Ebook: Image Analysis and Processing: 8th International Conference, ICIAP'95 San Remo, Italy, September 13–15, 1995 Proceedings

This book presents the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP '95, held in Sanremo, Italy in September 1995 under the sponsorship of the International Association of Pattern Recognition IAPR.
The volume presents 108 papers selected from more than 180 submissions together with six invited contributions. The papers are written by a total of 265 contributing authors and give a comprehensive state-of-the-art report on all current issues of image analysis and processing. Theoretical aspects are addressed as well as systems design and advanced applications, particularly in medical imaging.

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This book presents the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP '95, held in Sanremo, Italy in September 1995 under the sponsorship of the International Association of Pattern Recognition IAPR.
The volume presents 108 papers selected from more than 180 submissions together with six invited contributions. The papers are written by a total of 265 contributing authors and give a comprehensive state-of-the-art report on all current issues of image analysis and processing. Theoretical aspects are addressed as well as systems design and advanced applications, particularly in medical imaging.

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This book presents the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP '95, held in Sanremo, Italy in September 1995 under the sponsorship of the International Association of Pattern Recognition IAPR.
The volume presents 108 papers selected from more than 180 submissions together with six invited contributions. The papers are written by a total of 265 contributing authors and give a comprehensive state-of-the-art report on all current issues of image analysis and processing. Theoretical aspects are addressed as well as systems design and advanced applications, particularly in medical imaging.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Texture analysis: Representation and matching....Pages 2-10
Region-based segmentation of textured images....Pages 11-16
A new approach to image segmentation....Pages 17-22
Using Hopfield networks to segment color images....Pages 24-30
The watershed transformation for multiresolution image segmentation....Pages 31-36
Bounds on the optimal elasticity parameters for a snake....Pages 37-42
Efficient attributed graph matching and its application to image analysis....Pages 44-55
Matching Delaunay graphs....Pages 56-61
An integrated approach to grouping and matching....Pages 62-67
An adaptive reject option for LVQ classifiers....Pages 68-73
A model based method for characterization and location of curved image features....Pages 76-82
Estimation of curvature and tangent direction by median filtered differencing....Pages 83-88
Adaptative elimination of false edges for first order detectors....Pages 89-94
An image processing library based on abstract image data-types in C++....Pages 96-102
Spatial-temporal data management for a 3D graphical information system....Pages 103-108
Photopix: An object-oriented framework for digital image processing systems....Pages 109-114
Data packing vs processing speed on low-cost massively parallel systems: A case study....Pages 115-120
A new parallel method based on a genetic approach for determination and classification of skin spots....Pages 121-126
A VLSI scalable processor array for motion estimation....Pages 127-132
Evaluating digital angles by a parallel diffusion process....Pages 133-138
A pyramidal approach to convex hull and filling algorithms....Pages 139-144
A code based approach to image-processing teaching....Pages 145-150
A visual speech model based on fuzzy-neuro methods....Pages 152-158
Edge detection filters based on artificial neural networks....Pages 159-164
Use of cortical filters and neural networks in a self-organising image classification system....Pages 165-170
Occluded objects recognition using multiscale features and Hopfield neural networks....Pages 171-176
Automatic video segmentation through editing analysis....Pages 178-184
Image retrieval by elastic matching of user sketches....Pages 185-190
Finding facial features using an HLS colour space....Pages 191-196
A new and fast real-time implementation of 2-D DCT....Pages 197-202
A hybrid lossless compression of still images using Markov model and linear prediction....Pages 203-208
The impact of aliasing and quantization on motion compensation....Pages 209-214
Rule-based method for tumor recognition in liver ultrasonic images....Pages 216-222
An understanding of muscle fibre images....Pages 223-228
A new plant cell image segmentation algorithm....Pages 229-234
Extraction of tumours from MR images of the brain by texture and clustering....Pages 235-240
Automatic identification of brain contours in magnetic resonance images of the head....Pages 241-246
Analysis of the spatial arrangement of cells in the proliferative breast lesions....Pages 247-252
Application of image processing in neurobiology: Detection of low signals with high spatial resolution and a non-uniform variance....Pages 253-257
Computer assisted analysis of echocardiographic image sequences....Pages 258-264
Tissue segmentation in MRI as an informative indicator of disease activity in the brain....Pages 265-270
Analysis of scenes containing multiple non-polyhedral 3D objects....Pages 272-280
Fuzzy segmentation and astronomical images interpretation....Pages 281-286
Learning how to find patterns or objects in complex scenes....Pages 287-292
Adaptive matching using object modes generated from photometric stereo images....Pages 293-298
