Image Analysis and Recognition Third International Conference, ICIAR 2006, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, September 18-20, 2006, Proceedings, Part II

ICIAR 2006, the International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, was the third ICIAR conference, and was held in P´ ovoa de Varzim, Portugal. ICIARisorganizedannually,andalternatesbetweenEuropeandNorthAmerica. ICIAR 2004 was held in Porto, Portugal and ICIAR 2005 in Toronto, Canada. The idea of o?ering these conferences came as a result of discussion between researchers in Portugal and Canada to encourage collaboration and exchange, mainlybetweenthesetwocountries,butalsowiththeopenparticipationofother countries, addressing recent advances in theory, methodology and applications. The response to the call for papers for ICIAR 2006 was higher than the two previous editions. From 389 full papers submitted, 163 were ?nally accepted (71 oral presentations, and 92 posters). The review process was carried out by the Program Committee members and other reviewers; all are experts in various image analysis and recognition areas. Each paper was reviewed by at least two reviewers, and also checked by the conference Co-chairs. The high quality of the papers in these proceedings is attributed ?rst to the authors, and second to the quality of the reviews provided by the experts. We would like to thank the authors for responding to our call, and we wholeheartedly thank the reviewers for their excellent work and for their timely response. It is this collective e?ort that resulted in the strong conference program and high-quality proceedings in your hands.

Pattern Recognition for Image Analysis.- Using Local Integral Invariants for Object Recognition in Complex Scenes.- Sharing Visual Features for Animal Categorization: An Empirical Study.- Object Categorization Using Kernels Combining Graphs and Histograms of Gradients.- Alternative Approaches and Algorithms for Classification.- A Pool of Classifiers by SLP: A Multi-class Case.- A Graph Spectral Approach to Consistent Labelling.- Gesture Recognition Using a Marionette Model and Dynamic Bayesian Networks (DBNs).- On Subspace Distance.- Ant Based Fuzzy Modeling Applied to Marble Classification.- A General Weighted Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm.- Integration of Expert Knowledge and Image Analysis Techniques for Medical Diagnosis.- Computer Vision.- Depth Recovery from Motion and Defocus Blur.- Using Cartesian Models of Faces with a Data-Driven and Integrable Fitting Framework.- A Novel Omnidirectional Stereo Vision System with a Single Camera.- A Neural Network for Simultaneously Reconstructing Transparent and Opaque Surfaces.- A Light Scattering Model for Layered Rough Surfaces.- Model Based Selection and Classification of Local Features for Recognition Using Gabor Filters.- Inferring Stochastic Regular Grammar with Nearness Information for Human Action Recognition.- Real Time Vehicle Pose Using On-Board Stereo Vision System.- Content-Based 3D Retrieval by Krawtchouk Moments.- Uncalibrated Visual Servoing in 3D Workspace.- A Real-Time 3D Modeling System Using Multiple Stereo Cameras for Free-Viewpoint Video Generation.- CAD Model Visual Registration from Closed-Contour Neighborhood Descriptors.- Biometrics.- Is Enough Enough? What Is Sufficiency in Biometric Data?.- Improving Minutiae Detection in Fingerprints Using Multiresolution Contrast Enhancement.- A Combined Radial Basis Function Model for Fingerprint Distortion.- Face and Ear: A Bimodal Identification System.- Comparison of Novel Dimension Reduction Methods in Face Verification.- Automatic 3D Face Feature Points Extraction with Spin Images.- Face Recognition by Cortical Multi-scale Line and Edge Representations.- Generic Facial Encoding for Shape Alignment with Active Models.- Ultra Fast GPU Assisted Face Recognition Based on 3D Geometry and Texture Data.- Face Recognition from Spatially-Morphed Video Sequences.- Shape and Matching.