Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns

Groups for grouping: a strategy for the exploitation of geometrical constaints.- Invariant standard positions of ordered sets of points.- Skew symmetry detection via invariant signatures.- Efficient matching of space curves.- A complexity space for curve grouping.- Segmentation in scale space.- An unsupervised region growing method for 3D image segmentation.- Segmentation of images for environmental studies using a simple Markov/Gibbs random field model.- Optical flow computation in the log-polar plane.- A statistical regularization framework for estimating normal displacements along contours with subpixel accuracy.- Computation of 3D-motion parameters using the log-polar transform.- ExSel++: A general framework to extract parametric models.- Generic 3-D shape model: Acquisitions and applications.- Guidelines for choosing optimal parameters of elasticity for snakes.- Tracking surfaces via texture-mapping: A boot-strapping approach.- Motion-based identification of deformable templates.- Extending the Point Distribution Model using polar coordinates.- Intermediate views for face recognition.- Rendering real-world objects without 3-D model.- Modelling 3-D rigid solid objects using the view signature II representation scheme.- Spatial and feature space clustering: Applications in image analysis.- An automatic and robust algorithm for determining motion and structure from two perspective images.- 3-D scene reconstruction from image sequences.- Triangulation.- 3D Surface reconstruction using occluding contours.- Image redundancy and classification.- Towards a measure of diversity between grey-scale images.- Pattern orientation and texture symmetry.- Multiscale texture enhancement.- Spatio-temporal robust motion estimation and segmentation.- A new spatiotemporal approach for image analysis. Application to motion detection.- Dense non-rigid motion estimation in sequences of medical images using differential constraints.- Topological and geometrical corners by watershed.- Crest lines detection by valleys spreading.- The distance transform for line patterns: Generalisation and development.- Mobile detection based on histogram difference.- Particle tracking in space time sequences.- Plant tracking-based motion analysis in a crop field.- An adaptive k-NN rule based on Dempster-Shafer theory.- Shadows, defocus and reliable estimation.- Estimating the initial values of unobservable variables in visual probabilistic networks.- Relational matching with active graphs.- Approximate string matching by finite automata.- Matching delaunay triangulations by probabilistic relaxation.- Affine matching of intermediate symbolic representations.- Automatic classification of skin tumours with high resolution surface profiles.- 4 Dimensional modelling of the human heart.- Structure adaptive anisotropic filtering for magnetic resonance image enhancement.- In situ determination of cell concentration in bioreactors with a new depth from focus technique.- Closing the loop: Pursuing a moving object by a moving observer.- An algorithm for a linear shape-from-shading problem.- Isophotes: the key to tractable local shading analysis.- Efficient high order neural network for rotation, translation and distance invariant recognition of gray scale images.- Learning human face detection in cluttered scenes.- Head pose computation for very low bit-rate video coding.- Self-calibration of an affine camera.- Stereo calibration by planar grid lines.- Monocular pose estimation of circular primitives.- A new method of extracting closed contours using maximal discs.- A simple algorithm to evaluate the local symmetry at each point of a closed contour.- On boundary approximation.- Texture classification of mouse liver cell nuclei using invariant moments of consistent regions.- Text recognition from grey level images using hidden Markov models.- New models of image restoration.- An improved model of snakes for model-based segmentation.- The weighted backprojection techniques of image reconstruction.- Fusion of Bayesian estimation and MTF inversion techniques for improved array imaging in scattering media.- Case based reasoning for image interpretation.- Classification of corrosion images by wavelet signatures and LVQ networks.- Knowledge acquisition for image analysis using hypermedia interface.- Interpretation of printed forms for blind people.- Automatic segmentation of boundaries in line segments and circular arcs.- Moment-based invariant fitting of elliptical segments.- Compression of binary images based on covering.- Motion detection with fuzzy logic in real time.- Use of explicit knowledge for the reconstruction of 3-D object geometry.- Detecting grey level symmetry: The frequency domain approach.- A new method to threshold images of flat binary scenes under uneven lighting.- Improving snake performance via a dual active contour.- SMD position measurement by a Kohonen network compared with image processing.- Estimating feature discriminant power in decision tree classifiers.- Statistical surface tracking.- On feature selection via rough sets.- Tree neural classifier for character recognition.- Multiscale extraction of features from medical images.- Line representation of elongated shapes.- Fast computation of 3-D geometric moments using a discrete Gauss' theorem.- On the group algebras' hierarchy pertaining to the parametrization of fast algorithms of Discrete Orthogonal Transforms.- Understanding of ridge-valley lines on image-intensity surfaces in scale-space.- Computer analysis and recognition of cognitive phase space electro-cardio graphic image.- A new algorithm for probabilistic relaxation based on the Baum Eagon theorem.- Segmentation and estimation of the optical flow.- Automated detection of fluorescent cells and measurement of their DNA-content.- A highly selective HT based algorithm for detecting extended, almost rectilinear shapes.- Object modelling and collision avoidance using Clifford algebra.- Joint invariants of a triplet of coplanar conics: Stability and discriminating power for object recognition.- Using mirror cameras for estimating depth.- Combining head tracking and pupil monitoring in vision-based human-computer interaction.- Active-camera calibration using iterative image feature localization.- The projective invariants for polygons.- A multi-model image line reconstruction.- Tools for automatic recognition of character strings in maps.- Towards higher decimation ratios.- A representation of digital planes by least square fits.- A supervised approach to the evaluation of image segmentation methods.- Experimental investigation on editing for the k-NN rule through a genetic algorithm.- Heterogeneous morphing of multimodal medical information.- Recognition and pose determination of 3-D objects using multiple views.- Bayesian extraction of differential surface structure.- A proposal for the implementation of a parallel watershed algorithm.- A neural network energy minimization approach to approximation of 2-dimensional shapes.- Visual detection of defects in moulded plastic drippers.- Segmentation modeling.- Inverting the reflectance map with binary search.- Feature selection for the tree-wavelet transform.- Performance comparison of a deterministic and a stochastic method for image classification.- Advances in the statistical methodology for the selection of image descriptors for visual pattern representation and classification.- Affine stereo calibration.- Triple features for linear distorted images.- Finding postirradiation reaction in lungs from digitized X-rays.- Estimating time to contact with curves, avoiding calibration and aperture problem.- Constraining probabilistic relaxation with symbolic attributes.- Local Fourier phase and disparity estimates: An analytical study.- Direct obstacle detection and motion from spatio-temporal derivatives.- Direct estimation of rotation from two frames via epipolar search.- Dynamic character recognition using an elastic matching.- Visual robot guidance for an insertion task.- Robust surface reconstruction from stereo SEM images.- Adaptive wavelets for signal analysis.- A common framework for preattentive and attentive vision using steerable filters.- Static global scheduling for optimal computer vision and image processing operations on distributed-memory multiprocessors.- Robust patch concept for egomotion estimation.- Parallel thinning algorithm based on the wave propagation's model.- Film editing reconstruction and semantic analysis.- Measuring time-to-contact using active camera control.- The Color Constancy Problem: An illumination invariant mapping approach.