Ebook: Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision: Third International Conference, SSVM 2011, Ein-Gedi, Israel, May 29 – June 2, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Scale Space Methods and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, SSVM 2011, held in Ein-Gedi, Israel in May/June 2011.
The 24 revised full papers presented together with 44 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on denoising and enhancement, segmentation, image representation and invariants, shape analysis, and optical flow.

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Scale Space Methods and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, SSVM 2011, held in Ein-Gedi, Israel in May/June 2011.
The 24 revised full papers presented together with 44 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on denoising and enhancement, segmentation, image representation and invariants, shape analysis, and optical flow.

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Scale Space Methods and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, SSVM 2011, held in Ein-Gedi, Israel in May/June 2011.
The 24 revised full papers presented together with 44 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on denoising and enhancement, segmentation, image representation and invariants, shape analysis, and optical flow.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Fiber Enhancement in Diffusion-Weighted MRI....Pages 1-13
Numerical Schemes for Linear and Non-linear Enhancement of DW-MRI....Pages 14-25
Optimising Spatial and Tonal Data for Homogeneous Diffusion Inpainting....Pages 26-37
Nonlocal Surface Fairing....Pages 38-49
Nonlocal Filters for Removing Multiplicative Noise....Pages 50-61
Volumetric Nonlinear Anisotropic Diffusion on GPUs....Pages 62-73
A Statistical Multiresolution Strategy for Image Reconstruction....Pages 74-85
A Variational Approach for Exact Histogram Specification....Pages 86-97
Joint ToF Image Denoising and Registration with a CT Surface in Radiation Therapy....Pages 98-109
Either Fit to Data Entries or Locally to Prior: The Minimizers of Objectives with Nonsmooth Nonconvex Data Fidelity and Regularization....Pages 110-121
A Study on Convex Optimization Approaches to Image Fusion....Pages 122-133
Efficient Beltrami Flow in Patch-Space....Pages 134-143
A Fast Augmented Lagrangian Method for Euler’s Elastica Model....Pages 144-156
Deblurring Space-Variant Blur by Adding Noisy Image....Pages 157-168
Fast Algorithms for p-elastica Energy with the Application to Image Inpainting and Curve Reconstruction....Pages 169-182
The Beltrami-Mumford-Shah Functional....Pages 183-193
An Adaptive Norm Algorithm for Image Restoration....Pages 194-205
Variational Image Denoising with Adaptive Constraint Sets....Pages 206-217
Simultaneous Denoising and Illumination Correction via Local Data-Fidelity and Nonlocal Regularization....Pages 218-230
Anisotropic Non-Local Means with Spatially Adaptive Patch Shapes....Pages 231-242
Entropy-Scale Profiles for Texture Segmentation....Pages 243-254
Non-local Active Contours....Pages 255-266
From a Modified Ambrosio-Tortorelli to a Randomized Part Hierarchy Tree....Pages 267-278
A Continuous Max-Flow Approach to Minimal Partitions with Label Cost Prior....Pages 279-290
Robust Edge Detection Using Mumford-Shah Model and Binary Level Set Method....Pages 291-301
Bifurcation of Segment Edge Curves in Scale Space....Pages 302-313
Efficient Minimization of the Non-local Potts Model....Pages 314-325
Sulci Detection in Photos of the Human Cortex Based on Learned Discriminative Dictionaries....Pages 326-337
An Efficient and Effective Tool for Image Segmentation, Total Variations and Regularization....Pages 338-349
Supervised Scale-Invariant Segmentation (and Detection)....Pages 350-361
A Geodesic Voting Shape Prior to Constrain the Level Set Evolution for the Segmentation of Tubular Trees....Pages 362-373
Amoeba Active Contours....Pages 374-385
A Hybrid Scheme for Contour Detection and Completion Based on Topological Gradient and Fast Marching Algorithms - Application to Inpainting and Segmentation....Pages 386-397
A Segmentation Quality Measure Based on Rich Descriptors and Classification Methods....Pages 398-410
Framelet-Based Algorithm for Segmentation of Tubular Structures....Pages 411-422
