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PROCEEDINGS
International Conference on
image Analysis and Processing
September 27 - 29, 1999
Venice, Italy
Co-sponsored by
The International Association for Pattern RecognitionUniversita di Udine
Supported by
Universita "Ca' Foscari" di Venezia — ItalyGruppo Nazionale di Cibemetica e Biofisica (GNCB) — CNR — Rome, Italy
Consorzio Universitario del Friuli — Udine, Italy
Autovie Venete S.p.A., Palmanova, ItalyAzienda di Promozione Turistica — Venezia, Italy
ELSAG S.p.A., Genova, ItalyNETTUNO, Bologna, Italy
NOKIA Mobile Phones, Oulu, FinlandVTT — Wireless Internet Laboratory, Oulu, Finland
IEEE'
COMPUTERSOCIETY
Los Alamitos, California
Washington • Brussels • Tokyo
Table of Contents10l International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing — ICIAP'99
Foreword xix
Conference Committee xxi
Additional Referees xxii
Keynote Address
The Laminar Architecture of Visual Cortex and Image Processing Technology 2S. Grossberg
Session 1 — Neural Models and Visual Systems
A Figure Extraction Method Based on the Color and Texture Contrasts of Regions 12S. Tanaka, Y. Iwadate, S. Inokuchi
Representing and Recognizing Visual Dynamic Events with Support Vector Machines 18M. Pittore, C. Basso, A. Verri
Session 2 — Primitives of Images and Shapes
Distinctiveness Maps for Image Matching 26R. Manduchi, C. Tomasi
Multiresolution Object-of-Interest Detection for Images with Low Depth of Field 32J. Li, J. Wang, R. Gray, G. Wiederhold
Permanence-based Shape Decomposition in Binary Pyramids 38G. Borgefors, G. Ramella, G. Sanniti di Baja
Image Enhancement using Pattern-Selective Color Image Fusion 44L. Bogoni, M. Hansen, P. Burt
Morphological Interpolation and Color Images 50M. Iwanowski, J. Serra
Invited Talk
Learning Visual Operators from Examples: A New Paradigm in Image Processing 58H. Knutsson, M. Borga
Session 3 — Image Inference: Learning and Model Synthesis
Texture Segmentation by Frequency-Sensitive Elliptical Competitive Learning 645. De Backer, P. Scheunders
Surface Approximation of 3D Objects from Irregularly Sampled Clouds of3D Points using Spherical Wavelets 70
L. Pastor, A. Rodriguez
Shape Reconstruction of 3D Bilaterally Symmetric Surfaces 76/. Shimshoni, Y. Moses, M. Lindenbaum
Session 4 — Encoding Visual Cues
Learning Vector Quantization with Alternative Distance Criteria 84J. Sanchez, F. Pla, F. Ferri
Segmentation-based Lossless Compression for Color Images 90C. Serrano, B. Acha, R. Rangayyan
Sprite Generation and Coding of Multiview Image Sequences 95N. Grammalidis, D. Beletsiotis, M. Strintzis
Poster Session A — Primitive Extraction and Coding
An Anisotropic Diffusion PDE for Noise Reduction and Thin Edge Preservation 102Z. Lin, Q. Shi
ICM Method for Multi-level Thresholding using Maximum Entropy Criterion 108X. Luo, J. Tian
The Distance Transform Algorithm on a Two-Processor Computer 114A. Forsmoo
An Extension to a Filter Implementation of a Local Quadratic Surface for Image Noise Estimation 119A. Nielsen
Computation of Two Texture Features in Hardware 125K. Heikkinen, P. Vuorimaa
Image Restoration using Quantum Fluctuation 130J. lnoue
Automatic Construction of Tree-structural Image Transformations using Genetic Programming 136S. Aoki, T. Nagao
Comparison of Texture Features based on Gabor Filters 142P. Kruizinga, N. Petkov, S. Grigorescu
Two Dimensional Generalized Edge Detector 148B. Kurt, M. Gokmen
