Image Analysis and Recognition

Sets and Fuzzy Clustering.- Image Enhancement via Fusion Based on Laplacian Pyramid Directional Filter Banks.- Wavelet-Based Methods for Improving Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Phase Images.- Image Evaluation Factors.- Monoscale Dual Ridgelet Frame.- Description Selection Scheme for Intermediate Frame Based Multiple Description Video Streaming.- Background Removal of Document Images Acquired Using Portable Digital Cameras.- Comparison of the Image Distortion Correction Methods for an X-Ray Digital Tomosynthesis System.- Image and Video Coding.- An Efficient Video Watermarking Scheme Using Adaptive Threshold and Minimum Modification on Motion Vectors.- Lossless Compression of Correlated Images/Data with Low Complexity Encoder Using Distributed Source Coding Techniques.- Automatically Detecting Symmetries in Decorative Tiles.- A Fast Video Mixing Method for Multiparty Video Conference.- Grayscale Two-Dimensional Lempel-Ziv Encoding.- Unequal Error Protection Using Convolutional Codes for PCA-Coded Images.- Design of Tree Filter Algorithm for Random Number Generator in Crypto Module.- Layer Based Multiple Description Packetized Coding.- Extended Application of Scalable Video Coding Methods.- Accelerated Motion Estimation of H.264 on Imagine Stream Processor.- MPEG-2 Test Stream with Static Test Patterns in DTV System.- Speed Optimization of a MPEG-4 Software Decoder Based on ARM Family Cores.- Shape and Matching.- Marrying Level Lines for Stereo or Motion.- Envelope Detection of Multi-object Shapes.- Affine Invariant, Model-Based Object Recognition Using Robust Metrics and Bayesian Statistics.- Efficient Multiscale Shape-Based Representation and Retrieval.- Robust Matching Area Selection for Terrain Matching Using Level Set Method.- Shape Similarity Measurement for Boundary Based Features.- Image Description and Recognition.- Image Deformation Using Velocity Fields: An Exact Solution.- Estimating the Natural Number of Classes on Hierarchically Clustered Multi-spectral Images.- Image Space I 3 and Eigen Curvature for Illumination Insensitive Face Detection.- Object Shape Extraction Based on the Piecewise Linear Skeletal Representation.- A Generic Shape Matching with Anchoring of Knowledge Primitives of Object Ontology.- Statistical Object Recognition Including Color Modeling.- Determining Multiscale Image Feature Angles from Complex Wavelet Phases.- Cylinder Rotational Orientation Based on Circle Detection.- Lip Reading Based on Sampled Active Contour Model.- Fast Viseme Recognition for Talking Head Application.- Image Analysis by Discrete Orthogonal Hahn Moments.- On Object Classification: Artificial vs. Natural.- Recognition of Passports Using a Hybrid Intelligent System.- Description of Digital Images by Region-Based Contour Trees.- Compressing 2-D Shapes Using Concavity Trees.- Image Retrieval and Indexing.- Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Perceptual Shape Features.- Compressed Telesurveillance Video Database Retrieval Using Fuzzy Classification System.- Machine-Learning-Based Image Categorization.- Improving Shape-Based CBIR for Natural Image Content Using a Modified GFD.- Probabilistic Similarity Measures in Image Databases with SVM Based Categorization and Relevance Feedback.- 3D Imaging.- 3D Geometry Reconstruction from a Stereoscopic Video Sequence.- Three-Dimensional Planar Profile Registration in 3D Scanning.- Text-Pose Estimation in 3D Using Edge-Direction Distributions.- A Neural Network-Based Algorithm for 3D Multispectral Scanning Applied to Multimedia.- A Novel Stereo Matching Method for Wide Disparity Range Detection.- Three-Dimensional Structure Detection from Anisotropic Alpha-Shapes.- Morphology.- A Morphological Edge Detector for Gray-Level Image Thresholding.- Vector Morphological Operators for Colour Images.- Decomposition of 3D Convex Structuring Element in Morphological Operation for Parallel Processing Architectures.- Colour Analysis.- Soft-Switching Adaptive Technique of Impulsive Noise Removal in Color Images.- Color Indexing by Nonparametric Statistics.- High Order Extrapolation Using Taylor Series for Color Filter Array Demosaicing.- Adaptive Colorimetric Characterization of Digital Camera with White Balance.- A New Color Constancy Algorithm Based on the Histogram of Feasible Mappings.- A Comparative Study of Skin-Color Models.- Texture Analysis.- Hermite Filter-Based Texture Analysis with Application to Handwriting Document Indexing.- Rotation-Invariant Texture Classification Using Steerable Gabor Filter Bank.- Multiresolution Histograms for SVM-Based Texture Classification.- Texture Classification Based on the Fractal Performance of the Moment Feature Images.- Motion Analysis.