Weakly Convex Coupling Continuous Cuts and Shape Priors....Pages 423-434
Wasserstein Barycenter and Its Application to Texture Mixing....Pages 435-446
Theoretical Foundations of Gaussian Convolution by Extended Box Filtering....Pages 447-458
From High Definition Image to Low Space Optimization....Pages 459-470
Measuring Geodesic Distances via the Uniformization Theorem....Pages 471-482
Polyakov Action on (?,G)-Equivariant Functions Application to Color Image Regularization....Pages 483-494
Curvature Minimization for Surface Reconstruction with Features....Pages 495-507
Should We Search for a Global Minimizer of Least Squares Regularized with an ?0 Penalty to Get the Exact Solution of an under Determined Linear System?....Pages 508-519
Weak Statistical Constraints for Variational Stereo Imaging of Oceanic Waves....Pages 520-531
Novel Schemes for Hyperbolic PDEs Using Osmosis Filters from Visual Computing....Pages 532-543
Fast PDE-Based Image Analysis in Your Pocket....Pages 544-555
A Sampling Theorem for a 2D Surface....Pages 556-567
Quadrature Nodes Meet Stippling Dots....Pages 568-579
Discrete Minimum Distortion Correspondence Problems for Non-rigid Shape Matching....Pages 580-591
A Correspondence-Less Approach to Matching of Deformable Shapes....Pages 592-603
Hierarchical Matching of Non-rigid Shapes....Pages 604-615
Photometric Heat Kernel Signatures....Pages 616-627
Human Activity Modeling as Brownian Motion on Shape Manifold....Pages 628-639
3D Curve Evolution Algorithm with Tangential Redistribution for a Fully Automatic Finding of an Ideal Camera Path in Virtual Colonoscopy....Pages 640-652
Distance Images and Intermediate-Level Vision....Pages 653-664
Shape Palindromes: Analysis of Intrinsic Symmetries in 2D Articulated Shapes....Pages 665-676
Kernel Bundle EPDiff: Evolution Equations for Multi-scale Diffeomorphic Image Registration....Pages 677-688
Deformable Shape Retrieval by Learning Diffusion Kernels....Pages 689-700
Stochastic Models for Local Optical Flow Estimation....Pages 701-712
Optic Flow Scale Space....Pages 713-724
Group-Valued Regularization Framework for Motion Segmentation of Dynamic Non-rigid Shapes....Pages 725-736
Wavelet-Based Fluid Motion Estimation....Pages 737-748
Multiscale Weighted Ensemble Kalman Filter for Fluid Flow Estimation....Pages 749-760
Over-Parameterized Optical Flow Using a Stereoscopic Constraint....Pages 761-772
Robust Optic-Flow Estimation with Bayesian Inference of Model and Hyper-parameters....Pages 773-785
Regularization of Positive Definite Matrix Fields Based on Multiplicative Calculus....Pages 786-796
Back Matter....Pages -

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Scale Space Methods and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, SSVM 2011, held in Ein-Gedi, Israel in May/June 2011.
The 24 revised full papers presented together with 44 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on denoising and enhancement, segmentation, image representation and invariants, shape analysis, and optical flow.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Fiber Enhancement in Diffusion-Weighted MRI....Pages 1-13
Numerical Schemes for Linear and Non-linear Enhancement of DW-MRI....Pages 14-25
Optimising Spatial and Tonal Data for Homogeneous Diffusion Inpainting....Pages 26-37
Nonlocal Surface Fairing....Pages 38-49
Nonlocal Filters for Removing Multiplicative Noise....Pages 50-61
Volumetric Nonlinear Anisotropic Diffusion on GPUs....Pages 62-73
A Statistical Multiresolution Strategy for Image Reconstruction....Pages 74-85
A Variational Approach for Exact Histogram Specification....Pages 86-97
Joint ToF Image Denoising and Registration with a CT Surface in Radiation Therapy....Pages 98-109
Either Fit to Data Entries or Locally to Prior: The Minimizers of Objectives with Nonsmooth Nonconvex Data Fidelity and Regularization....Pages 110-121
A Study on Convex Optimization Approaches to Image Fusion....Pages 122-133
Efficient Beltrami Flow in Patch-Space....Pages 134-143
A Fast Augmented Lagrangian Method for Euler’s Elastica Model....Pages 144-156
Deblurring Space-Variant Blur by Adding Noisy Image....Pages 157-168
Fast Algorithms for p-elastica Energy with the Application to Image Inpainting and Curve Reconstruction....Pages 169-182
The Beltrami-Mumford-Shah Functional....Pages 183-193