Sensor planning techniques and active visual inspection....Pages 300-306
Experimental self-calibration from four views....Pages 307-312
Vision-based navigation in service robotics....Pages 313-318
Segmenting 3D objects into geons....Pages 320-334
Delineation of elongated sub-patterns in a piecewise constant foreground....Pages 335-340
On a new basic concept and topological invariant....Pages 341-346
Line moments and invariants for real time processing of vectorized contour data....Pages 347-352
Restoration of noisy underwater acoustic images using Markov Random Fields....Pages 354-360
Plausibilistic preprocessing of sparse range images....Pages 361-366
Segmentation/reconstruction of range images based on piecewise-linear approximation....Pages 367-372
In-place covariance operators for computer vision....Pages 374-380
A new heuristic search for boundary detection....Pages 381-386
Sub-pixel registration for super high resolution image acquisition based on temporal integration....Pages 387-392
Robust features for textures in additive noise....Pages 393-398
Decomposing contours into curves of different families....Pages 399-404
A proposal on local and adaptive determination of filter scale for edge detection....Pages 405-410
On the detection of step edges in algorithms based on gradient vector analysis....Pages 411-416
Directions analysis in grey-level images....Pages 417-422
An unsupervised and non-parametric Bayesian Image segmentation....Pages 423-428
A.I. based image segmentation....Pages 429-434
Quality enhancement in image enlargement....Pages 435-440
Synthesising objects and scenes using the reverse distance transformation in 2D and 3D....Pages 441-446
Texture segmentation using local phase differences in Gabor filtered images....Pages 447-452
Disparity estimation for stereo sequences based on adaptive size hierarchical block matching....Pages 453-458
Matching of stereo curves — A closed form solution....Pages 459-464
Multi-polygonal object tracking....Pages 465-470
Optimal parameter estimation of ellipses....Pages 471-476
A linear discriminator of width....Pages 477-482
Binarization of inhomogeneously illuminated images....Pages 483-487
Pruning discrete and semicontinuous skeletons....Pages 488-493
On commutative properties of halftoning and their applications....Pages 494-499
Combining resolution and granularity for pattern recognition....Pages 502-508
Line and cell searching in tables or forms....Pages 509-514
Describing words by graphs....Pages 515-520
Selecting reference signatures for on-line signature verification....Pages 521-526
ApOFIS: an A priori optical font identification system....Pages 527-532
Extracting words and multi-part symbols in graphics rich documents....Pages 533-538
A semi-automatic method for form layout description....Pages 539-544
Improving the use of contours for off-line Cursive Script Segmentation....Pages 545-550
A method for determining address format in the automated sorting of Japanese mail....Pages 551-556
Structural features by MCR expression for printed Arabic character recognition....Pages 557-562
Genetic algorithm for thinning gray-scale images of characters....Pages 563-568
Blue-print document analysis for color classification....Pages 569-574
Document image analysis: What is missing?....Pages 576-587
Invariant features for HMM based on-line handwriting recognition....Pages 588-593
A robust analytical approach for handwritten word recognition....Pages 594-599
Recognition of rotated characters by inexact matching....Pages 600-605
Bayesian image reconstruction using a high-order interacting MRF model....Pages 608-614
Minimum spanning trees (MST) as a tool for describing tissue architecture when grading bladder carcinoma....Pages 615-620
Symbolic indexing of cardiological sequences through dynamic curve representations....Pages 621-626
Visual communications....Pages 628-636
Generalized square isometries — an improvement for fractal image coding....Pages 637-642
A fast algorithm for high quality vector quantization codebook design....Pages 643-648
Fast fractal image coding using pyramids....Pages 649-654
Hidden MRF detection of motion of objects with uniform brightness....Pages 656-662
Motion analysis and segmentation for object-oriented mid-level image representation....Pages 663-668
Speckle noise filtering in SAR images using wavelets....Pages 670-676
Prediction of short-term evolution of cloud formations based on Meteosat image sequences....Pages 677-682
Prototyping of interactive satellite image analysis tools using a real-time data-flow computer....Pages 683-688
Simulation of aircraft images for Airport Surface Traffic Control....Pages 689-696
Cooperation of knowledge based systems for galaxy classification....Pages 697-702
Fuzzy segmentation and structural knowledge for satellite image analysis....Pages 703-708
Detection of Lofar lines....Pages 709-714
A fast object orientation estimation and recognition technique for underwater acoustic imaging....Pages 715-720
Applying contextual constraints to extract symbolic representation for image understanding....Pages 721-730
Application of the Hough transform for weld inspection underwater....Pages 731-736
Development of an automated bond verification system for advanced electronic packages....Pages 737-742
Crack detection by a measure of texture anisotropy....Pages 743-747
A vision system for automatic inspection of meat quality....Pages 748-753
Back Matter....Pages -

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This book presents the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP '95, held in Sanremo, Italy in September 1995 under the sponsorship of the International Association of Pattern Recognition IAPR.
