 642-651
Discrete Distortion for Surface Meshes....Pages 652-661
Webcam-Based Visual Gaze Estimation....Pages 662-671
Real-Time Probabilistic Tracking of Faces in Video....Pages 672-681
A Robust Iris Localization Model Based on Phase Congruency and Least Trimmed Squares Estimation....Pages 682-691
Shape-Based Classification of 3D Head Data....Pages 692-700
Sudden Changes Detection in WCE Video....Pages 701-710
Denoising of Digital Radiographic Images with Automatic Regularization Based on Total Variation....Pages 711-720
A Real-Time Occlusion Aware Hardware Structure for Disparity Map Computation....Pages 721-730
A Graph-Based Approach for Shape Skeleton Analysis....Pages 731-738
Reconnecting Broken Ridges in Fingerprint Images....Pages 739-747
Optimum Sensors for ‘Chromaticity’ Constancy in the Pixel....Pages 748-756
An Improved Adaptive Smoothing Method....Pages 757-766
Objective Quality Assessment Measurement for Typhoon Cloud Image Enhancement....Pages 767-776
Fuzzy Smoothed Composition of Local Mapping Transformations for Non-rigid Image Registration....Pages 777-786
Many-to-Many Matching under the l 1 Norm....Pages 787-796
Evaluation of a Foreground Segmentation Algorithm for 3D Camera Sensors....Pages 797-806
Image Quality Assessment Based on Multi-scale Geometric Analysis....Pages 807-815
Connected Component Labeling Techniques on Modern Architectures....Pages 816-824
Estimation of Object Position Based on Color and Shape Contextual Information....Pages 825-834
Hallucinating Faces: Global Linear Modal Based Super-Resolution and Position Based Residue Compensation....Pages 835-843
Joint Affine and Illumination Estimation Using Scale Manipulation Features....Pages 844-852
Real-Time Descriptorless Feature Tracking....Pages 853-862
Adaptive Sharpening with Overshoot Control....Pages 863-872
Applying Visual Object Categorization and Memory Colors for Automatic Color Constancy....Pages 873-882
Anomaly-Based Detection of IRC Botnets by Means of One-Class Support Vector Classifiers....Pages 883-892
Detection of Duplicated Regions in Tampered Digital Images by Bit-Plane Analysis....Pages 893-901
Color Features Performance Comparison for Image Retrieval....Pages 902-910
An Adaptive Technique for Accurate Feature Extraction from Regular and Irregular Image Data....Pages 911-919
Processing Hexagonal Images in a Virtual Environment....Pages 920-928
Pixel Coverage Segmentation for Improved Feature Estimation....Pages 929-938
A Generic Method of Line Matching for Central Imaging Systems under Short-Baseline Motion....Pages 939-948
Reconstructing 3D Facial Shape Using Spherical Harmonics....Pages 949-957
Retinex Combined with Total Variation for Image Illumination Normalization....Pages 958-964
A Color-Based Interest Operator....Pages 965-974
An Evaluation of Scale and Noise Sensitivity of Fibre Orientation Estimation in Volume Images....Pages 975-984
Real-Time Online Video Object Silhouette Extraction Using Graph Cuts on the GPU....Pages 985-994
On a New Measure of Classifier Competence Applied to the Design of Multiclassifier Systems....Pages 995-1004
Multi-class Binary Symbol Classification with Circular Blurred Shape Models....Pages 1005-1014
A Novel Recognition Approach for Sketch-Based Interfaces....Pages 1015-1024
Simultaneous Document Margin Removal and Skew Correction Based on Corner Detection in Projection Profiles....Pages 1025-1034
Dense Two-Frame Stereo Correspondence by Self-organizing Neural Network....Pages 1035-1042
Towards a Linear Combination of Dichotomizers by Margin Maximization....Pages 1043-1052
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