8. ACIVS 2006: Antwerp, Belgium
Jacques Blanc-Talon, Wilfried Philips, Dan C. Popescu, Paul Scheunders (Eds.): Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems, 8th International Conference, ACIVS 2006, Antwerp, Belgium, September 18-21, 2006, Proceedings. Springer 2006 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 3-540-44630-3
Noise Reduction and Restoration
Chul Keun Kim, Doug Young Suh, Gwang Hoon Park: Directional Filtering for Upsampling According to Direction Information of the Base Layer in the JVT/SVC Codec. 1-11
Stefan Schulte, Bruno Huysmans, Aleksandra Pizurica, Etienne E. Kerre, Wilfried Philips: A New Fuzzy-Based Wavelet Shrinkage Image Denoising Technique. 12-23
Pantaleón D. Romero, Vicente F. Candela: Mathematical Models for Restoration of Baroque Paintings. 24-34
Ville Ojansivu, Janne Heikkilä: Motion Blur Concealment of Digital Video Using Invariant Features. 35-45
Nikolay N. Ponomarenko, Vladimir V. Lukin, Karen O. Egiazarian, Jaakko Astola, Benoit Vozel, Kacem Chehdi: Hybrid Sigma Filter for Processing Images Corrupted by Multiplicative Noise. 46-54
Ali Gangal, Bekir Dizdaroglu: Automatic Restoration of Old Motion Picture Films Using Spatiotemporal Exemplar-Based Inpainting. 55-66
Dimitris G. Bariamis, Dimitrios K. Iakovidis, Dimitrios E. Maroulis: Dedicated Hardware for Real-Time Computation of Second-Order Statistical Features for High Resolution Images. 67-77
Alessandro Ledda, Hiêp Quang Luong, Wilfried Philips, Valérie De Witte, Etienne E. Kerre: Greyscale Image Interpolation Using Mathematical Morphology. 78-90
Ana M. C. Ruedin: Dilation Matrices for Nonseparable Bidimensional Wavelets. 91-102
Nemanja Petrovic, Vladimir S. Crnojevic: Evolutionary Tree-Structured Filter for Impulse Noise Removal. 103-113
Ewout Vansteenkiste, Dietrich Van der Weken, Wilfried Philips, Etienne E. Kerre: Perceived Image Quality Measurement of State-of-the-Art Noise Reduction Schemes. 114-126
Nadine Renard, Salah Bourennane, Jacques Blanc-Talon: Multiway Filtering Applied on Hyperspectral Images. 127-137
Segmentation
Alexandre X. Falcão, Paulo A. V. Miranda, Anderson Rocha: A Linear-Time Approach for Image Segmentation Using Graph-Cut Measures. 138-149
Øyvind Ryan: The RIM Framework for Image Processing. 150-160
Hermilo Sánchez-Cruz: A Proposal Method for Corner Detection with an Orthogonal Three-Direction Chain Code. 161-172
Ronghua Yang, Majid Mirmehdi, Xianghua Xie: A Charged Active Contour Based on Electrostatics. 173-184
Abir El Abed, Séverine Dubuisson, Dominique Béréziat: Comparison of Statistical and Shape-Based Approaches for Non-rigid Motion Tracking with Missing Data Using a Particle Filter. 185-196
Michalis A. Savelonas, Dimitrios K. Iakovidis, Dimitrios E. Maroulis, Stavros A. Karkanis: An Active Contour Model Guided by LBP Distributions. 197-207
Rafael H. C. de Melo, Evelyn de A. Vieira, Aura Conci: Characterizing the Lacunarity of Objects and Image Sets and Its Use as a Technique for the Analysis of Textural Patterns. 208-219
Nicolas Burrus, Thierry M. Bernard: Adaptive Vision Leveraging Digital Retinas: Extracting Meaningful Segments. 220-231
Johan de Bock, Rui Pires, Patrick de Smet, Wilfried Philips: A Fast Dynamic Border Linking Algorithm for Region Merging. 232-241
Motion Estimation and Tracking

Donghyung Kim, Jongho Kim, Jechang Jeong: Temporal Error Concealment Based on Optical Flow in the H.264/AVC Standard. 253-262
Francesco Archetti, Cristina E. Manfredotti, Vincenzina Messina, Domenico G. Sorrenti: Foreground-to-Ghost Discrimination in Single-Difference Pre-processing. 263-274
Soon-Yong Park, Jaekyoung Moon, Chang-Joon Park, In-Ho Lee: Moving Object Removal Based on Global Feature Registration. 275-286
