Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns: 9th International Conference, CAIP 2001 Warsaw, Poland, September 5–7, 2001 Proceedings

MPEG-7: Evolution or Revolution?....Pages 1-1
The MPEG-7 Visual Description Framework — Concepts, Accuracy, and Applications....Pages 2-10
MPEG-7 Color Descriptors and Their Applications....Pages 11-20
Texture Descriptors in MPEG-7....Pages 21-28
An Overview of MPEG-7 Motion Descriptors and Their Applications....Pages 29-40
MPEG-7 MDS Content Description Tools and Applications....Pages 41-52
Image Retrieval Using Spatial Color Information....Pages 53-60
Lifting-Based Reversible Transforms for Lossy-to-Lossless Wavelet Codecs....Pages 61-70
Coding of Irregular Image Regions by SA DFT....Pages 71-76
Fast PNN Using Partial Distortion Search....Pages 77-84
Near-Lossless Color Image Compression with No Error Accumulation in Multiple Coding Cycles....Pages 85-91
Hybrid Lossless Coder of Medical Images with Statistical Data Modelling....Pages 92-101
A Simple Algorithm for Ordering and Compression of Vector Codebooks....Pages 102-109
MPEG 2-Based Video Coding with Three-Layer Mixed Scalability....Pages 110-117
The Coefficient Based Rate Distortion Model for the Low Bit Rate Video Coding....Pages 118-124
Shape-Adaptive DCT Algorithm — Hardware Optimized Redesign....Pages 125-133
Superquadric-Based Object Recognition....Pages 134-141
Weighted Graph-Matching Using Modal Clusters....Pages 142-151
Discovering Shape Categories by Clustering Shock Trees....Pages 152-160
Feature Selection for Classification Using Genetic Algorithms with a Novel Encoding....Pages 161-168
A Contribution to the Schlesinger’s Algorithm Separating Mixtures of Gaussians....Pages 169-176
Diophantine Approximations of Algebraic Irrationalities and Stability Theorems for Polynomial Decision Rules....Pages 177-182
Features Invariant Simultaneously to Convolution and Affine Transformation....Pages 183-190
A Technique for Segmentation of Gurmukhi Text....Pages 191-200
Efficient Computation of Body Moments....Pages 201-208
Genetic Programming with Local Improvement for Visual Learning from Examples....Pages 209-216
Improved Recognition of Spectrally Mixed Land Cover Classes Using Spatial Textures and Voting Classifications....Pages 217-227
Texture Feature Extraction and Classification....Pages 228-235
Today’s and Tomorrow’s Medical Imaging....Pages 236-237
A New Approach for Model-Based Adaptive Region Growing in Medical Image Analysis....Pages 238-246
Attempts to Bronchial Tumor Motion Tracking in Portal Images during Conformal Radiotherapy Treatment....Pages 247-255
Color Thinning with Applications to Biomedical Images....Pages 256-263
Dynamic Active Contour Model for Size Independent Blood Vessel Lumen Segmentation and Quantification in High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Images....Pages 264-273
Medical Active Thermography — A New Image Reconstruction Method....Pages 274-281
3-D Modeling and Parametrisation of Pelvis and Hip Joint....Pages 282-289
Cardiac Rhythm Analysis Using Spatial ECG Parameters and SPART Method....Pages 290-297
Deformable Contour Based Algorithm for Segmentation of the Hippocampus from MRI....Pages 298-308
Edge-Based Robust Image Registration for Incomplete and Partly Erroneous Data....Pages 309-316
Real Time Segmentation of Lip Pixels for Lip Tracker Initialization....Pages 317-324
Particle Image Velocimetry by Feature Tracking....Pages 325-332
Estimation of Motion through Inverse Finite Element Methods with Triangular Meshes....Pages 333-340
Face Tracking Using the Dynamic Grey World Algorithm....Pages 341-348
Fast Local Estimation of Optical Flow Using Variational and Wavelet Methods....Pages 349-356
A Method to Analyse the Motion of Solid Particle in Oscillatory Stream of a Viscous Liquid....Pages 357-364
