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Proceedings
The 18th International Conference on
Pattern Recognition
20 - 24 August, 2006
Hong Kong
Computersociety
IEEE
Los Alamitos, California
Washington • Tokyo
Table of Contents
Message from the ICPR2006 General Co-Chairs xxv
Message from the President of IAPR xxvi
ICPR2006 Organizing Committee xxvii
ICPR2006 Technical Chairs xxviii
ICPR2006 Program Committee xxix
ICPR2006 Additional Reviewers xxxv
IAPR Member Societies and Members of the Governing Board xli
IAPR Standing Committees xliii
IAPR Technical Committees xlvi
Volume III: Wednesday 23 August
Track I: Computer Vision and Image Analysis
Wed-O-I-1: Stereo and Motion II
Dense Estimation ofLayer Motions in the Atmosphere 1
Patrick Heas, Etienne Memin, and Nicolas Papadakis
Motion from Focus 5
Huynh QuangHuy Viet, Makoto Sato, andHiromi T. Tanaka
Structural flow Smoothing for Shape Interpolation 11
Ashish Doshi and Adrian Bars
Segment-Based Stereo Matching Using Belief Propagation and a Self-Adapting
Dissimilarity Measure15
Andreas Klaus, Mario Sormann, and KonradEarner
Wed-O-I-2: Object Detection and RecognitionObject Detection with Adaptive Background Model and Margined Sign Cross Correlation 19
Hironori Yoshimura, Yoshiolwai, andMasahiko Yachida
Convex Quadratic Programming for Object Localization 24
Hao Jiang, Mark Drew, and Ze-Nian Li
Real-Time Object Recognition Using Relational Dependency Based on
Graphical Model28
Woo-han Yun, Sung YangBang, and Daijin Kim
Tensor Discriminant Analysis for View-Based Object Recognition 33
Yong Wang and Shaogang Gong
Wed-0-I-3a: TrackingRobust Visual Tracking via Pixel Classification and Integration 37
Cha Zhang and Yong Rui
A Target Dependent Colorspace for Robust Tracking43
Francesc Moreno-Noguer, Alberto Sanfeliu, andDimitris Samaras
v
Robust Appearance-Based Tracking Using a Sparse Bayesian Classifier 47
Shu-Fai Wong, Kwan-Yee Kenneth Wong, and Roberto Cipolla
Multiple Human Objects Tracking in Crowded Scenes 51
Yao-Te Tsai, Huang-Chia Shih, and Chung-Lin Huang
Multi-User Natural Interaction System Based on Real-Time Hand Tracking and
Gesture Recognition 55
Alberto Del Bimbo, Lea Landucci, and Alessandro Valli
Efficient Tracking in 6-DoF Based on the Image-Constancy Assumption in 3-D 59
Wolfgang Sepp
Wed-0-I-3b: Video Analysis and TrackingVideo Completion for Perspective Camera Under Constrained Motion 63
Yuping Shen, FeiLu, Xiaochun Cao, and Hassan Foroosh
Video Local Pattern Based Image Matching for Visual Mapping 67
Lei Wang, HongdongLi, and Richard Hartley
Video Synchronization Based on Co-Occurrence of Appearance Changes in
Video Sequences 71
Manabu Ushizaki, Takayuki Okatani, and Kochiro Deguchi
Robust Segmentation of Hidden Layers in Video Sequence 75
Romain Dupont, OlivierJuan, and Renaud Keriven
Multiple Object Tracking Using Local PCA 79
Csaba Beleznai, Bemhard Friihstiick, andHorst Bischof
Discriminative Descriptor-Based Observation Model for Visual Tracking 83
Wen-Yan Chang, Chu-Song Chen, and Yi-Ping Hung
Track II: Pattern Recognition and Basic Technologies
Wed-O-II-la: Pattern Detection
Novel Adaptive Nearest Neighbor Classifiers Based on Hit-Distance 87
Zhen Lou and Zhong Jin
Emotional Speech Analysis on Nonlinear Manifold 91