Bogdan Kwolek: Object Tracking Using Discriminative Feature Selection. 287-298
Emre Oto, Frances Lau, Hamid K. Aghajan: Color-Based Multiple Agent Tracking for Wireless Image Sensor Networks. 299-310
Yung Lyul Lee, Yung-Ki Lee, Hyun Wook Park: A Fast Motion Vector Search Algorithm for Variable Blocks. 311-322
Video Processing and Coding
L. Gao, J. Jiang, S. Y. Yang: Constrained Region-Growing and Edge Enhancement Towards Automated Semantic Video Object Segmentation. 323-331
Raquel Dosil, Xose Manuel Pardo, Xose R. Fernández-Vidal, Antón García-Díaz: Spatio-temporal Composite-Features for Motion Analysis and Segmentation. 332-343
Ik-Hwan Cho, Jung-Ho Lee, Woong-Ho Lee, Dong-Seok Jeong: New Intra Luma Prediction Mode in H.264/AVC Using Collocated Weighted Chroma Pixel Value. 344-353
Adrian Munteanu, Joeri Barbarien, Jan Cornelis, Peter Schelkens: Performing Deblocking in Video Coding Based on Spatial-Domain Motion-Compensated Temporal Filtering. 364-374
Antoine Robert, Isabelle Amonou, Béatrice Pesquet-Popescu: Improving DCT-Based Coders Through Block Oriented Transforms. 375-383
Jérôme Roussel, Pascal Bertolino, Marina Nicolas: Improvement of Conventional Deinterlacing Methods with Extrema Detection and Interpolation. 384-395
Donghyung Kim, Jongho Kim, Jechang Jeong: Adaptive Macroblock Mode Selection for Reducing the Encoder Complexity in H.264. 396-405
Yebin Liu, Qionghai Dai, Wenli Xu, Zhihong Liao: Dynamic Light Field Compression Using Shared Fields and Region Blocks for Streaming Service. 406-417
Tom Clerckx, Adrian Munteanu, Jan Cornelis, Peter Schelkens: Complexity Scalability in Motion-Compensated Wavelet-Based Video Coding. 418-430
Donghyung Kim, Seungjong Kim, Jechang Jeong: Spatial Error Concealment with Low Complexity in the H.264 Standard. 431-441
Peter Lambert, Davy De Schrijver, Davy Van Deursen, Wesley De Neve, Yves Dhondt, Rik Van de Walle: A Real-Time Content Adaptation Framework for Exploiting ROI Scalability in H.264/AVC. 442-453
Jongho Kim, Donghyung Kim, Jechang Jeong: Complexity Reduction Algorithm for Intra Mode Selection in H.264/AVC Video Coding. 454-465
Jongho Kim, Donghyung Kim, Jechang Jeong: Simple and Effective Filter to Remove Corner Outlier Artifacts in Highly Compressed Video. 466-473
Jungong Han, Peter H. N. de With: Content-Based Model Template Adaptation and Real-Time System for Behavior Interpretation in Sports Video. 474-484
Gangyi Jiang, Zhipeng Jin, Mei Yu, Tae Young Choi: New Approach to Wireless Video Compression with Low Complexity. 485-492
Gangyi Jiang, Mei Yu, Feng Shao, You Yang, Haitao Dong: Fast Multi-view Disparity Estimation for Multi-view Video Systems. 493-500
Luis Antón-Canalís, Mario Hernández-Tejera, Elena Sánchez-Nielsen: AddCanny: Edge Detector for Video Processing. 501-512
Jian Zhang, Yueting Zhuang, Fei Wu: Video-Based Facial Expression Hallucination: A Two- Level Hierarchical Fusion Approach. 513-521
Jan De Cock, Stijn Notebaert, Peter Lambert, Davy De Schrijver, Rik Van de Walle: Requantization Transcoding in Pixel and Frequency Domain for Intra 16x16 in H.264/AVC. 533-544
Kio Kim, Nicola Neretti, Nathan Intrator: Video Enhancement for Underwater Exploration Using Forward Looking Sonar. 554-563
Camera Calibration, Image Registration and Stereo Matching
Jorge Larrey-Ruiz, Juan Morales-Sánchez: Optimal Parameters Selection for Non-parametric Image Registration Methods. 564-575
Jianhua Wang, Fanhuai Shi, Jing Zhang, Yuncai Liu: Camera Calibration from a Single Frame of Planar Pattern. 576-587
Ho Yub Jung, Kyoung Mu Lee, Sang Uk Lee: Stereo Matching Using Scanline Disparity Discontinuity Optimization. 588-597