Morphological Filters Implementation based on a Co-Design Approach 154R. Sasportas, J. Klein
A Scale-Space Approach to Preattentive Texture Discrimination 162A. Petrosino, M. Ceccarelli
A New Approach for Fast Line Detection based on Combinatorial Optimization 168M. Mattavelli, V. Noel, E. Amaldi
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Random Walk Approach to Image Ehnancement 174B. Smolka, K. Wojciechowski, M. Szczepanski
Improved Entropic Edge-Detection 180J. Gomez Lopera, N. Ilhami, P. Luque Escamilla, J. Martinez Aroza, R. Roman Rolddn
VLSI Implementation of a Foveal Polygon Segmentation Algorithm 185F. Coslado, P. Camacho, M. Gonzdles, F. Arrebola, F. Sandoval
Detection of Linear Bands in Gray-Scale Images based on the Euclidean DistanceTransform and the Hough Transform 191
J. Jang, K. Hong
Non-linear Scale-Selection for Image Compression Improvement Obtained byPerceptual Distortion Criteria 197
/. Kopilovic, T. Szirdnyi
Fast Spectral Algoritms of Invariants Calculation 203E. Labunets, V. Labunets, K. Egiazarian, J. Astola
Texture Analysis using Morphological Pattern Spectrum and Optimization of Structuring Elements 209A. Asano
Improved Low Complexity Fully Parallel Thinning Algorithm 215T. Bernard, A. Manzanera
Modified BFT Giving Exact Decoder Convergence 221W. Pamula
Building Meaningful Edge Maps from Range Images 227O. Pereira Bellon, A. Direne, L. Silva
Distributed Output Encoding for Multi-Class Pattern Recognition 229R. Erenshteyn, D. Saxe, P. Laskov, R. Foulds
Euclidean Distance Transform on a Dedicated Architecture based on a Reconfigurable Mesh Network 235P. Baglietto
A Comprehensive Approach to Image-Contrast Enhancement 241A. Carbonaro, P. Zingaretti
A BSP Realisation of Jarvis' Algorithm 247L. Cinque, C. Di Maggio
Invited Talk
Face Processing and Recognition using Learning and Evolution 254H. Wechsler
Session 5 — Face and Body Recognition
3D Deformable Face Model for Pose Determination and Face Synthesis 260M. Lee, S. Ranganath
An Efficient Implementation and Evaluation of Robust Face Sequence Matching 2665. Satoh, N. Katayama
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Session 6 — Dynamic Scene Understanding
Improving the Robustness of Image-based Tracking to Control 3D Robot Motions 274M. Vincze, M. Ayromlou, W. Kubinger
Hydra: Multiple People Detection and Tracking using Silhouettes 280/. Haritaoglu, D. Harwood, L. Davis
Tracking Vehicles in Image Sequence for Avoiding Obstacles 286W. Donghui, Y. Xiuqin, G. Weikang
Geometric Analysis and Computing of Projective Structure and Motion 291E. Bayro-Corrochano, V. Banarer
On Robust Rectification for Uncalibrated Images 297F. Isgro, E. Trucco
Performance Estimation of Model-based Automatic Target Recognition usingAttributed Scattering Center Features 303
H. Chiang, R. Moses, W. Irving
Poster Session B — Grouping, Segmentation and Matching
Shift Detection by Restoration Demonstrated by Signal based Point Pattern Matching 310T. Baumbach, W. Ortmann
Unsupervised Multiscale Image Segmentation 316A. Kam, W. Fitzgerald
A Simple and Efficient Connected Components Labeling Algorithm 322A. Bulgarelli, L. Di Stefano
Surface Segmentation based on Perceptual Grouping 328C. Orrite, A. Roy, A. Alcolea
Visual Information from Anisotropic Transformations 334G. Boccignone, M. Ferraro, T. Caelli
Automatic Generation of Significant and Local Feature Groups of Complex and Deformed Objects 340D. Pechtel, K. Kuhnert