Mingyu You, Chun Chen, Jiajun Bu, Jia Liu, and Jianhua Tao
Object Localization Using Input/Output Recursive Neural Networks 95
Monica Bianchini, Marco Maggini, and Lorenzo Sard
A Maximum-Likelihood Approach to Symbolic Indirect Correlation 99
Ashutosh Joshi, George Nag}', Daniel Lopresti, and SharadSeth
Basic Concepts for Testing the Torah Code Hypothesis 104
Robert Haralick
Testing the Torah Code Hypothesis: The Experimental Protocol 1 10
Robert Haralick
vi
Wed-O-H-lb: Pattern Matching Methods I
A Model-Based Approach for Rigid Object Recognition 116
Chee Boon Chong, Tele Tan, and Fee Lee Lim
A Unified Formulation ofInvariant Point Pattern Matching 121
Tiberio S. Caetano and Terry Caelli
Efficient Feature Extraction Based on Regularized Uncorrelated Chernoff
Discriminant Analysis 125
A.K, Qin, P.N. Suganthan, and M. Loog
Minimum Enclosing and Maximum Excluding Machine for Pattern
Description and Discrimination 129
Yi Liu and Yuan Zheng
Graph Matching Using Interference of Coined Quantum Walks 133
David Emms, Edwin Hancock, and Richard Wilson
Dissimilarity-Based Classification for Vectorial Representations 137
Elzbieta Pqkalska andRobertDuin
Wed-P-II-1: Advances in Basic Methodology II
Scale Invariants of Three-Dimensional Legendre Moments 141
Lee-YengOng, Chee-Way Chong, andRosliBesar
An Interweaved HMM/DTW Approach to Robust Time Series Clustering 145
JianyingHu, Bonnie Ray, andLanshan Han
Patterns ofCo-Linear Equidistant Letter Sequences and Verses 149
Nachum Bombach and Harold Gans
Experimental Comparison of Combination Rules Using Simulated Data 152
Hela Zouari, Laurent Heutte, and Yves Lecourtier
Comparative Classifier Aggregation 156
Ahmad Abdulkader, John Drakopoulos, and Qi Zhang
Object Detection Based on Combination of Conditional Random Field and
Markov Random Field 160
Ping Zhong andRunsheng Wang
CAPTCHA Challenge Tradeoffs: Familiarity of Strings versus Degradation of Images 164
Sui-Yu Wang andHenry Baird
A Probabilistic Model with Parsinomious Representation for Sensor Fusion in
Recognizing Activity in Pervasive Environment 168
Dung Tran, Dinh Phung, Hung Bui, and Sevetha Venkatesh
The Hidden Birth Dates of Personalities of Genesis 173
Doron Witzium
Incremental Construction ofNeighborhood Graphs for Nonlinear
Dimensionality Reduction 177
Dongfang Zhao and Li Yang
vii
Non-Overlapping Distributed Tracking Using Particle Filter 181
Wilson Leoputra, Tele Tan, andFee Lee Lim
Protein Fold Recognition Using a Structural Hidden Markov Model 186
Djamel Bouchaffia and J. Tan
A Novel Approach to Very Fast and Noise Robust, Isolated Word Speech Recognition 190Ramin Halavati, Saeed Bagheri Shouraki, Hossein Tajik,Arpineh Cholakian, and Mina Razaghpour
Separating Reflections from Images Using Kernel Independent Component Analysis 194
Masaki Yamazaki, Yen-Wei Chen, and GangXu
A Generalized K-Means Algorithm with Semi-Supervised Weight Coefficients 198
Fujiki Morii
Human Behavior Recognition with Generic Exponential Family Duration
Modeling in the Hidden Semi-Markov Model 202
Thi V. Duong, Dinh Q. Phung, HungH Bui, and Svetha Venkatesh
Extraction of Consistent Subsets ofDescriptors Using Choquet Integral 208
Jan Rendek and Laurent Wendling
Statistical Borders for Incremental Mining 212
