Image Analysis and Recognition 6th International Conference, ICIAR 2009, Halifax, Canada, July 6-8, 2009, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, ICIAR 2009, held in Halifax, Canada, in July 2009.

The 93 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 164 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on image and video processing and analysis; image segmentation; image and video retrieval and indexing; pattern analysis and recognition; biometrics face recognition; shape analysis; motion analysis and tracking; 3D image analysis; biomedical image analysis; document analysis and applications.

Image and Video Processing and Analysis.- The Use of Residuals in Image Denoising.- Edge-Preserving Image Reconstruction with Wavelet-Domain Edge Continuation.- Hierarchical Sampling with Constraints.- Image and Video Retargetting by Darting.- Enhancement of the Quality of Images through Complex Mosaic Configurations.- Multifocus Image Fusion Using Local Phase Coherence Measurement.- An Analysis of Gabor Detection.- Image Resolution Enhancement with Hierarchical Hidden Fields.- Combined Wavelet and Nonlinear Filtering for MRI Phase Images.- A Run-Based One-Scan Labeling Algorithm.- A New Object-Based Fractal Compression of Monocular and Stereo Video Sequences.- Nonextensive Entropic Image Registration.- Robust Principal Components for Hyperspectral Data Analysis.- Coefficient-Tracking Speckle Reducing Anisotropic Diffusion.- Increasing Computational Redundancy of Digital Images via Multiresolutional Matching.- Efficient Removal of Noisy Borders of Monochromatic Documents.- Image Segmentation.- A Visual Perception Approach for Accurate Segmentation of Light Profiles.- Implicit Active-Contouring with MRF.- A Novel Pixon-Based Approach for Image Segmentation Using Wavelet Thresholding Method.- Interactive Image Segmentation Based on Hierarchical Graph-Cut Optimization with Generic Shape Prior.- Multiphase Segmentation Based on Implicit Active Shape Models.- Image and Video Retrieval and Indexing.- Weighted Block Matching-Based Anchor Shot Detection with Dynamic Background.- Local Triplet Pattern for Content-Based Image Retrieval.- An Interactive Image Feature Visualization System for Supporting CBIR Study.- Pattern Analysis and Recognition.- Cue Integration for Urban Area Extraction in Remote Sensing Images.- Scale Invariant Feature Transform with Irregular Orientation Histogram Binning.- Affine Invariant-Based Classification of Inliers and Outliers for Image Matching.- A New Large-Scale Multi-purpose Handwritten Farsi Database.- Memory Efficient Vision Based Line Feature Extraction for Tiny Mobile Robots.- A Swift and Memory Efficient Hough Transform for Systems with Limited Fast Memory.- Novel Framework for Selecting the Optimal Feature Vector from Large Feature Spaces.- Granular Computing and Rough Sets to Generate Fuzzy Rules.- 3D Human Pose Estimation from Static Images Using Local Features and Discriminative Learning.- Abnormal Behavior Recognition Using Self-Adaptive Hidden Markov Models.- Interacting with Digital Signage Using Hand Gestures.- Probability Error in Bayes Optimal Classifier with Intuitionistic Fuzzy Observations.- Fuzzy Gaussian Process Classification Model.- VizDraw: A Platform to Convert Online Hand-Drawn Graphics into Computer Graphics.- Biometrics.- Score Level Fusion of Ear and Face Local 3D Features for Fast and Expression-Invariant Human Recognition.- Speech-Video Synchronization Using Lips Movements and Speech Envelope Correlation.- Analyzing Human Gait Using Patterns of Translation and Rotation.- Level Set Approaches and Adaptive Asymmetrical SVMs Applied for Nonideal Iris Recognition.- A Security Analysis of Biometric Template Protection Schemes.- Enhanced Accuracy Moment Invariants for Biometric Recognition and Cryptosystems.- Automated Multimodal Biometrics Using Face and Ear.- Face Recognition.