Hidden Multiresolution Random Fields and Their Application to Image Segmentation 346R. Wilson, C. Li
A New Technique for Color Image Segmentation 352C. Amoroso, E. Ardizzone, V. Morreale, P. Storniolo
Planar 3D Object Detection by using the Generalized Hough Transform 358N. Guil, J. Cozar, E. Zapata
Genetic Algorithm with Competitive Image Labelling and Least Square 364S. Yuen, C. Ma
A High Precision 3D Object Reconstruction Method using a Color Coded Grid and NURBS 370P. Lavoie, D. Ionescu, E. Petriu
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Image Segmentation by Texture Analysis 376C. Di Ruberto, G. Rodriguez, S. Vitulano
Constructing Iso-Surfaces Satisfying the Delaunay Constraint. Application to the Skeleton Computation 382D. Attali, J. Lachaud
Line Clustering with Vanishing Point and Vanishing Line 388A. Minagawa, N. Tagawa, T. Moriya, T. Gotoh
The Wiener Filter and Regularization Methods for Image Restoration Problems 394L. D 'Amore, V. De Simone, A. Murli
Symmetry Detection by Random Sampling and Voting Process 400A. Imiya, T. Ueno, I. Fermin
Self-Training Statistic Snake for Image Segmentation and Tracking 406P. Radeva, X. Pardo, J. Villanueva
Segmentation and Object Detection with Gabor Filters and Cumulative Histograms 412T. Shioyama, H. Wu, S. Mitani
Creation of Real Images which are Valid for the Assumptions Made in Shape from Shading 418P. Daniel, J. Durou
Describing Patterns in Flow-like Images 424P. Rodrigues, A. de Araujo, M. Pinotti
A New Deformable Contour Method 430X. Wang, W. Wee
A Golden Block Self-Generating Scheme for Continous Patterned Wafer Inspections 436S. Guan, P. Xie
Invited Talk
Machine Vision for Medical Image Analysis and Virtual Surgery 444N. Ayache
Session 7 — Domain Applications I: Biomedicine
Fast 3D Image Transformations for Registration Procedures 446D. Sarrut, S. Miguet
Automatic Detection of the Intimal and the Adventitial Layers of theCommon Carotid Artery Wall in Ultrasound B-Mode Images using Snakes 452
D. Cheng, A. Schmidt-Trucksdss, K. Cheng, M. Sandrock, Q. Pu, H. Burkhardt
3D Reconstruction of Third Proximal Femur (31-) with Active Contours .458L. Safont, E. Marroquin
Automatic Classification of Clustered Microcalcifications by a Multiple Expert System 464S. De Vito, F. Tortorella, M. Vento
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Computer Aided Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Nodules using Curvature Based Analysis 470Y. Kawata, N. Niki, H. Ohmatsu, M. Kusumoto, R. Kakinuma, K. Mori,H. Nishiyama, K. Eguchi, M. Kaneko, N. Moriyama
Poster Session C — Object and Scene Recognition
Underwater Buried Object Recognition using Wavelet Packets and Fourier Descriptors ....478D. Boulinguez, A. Quinquis
Shape-from-Shading using a Curvature Consistency Constraints 484P. Worthington, E. Hancock
A Modified Modular Eigenspace Approach to Face Recognition 4905. Cagnoni, A. Poggi, G. Porcari
Subpixellic Eyes Detection 496R. Mariani
Robotic Wheelchair Observing Its Inside and Outside 502Y. Kuno, S. Nakanishi, T. Murashima, N. Shimada, Y. Shirai
3D Object Recognition by VC-graphs and Interactive Constraint Satisfaction 508R. Cucchiara, E. Lamma, P. Mello, M. Milano, M. Piccardi
Differential Equations for Phase-based Stereo-Vision 514B. Crespi
Motion Detection, Labeling, Data Association and Tracking, in Real-time on RISC Computer 520L. Lacassagne, M. Milgram, P. Garda
Two Computer Vision-based Tracking Applications Solved using a Robust Parallel Optimizer 526P. Bazin, P. Gerard, A. Gagalowicz