An Adaptive Norm Algorithm for Image Restoration....Pages 194-205
Variational Image Denoising with Adaptive Constraint Sets....Pages 206-217
Simultaneous Denoising and Illumination Correction via Local Data-Fidelity and Nonlocal Regularization....Pages 218-230
Anisotropic Non-Local Means with Spatially Adaptive Patch Shapes....Pages 231-242
Entropy-Scale Profiles for Texture Segmentation....Pages 243-254
Non-local Active Contours....Pages 255-266
From a Modified Ambrosio-Tortorelli to a Randomized Part Hierarchy Tree....Pages 267-278
A Continuous Max-Flow Approach to Minimal Partitions with Label Cost Prior....Pages 279-290
Robust Edge Detection Using Mumford-Shah Model and Binary Level Set Method....Pages 291-301
Bifurcation of Segment Edge Curves in Scale Space....Pages 302-313
Efficient Minimization of the Non-local Potts Model....Pages 314-325
Sulci Detection in Photos of the Human Cortex Based on Learned Discriminative Dictionaries....Pages 326-337
An Efficient and Effective Tool for Image Segmentation, Total Variations and Regularization....Pages 338-349
Supervised Scale-Invariant Segmentation (and Detection)....Pages 350-361
A Geodesic Voting Shape Prior to Constrain the Level Set Evolution for the Segmentation of Tubular Trees....Pages 362-373
Amoeba Active Contours....Pages 374-385
A Hybrid Scheme for Contour Detection and Completion Based on Topological Gradient and Fast Marching Algorithms - Application to Inpainting and Segmentation....Pages 386-397
A Segmentation Quality Measure Based on Rich Descriptors and Classification Methods....Pages 398-410
Framelet-Based Algorithm for Segmentation of Tubular Structures....Pages 411-422
Weakly Convex Coupling Continuous Cuts and Shape Priors....Pages 423-434
Wasserstein Barycenter and Its Application to Texture Mixing....Pages 435-446
Theoretical Foundations of Gaussian Convolution by Extended Box Filtering....Pages 447-458
From High Definition Image to Low Space Optimization....Pages 459-470
Measuring Geodesic Distances via the Uniformization Theorem....Pages 471-482
Polyakov Action on (?,G)-Equivariant Functions Application to Color Image Regularization....Pages 483-494
Curvature Minimization for Surface Reconstruction with Features....Pages 495-507
Should We Search for a Global Minimizer of Least Squares Regularized with an ?0 Penalty to Get the Exact Solution of an under Determined Linear System?....Pages 508-519
Weak Statistical Constraints for Variational Stereo Imaging of Oceanic Waves....Pages 520-531
Novel Schemes for Hyperbolic PDEs Using Osmosis Filters from Visual Computing....Pages 532-543
Fast PDE-Based Image Analysis in Your Pocket....Pages 544-555
A Sampling Theorem for a 2D Surface....Pages 556-567
Quadrature Nodes Meet Stippling Dots....Pages 568-579
Discrete Minimum Distortion Correspondence Problems for Non-rigid Shape Matching....Pages 580-591
A Correspondence-Less Approach to Matching of Deformable Shapes....Pages 592-603
Hierarchical Matching of Non-rigid Shapes....Pages 604-615
Photometric Heat Kernel Signatures....Pages 616-627
Human Activity Modeling as Brownian Motion on Shape Manifold....Pages 628-639
3D Curve Evolution Algorithm with Tangential Redistribution for a Fully Automatic Finding of an Ideal Camera Path in Virtual Colonoscopy....Pages 640-652
Distance Images and Intermediate-Level Vision....Pages 653-664
Shape Palindromes: Analysis of Intrinsic Symmetries in 2D Articulated Shapes....Pages 665-676
Kernel Bundle EPDiff: Evolution Equations for Multi-scale Diffeomorphic Image Registration....Pages 677-688
Deformable Shape Retrieval by Learning Diffusion Kernels....Pages 689-700
Stochastic Models for Local Optical Flow Estimation....Pages 701-712
Optic Flow Scale Space....Pages 713-724
Group-Valued Regularization Framework for Motion Segmentation of Dynamic Non-rigid Shapes....Pages 725-736
Wavelet-Based Fluid Motion Estimation....Pages 737-748
Multiscale Weighted Ensemble Kalman Filter for Fluid Flow Estimation....Pages 749-760
Over-Parameterized Optical Flow Using a Stereoscopic Constraint....Pages 761-772
Robust Optic-Flow Estimation with Bayesian Inference of Model and Hyper-parameters....Pages 773-785
Regularization of Positive Definite Matrix Fields Based on Multiplicative Calculus....Pages 786-796
Back Matter....Pages -
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