- A Novel Bayesian Logistic Discriminant Model with Dirichlet Distributions: An Application to Face Recognition.- An Example-Based Two-Step Face Hallucination Method through Coefficient Learning.- Towards Communicative Face Occlusions: Machine Detection of Hand-over-Face Gestures.- Extracting Structured Topological Features from 3D Facial Surface: Approach and Applications.- An Intensity and Size Invariant Real Time Face Recognition Approach.- A Novel Technique for Human Face Recognition Using Nonlinear Curvelet Feature Subspace.- Face Verification Using Colour Kernels.- Face Recognition Based on Wavelet-Curvelet-Fractal Technique.- Shape Analysis.- A Robust Modular Wavelet Network Based Symbol Classifier.- Invariant Shape Matching for Detection of Semi-local Image Structures.- Elastic Morphing of 2D and 3D Objects on a Shape Manifold.- 3D Shape from Focus and Depth Map Computation Using Steerable Filters.- Recovering 3D Shape and Albedo from a Face Image under Arbitrary Lighting and Pose by Using a 3D Illumination-Based AAM Model.- A Rotation-Invariant Approach to 2D Shape Representation Using the Hilbert Curve.- Motion Analysis and Tracking.- COBVIS-D: A Computer Vision System for Describing the Cephalo-Ocular Behavior of Drivers in a Driving Simulator.- Learning Structural Models in Multiple Projection Spaces.- Analysis of Human Gait Bilateral Symmetry for Functional Assessment after an Orthopaedic Surgery.- A New Approach on Spatio-temporal Scene Analysis for Driver Observation.- A Method for Removal of Turbulence Disturbance from Video, Enabling Higher Level Applications.- Human Tracking by IP PTZ Camera Control in the Context of Video Surveillance.- Weight Compensated Motion Estimation for Facial Deformation Analysis.- Real-Time Image-Based Motion Detection Using Color and Structure.- 3D Image Analysis.- Structured Light Stereoscopic Imaging with Dynamic Pseudo-random Patterns.- Probabilistic Scene Analysis for Robust Stereo Correspondence.- Modeling of Elastic Behavior of 3D Deformable Objects from Range and Tactile Imaging.- Region Classification for Robust Floor Detection in Indoor Environments.- The Distinction between Virtual and Physical Planes Using Homography.- Biomedical Image Analysis.- Brain MRI Segmentation Based on the Rényi’s Fractal Dimension.- Efficient Segmentation of Lung Abnormalities in CT Images.- Prostate TRUS Image Region-Based Feature Extraction and Evaluation.- Three Dimensional Segmentation of Intravascular Ultrasound Data.- Diffusion-Based Detection of Carotid Artery Lumen from Ultrasound Images.- Artery Wall Extraction from Intravascular OCT Images.- Region, Lesion and Border-Based Multiresolution Analysis of Mammogram Lesions.- Assuring Quality Bounds for Distance Measurements on JPEG 2000 Compressed CT Scans.- Evaluation of Symmetry Enhanced Sliding Band Filter for Plant Cell Nuclei Detection in Low Contrast Noisy Fluorescent Images.- Direct Estimation of Biological Growth Properties from Image Data Using the “GRID” Model.- Document Analysis.- A Taxonomy for Noise in Images of Paper Documents - The Physical Noises.- Suppression of Foxing in Historical Books Using Inpainting.- A New Fuzzy Hierarchical Classification Based on SVM for Text Categorization.- Enhancing the Quality of Color Documents with Back-to-Front Interference.- Applications.- Waving Detection Using the Local Temporal Consistency of Flow-Based Features for Real-Time Applications.- Detection of Linear Structures in Remote-Sensed Images.- Video Compression and Retrieval of Moving Object Location Applied to Surveillance.- Registration of the Prokudin-Gorskii Colour Photographs Using a Multiresolution SSIM Algorithm.- Perceptually Relevant Pattern Recognition Applied to Cork Quality Detection.- Leaf Segmentation, Its 3D Position Estimation and Leaf Classification from a Few Images with Very Close Viewpoints.- A Decision Tree Approach for Scene Pattern Recognition and Extraction in Snooker Videos.