Ju Yong Chang, Kyoung Mu Lee, Sang Uk Lee: A New Stereo Matching Model Using Visibility Constraint Based on Disparity Consistency. 598-609
Naveed I. Rao, Huijun Di, Guangyou Xu: Refine Stereo Correspondence Using Bayesian Network and Dynamic Programming on a Color Based Minimal Span Tree. 610-619
Kai Zhang, Wang Yuzhou, Guoping Wang: Hierarchical Stereo Matching: From Foreground to Background. 632-643
Biometrics and Security
Zhonglong Zheng, Jianmin Zhao, Jie Yang: Gabor Feature Based Face Recognition Using Supervised Locality Preserving Projection. 644-653
Miin-Shen Yang, Wen-Liang Hung, Tsiung-Iou Chung: Alternative Fuzzy Clustering Algorithms with L1-Norm and Covariance Matrix. 654-665
Ching-Sheng Hsu, Shu-Fen Tu, Young-Chang Hou: A Statistical Approach for Ownership Identification of Digital Images. 666-674
Fadi Dornaika, Angel Domingo Sappa: Rigid and Non-rigid Face Motion Tracking by Aligning Texture Maps and Stereo-Based 3D Models. 675-686
Xiaoyue Jiang, Tuo Zhao, Rongchun Zhao: Curve Mapping Based Illumination Adjustment for Face Detection. 687-698
Hae Jong Seo, Young Kyung Park, Joongkyu Kim: Common Image Method(Null Space + 2DPCAs) for Face Recognition. 699-709
Gianluca Antonini, Matteo Sorci, Michel Bierlaire, Jean-Philippe Thiran: Discrete Choice Models for Static Facial Expression Recognition. 710-721
Adrian Munteanu, Maryse R. Stoufs, Jan Cornelis, Peter Schelkens: Scalable and Channel-Adaptive Unequal Error Protection of Images with LDPC Codes. 722-733
Olivier Barnich, Sébastien Jodogne, Marc Van Droogenbroeck: Robust Analysis of Silhouettes by Morphological Size Distributions. 734-745
Ivan O. Lopes, Célia A. Zorzo Barcelos, Marcos Aurélio Batista, Anselmo M. Silva: Enhanced Watermarking Scheme Based on Texture Analysis. 746-756
Dongeun Lee, Taekyung Kim, Seongwon Lee, Joon Ki Paik: A Robust Watermarking Algorithm Using Attack Pattern Analysis. 757-766
Sanaa El Fkihi, Mohamed Daoudi, Driss Aboutajdine: Probability Approximation Using Best-Tree Distribution for Skin Detection. 767-775
Decong Yu, Lihong Ma, Hanqing Lu, Zhiqing Chen: Fusion Method of Fingerprint Quality Evaluation: From the Local Gabor Feature to the Global Spatial-Frequency Structures. 776-785
Hyun Park, Young Shik Moon: Automatic Denoising of 2D Color Face Images Using Recursive PCA Reconstruction. 799-809
Medical Imaging
Marcin Smereka, Grzegorz Glab: Detection of Pathological Cells in Phase Contrast Cytological Images. 821-832
Yuan He, Yupin Luo, Dongcheng Hu: Seeded Region Merging Based on Gradient Vector Flow for Image Segmentation. 846-854
Trine Kirkhus, Jens T. Thielemann, Britta Fismen, Henrik Schumann-Olsen, Ronald Sivertsen, Mats Carlin: System for Reading Braille Embossed on Beverage Can Lids for Authentication. 855-866
Seongeun Eom, Seungjun Kim, Vladimir Shin, Byung-Ha Ahn: Leukocyte Segmentation in Blood Smear Images Using Region-Based Active Contours. 867-876
Habibollah Danyali, Alfred Mertins: Multiresolution Lossy-to-Lossless Coding of MRI Objects. 877-886
Gang Yu, Changguo Wang, Hongmei Zhang, Yuxiang Yang, Zhengzhong Bian: A Novel Fuzzy Segmentation Approach for Brain MRI. 887-896
Jean-Pascal Jacob, Corinne Vachier, Jean-Michel Morel, Jean-Luc Daire, Jean-Noël Hyacinthe, Jean-Paul Vallée: Extrema Temporal Chaining: A New Method for Computing the 2D-Displacement Field of the Heart from Tagged MRI. 897-908
Alice Villéger, Lemlih Ouchchane, Jean-Jacques Lemaire, Jean-Yves Boire: Data Fusion and Fuzzy Spatial Relationships for Locating Deep Brain Stimulation Targets in Magnetic Resonance Images. 909-919
Sumit Kumar Nath, Filiz Bunyak, Kannappan Palaniappan: Robust Tracking of Migrating Cells Using Four-Color Level Set Segmentation. 920-932
Image Retrieval and Image Understanding