- Mapping Local Image Deformations into Depth.- Motion Segmentation Using a K-Nearest-Neighbor-Based Fusion Procedure of Spatial and Temporal Label Cues.- 2D Shape Measurement of Multiple Moving Objects by GMM Background Modeling and Optical Flow.- Dynamic Water Motion Analysis and Rendering.- A Fast Real-Time Skin Detector for Video Sequences.- Efficient Moving Object Segmentation Algorithm for Illumination Change in Surveillance System.- Tracking.- Maintaining Trajectories of Salient Objects for Robust Visual Tracking.- Real Time Head Tracking via Camera Saccade and Shape-Fitting.- A Novel Tracking Framework Using Kalman Filtering and Elastic Matching.- Singularity Detection and Consistent 3D Arm Tracking Using Monocular Videos.- Predictive Estimation Method to Track Occluded Multiple Objects Using Joint Probabilistic Data Association Filter.- Biomedical Applications.- A Model-Based Hematopoietic Stem Cell Tracker.- Carotid Artery Ultrasound Image Segmentation Using Fuzzy Region Growing.- Vector Median Root Signals Determination for cDNA Microarray Image Segmentation.- A New Method for DNA Microarray Image Segmentation.- Comparative Pixel-Level Exudate Recognition in Colour Retinal Images.- Artificial Life Feature Selection Techniques for Prostrate Cancer Diagnosis Using TRUS Images.- A Border Irregularity Measure Using a Modified Conditional Entropy Method as a Malignant Melanoma Predictor.- Automatic Hepatic Tumor Segmentation Using Composite Hypotheses.- Automated Snake Initialization for the Segmentation of the Prostate in Ultrasound Images.- Bayesian Differentiation of Multi-scale Line-Structures for Model-Free Instrument Segmentation in Thoracoscopic Images.- Segmentation of Ultrasonic Images of the Carotid.- Genetic Model-Based Segmentation of Chest X-Ray Images Using Free Form Deformations.- Suppression of Stripe Artifacts in Mammograms Using Weighted Median Filtering.- Feature Extraction for Classification of Thin-Layer Chromatography Images.- A New Approach to Automatically Detecting Grids in DNA Microarray Images.- Ultrafast Technique of Impulsive Noise Removal with Application to Microarray Image Denoising.- Detection of Microcalcification Clusters in Mammograms Using a Difference of Optimized Gaussian Filters.- A Narrow-Band Level-Set Method with Dynamic Velocity for Neural Stem Cell Cluster Segmentation.- Multi-dimensional Color Histograms for Segmentation of Wounds in Images.- Face Recognition and Biometrics.- Robust Face Recognition from Images with Varying Pose.- Feature Extraction Used for Face Localization Based on Skin Color.- Rotation-Invariant Facial Feature Detection Using Gabor Wavelet and Entropy.- Face Recognition Using Optimized 3D Information from Stereo Images.- Face Recognition - Combine Generic and Specific Solutions.- Facial Asymmetry: A New Robust Biometric in the Frequency Domain.- Occluded Face Recognition by Means of the IFS.- Verification of Biometric Palmprint Patterns Using Optimal Trade-Off Filter Classifiers.- Advanced Correlation Filters for Face Recognition Using Low-Resolution Visual and Thermal Imagery.- Robust Iris Recognition Using Advanced Correlation Techniques.- Secure and Efficient Transmissions of Fingerprint Images for Embedded Processors.- On the Individuality of the Iris Biometric.- Facial Component Detection for Efficient Facial Characteristic Point Extraction.- The Effect of Facial Expression Recognition Based on the Dimensions of Emotion Using PCA Representation and Neural Networks.- Enhanced Facial Feature Extraction Using Region-Based Super-Resolution Aided Video Sequences.- Efficient Face and Facial Feature Tracking Using Search Region Estimation.- Image Secret Sharing.- A Step Towards Practical Steganography Systems.- New Aspect Ratio Invariant Visual Secret Sharing Schemes Using Square Block-Wise Operation.- Minimizing the Statistical Impact of LSB Steganography.- Extended Visual Secret Sharing Schemes with High-Quality Shadow Images Using Gray Sub Pixels.- A Steganographic Method for Digital Images Robust to RS Steganalysis.- Single-Sensor Imaging.- Estimation of Target Density Functions by a New Algorithm.- A Neural Network for Nonuniformity and Ghosting Correction of Infrared Image Sequences.- Real-Time Imaging.- Real-Time Image Processing Using Graphics Hardware: A Performance Study.- Real-Time and Robust Background Updating for Video Surveillance and Monitoring.- Evaluation and Improvements of a Real-Time Background Subtraction Method.- Fixed Pixel Threshold PDC Algorithm and Its Implementation for Full Search Block Matching Motion Estimation.- Robust Global Mosaic Topology Estimation for Real-Time Applications.- Real-Time Digital Image Warping for Display Distortion Correction.- Complexity-Controllable Motion Estimation for Real-Time Video Encoder.