This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, ICIAR 2008, held in Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal, in June 2008.
The 110 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 226 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on image restoration and enhancement, image and video segmentation, non-linear image processing, image and video coding and encryption, indexing and retrieval, computer vision, feature extraction and classification, shape representation and matching, object recognition, character recognition, texture and motion analysis, tracking, biomedical image analysis, biometrics, face recognition, and a special session on recent advances in multimodal biometric systems and applications.
Author(s): Mohamed Cheriet, Reza Farrahi Moghaddam (auth.), Aurélio Campilho, Mohamed Kamel (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5112 : Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 1126
Tags: Image Processing and Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition; Biometrics; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computer Graphics; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity
Front Matter....Pages -
DIAR: Advances in Degradation Modeling and Processing....Pages 1-10
Analysis for Video Coding: Moving It from the Encoder to the Decoder....Pages 11-22
A Fast Scheme for Multiscale Signal Denoising....Pages 23-32
Color Scratches Removal Using Human Perception....Pages 33-42
Self-similarity of Images in the Fourier Domain, with Applications to MRI....Pages 43-52
A Simple Scaling Algorithm Based on Areas Pixels....Pages 53-64
A New Method for Sharpening Color Images Using Fuzzy Approach....Pages 65-74
Wavelet Noise Reduction Based on Energy Features....Pages 75-84
Fast Exact Area Image Upsampling with Natural Biquadratic Histosplines....Pages 85-96
A New Super-Resolution Algorithm Based on Areas Pixels and the Sampling Theorem of Papoulis....Pages 97-109
Robust Segmentation Process to Detect Incidents on Highways....Pages 110-121
Handling Topological Changes in the Topological Active Volumes Model....Pages 122-131
Image Segmentation Via Iterative Histogram Thresholding and Morphological Features Analysis....Pages 132-141
Vehicle Detection Based on Color and Edge Information....Pages 142-150
A Neural Network Approach for Video Object Segmentation in Traffic Surveillance....Pages 151-158
Color Photo Denoising Via Hue, Saturation and Intensity Diffusion....Pages 159-169
Examining the Role of Scale in the Context of the Non-Local-Means Filter....Pages 170-181
Geometrical Multiscale Noise Resistant Method of Edge Detection....Pages 182-191
A Simple, General Model for the Affine Self-similarity of Images....Pages 192-203
Efficient Bit-Rate Estimation for Mode Decision of H.264/AVC....Pages 204-212
Introducing a Two Dimensional Measure for Watermarking Capacity in Images....Pages 213-220
Estimating the Detectability of Small Lesions in High Resolution MR Compressed Images....Pages 221-232
JPEG Artifact Removal Using Error Distributions of Linear Coefficient Estimates....Pages 233-242
Efficient Constrained Video Coding for Low Complexity Decoding....Pages 243-252
Robust 3D Watermarking Technique Using Eigendecomposition and Nonnegative Matrix Factorization....Pages 253-262
OntoAlbum : An Ontology Based Digital Photo Management System....Pages 263-270
Weighted Fuzzy Feature Matching for Region-Based Medical Image Retrieval: Application to Cerebral Hemorrhage Computerized Tomography....Pages 271-280
Video Retrieval Method Using Non-parametric Based Motion Classification....Pages 281-293
A General Algorithm to Recover External Camera Parameters from Pairwise Camera Calibrations....Pages 294-304
Auto Exposure Control for Multiple-Slope Cameras....Pages 305-314
Recovery of Surface Normals and Reflectance from Different Lighting Conditions....Pages 315-325
Real-Time Spherical Videos from a Fast Rotating Camera....Pages 326-335
Near Real-Time 3D Reconstruction from InIm Video Stream....Pages 336-347
A Simple Shadow Based Method for Camera Calibration....Pages 348-356
Monocular Head Pose Estimation....Pages 357-368
Active Exploration Using Bayesian Models for Multimodal Perception....Pages 369-378
Performance Considerations for a Real-Time Integral Image Camera in Ray Tracing Environments....Pages 379-384
Camera Location and Aperture Characterization Using the Transformation between a 2D Plane and the Image Captured by the Camera....Pages 385-394
Optimization in 3D Scene Acquisition with Two Mobile Robots....Pages 395-403
Feature Extraction Using Low-Rank Approximations of the Kernel Matrix....Pages 404-412
Minimizing the Imbalance Problem in Chromatographic Profile Classification with One-Class Classifiers....Pages 413-422
Efficient Bisecting k -Medoids and Its Application in Gene Expression Analysis....Pages 423-434
Feature Extraction for Regression Problems and an Example Application for Pose Estimation of a Face....Pages 435-444
On the Performance of Stacked Generalization Classifiers....Pages 445-454
Binary Image Registration Using Covariant Gaussian Densities....Pages 455-464
Shape Matching Using a Novel Warping Distance Measure....Pages 465-474
Shape Learning with Function-Described Graphs....Pages 475-484
Mo Músaem Fíorúil: A Web-Based Search and Information Service for Museum Visitors....Pages 485-496
A Template-Based Shape Representation Technique....Pages 497-506
From 3D Discrete Surface Skeletons to Curve Skeletons....Pages 507-516
