Advances in Visual Computing: Second International Symposium, ISVC 2006 Lake Tahoe, NV, USA, November 6-8, 2006. Proceedings, Part II

Front Matter....Pages -
Multiple Description Coding for Robust Video Transmission Over Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks....Pages 1-8
Emotion-Based Textile Indexing Using Colors, Texture and Patterns....Pages 9-18
Affine Camera for 3-D Retinal Surface Reconstruction....Pages 19-30
The Diagnostic Application of Brain Image Processing and Analysis System for Ischemic Stroke....Pages 31-38
Development of Early Tunnel Fire Detection Algorithm Using the Image Processing....Pages 39-48
Simulation of Artificial Winds Using a Hardware Illumination Technique....Pages 49-58
Learning for Multi-view 3D Tracking in the Context of Particle Filters....Pages 59-69
Improving Brightness for a Multi-projector Display Considering Image Content....Pages 70-78
 VirtualQWERTY : Textual Communication in Virtual Reality....Pages 79-87
Networked Heterogeneous Camera System for High Resolution Face Images....Pages 88-97
A New Method for Approximating Optimal Parameterization of Polynomial Curves....Pages 98-105
Interpolation by Piecewise Quadric Polynomial to Scattered Data Points....Pages 106-115
Detection and Localization of the Top Object in the Stack of Objects....Pages 116-125
Recognition of 3D Object Using Attributed Relation Graph of Silhouette’s Extended Convex Hull....Pages 126-135
Image Retrieval by Local Contrast Patterns and Color....Pages 136-145
A VR Game Platform Built Upon Wireless Sensor Network....Pages 146-155
Feature Extraction and Selection for Recognizing Humans by Their Gait....Pages 156-165
Rectification of Illumination in Images Used for Shape from Focus....Pages 166-175
Bilateral Edge Detection on a Virtual Hexagonal Structure....Pages 176-185
Issues and Implementation of C 1 and C 2 Natural Neighbor Interpolation....Pages 186-195
Iris Recognition Using a Low Level of Details....Pages 196-204
Dynamic Reconstruction of Complex Planar Objects on Irregular Isothetic Grids....Pages 205-214
Layout of Multiple Views for Volume Visualization: A User Study....Pages 215-226
Video Indexing and Retrieval in Compressed Domain Using Fuzzy-Categorization....Pages 227-234
Computing Homology for Surfaces with Generalized Maps: Application to 3D Images....Pages 235-244
Dynamic Texture Analysis and Synthesis Using Tensor Decomposition....Pages 245-254
Color Pair Clustering for Texture Detection....Pages 255-264
CPU-GPU Multithreaded Programming Model: Application to the Path Tracing with Next Event Estimation Algorithm....Pages 265-275
Real-Time and Robust Monocular SLAM Using Predictive Multi-resolution Descriptors....Pages 276-285
A Faster Graph-Based Segmentation Algorithm with Statistical Region Merge....Pages 286-293
Sensor Fusion Based Obstacle Detection/Classification for Active Pedestrian Protection System....Pages 294-305
Combinatorial Pyramids and Discrete Geometry for Energy-Minimizing Segmentation....Pages 306-315
Fast Dense Stereo Matching Using Adaptive Window in Hierarchical Framework....Pages 316-325
A New Photographing Apparatus for Skin Maps of Human Face Rendering....Pages 326-333
Investigating the Dynamics of Facial Expression....Pages 334-343
GLOBAL Topology Preservation in Isosurface Extraction of Volumetric Data....Pages 344-353
Real-Time Model-Based SLAM Using Line Segments....Pages 354-363
Feature Correspondences from Multiple Views of Coplanar Ellipses....Pages 364-373
Evaluation of Subpixel Tracking Algorithms....Pages 374-382
Adaptive Real-Time Rendering for Large-Scale Molecular Models....Pages 383-392
An Efficient Algorithm for Connected Attribute Thinnings and Thickenings....Pages 393-404
Creating Multi-layered 3D Images Using Reversible Jump MCMC Algorithms....Pages 405-416
A Multi-Modal Interface for Road Planning Tasks Using Vision, Haptics and Sound....Pages 417-426