Richard Nock, Pierre-Alain Laur, andJean-Emile Symphor
A Fast Binary-Image Comparison Method with Local-Dissimilarity Quantification 216
Etienne Baudrier, Gilles Millon, Frederic Nicolier, and Su Ruan
Ball Hit Detection in Table Tennis Games Based on Audio Analysis 220
Bin Zhang, WeibeiDou, andLiming Chen
A Two Stage Outlier Rejection Strategy for Numerical Field Extraction in
Handwritten Documents 224
Clement Chatelain, Laurent Heutte, and Thierry Paquet
A Time Warping Based Approach for Video Copy Detection 228
Chih-Yi Chiu, Cheng-Hung Li, Hsiang-An Wang, Chu-Song Chen,andLee-Feng Chien
Local Behaviours Labelling for Content Based Video Copy Detection 232
Julien Law-To, Valerie Gouet-Brunet, Olivier Buisson, and Nozha Boujemaa
Statistical Model for the Classification of the Wavelet Transforms of
T-ray Pulses 236
XX. Yin, B.W.-H. Ng, B. Ferguson, S.P. Mickan, andD. Abbott
Efficient Cross-Validation ofthe Complete Two Stages in KFD Classifier Formulation 240
Senjian An, Wanquan Liu, and Svetha Venkatesh
Regularity and Complexity ofHuman Electroencephalogram Dynamics:Applications to Diagnosis of Alzheimers Disease 245
Zhenghui Hu and Pengcheng Shi
viii
A Combination of Generative and Discriminative
Approaches to Object Detection 249
Junyeong Yang and Hyeran Byun
Class Separability in Spaces Reduced by Feature Selection 254
Erinija Pranckeviciene, Tin Kam Ho, and Ray Somorjai
Traffic Prediction Using Ying-Yang Fuzzy Cerebellar Model Articulation Controller 258
M.N Nguyen, D. Shi, C. Quek, andG.S. Ng
P-Channels: Robust Multivariate M-Estimation of Large Datasets 262
Michael Felsberg and Gosta Granlund
Improving Text Classifier Performance Based on AUC 268
AlexKS. Wong, John W.T. Lee, andDaniel S. Yeung
Incremental Vehicle 3-D Modeling from Video 272
N. Ghosh andB. Bhanu
Illumination Invariant Texture Retrieval 276
MichalHaindl and Pavel Vdcha
A Coupon Classification Method Based on Adaptive Image Vector Matching 280
Takeshi Nagasaki, Katsumi Marukawa, Tatsuhiko Kagehiro,andHiroshi Sako
Ethiopic Character Recognition Using Direction Field Tensor 284
YaregalAssabie andJosefBigun
Recognition ofLung Lobes and its Application to the Bronchial Structure Analysis 288
Takayuki Kitasaka, YuichiNakada, Kensaku Mori, Yasuhito Suenaga,
Hirotsugu Takabatake, Masaki Mori, and Hiroshi Natori
A Markovian Approach for Handwritten Document Segmentation 292
Stephane Nicolas, Thierry Paquet, andLaurent Heutte
Graph Classification Using Genetic Algorithm and Graph Probing Application to
Symbol Recognition 296
Eugen Barbu, Romain Raveaux, HerveLocteau, Sebastien Adam,
Pierre Heroux, and Eric Trupin
Comparing Rank-Inducing Scoring Systems 300
Narayan L. Bhamidipati and Sankar K. Pal
LIGHT: Local Invariant Generalized Hough Transform 304
Jose A.R. Artolazabal, John Jllingworth, and Alberto S. Aguado
Comparison of Structural Variables with Spatio-temporal Variables Concerning the
Identifiablity ofOkuri Class and Player in Japanese Traditional Dancing 308
Mitsu Yoshimura, Kozaburo Hachimura, and Yuuka Marumo
Real Time Large Vocabulary Continuous Sign Language Recognition Based on
OP/Viterbi Algorithm 312
Guilin Yao, Hongxun Yao, Xin Liu, andFeng Jiang
ix