Measuring Graph Similarity Using Spectral Geometry....Pages 517-526
A Method for Blur and Affine Invariant Object Recognition Using Phase-Only Bispectrum....Pages 527-536
An Algorithm for Binary Contour Objects Representation and Recognition....Pages 537-546
Planar Shapes Descriptors Based on the Turning Angle Scalogram....Pages 547-556
An Automatic Method for Video Character Segmentation....Pages 557-566
A Database for Arabic Printed Character Recognition....Pages 567-578
Persian Writer Identification Using Extended Gabor Filter....Pages 579-586
Text Particles Multi-band Fusion for Robust Text Detection....Pages 587-596
Finding Arbitrary Shaped Clusters for Character Recognition....Pages 597-608
Region and Graph-Based Motion Segmentation....Pages 609-618
Rotationally Invariant Hashing of Median Binary Patterns for Texture Classification....Pages 619-629
Is Dense Optic Flow Useful to Compute the Fundamental Matrix?....Pages 630-639
Global Image Feature Extraction Using Slope Pattern Spectra....Pages 640-649
Discovering Constrained Substructures in Bayesian Trees Using the E.M. Algorithm....Pages 650-659
Generalized Least Squares-Based Parametric Motion Estimation Under Non-uniform Illumination Changes....Pages 660-669
Comparison between 2D and 3D Local Binary Pattern Methods for Characterisation of Three-Dimensional Textures....Pages 670-679
Texture Dissimilarity Measures for Background Change Detection....Pages 680-687
Multi-resolution Texture Classification Based on Local Image Orientation....Pages 688-696
Adaboost Video Tracking....Pages 697-705
Image Based Visual Servoing: Estimated Image Jacobian by Using Fundamental Matrix VS Analytic Jacobian....Pages 706-717
Homography-Based Tracking Control for Mobile Robots....Pages 718-728
Real Time Eyes Tracking and Classification for Driver Fatigue Detection....Pages 729-738
A Hybrid Approach for Arabidopsis Root Cell Image Segmentation....Pages 739-749
Fuzzy Local Binary Patterns for Ultrasound Texture Characterization....Pages 750-759
Joint Detection of the Carotid Boundaries in Longitudinal B-Mode Images....Pages 760-769
Automatic MRI Brain Segmentation with Combined Atlas-Based Classification and Level-Set Approach....Pages 770-778
Automatic Detection of the Back Valley on Scoliotic Trunk Using Polygonal Surface Curvature....Pages 779-788
Pharmacokinetic Perfusion Curves Estimation for Liver Tumor Diagnosis from DCE-MRI....Pages 789-797
3-D Deformation Guided On-Line Modification of Multi-leaf Collimators for Adaptive Radiation Therapy....Pages 798-806
Optic Disc Segmentation by Means of GA-Optimized Topological Active Nets....Pages 807-816
Automatic Individual Detection and Separation of Multiple Overlapped Nematode Worms Using Skeleton Analysis....Pages 817-826
Classification and Quantification Based on Image Analysis for Sperm Samples with Uncertain Damaged/Intact Cell Proportions....Pages 827-836
Detection of Clustered Microcalcifications with SUSAN Edge Detector, Adaptive Contrast Thresholding and Spatial Filters....Pages 837-843
Subspace Vector Quantization and Markov Modeling for Cell Phase Classification....Pages 844-853
A Stitching Algorithm for Automatic Registration of Digital Radiographs....Pages 854-862
The Role of Entropy: Mammogram Analysis....Pages 863-872
An Enhanced Histogram Matching Approach Using the Retinal Filter’s Compression Function for Illumination Normalization in Face Recognition....Pages 873-883
Replacement Algorithms for Fingerprint Template Update....Pages 884-893
Optimal Features Subset Selection Using Genetic Algorithms for Iris Recognition....Pages 894-904
A Modified Singular Point Detection Algorithm....Pages 905-914
Fingerprint Image Postprocessing Using Windowing Technique....Pages 915-924
Facial Gender Classification Using Shape from Shading and Weighted Principal Geodesic Analysis....Pages 925-934
Optimization of Face Relevance Maps with Total Classification Error Minimization....Pages 935-944
The Role of Face Parts in Gender Recognition....Pages 945-954
Facial Shape Spaces from Surface Normals....Pages 955-965
A Neural Network Based Cascaded Classifier for Face Detection in Color Images with Complex Background....Pages 966-976
Kernel Weighted Scatter-Difference-Based Discriminant Analysis for Face Recognition....Pages 977-983
Image Level Fusion Method for Multimodal 2D + 3D Face Recognition....Pages 984-992
Human Lips as Emerging Biometrics Modality....Pages 993-1002
Quality-Based Score Normalization for Audiovisual Person Authentication....Pages 1003-1012
Cell Phones Personal Authentication Systems Using Multimodal Biometrics....Pages 1013-1022
Similarity Metrics Analysis for Feature Point Based Retinal Authentication....Pages 1023-1032
A New Data Normalization Function for Multibiometric Contexts: A Case Study....Pages 1033-1040
Evolving Fuzzy Modeling of an Uncalibrated Visual Servoing System....Pages 1041-1050
Alternative Methods for Counting Overlapping Grains in Digital Images....Pages 1051-1060
Image Affine Inpainting....Pages 1061-1070
Segmentation of Hyperspectral Images for the Detection of Rotten Mandarins....Pages 1071-1080
FPGA Implementation of Parallel Alpha-Beta Associative Memories....Pages 1081-1090
From Narrow to Broad Band Design and Selection in Hyperspectral Images....Pages 1091-1100
Computer Vision and Classification Techniques on the Surface Finish Control in Machining Processes....Pages 1101-1110
Improving the Border Detection and Image Enhancement Algorithms in Tableau....Pages 1111-1121
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