Venation Pattern Analysis of Leaf Images....Pages 427-436
A Mobile Low-Cost Motion Capture System Based on Accelerometers....Pages 437-446
Fusing Individual Algorithms and Humans Improves Face Recognition Accuracy....Pages 447-456
A Method for the Automatic Analysis of Colour Category Pixel Shifts During Dichromatic Vision....Pages 457-466
Rendering Dynamic Real-World Scenes Using Image Spheres....Pages 467-479
Arithmetic Discrete Parabolas....Pages 480-489
Retinal Spot Lesion Detection Using Adaptive Multiscale Morphological Processing....Pages 490-501
Iterative Closest SIFT Formulation for Robust Feature Matching....Pages 502-513
Invertible Polygonalization of 3D Planar Digital Curves and Application to Volume Data Reconstruction....Pages 514-523
Lateral and Depth Calibration of PMD-Distance Sensors....Pages 524-533
Autonomous Vehicle Video Aided Navigation – Coupling INS and Video Approaches....Pages 534-543
A Method of Improving Cloud Predictions for Real-Time Weather Forecasting and Visualization....Pages 544-553
An Efficient Hardware Architecture for Full-Search Variable Block Size Motion Estimation in H.264/AVC....Pages 554-563
A Domain Reduction Algorithm for Incremental Projective Reconstruction....Pages 564-575
An Automated Procedure for Word Balloon Placement in Cinema Comics....Pages 576-585
Segmentation of Three Dimensional Cell Culture Models from a Single Focal Plane....Pages 586-595
A Semi-automatic 3D Reconstruction Algorithm for Telepresence....Pages 596-606
Motion Detection Using an Improved Colour Model....Pages 607-616
Combining Pixelization and Dimensional Stacking....Pages 617-626
Detection and Characterization of Abnormal Vascular Patterns in Automated Cervical Image Analysis....Pages 627-636
Towards a Modular Network-Distributed Mixed-Reality Learning Space System....Pages 637-646
Real-Time Multi-view 3D Object Tracking in Cluttered Scenes....Pages 647-656
Visualizing Natural Stereo Images in Short Distance: A New Approach....Pages 657-667
Next Best View Algorithms for Interior and Exterior Model Acquisition....Pages 668-677
An Experiential Approach to Interacting with Biological Information....Pages 678-687
Convex Shapes and Convergence Speed of Discrete Tangent Estimators....Pages 688-697
Towards Obtaining an Ideal Real Time Panoramic Video....Pages 698-708
Object Recognition Using Local Descriptors: A Comparison....Pages 709-717
Improving Spatiotemporal Inpainting with Layer Appearance Models....Pages 718-730
Edge Detection Using a Complex-Valued Directional Vector Representation....Pages 731-740
Analysis and Design of Graphical Password Techniques....Pages 741-749
Viewing Scenes Occluded by Smoke....Pages 750-759
A Non-photorealistic Rendering of Seurat’s Pointillism....Pages 760-769
Semantically Relevant Image Retrieval by Combining Image and Linguistic Analysis....Pages 770-779
A New Algorithm for Solid Texture Synthesis....Pages 780-789
What Can We Learn from Biological Vision Studies for Human Motion Segmentation?....Pages 790-801
3D Geometry from Uncalibrated Images....Pages 802-813
Hierarchical Image Database Navigation on a Hue Sphere....Pages 814-823
Image-Based Informatics for Preclinical Biomedical Research....Pages 824-834
Segmentation-Based Registration of Organs in Intraoperative Video Sequences....Pages 835-842
On Asymmetric Classifier Training for Detector Cascades....Pages 843-850
Active Stabilization of Images Acquired on a Walking Robotic Platform....Pages 851-860
Motion Estimation with Edge Continuity Constraint for Crowd Scene Analysis....Pages 861-869
Perceptual Grouping Based on Iterative Multi-scale Tensor Voting....Pages 870-881
Fast Prediction Mode Decision Algorithm for H.264 Based on Hierarchical Mode Classification Framework....Pages 882-890
Camera Self-calibration in Scheimpflug Condition for Air Flow Investigation....Pages 891-900
Back Matter....Pages -