An Optimization Approach for Translational Motion Estimation in Log-Polar Domain....Pages 365-373
Tracking People in Sport: Making Use of Partially Controlled Environment....Pages 374-382
Linear Augmented Reality Registration....Pages 383-390
Shape and Position Determination Based on Combination of Photogrammetry with Phase Analysis of Fringe Patterns....Pages 391-399
Automated Acquisition of Lifelike 3D Human Models from Multiple Posture Data....Pages 400-409
Augmented Reality and Semi-automated Landmarking of Cephalometric Radiographs....Pages 410-418
On Restoration of Degraded Cinematic Sequences by Means of Digital Image Processing....Pages 419-426
Vision Based Measurement System to Quantify Straightness Defect in Steel Sheets....Pages 427-434
Positioning of Flexible Boom Structure Using Neural Networks....Pages 435-442
Material Identification Using Laser Spectroscopy and Pattern Recognition Algorithms....Pages 443-450
Scanner Sequence Compensation....Pages 451-456
The Industrial Application of the Irregular 3D-Objects Image Processing in the Compact Reverse Engineering System....Pages 457-464
A Local Algorithm for Real-Time Junction Detection in Contour Images....Pages 465-472
A New Algorithm for Super-Resolution from Image Sequences....Pages 473-481
Flatness Analysis of Three-Dimensional Images for Global Polyhedrization....Pages 482-492
Generalized Morphological Mosaic Interpolation and Its Application to Computer-Aided Animations....Pages 493-501
Openings and Closings by Reconstruction Using Propagation Criteria....Pages 502-509
Multiscale Segmentation of Document Images Using M -Band Wavelets....Pages 510-517
Length Estimation for Curves with ε -Uniform Sampling....Pages 518-526
Random Walk Approach to Noise Reduction in Color Images....Pages 527-536
Wigner Distributions and Ambiguity Functions in Image Analysis....Pages 537-546
A Markov Random Field Image Segmentation Model Using Combined Color and Texture Features....Pages 547-554
Application of Adaptive Hypergraph Model to Impulsive Noise Detection....Pages 555-562
Estimation of Fusarium Head Blight of Triticale Using Digital Image Analysis of Grain....Pages 563-569
Fast Modified Vector Median Filter....Pages 570-580
Hierarchical Method of Digital Image Segmentation Using Multidimensional Mathematical Morphology....Pages 581-588
Images of Imperfectly Ordered Motifs: Properties, Analysis, and Reconstruction....Pages 589-600
Implementation and Advanced Results on the Non-interrupted Skeletonization Algorithm....Pages 601-609
Object Segmentation of Color Video Sequences....Pages 610-619
Thresholding Image Segmentation Based on the Volume Analysis of Spatial Regions....Pages 620-620
Topographic Feature Identification Based on Triangular Meshes....Pages 621-629
Visual Attention Guided Seed Selection for Color Image Segmentation....Pages 630-637
Theoretical Analysis of Finite Difference Algorithms for Linear Shape from Shading....Pages 638-645
Relational Constraints for Point Distribution Models....Pages 646-656
Shape-from-Shading Using Darboux Smoothing....Pages 657-667
A Novel Robust Statistical Design of the Repeated Genetic Algorithm....Pages 668-675
Binocular Stereo Matching by Local Attraction....Pages 676-683
Characterizations of Image Acquisition and Epipolar Geometry of Multiple Panoramas....Pages 684-691
Interclass Fuzzy Rule Generation for Road Scene Recognition from Colour Images....Pages 692-699
Unsupervised Learning of Part-Based Representations....Pages 700-708
A Comparative Study of Performance and Implementation of Some Area-Based Stereo Algorithms....Pages 709-716
A New Autocalibration Algorithm: Experimental Evaluation....Pages 717-724
An Iconic Classification Scheme for Video-Based Traffic Sensor Tasks....Pages 725-732
Matching in Catadioptric Images with Appropriate Windows, and Outliers Removal....Pages 733-740