Image Analysis and Recognition

Image Restoration and Enhancement.- A New Image Scaling Algorithm Based on the Sampling Theorem of Papoulis.- A New Fuzzy Additive Noise Reduction Method.- Subband-Adaptive and Spatially-Adaptive Wavelet Thresholding for Denoising and Feature Preservation of Texture Images.- Image Denoising Based on the Ridgelet Frame Using the Generalized Cross Validation Technique.- Parameterless Discrete Regularization on Graphs for Color Image Filtering.- Multicomponent Image Restoration, an Experimental Study.- Reconstruction of Low-Resolution Images Using Adaptive Bimodal Priors.- Image and Video Processing and Analysis.- Learning Basic Patterns from Repetitive Texture Surfaces Under Non-rigid Deformations.- An Approach for Extracting Illumination-Independent Texture Features.- Image Decomposition and Reconstruction Using Single Sided Complex Gabor Wavelets.- Solving the Inverse Problem of Image Zooming Using “Self-Examples”.- A Run-Based Two-Scan Labeling Algorithm.- New Computational Methods for the Construction of “Darcyan” Biological Coordinate Systems.- An Approach to the 2D Hilbert Transform for Image Processing Applications.- Landmark-Based Non-rigid Registration Via Graph Cuts.- New Hypothesis Distinctiveness Measure for Better Ellipse Extraction.- Automatic Closed Edge Detection Using Level Lines Selection.- Constrained Sampling Using Simulated Annealing.- A High-Accuracy Rotation Estimation Algorithm Based on 1D Phase-Only Correlation.- Image Segmentation.- Enhancing Contour Primitives by Pairwise Grouping and Relaxation.- Image Segmentation Using Level Set and Local Linear Approximations.- Bimodal Texture Segmentation with the Lee-Seo Model.- Face Detection Based on Skin Color in Video Images with Dynamic Background.- Data Segmentation of Stereo Images with Complicated Background.- Computer Vision.- Variable Homography Compensation of Parallax Along Mosaic Seams.- Deformation Weight Constraint and 3D Reconstruction of Nonrigid Objects.- Parallel Robot High Speed Object Tracking.- Robust Contour Tracking Using a Modified Snake Model in Stereo Image Sequences.- Background Independent Moving Object Segmentation Using Edge Similarity Measure.- Pattern Recognition for Image Analysis.- Unsupervised Feature and Model Selection for Generalized Dirichlet Mixture Models.- On Design of Discriminant Analysis Diagram for Error Based Pattern Recognition.- Robust Tensor Classifiers for Color Object Recognition.- New Algorithm to Extract Centerline of 2D Objects Based on Clustering.- A Novel Bayesian Classifier with Smaller Eigenvalues Reset by Threshold Based on Given Database.- Median Binary Pattern for Textures Classification.- A New Incremental Optimal Feature Extraction Method for On-Line Applications.- Shape and Matching.- A View-Based 3D Object Shape Representation Technique.- A Novel Multi-scale Representation for 2-D Shapes.- Retrieval of Hand-Sketched Envelopes in Logo Images.- Matching Flexible Polygons to Fields of Corners Extracted from Images.- Pattern Retrieval from a Cloud of Points Using Geometric Concepts.- Motion Analysis.- Real-Time Vehicle Ego-Motion Using Stereo Pairs and Particle Filters.- Enhanced Cross-Diamond Search Algorithm for Fast Block Motion Estimation.- Block-Based Motion Vector Smoothing for Periodic Pattern Region.- A Fast and Reliable Image Mosaicing Technique with Application to Wide Area Motion Detection.- High Accuracy Optical Flow Method Based on a Theory for Warping: Implementation and Qualitative/Quantitative Evaluation.- Tracking.- A Sequential Monte-Carlo and DSmT Based Approach for Conflict Handling in Case of Multiple Targets Tracking.- Incremental Update of Linear Appearance Models and Its Application to AAM: Incremental AAM.- Robust Face Tracking Using Motion Prediction in Adaptive Particle Filters.- A Simple Oriented Mean-Shift Algorithm for Tracking.- Real-Time 3D Head Tracking Under Rapidly Changing Pose, Head Movement and Illumination.- Tracking Multiple People in the Context of Video Surveillance.- Video Object Tracking Via Central Macro-blocks and Directional Vectors.- Tracking of Multiple Targets Using On-Line Learning for Appearance Model Adaptation.- Image Retrieval and Indexing.- Using Visual Dictionary to Associate Semantic Objects in Region-Based Image Retrieval.- Object-Based Surveillance Video Retrieval System with Real-Time Indexing Methodology.- Image Retrieval Using Transaction-Based and SVM-Based Learning in Relevance Feedback Sessions.- Shape-Based Image Retrieval Using Pair-Wise Candidate Co-ranking.- Gaussian Mixture Model Based Retrieval Technique for Lossy Compressed Color Images.