An Integrated Face Detection and Recognition System 532L. Koh, S. Ranganath, M. Lee, Y. Venkatesh
Inspection by Implicit Polynomials 1218C. Unsalan, A. Ercil
Morphing as a Tool for Motion Modelling 5385. Gene, F. Yarman-Vural
Image Sequence Analysis using a Spatio-Temporal Coding for Automatic Lipreading 544A. Baig, R. Seguier, G. Voucher
On Observing Shape from Defocused Images 550A. Mennucci, S. Soatto
Projective Decomposition of Planar Facets 556L Theiler, H. Chabbi
Knowledge-based Methods for Classifier Combination: An Experimental Investigation 562V. Di Lecce, G. Dimauro, A. Guerriero, S. Impedovo, G. Pirlo, A. Salzo
A Navigation System for Vision-Guided Mobile Robots 566S. Vitabile, F. Pullara, G. Pilato, F. Sorbello
Active Face and Feature Tracking 572L Jordao, M. Perrone, J. Santos-Victor, J. Costeira
Simultaneous Multitarget Detection and False Alarm Mitigation Algorithm for thePredator UAV TESAR ATR System 577
D. Rosario
Identifying and Tracking Ellipses: A Technique based on Elliptical Deformable Templates 582A. Scaggiante, R. Frezza, M. Zampato
Automatic Quality Control of Industrial Products for Irrigation 588A. Anzalone, G. Gugliotta, A. Machi, G. Sardisco
Facial Expression Morphing and Animation with Local Warping Methods 594D. Lin, H. Huang
A Real-Time Motion Capture System with Multiple Camera Fusion 600S. Yonemoto, A. Matsumoto, D. Arita, R. Taniguchi
How to Rotate a Camera 606C. Tomasi, J. Zhang
Cellular Automata Based Optical Flow Computation for "Just-in-Time" Applications 612G. Adorni, S. Cagnoni, M. Mordonini
Real-time Detection of Moving Vehicles 618R. Cucchiara, M. Piccardi, A. Prati, N. Scarabottolo
Depth Image Matching for Underwater Vehicle Navigation 624M. Sistiaga, J. Opderbecke, M. Aldon
A DSP-based Real Time Contour Tracking System 630V. Gemignani, S. Provvedi, M. Demi, M. Paterni, A. Benassi
A Computer Vision System for Automatic Knowledge-Based Configuration of the Image Processing andHierarchical Object Recognition 636
A. Vu
Feature Matching by Searching Maximum Clique on High Order Association Graph 642A. Branca, E. Stella, A. Distante
Methods for Dynamic Classifier Selection 659G. Giacinto, F. Roli
Image Stabilization by Features Tracking 665A. Censi, A. Fusiello, V. Roberto
Invited Talk
Visualizing the Potential of Interactive Systems 670H. Thimbleby
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Session 8 — Image Communication
The Photographer Metaphor for Content based Image Retrieval 680J. Assfalg, A. Del Bimbo, P. Pala
Unsupervised Extraction of Salient Region-Descriptors for Content based Image Retrieval 686A. Ditnai
Using Relevance Feedback to Learn Visual Concepts from Image Instances 692J. Hsieh, C. Chiang, Y. Huang
Region-based Modeling and Tree Edit Distance as a Basis for Gesture Recognition 698J. Bellando, R. Kothari
SIC_DB: Multi-Modal Database for Person Authentication 704C. Beumier, M. Acheroy
Image Processing for Restoration of Old Film Sequences 709T. Saito, T. Komatsu, T. Hoshi, T. Ohuchi
Image Basic Features Indexing Techniques for Video Skimming 715V. DiLecce, G. Dimauro, A. Guerriero, S. Impedovo, G. Pirlo, A. Salzo
Poster Session D — Images in Biomedicine and Remote Sensing
Hartley Transform in Compression of Medical Ultrasonic Images 722/. Duleba
Automatic Segmentation of Microaneurysms in Retinal Angiograms of Diabetic Patients 728A. Mendonca, A. Campilho, J. Nunes
