Image Analysis and Processing: 8th International Conference, ICIAP'95 San Remo, Italy, September 13–15, 1995 Proceedings

Texture analysis: Representation and matching....Pages 2-10
Region-based segmentation of textured images....Pages 11-16
A new approach to image segmentation....Pages 17-22
Using Hopfield networks to segment color images....Pages 24-30
The watershed transformation for multiresolution image segmentation....Pages 31-36
Bounds on the optimal elasticity parameters for a snake....Pages 37-42
Efficient attributed graph matching and its application to image analysis....Pages 44-55
Matching Delaunay graphs....Pages 56-61
An integrated approach to grouping and matching....Pages 62-67
An adaptive reject option for LVQ classifiers....Pages 68-73
A model based method for characterization and location of curved image features....Pages 76-82
Estimation of curvature and tangent direction by median filtered differencing....Pages 83-88
Adaptative elimination of false edges for first order detectors....Pages 89-94
An image processing library based on abstract image data-types in C++....Pages 96-102
Spatial-temporal data management for a 3D graphical information system....Pages 103-108
Photopix: An object-oriented framework for digital image processing systems....Pages 109-114
Data packing vs processing speed on low-cost massively parallel systems: A case study....Pages 115-120
A new parallel method based on a genetic approach for determination and classification of skin spots....Pages 121-126
A VLSI scalable processor array for motion estimation....Pages 127-132
Evaluating digital angles by a parallel diffusion process....Pages 133-138
A pyramidal approach to convex hull and filling algorithms....Pages 139-144
A code based approach to image-processing teaching....Pages 145-150
A visual speech model based on fuzzy-neuro methods....Pages 152-158
Edge detection filters based on artificial neural networks....Pages 159-164
Use of cortical filters and neural networks in a self-organising image classification system....Pages 165-170
Occluded objects recognition using multiscale features and Hopfield neural networks....Pages 171-176
Automatic video segmentation through editing analysis....Pages 178-184
Image retrieval by elastic matching of user sketches....Pages 185-190
Finding facial features using an HLS colour space....Pages 191-196
A new and fast real-time implementation of 2-D DCT....Pages 197-202
A hybrid lossless compression of still images using Markov model and linear prediction....Pages 203-208
The impact of aliasing and quantization on motion compensation....Pages 209-214
Rule-based method for tumor recognition in liver ultrasonic images....Pages 216-222
An understanding of muscle fibre images....Pages 223-228
A new plant cell image segmentation algorithm....Pages 229-234
Extraction of tumours from MR images of the brain by texture and clustering....Pages 235-240
Automatic identification of brain contours in magnetic resonance images of the head....Pages 241-246
Analysis of the spatial arrangement of cells in the proliferative breast lesions....Pages 247-252
Application of image processing in neurobiology: Detection of low signals with high spatial resolution and a non-uniform variance....Pages 253-257
Computer assisted analysis of echocardiographic image sequences....Pages 258-264
Tissue segmentation in MRI as an informative indicator of disease activity in the brain....Pages 265-270
Analysis of scenes containing multiple non-polyhedral 3D objects....Pages 272-280
Fuzzy segmentation and astronomical images interpretation....Pages 281-286
Learning how to find patterns or objects in complex scenes....Pages 287-292
Adaptive matching using object modes generated from photometric stereo images....Pages 293-298
Sensor planning techniques and active visual inspection....Pages 300-306
Experimental self-calibration from four views....Pages 307-312
Vision-based navigation in service robotics....Pages 313-318
Segmenting 3D objects into geons....Pages 320-334
Delineation of elongated sub-patterns in a piecewise constant foreground....Pages 335-340
On a new basic concept and topological invariant....Pages 341-346
Line moments and invariants for real time processing of vectorized contour data....Pages 347-352
Restoration of noisy underwater acoustic images using Markov Random Fields....Pages 354-360
Plausibilistic preprocessing of sparse range images....Pages 361-366
Segmentation/reconstruction of range images based on piecewise-linear approximation....Pages 367-372
In-place covariance operators for computer vision....Pages 374-380
