Image Analysis and Recognition: 5th International Conference, ICIAR 2008, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, June 25-27, 2008. Proceedings

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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