Diatom Identification: A Double Challenge Called ADIAC 734H. du Buf, M. Bayer, S. Droop, R. Head, S. Juggins, S. Fischer, H. Bunke,M. Wilkinson, J. Roerdink, J. Pech-Pacheco, G. Cristobal, H. Shahbazkia, A. Ciobanu
Location of the Pupil-Iris Border in Slit-Lamp Images of the Cornea 740N. Ritter, J. Cooper, R. Owens, P. van Saarloos
Segmentation of X-Ray CT Images using Stochastic Templates 746C. Glasbey, C. Robinson, M. Young
Automatic Correction of Bias Field in Magnetic Resonance Images 752M. Garza-Jinich, V. Medina, P. Meer, O. Yanez
Detection of Rounded Opacities on Chest Radiographs using Convergence Index Filter 757J. Wei, Y. Hagihara, H. Kobatake
Continous Pseudo-Inverse Image Reconstruction in Spiral Magnetic Resonance Imaging 762R. Van de Walle, B. Desplanques, I. Lemahieu
Automated Lesion Detection Methods for 2D and 3D Chest X-Ray Images 768T. Hara, H. Fujita, Y. Lee, H. Yoshimura, S. Kido
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Dempster-Shafer's Theory as an Aid to Color Information Processing Application toMelanoma Detection in Dermatology 774
P. Vannoorenberghe, O. Colot, D. De Brucq
Integer Wavelet Packets and their Application to a Lossy Compression System for SAR Images 780E. Magli, G. Olmo, F. Sellone
Extracting Multispectral Edges in Satellite Images over Agricultural Fields 786A. Rydberg, G. Borgefprs
An Interpretation System for Cadastral Maps 792E. Katona, G. Hudra
Accuracy of a Supervised Classification of the Artificial Objects in Thermal Hyperspectral Images 798S. Bajic
Detection of Roads from Satellite Image using the Optimal Search 804Y. Rianto, T. Kim, S. Kondo
A Methodology for Woody Crop Location and Discrimination in Remote Sensing 810J. Garcia-Consuegra, G. Cisneros, A. Martinez
Classification and Representation of Networks from Satellite Images 816V. Prinet, S. Ma, O. Monga
Session 9 — Domain Applications II: Cultural Heritage
3D Models of Architectural Scenes from Uncalibrated Images and Vanishing Points 824R. Cipolla, D. Robertson
A New Evolutionary Learning Model for Handwritten Character Prototyping 830L. Cordelia, C. De Stefano, A. Delia Cioppa, A. Marcelli
Character Segmentation in Highly Blurred Ancient Printed Documents 836A. Tonazzini, L Bedini
Social and Content-based Information Filtering for a Web Graphics Recommender System 842J. Tatemura, S. Santini, R. Jain
About Modeling Cultural Heritage Objects with Limited Computer Resources 848G. Cortelazzo, F. Marton
Session 10 — Domain Applications III: Remote Sensing
SAR Image Processing using Artificial Intelligence Planning 856F. Fisher, S. Chien, E. Lo, R. Greeley
Finding Water Depths from Synthetic Remotely Sensed Images 862M. Martin, M. Luna, F. Valero, S. Lea, M. Lybanon
A Radar Reflectance Model for Terrain Analysis using Shape from Shading 868R. Wilson, E. Hancock
Memory-based Forecasting of Complex Natural Patterns by Retrieving Similar Image Sequences 874K. Otsuka, T. Horikoshi, S. Suzuki, H. Kojima
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Poster Session E — Image Communication
Detection of Video Scene Breaks Using Directional Information in DCT Domain 882T. Hwang, D. Jeong
Dominant Color Region based Indexing for CBIR 887K. Ravishankar, B. Prasad, S. Gupta, K. Biswas
Measuring Classification Complexity of Image Databases: A Novel Approach 893A. Rahman, M. Fairhurst
Skin Colour Region Detection in MPEG Video Sequences 898L. Gu, D. Bone
Image Retrieval based on Chromaticity Moments 904G. Paschos, I. Radev