- Spanning Trees from the Commute Times of Random Walks on Graphs.- On a Polynomial Vector Field Model for Shape Representation.- A Fast Algorithm for Template Matching.- Shape Recognition Via an a Contrario Model for Size Functions.- A Stable Marriages Algorithm to Optimize Satisfaction and Equity.- A Novel Approach for Affine Point Pattern Matching.- Geometric Invariant Curve and Surface Normalization.- Estimating 3D Facial Shape and Motion from Stereo Image Using Active Appearance Models with Stereo Constraints.- Approximation of a Polyline with a Sequence of Geometric Primitives.- Biomedical Image Analysis.- Real-Time Denoising of Medical X-Ray Image Sequences: Three Entirely Different Approaches.- Analysis of Fuzzy Clustering Algorithms for the Segmentation of Burn Wounds Photographs.- New Characteristics for the Classification of Burns: Experimental Study.- The Class Imbalance Problem in TLC Image Classification.- Faster, More Accurate Diffusion Filtering for Fetal Ultrasound Volumes.- Fully Automatic Determination of Morphological Parameters of Proximal Femur from Calibrated Fluoroscopic Images Through Particle Filtering.- Analysis System of Endoscopic Image of Early Gastric Cancer.- Transmission Tomography Reconstruction Using Compound Gauss-Markov Random Fields and Ordered Subsets.- Semivariogram Applied for Classification of Benign and Malignant Tissues in Mammography.- A Method for Interpreting Pixel Grey Levels in Digital Mammography.- Prostate Tissue Characterization Using TRUS Image Spectral Features.- Multi-dimensional Visualization and Analysis of Cardiac MR Images During Long-Term Follow-Up.- A Multiclassifier Approach for Lung Nodule Classification.- Lung Parenchyma Segmentation from CT Images Based on Material Decomposition.- Digitisation and 3D Reconstruction of 30 Year Old Microscopic Sections of Human Embryo, Foetus and Orbit.- Skin Lesion Diagnosis Using Fluorescence Images.- Special Session: Brain Imaging.- 3D Method of Using Spatial-Varying Gaussian Mixture and Local Information to Segment MR Brain Volumes.- Robust Ordering of Independent Spatial Components of fMRI Data Using Canonical Correlation Analysis.- EpiGauss: Spatio-temporal Characterization of Epiletogenic Activity Applied to Hypothalamic Hamartomas.- Special Session: Remote Sensing Image Processing.- Identification of Martian Polygonal Patterns Using the Dynamics of Watershed Contours.- Fast Sparse Multinomial Regression Applied to Hyperspectral Data.- A Bayesian Approach for Building Detection in Densely Build-Up High Resolution Satellite Image.- Striping Noise Removal of Satellite Images by Nonlinear Mapping.- Hyperspectral Image Analysis for Precision Viticulture.- Geometric and Radiometric Improvement of an Ikonos Panchromatic Image Using a Digital Surface Model.- Applications.- Defect Detection in Random Colour Textures Using the MIA T2 Defect Maps.- Joint Spatial and Tonal Mosaic Alignment for Motion Detection with PTZ Camera.- Handwriting Similarities as Features for the Characterization of Writer’s Style Invariants and Image Compression.- NN Automated Defect Detection Based on Optimized Thresholding.- Pedestrian Detection Using Stereo and Biometric Information.- A System for Automatic Counting the Number of Collembola Individuals on Petri Disk Images.- Combining Template Matching and Model Fitting for Human Body Segmentation and Tracking with Applications to Sports Training.- Integrating Low-Level and Semantic Visual Cues for Improved Image-to-Video Experiences.- Multi-font Script Identification Using Texture-Based Features.- Comparison of Region and Edge Segmentation Approaches to Recognize Fish Oocytes in Histological Images.- Fundamental Region Based Indexing and Classification of Islamic Star Pattern Images.- Automating Visual Inspection of Print Quality.- BigBatch – An Environment for Processing Monochromatic Documents.- An HMM-SNN Method for Online Handwriting Symbol Recognition.- A Novel Shadow Detection Algorithm for Real Time Visual Surveillance Applications.