The volume presents 108 papers selected from more than 180 submissions together with six invited contributions. The papers are written by a total of 265 contributing authors and give a comprehensive state-of-the-art report on all current issues of image analysis and processing. Theoretical aspects are addressed as well as systems design and advanced applications, particularly in medical imaging.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Texture analysis: Representation and matching....Pages 2-10
Region-based segmentation of textured images....Pages 11-16
A new approach to image segmentation....Pages 17-22
Using Hopfield networks to segment color images....Pages 24-30
The watershed transformation for multiresolution image segmentation....Pages 31-36
Bounds on the optimal elasticity parameters for a snake....Pages 37-42
Efficient attributed graph matching and its application to image analysis....Pages 44-55
Matching Delaunay graphs....Pages 56-61
An integrated approach to grouping and matching....Pages 62-67
An adaptive reject option for LVQ classifiers....Pages 68-73
A model based method for characterization and location of curved image features....Pages 76-82
Estimation of curvature and tangent direction by median filtered differencing....Pages 83-88
Adaptative elimination of false edges for first order detectors....Pages 89-94
An image processing library based on abstract image data-types in C++....Pages 96-102
Spatial-temporal data management for a 3D graphical information system....Pages 103-108
Photopix: An object-oriented framework for digital image processing systems....Pages 109-114
Data packing vs processing speed on low-cost massively parallel systems: A case study....Pages 115-120
A new parallel method based on a genetic approach for determination and classification of skin spots....Pages 121-126
A VLSI scalable processor array for motion estimation....Pages 127-132
Evaluating digital angles by a parallel diffusion process....Pages 133-138
A pyramidal approach to convex hull and filling algorithms....Pages 139-144
A code based approach to image-processing teaching....Pages 145-150
A visual speech model based on fuzzy-neuro methods....Pages 152-158
Edge detection filters based on artificial neural networks....Pages 159-164
Use of cortical filters and neural networks in a self-organising image classification system....Pages 165-170
Occluded objects recognition using multiscale features and Hopfield neural networks....Pages 171-176
Automatic video segmentation through editing analysis....Pages 178-184
Image retrieval by elastic matching of user sketches....Pages 185-190
Finding facial features using an HLS colour space....Pages 191-196
A new and fast real-time implementation of 2-D DCT....Pages 197-202
A hybrid lossless compression of still images using Markov model and linear prediction....Pages 203-208
The impact of aliasing and quantization on motion compensation....Pages 209-214
Rule-based method for tumor recognition in liver ultrasonic images....Pages 216-222
An understanding of muscle fibre images....Pages 223-228
A new plant cell image segmentation algorithm....Pages 229-234
Extraction of tumours from MR images of the brain by texture and clustering....Pages 235-240
Automatic identification of brain contours in magnetic resonance images of the head....Pages 241-246
Analysis of the spatial arrangement of cells in the proliferative breast lesions....Pages 247-252
Application of image processing in neurobiology: Detection of low signals with high spatial resolution and a non-uniform variance....Pages 253-257
Computer assisted analysis of echocardiographic image sequences....Pages 258-264
Tissue segmentation in MRI as an informative indicator of disease activity in the brain....Pages 265-270
Analysis of scenes containing multiple non-polyhedral 3D objects....Pages 272-280
Fuzzy segmentation and astronomical images interpretation....Pages 281-286
Learning how to find patterns or objects in complex scenes....Pages 287-292
Adaptive matching using object modes generated from photometric stereo images....Pages 293-298
Sensor planning techniques and active visual inspection....Pages 300-306
Experimental self-calibration from four views....Pages 307-312
Vision-based navigation in service robotics....Pages 313-318
Segmenting 3D objects into geons....Pages 320-334
Delineation of elongated sub-patterns in a piecewise constant foreground....Pages 335-340
On a new basic concept and topological invariant....Pages 341-346
Line moments and invariants for real time processing of vectorized contour data....Pages 347-352
Restoration of noisy underwater acoustic images using Markov Random Fields....Pages 354-360
Plausibilistic preprocessing of sparse range images....Pages 361-366