Ik-Hwan Cho, A-Young Cho, Hae-Kwang Kim, Weon-Geun Oh, Dong-Seok Jeong: Robust Visual Identifier for Cropped Natural Photos. 933-943
Maria Alberich-Carramiñana, Guillem Alenyà, Juan Andrade-Cetto, Elisa Martínez, Carme Torras: Affine Epipolar Direction from Two Views of a Planar Contour. 944-955
Joaquín Salas, Sandra Canchola, Pedro Martínez, Hugo Jiménez, Reynaldo C. Pless: Toward Visually Inferring the Underlying Causal Mechanism in a Traffic-Light-Controlled Crossroads. 956-965
Tadayoshi Shioyama: Computer Vision Based Travel Aid for the Blind Crossing Roads. 966-977
Bo Gun Park, Kyoung Mu Lee, Sang Uk Lee: A Novel Stochastic Attributed Relational Graph Matching Based on Relation Vector Space Analysis. 978-989
Bo Gun Park, Kyoung Mu Lee, Sang Uk Lee: A New Similarity Measure for Random Signatures: Perceptually Modified Hausdorff Distance. 990-1001
Jose Gonzalez-Mora, Nicolas Guil, Emilio L. Zapata: Tracking of Linear Appearance Models Using Second Order Minimization. 1002-1013
Yanina Landa, Richard Tsai, Li-Tien Cheng: Visibility of Point Clouds and Mapping of Unknown Environments. 1014-1025
Dongyeob Han, Jaebin Lee, Yongil Kim, Kiyun Yu: Adjustment for Discrepancies Between ALS Data Strips Using a Contour Tree Algorithm. 1026-1036
Josef Kittler, Mikhail Shevchenko, David Windridge: Visual Bootstrapping for Unsupervised Symbol Grounding. 1037-1046
Huei-Yung Lin, Ming-Liang Wang, Ping-Hsiu Yu: A 3D Model Acquisition System Based on a Sequence of Projected Level Curves. 1047-1058
Onay Urfalioglu, Patrick Mikulastik, Ivo Stegmann: Scale Invariant Robust Registration of 3D-Point Data and a Triangle Mesh by Global Optimization. 1059-1070
Witold Zorski: Fast Hough Transform Based on 3D Image Space Division. 1071-1079
Seung-Bin Im, Sung-Bae Cho: Context-Based Scene Recognition Using Bayesian Networks with Scale-Invariant Feature Transform. 1080-1087
Richard Y. D. Xu: A Portable and Low-Cost E-Learning Video Capture System. 1088-1098
Cyril Charron, Ouiddad Labbani-Igbida, El Mustapha Mouaddib: On Building Omnidirectional Image Signatures Using Haar Invariant Features: Application to the Localization of Robots. 1099-1110
Benjamin Albouy, Emilie Koenig, Sylvie Treuillet, Yves Lucas: Accurate 3D Structure Measurements from Two Uncalibrated Views. 1111-1121
Nikolaj J. C. Groeneweg, Bastiaan de Groot, Arvid H. R. Halma, Bernardo R. Quiroga, Maarten Tromp, Frans C. A. Groen: A Fast Offline Building Recognition Application on a Mobile Telephone. 1122-1132
Simei Gomes Wysoski, Lubica Benuskova, Nikola K. Kasabov: Adaptive Learning Procedure for a Network of Spiking Neurons and Visual Pattern Recognition. 1133-1142
Keum-Sung Hwang, Sung-Bae Cho: Interactive Learning of Scene Context Extractor Using Combination of Bayesian Network and Logic Network. 1143-1150
Classification and Recognition
Juan Manuel Collado, Cristina Hilario, Arturo de la Escalera, Jose M. Armingol: Adaptative Road Lanes Detection and Classification. 1151-1162
Amelio Vázquez Reina, Roberto Javier López-Sastre, Philip Siegmann, Sergio Lafuente-Arroyo, Hilario Gómez-Moreno: An Approach to the Recognition of Informational Traffic Signs Based on 2-D Homography and SVMs. 1163-1173
Sang-Woon Kim: On Using a Dissimilarity Representation Method to Solve the Small Sample Size Problem for Face Recognition. 1174-1185
Ferid Bajramovic, Frank Mattern, Nicholas Butko, Joachim Denzler: A Comparison of Nearest Neighbor Search Algorithms for Generic Object Recognition. 1186-1197
Jean-Michel Gaucel, Mireille Guillaume, Salah Bourennane: Non Orthogonal Component Analysis: Application to Anomaly Detection. 1198-1209
Wengang Cheng, Chang'an Liu, Xingbo Wang: A Rough Set Approach to Video Genre Classification. 1210-1220



