Image and Signal Processing: 3rd International Conference, ICISP 2008. Cherbourg-Octeville, France, July 1 - 3, 2008. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Discrete Pulse Transform of Images....Pages 1-9
Constrained Unsharp Masking for Image Enhancement....Pages 10-19
Discrete Wavelet Diffusion for Image Denoising....Pages 20-28
Dynamic Color Texture Modeling and Color Video Decomposition Using Bounded Variation and Oscillatory Functions....Pages 29-37
Reinstating Floyd-Steinberg: Improved Metrics for Quality Assessment of Error Diffusion Algorithms....Pages 38-45
A Neuro Fuzzy Model for Image Compression in Wavelet Domain....Pages 46-58
A People Counting System Based on Dense and Close Stereovision....Pages 59-66
Topology-Preserving Discrete Deformable Model: Application to Multi-segmentation of Brain MRI....Pages 67-75
A Real Time Human Detection System Based on Far Infrared Vision....Pages 76-84
Uniqueness Filtering for Local Feature Descriptors in Urban Building Recognition....Pages 85-93
Dynamic Human Fatigue Detection Using Feature-Level Fusion....Pages 94-102
Real Time Monocular Depth from Defocus....Pages 103-111
Dynamic Skin Detection in Color Images for Sign Language Recognition....Pages 112-119
Depth Estimation by Finding Best Focused Points Using Line Fitting....Pages 120-127
Improved Phase Correlation Matching....Pages 128-135
A New Approach to Estimate Fractal Dimension of Texture Images....Pages 136-143
Digital Signal Processing Techniques for Gene Finding in Eukaryotes....Pages 144-152
A CAD System for Long-Bone Segmentation and Fracture Detection....Pages 153-162
Comparison of Image Restoration Methods for Bioluminescence Imaging....Pages 163-172
Texture-Based Multiscale Segmentation: Application to Stromal Compartment Characterization on Ovarian Carcinoma Virtual Slides....Pages 173-182
Combination of Image Registration Algorithms for Patient Alignement in Proton Beam Therapy....Pages 183-191
Speech Signal Processing Based on Wavelets and SVM for Vocal Tract Pathology Detection....Pages 192-199
Pair Correlation Integral for Fractal Characterization of Three-Dimensional Histograms from Color Images....Pages 200-208
Accelerating Integral Histograms Using an Adaptive Approach....Pages 209-217
Volume Estimation of Small Particles Using Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from Multiple Views....Pages 218-225
A Multivariate Hit-or-Miss Transform for Conjoint Spatial and Spectral Template Matching....Pages 226-235
Blur Insensitive Texture Classification Using Local Phase Quantization....Pages 236-243
An Algorithm to Determine the Chromaticity Under Non-uniform Illuminant....Pages 244-253
Transients Detection in the Time-Scale Domain....Pages 254-262
SIFT Based Ball Recognition in Soccer Images....Pages 263-272
Evaluation Protocol for Localization Metrics....Pages 273-280
Classification of Proteomic Signals by Block Kriging Error Matching....Pages 281-288
Grip-Pattern Recognition in Smart Gun Based on Likelihood-Ratio Classifier and Support Vector Machine....Pages 289-295
Chirplet Transform Applied to Simulated and Real Blue Whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) Calls....Pages 296-303
Illumination Invariant Face Recognition under Various Facial Expressions and Occlusions....Pages 304-311
A Version of the FastICA Algorithm Based on the Secant Method Combined with Simple Iterations Method....Pages 312-320
SVM-Based Face Recognition Using Genetic Search for Frequency-Feature Subset Selection....Pages 321-328
A Path Following Algorithm for Graph Matching....Pages 329-337
Statistically Valid Graph Representations of Scale-Space Geometry....Pages 338-345
Hierarchical Matching Using Combinatorial Pyramid Framework....Pages 346-355
Multi-cue Facial Feature Detection and Tracking....Pages 356-367
Body Language Based Individual Identification in Video Using Gait and Actions....Pages 368-377
Human Hand Gesture Recognition Using Motion Orientation Histogram for Interaction of Handicapped Persons with Computer....Pages 378-385
3D Human Motion Reconstruction Using Video Processing....Pages 386-395
Personal Recognition Using Single-Sensor Multimodal Hand Biometrics....Pages 396-404
Face Tracking for Spatially Aware Mobile User Interfaces....Pages 405-412
Markerless Augmented Reality Using Image Mosaics....Pages 413-420
Retracted: A Novel Text-Independent Speaker Verification System Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm....Pages 421-429
Image Retrieval: Color and Texture Combining Based on Query-Image....Pages 430-438
Markerless Outdoor Localisation Based on SIFT Descriptors for Mobile Applications....Pages 439-446
Off-Line Arabic Handwritten Characters Recognition Based on a Hidden Markov Models....Pages 447-454
Watermarking Based on the Density Coefficients of Faber-Schauder Wavelets....Pages 455-462
Arabic Handwritten Characters Classification Using Learning Vector Quantization Algorithm....Pages 463-470
A Complete Pyramidal Geometrical Scheme for Text Based Image Description and Retrieval....Pages 471-480
Local Orientation Extraction for Wordspotting in Syriac Manuscripts....Pages 481-489
A Procedure for Efficient Generation of 1/ f β Noise Sequences....Pages 490-497
Design and Implementation of an Image CoProcessor....Pages 498-507
Wavelet-Packet Identification of Dynamic Systems with Coloured Measurement Noise....Pages 508-515
Comparison of the Cross Deleted Wigner Representation and the Matching Pursuit Distribution (Via Adaptive Signal Decomposition)....Pages 516-526
Mean Weight Behavior of Coupled LMS Adaptive Systems Applied to Acoustic Feedback Cancellation in Hearing Aids....Pages 527-535
Sound Localization Based on Excitation Source Information for Intelligent Home Service Robots....Pages 536-543
Voicing Detection in Noisy Speech Signal....Pages 544-551
Coherent Synchronization of a Chaotic Communication System Based on a QAM-4 Transmitter....Pages 552-561
Joint Multiple Target Tracking and Classification Using Controlled Based Cheap JPDA-Multiple Model Particle Filter in Cluttered Environment....Pages 562-569
Correlation, Independance and Inverse Modeling....Pages 570-579
A New Approach for Reducing Embedding Noise in Multiple Bit Plane Steganography....Pages 580-587
Region-Based Wavelet-Packet Adaptive Algorithm for Sparse Response Identification....Pages 588-595
Simulation Method of SAR Raw Echo for Urban Scene....Pages 596-604
Underwater Passive Location Technology Using Dummy Time-Reversal Mirror....Pages 605-612
Multifractal Analysis on the Sphere....Pages 613-621
Erratum: A Novel Text-Independent Speaker Verification System Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm....Pages E1-E1
Back Matter....Pages -