- Logo and Trademark Retrieval in General Image Databases Using Color Edge Gradient Co-occurrence Histograms.- Use of Adaptive Still Image Descriptors for Annotation of Video Frames.- Image and Video Coding and Encryption.- Data Hiding on H.264/AVC Compressed Video.- Reduced Uneven Multi-hexagon-grid Search for Fast Integer Pel Motion Estimation in H.264/AVC.- Reversible Data Hiding for JPEG Images Based on Histogram Pairs.- Iterated Fourier Transform Systems: A Method for Frequency Extrapolation.- Adaptive Deblocking Algorithm Based on Image Characteristics for Low Bit-Rate Video.- Ingredient Separation of Natural Images: A Multiple Transform Domain Method Based on Sparse Coding Strategy.- Optimal Algorithm for Lossy Vector Data Compression.- MPEG Video Watermarking Using Tensor Singular Value Decomposition.- Embedding Quality Measures in PIFS Fractal Coding.- Biometrics.- Comparison of ARTMAP Neural Networks for Classification for Face Recognition from Video.- Face Recognition by Curvelet Based Feature Extraction.- Low Frequency Response and Random Feature Selection Applied to Face Recognition.- Facial Expression Recognition Using 3D Facial Feature Distances.- Locating Facial Features Using an Anthropometric Face Model for Determining the Gaze of Faces in Image Sequences.- Iris Recognition Based on Zigzag Collarette Region and Asymmetrical Support Vector Machines.- Biomedical Image Analysis.- A Modified Fuzzy C-Means Algorithm for MR Brain Image Segmentation.- Evaluation of Contrast Enhancement Filters for Lung Nodule Detection.- Robust Coronary Artery Tracking from Fluoroscopic Image Sequences.- Classification of Breast Tissues in Mammogram Images Using Ripley’s K Function and Support Vector Machine.- Comparison of Class Separability, Forward Sequential Search and Genetic Algorithms for Feature Selection in the Classification of Individual and Clustered Microcalcifications in Digital Mammograms.- Contourlet-Based Mammography Mass Classification.- Fuzzy C-Means Clustering for Segmenting Carotid Artery Ultrasound Images.- A Novel 3D Segmentation Method of the Lumen from Intravascular Ultrasound Images.- Carotid Ultrasound Segmentation Using DP Active Contours.- Bayesian Reconstruction Using a New Nonlocal MRF Prior for Count-Limited PET Transmission Scans.- Medical Image Registration Based on Equivalent Meridian Plane.- Prostate Tissue Texture Feature Extraction for Cancer Recognition in TRUS Images Using Wavelet Decomposition.- Multi-scale and First Derivative Analysis for Edge Detection in TEM Images.- Watershed Segmentation of Intervertebral Disk and Spinal Canal from MRI Images.- Towards Segmentation of Pedicles on Posteroanterior X-Ray Views of Scoliotic Patients.- Adaptive Mesh Generation of MRI Images for 3D Reconstruction of Human Trunk.- Efficient and Effective Ultrasound Image Analysis Scheme for Thyroid Nodule Detection.- Contour Energy Features for Recognition of Biological Specimens in Population Images.- Processing Random Amplified Polymorphysm DNA Images Using the Radon Transform and Mathematical Morphology.- Applications.- Scale-Adaptive Segmentation and Recognition of Individual Trees Based on LiDAR Data.- Iterative and Localized Radon Transform for Road Centerline Detection from Classified Imagery.- Using Wavelet Transform and Partial Distance Search to Implement kNN Classifier on FPGA with Multiple Modules.- A Framework for Wrong Way Driver Detection Using Optical Flow.- Automated Stroke Classification in Tennis.- Color-Based Road Sign Detection and Tracking.- A New Automatic Planning of Inspection of 3D Industrial Parts by Means of Visual System.- Model-Guided Luminance Range Enhancement in Mixed Reality.- Improving Reliability of Oil Spill Detection Systems Using Boosting for High-Level Feature Selection.- Computer Assisted Transcription for Ancient Text Images.- Methods for Written Ancient Music Restoration.- Suppression of Noise in Historical Photographs Using a Fuzzy Truncated-Median Filter.- Generating Color Documents from Segmented and Synthetic Elements.- Enhancing Document Images Acquired Using Portable Digital Cameras.- A Page Content Independent Book Dewarping Method to Handle 2D Images Captured by a Digital Camera.- 3D Reconstruction of Soccer Sequences Using Non-calibrated Video Cameras.- Automatic Ortho-rectification of ASTER Images by Matching Digital Elevation Models.- A New Pyramidal Approach for the Address Block Location Based on Hierarchical Graph Coloring.- Poultry Skin Tumor Detection in Hyperspectral Reflectance Images by Combining Classifiers.- Intelligent Real-Time Fabric Defect Detection.