Segmentation/reconstruction of range images based on piecewise-linear approximation....Pages 367-372
In-place covariance operators for computer vision....Pages 374-380
A new heuristic search for boundary detection....Pages 381-386
Sub-pixel registration for super high resolution image acquisition based on temporal integration....Pages 387-392
Robust features for textures in additive noise....Pages 393-398
Decomposing contours into curves of different families....Pages 399-404
A proposal on local and adaptive determination of filter scale for edge detection....Pages 405-410
On the detection of step edges in algorithms based on gradient vector analysis....Pages 411-416
Directions analysis in grey-level images....Pages 417-422
An unsupervised and non-parametric Bayesian Image segmentation....Pages 423-428
A.I. based image segmentation....Pages 429-434
Quality enhancement in image enlargement....Pages 435-440
Synthesising objects and scenes using the reverse distance transformation in 2D and 3D....Pages 441-446
Texture segmentation using local phase differences in Gabor filtered images....Pages 447-452
Disparity estimation for stereo sequences based on adaptive size hierarchical block matching....Pages 453-458
Matching of stereo curves — A closed form solution....Pages 459-464
Multi-polygonal object tracking....Pages 465-470
Optimal parameter estimation of ellipses....Pages 471-476
A linear discriminator of width....Pages 477-482
Binarization of inhomogeneously illuminated images....Pages 483-487
Pruning discrete and semicontinuous skeletons....Pages 488-493
On commutative properties of halftoning and their applications....Pages 494-499
Combining resolution and granularity for pattern recognition....Pages 502-508
Line and cell searching in tables or forms....Pages 509-514
Describing words by graphs....Pages 515-520
Selecting reference signatures for on-line signature verification....Pages 521-526
ApOFIS: an A priori optical font identification system....Pages 527-532
Extracting words and multi-part symbols in graphics rich documents....Pages 533-538
A semi-automatic method for form layout description....Pages 539-544
Improving the use of contours for off-line Cursive Script Segmentation....Pages 545-550
A method for determining address format in the automated sorting of Japanese mail....Pages 551-556
Structural features by MCR expression for printed Arabic character recognition....Pages 557-562
Genetic algorithm for thinning gray-scale images of characters....Pages 563-568
Blue-print document analysis for color classification....Pages 569-574
Document image analysis: What is missing?....Pages 576-587
Invariant features for HMM based on-line handwriting recognition....Pages 588-593
A robust analytical approach for handwritten word recognition....Pages 594-599
Recognition of rotated characters by inexact matching....Pages 600-605
Bayesian image reconstruction using a high-order interacting MRF model....Pages 608-614
Minimum spanning trees (MST) as a tool for describing tissue architecture when grading bladder carcinoma....Pages 615-620
Symbolic indexing of cardiological sequences through dynamic curve representations....Pages 621-626
Visual communications....Pages 628-636
Generalized square isometries — an improvement for fractal image coding....Pages 637-642
A fast algorithm for high quality vector quantization codebook design....Pages 643-648
Fast fractal image coding using pyramids....Pages 649-654
Hidden MRF detection of motion of objects with uniform brightness....Pages 656-662
Motion analysis and segmentation for object-oriented mid-level image representation....Pages 663-668
Speckle noise filtering in SAR images using wavelets....Pages 670-676
Prediction of short-term evolution of cloud formations based on Meteosat image sequences....Pages 677-682
Prototyping of interactive satellite image analysis tools using a real-time data-flow computer....Pages 683-688
Simulation of aircraft images for Airport Surface Traffic Control....Pages 689-696
Cooperation of knowledge based systems for galaxy classification....Pages 697-702
Fuzzy segmentation and structural knowledge for satellite image analysis....Pages 703-708
Detection of Lofar lines....Pages 709-714
A fast object orientation estimation and recognition technique for underwater acoustic imaging....Pages 715-720
Applying contextual constraints to extract symbolic representation for image understanding....Pages 721-730
Application of the Hough transform for weld inspection underwater....Pages 731-736
Development of an automated bond verification system for advanced electronic packages....Pages 737-742
Crack detection by a measure of texture anisotropy....Pages 743-747
A vision system for automatic inspection of meat quality....Pages 748-753
Back Matter....Pages -
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