Visual Form 2001: 4th International Workshop on Visual Form, IWVF4 Capri, Italy, May 28–30, 2001 Proceedings

Invariant Recognition and Processing of Planar Shapes....Pages 3-10
Recent Advances in Structural Pattern Recognition with Applications to Visual Form Analysis....Pages 11-23
On Learning the Shape of Complex Actions....Pages 24-39
Mereology of Visual Form....Pages 40-50
On Matching Algorithms for the Recognition of Objects in Cluttered Background....Pages 51-66
A Unified Framework for Indexing and Matching Hierarchical Shape Structures....Pages 67-84
A Fragment-Based Approach to Object Representation and Classification....Pages 85-100
Minimum-Length Polygons in Approximation Sausages....Pages 103-112
Optimal Local Distances for Distance Transforms in 3D Using an Extended Neighbourhood....Pages 113-122
Independent Modes of Variation in Point Distribution Models....Pages 123-134
Qualitative Estimation of Depth in Monocular Vision....Pages 135-144
A New Shape Space for Second Order 3D-Variations....Pages 145-154
Spatial Relations among Pattern Subsets as a Guide for Skeleton Pruning....Pages 155-164
Euclidean Fitting Revisited....Pages 165-175
On the Representation of Visual Information....Pages 176-185
Skeletons in the Framework of Graph Pyramids....Pages 186-195
Computational Surface Flattening: A Voxel-Based Approach....Pages 196-204
An Adaptive Image Interpolation Using the Quadratic Spline Interpolator....Pages 205-215
The Shock Scaffold for Representing 3D Shape....Pages 216-227
Curve Skeletonization by Junction Detection in Surface Skeletons....Pages 229-238
Representation of Fuzzy Shapes....Pages 239-248
Skeleton-Based Shape Models with Pressure Forces: Application to Segmentation of Overlapping Leaves....Pages 249-259
A Skeletal Measure of 2D Shape Similarity....Pages 260-271
Perception-Based 2D Shape Modeling by Curvature Shaping....Pages 272-282
Global Topological Properties of Images Derived from Local Curvature Features....Pages 285-294
Adaptive Segmentation of MR Axial Brain Images Using Connected Components....Pages 295-302
Discrete Curvature Based on Osculating Circle Estimation....Pages 303-312
Detection and Enhancement of Line Structures in an Image by Anisotropic Diffusion....Pages 313-322
How Folds Cut a Scene....Pages 323-332
Extraction of Topological Features from Sequential Volume Data....Pages 333-345
Using Beltrami Framework for Orientation Diffusion in Image Processing....Pages 346-355
Digital Planar Segment Based Polyhedrization for Surface Area Estimation....Pages 356-366
Shape-Guided Split and Merge of Image Regions....Pages 367-377
A Rotation-Invariant Morphology for Shape Analysis of Anisotropic Objects and Structures....Pages 378-387
Multiscale Feature Extraction from the Visual Environment in an Active Vision System....Pages 388-397
2-D Shape Decomposition into Overlapping Parts....Pages 398-409
Fast Line Detection Algorithms Based on Combinatorial Optimization....Pages 410-419
Koenderink Corner Points....Pages 420-430
Dynamic Models for Wavelet Representations of Shape....Pages 431-439
Straightening and Partitioning Shapes....Pages 440-450
Invariant Signatures from Polygonal Approximations of Smooth Curves....Pages 451-460
On the Learning of Complex Movement Sequences....Pages 463-472
Possibility Theory and Rough Histograms for Motion Estimation in a Video Sequence....Pages 473-483
Prototyping Structural Shape Descriptions by Inductive Learning....Pages 484-493
Training Space Truncation in Vision-Based Recognition....Pages 494-503
Grouping Character Shapes by Means of Genetic Programming....Pages 504-513
Pattern Detection Using a Maximal Rejection Classifier....Pages 514-524
Visual Search and Visual Lobe Size....Pages 525-531
Judging Whether Multiple Silhouettes Can Come from the Same Object....Pages 532-541
Discrete Deformable Boundaries for the Segmentation of Multidimensional Images....Pages 542-551
Camera Motion Extraction Using Correlation for Motion-Based Video Classification....Pages 552-562
Matching Incomplete Objects Using Boundary Signatures....Pages 563-572
General Purpose Matching of Grey Level Arbitrary Images....Pages 573-582
Many-to-many Matching of Attributed Trees Using Association Graphs and Game Dynamics....Pages 583-593
An Expectation-Maximisation Framework for Perceptual Grouping....Pages 594-605
Alignment-Based Recognition of Shape Outlines....Pages 606-618
Behind the Image Sequence: The Semantics of Moving Shapes....Pages 619-629
Probabilistic Hypothesis Generation for Rapid 3D Object Recognition....Pages 630-639
Efficient Shape Description Using NURBS....Pages 643-653
Non-manifold Multi-tessellation: From Meshes to Iconic Representations of Objects....Pages 654-664
Image Indexing by Contour Analysis: A Comparison....Pages 665-676
Shape Reconstruction from an Image Sequence....Pages 677-686
3D Shape Reconstruction from Multiple Silhouettes: Generalization from Few Views by Neural Network Learning....Pages 687-695
Robust Structural Indexing through Quasi-Invariant Shape Signatures and Feature Generation....Pages 696-705
Fast Reconstruction of 3D Objects from Single Free- Hand Line Drawing....Pages 706-715
Color and Shape Index for Region-Based Image Retrieval....Pages 716-725
Virtual Drilling in 3-D Objects Reconstructed by Shape-Based Interpolation....Pages 729-738
Morphological Image Processing for Evaluating Malaria Disease....Pages 739-748
A Binocular License Plate Reader for High Precision Speed Measurement....Pages 749-758
Volume and Surface Area Distributions of Cracks in Concrete....Pages 759-768
Integration of Local and Global Shape Analysis for Logo Classification....Pages 769-778
Motion Tracking of Animals for Behavior Analysis....Pages 779-786
Head Model Acquisition from Silhouettes....Pages 787-796