A new heuristic search for boundary detection....Pages 381-386
Sub-pixel registration for super high resolution image acquisition based on temporal integration....Pages 387-392
Robust features for textures in additive noise....Pages 393-398
Decomposing contours into curves of different families....Pages 399-404
A proposal on local and adaptive determination of filter scale for edge detection....Pages 405-410
On the detection of step edges in algorithms based on gradient vector analysis....Pages 411-416
Directions analysis in grey-level images....Pages 417-422
An unsupervised and non-parametric Bayesian Image segmentation....Pages 423-428
A.I. based image segmentation....Pages 429-434
Quality enhancement in image enlargement....Pages 435-440
Synthesising objects and scenes using the reverse distance transformation in 2D and 3D....Pages 441-446
Texture segmentation using local phase differences in Gabor filtered images....Pages 447-452
Disparity estimation for stereo sequences based on adaptive size hierarchical block matching....Pages 453-458
Matching of stereo curves — A closed form solution....Pages 459-464
Multi-polygonal object tracking....Pages 465-470
Optimal parameter estimation of ellipses....Pages 471-476
A linear discriminator of width....Pages 477-482
Binarization of inhomogeneously illuminated images....Pages 483-487
Pruning discrete and semicontinuous skeletons....Pages 488-493
On commutative properties of halftoning and their applications....Pages 494-499
Combining resolution and granularity for pattern recognition....Pages 502-508
Line and cell searching in tables or forms....Pages 509-514
Describing words by graphs....Pages 515-520
Selecting reference signatures for on-line signature verification....Pages 521-526
ApOFIS: an A priori optical font identification system....Pages 527-532
Extracting words and multi-part symbols in graphics rich documents....Pages 533-538
A semi-automatic method for form layout description....Pages 539-544
Improving the use of contours for off-line Cursive Script Segmentation....Pages 545-550
A method for determining address format in the automated sorting of Japanese mail....Pages 551-556
Structural features by MCR expression for printed Arabic character recognition....Pages 557-562
Genetic algorithm for thinning gray-scale images of characters....Pages 563-568
Blue-print document analysis for color classification....Pages 569-574
Document image analysis: What is missing?....Pages 576-587
Invariant features for HMM based on-line handwriting recognition....Pages 588-593
A robust analytical approach for handwritten word recognition....Pages 594-599
Recognition of rotated characters by inexact matching....Pages 600-605
Bayesian image reconstruction using a high-order interacting MRF model....Pages 608-614
Minimum spanning trees (MST) as a tool for describing tissue architecture when grading bladder carcinoma....Pages 615-620
Symbolic indexing of cardiological sequences through dynamic curve representations....Pages 621-626
Visual communications....Pages 628-636
Generalized square isometries — an improvement for fractal image coding....Pages 637-642
A fast algorithm for high quality vector quantization codebook design....Pages 643-648
Fast fractal image coding using pyramids....Pages 649-654
Hidden MRF detection of motion of objects with uniform brightness....Pages 656-662
Motion analysis and segmentation for object-oriented mid-level image representation....Pages 663-668
Speckle noise filtering in SAR images using wavelets....Pages 670-676
Prediction of short-term evolution of cloud formations based on Meteosat image sequences....Pages 677-682
Prototyping of interactive satellite image analysis tools using a real-time data-flow computer....Pages 683-688
Simulation of aircraft images for Airport Surface Traffic Control....Pages 689-696
Cooperation of knowledge based systems for galaxy classification....Pages 697-702
Fuzzy segmentation and structural knowledge for satellite image analysis....Pages 703-708
Detection of Lofar lines....Pages 709-714
A fast object orientation estimation and recognition technique for underwater acoustic imaging....Pages 715-720
Applying contextual constraints to extract symbolic representation for image understanding....Pages 721-730
Application of the Hough transform for weld inspection underwater....Pages 731-736
Development of an automated bond verification system for advanced electronic packages....Pages 737-742
Crack detection by a measure of texture anisotropy....Pages 743-747
A vision system for automatic inspection of meat quality....Pages 748-753