Image Indexing using Weighted Color Histogram 909D. Park, J. Park, T. Kim, J. Han
Similarity Retrieval of Trademark Images 915G. Ciocca, R. Schettini
Extraction of Bibliography Information based on Image of Book Cover 921H. Yang, N. Onda, M. Kashimura, S. Ozawa
A Compact Wavelet Index for Retrieval in Image Database 927M. Albanesi, M. Ferretti, A. Giancane
Background Removal in Image Indexing and Retrieval 933Y. Lu, H. Guo
A New Database of Confusing Characters for Testing Character Recognition Algorithms 939V. Di Lecce, G. Dimauro, A. Guerriero, S. Impedovo, G. Pirlo, A. Salzo
Retrieval by Shape using Multidimensional Indexing Structures 945S. Berretti, A. Del Bimbo, P. Pala
Content-based Similarity Retrieval of Images based on Spatial Color Distributions 951H. Yamamoto, H. Iwasa, N. Yokoya, H. Takemura
Invariant Scene Description based on Salient Regions for Preattentive Similarity Assessment 957A. Dimai
Construction of City Video Database based on Automatic Scene Detection and Recognition 963H. Jin, Y. Yoshitomo, M. Sakauchi
Human Computer Interface for Gesture-based Editing System 969H. Yoon, B. Min, J. Soh, Y. Bae, H. Yang
Using Fractal Encoding for Image Indexing 975R. Distasi, M. Nappi, M. Tucci
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An Interactive Visual Environment to Understand, Model and Exploit User Subjectivity inImage Retrieving Systems 981
N. Bianchi-Berthouze, T. Kato
AFuzzy Approach to Segment Document Images 987F. Giorgini, S. Dellepiane, A. Verrini
A Simple Multi-layer Digital Video Coder for Multimedia Network Applications 992A. Grattarola, A. Iscra, S. Zappatore
Using Normal Patterns in Handwritten Character Recognition 997G. Tascini, A. Montesanto, P. Puliti
Understanding the Page Logical Structure 1003L Cinque, L Forino, S. Levialdi, L. Lombardi, S. Tanimoto
A Virtual Reality Environment for Web Browsing 1009M. Cibelli, G. Costagliola, G. Polese, G. Tortora
New Tools for Image Interaction 1015A. Biancardi
Design of a Visual Environment for Evaluating and Customizing Medical ImageCompression Techniques 1021
A. Signoroni, A. Bianchi, P. Mussio, R. Leonardi
ToCAI: A Framework for Indexing and Retrieval of Multimedia Documents 1027N. Adami, A. Bugatti, A. Corghi, R. Leonardi, P. Migliorati, L. Rossi, C. Saraceno
Young Scientists ForumChair: A. Fusiello
Quality Assessment of Compressed Cardiac MRI. Effect of Lossy Compression onComputerized Physiological Parameters 1034
C. Cavaro-Menard, A. Le Duff, P. Balzer, B. Denizot, O. Morel, P. Jallet, J. Le Jeune
Fast Search for Entropy-Constrained VQ 1038J. Cardinal
Cell Segmentation with Median Filter and Mathematical Morphology Operation 1043D. Anoraganingrum
A Two-stage Codebook Building Method using Fast WAN 1047F. Balado Pumariho, 6. Florez
Thin Edge Detector 1051A. Trujillo
Texture Extraction from Photographs and Rendering with Dynamic Texture Mapping 10555. Gene, V. Atalay
Assisted Video Sequences Indexing: Motion Analysis based on Interest Points 1059E. Etievent, F. Lebourgeois, J. Jolion
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Determining the Skeletons of the Auroras 1063M. Syrjdsuo, T. Pulkkinen
Strong-from-Weak Model Sensor Estimation using Voronoi Diagrams 1067B. Debaque, S. Gobert, G. Ruckebusch, G. Stamon
Extraction of Traffic Information from Images at DEIS 1073E. Viarani
Face Recognition using Binary Thresholding for Features Extraction 1077C. Fraga Bobis, R. Corsino Gonzalez, J. Cancelas, I. Alvarez, J. Enguita
Fast Localisation of Mechanical Components using Hough Transform 10815. Pace
Finding Faces in Color Images using Wavelet Transform 1085J. Karlekar, U. Desai
Special Session on Advanced Video-Based Surveillance SystemsChairs: P. Mahonen, C. Regazzoni, G.L. Foresti
Wireless Video Surveillance: System Concepts 1090P. Mahonen
Active Outdoor Surveillance 1096/. Haritaoglu, D. Harwood, L. Davis
Multimedia Communication Techniques for Remote Cable-based Video-Surveillance Systems 1100C. Sacchi, C. Regazzoni
A Multi-agent Framework for Visual Surveillance 1104J. Orwell, S. Massey, P. Remagnino, D. Greenhill, G. Jones
Image Analysis for Video Surveillance based on Spatial Regularization of aStatistical Model-based Change Detection 1108
F. Ziliani, A. Cavallaro
Real-time Surveillance System Detecting Persons in Complex Scenes 1112A. Iketani, Y. Kuno, N. Shimada, Y. Shirai
Dyta: An Intelligent System for Moving Target Detection 1116Y. Murphey, H. Lu, S. Lakshmanan, G. Gerhart, R. Karlsen, T. Meitzler
Poster Session
Surveillance Sensor Systems using CMOS Imagers 1124A. Teuner, H. Hillebrand, B. Hosticka, S. Park, J. Santos Conde, N. Stevanovic
Traffic Monitoring in Motorways by Real-Time Number Plate Recognition 1128P. Castello, C. Coelho, E. Del Ninno, E. Ottaviani, M. Zanini
Passengers Queue Length Measurement 1132D. Aubert
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Illumination Invariant Background Extraction 1136E. Durucan, J. Snoeckx, Y. Weilenmann
Single Camera Multiplexing for Multi-Target Tracking 1140C. BenAbdelkader, P. Burlina, L. Davis
Monitoring Motorway Infrastructures for Detection of Dangerous Events 1144G. Foresti, B. Pani
Filtering and Prediction Techniques in Radar Tracking of Vehicles for Assisted Driving 1148R. Bolla, F. Davoli, B. Pani, P. Scala
Special Session on Graph-Theoretic Techniques in Computer VisionChair: M. Pelillo
Attributed Tree Matching and Maximum Weight Cliques 1154M. Pelillo, K. Siddiqi, S. Zucker
Attribute Trees in Image Analysis — Heuristic Matching and Learning Techniques 1160M. Peura
Bayesian Graph Edit Distance 1166R. Myers, R. Wilson, E. Hancock
Performance Evaluation of the VF Graph Matching Algorithm 1172L. Cordelia, P. Foggia, C. Sansone, M. Vento
Managing the Complexity of Match in Retrieval by Spatial Arrangement 11785. Berretti, A. Del Bimbo, E. Vicario
Graph Cut: Application to Bayesian Emission Tomography Reconstruction 1184M. Bonneville, J. Meunier, S. Roy
Special Session on Design and Evaluation of Visual Interactive SystemsChair: P. Bottoni
Evaluating WIMP Interfaces through the SUE Approach 1192M. Costabile, M. Matera
The Development of Hierarchical Visual Languages 1198G. Costagliola, F. Ferrucci, G. Polese, G. Vitiello
Special Session on European Research Projects
Scalable Architectures with Hardware Extensions for Low Bitrate Variable BandwidthRealtime Videocommunications (SCALAR) 1206
G. Parodi, I. Barbieri, M. Raggio
AMOVIP: Advanced Modeling of Visual Information Processing 1208G. Cristobal, M. Keil, H. du Buf, B. Escalante, L. Pessoa
Remote Cable-based Video Surveillance Applications: The AVS-RIO Project 1214C. Sacchi, C. Regazzoni, C. Dambra
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A Vision System for Flexible Objects Analysis 1216G. Foresti, S. Gentili, R. Giannitrapani, R. Scarpella, W. Vanzella
Index of Authors 1227
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