Efficient Relevance Feedback Using Semi-supervised Kernel-specifiedK-means Clustering 316
Bo Qiu, Chang Sheng Xu, and Qi Tian
A Novel Pattern Classification Scheme: Classwise Non-Principal ComponentAnalysis (CNPCA) 320
GuorongXuan, PeiqiChai, XiumingZhu, Qiuming Yao, Cong Huang,Yun Shi, and Dongdong Fu
Semi-Parametric Model-Based Clustering for DNA Microarray Data 324
Bohyung Han and LarryDavis
Local Discriminant Analysis 328
Marco Loog and Dick de Ridder
Predicting the Benefit of Sample Size Extension in Multiclass i-NN Classification 332Christian Kier and Til Aach
Rotation-Invariant Neoperceptron 336Beat Fasel andDaniel Gatica-Perez
A Template-Matching Approach for Protein Surface Clustering 340L. Baldacci, M. Golfarelli, A. Lumini, and S. Rizzi
Summarization of JBIG2 Compressed Indian Language Textual Images 344Utpal Garain, AlokK. Datta, U. Bhattacharya, and S.K. Parui
Pen-Coordinate Information Modeling by SCPR-based HMM for On-line
Japanese Handwriting Recognition 348
Junko Tokuno, Yiping Yang, Gleidson Pegoretti da Silva, Akihito Kitadai,and Masaki Nakagawa
Scalable Representative Instance Selection and Ranking 352
Xingquan Zhu andXindong Wu
Learning Policies for Efficiently Identifying Objects ofMany Classes 356Ramana Isukapalli, Ahmed Elgammal, and Russell Greiner
Image Classification for Genetic Diagnosis Using Fuzzy ARTMAP 362
Boaz Lerner and Boaz Vigdor
Fast Support Vector Machine Classification Using Linear SVMs 366
Karina Zapien Arreola, Janis Fehr, and Hans Burkhardt
A Novel Approach for Lexical Noise Analysis and Measurement in IntelligentInformation Retrieval 370
T. Jaber, A. Amira, andP. Milligan
Bayesian Feedback in Data Clustering 374
A.K. Jain, PavanK. Mallapragada, and Martin Law
Learning Mixtures of Offline and Online Features for Handwritten Stroke Recognition 379
KarteekAlahari, Satya Lahari Putrevu, and C. V. Jawahar
x
Perceptual Audio Watermarking by Learning in Wavelet Domain
Bilge Gunsel and Serap Kirbiz383
ANew Method to Detect Arcs and Segments from Curvature Profiles 387J.-P. Salmon, J. Debled-Rennesson, andL. Wendling
A Trainable Similarity Measure for Image Classification 391
Pavel Paclik, Jana Novovicovd, andRobert P. W. Duin
Comparison ofMethods for Hyperspherical Data Averaging and Parameter Estimation 395
Kai Rothaus, Xiaoyi Jiang, and Martin Lumbers
Data Mining Applied to Acoustic Bird Species Recognition 400
Erika Vilches, Ivan A. Escobar, Edgar E. Vallejo, and Charles E. Taylor
A Hybrid, Recursive Algorithm for Clustering Expressed Sequence Tags in
Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii 404
Monica Jain, Hilary Holz, JeffShrager, Olivier Vallon, Charles Hauser,
and Arthur Grossman
The Twin Towers Cluster in Torah Codes 408
Eliyahu Rips and Art Levitt
Component Analysis ofTorah Code Phrases 412
Art Levitt
Fase Feature Extraction Approach for Multi-Dimension Feature Space Problems 417
AlaaSagheer, Naoyuki Tsuruta, Rin-Ichiro Taniguchi, Daisaku Arita, and Sakashi Maeda
Local Variance Driven Self-Organization for Unsupervised Clustering 421
Matthew Kyan and Ling Guan
Wed-OII-2a: Pattern Classification I
Bootstrap Methods for Reject Rules ofFisher LDA 425
JigangXie, Zhengding Qiu, andJie Wu
A Complementary Ordering Method for Class unbalanced Problem 429
Hsien-Ting Cheng and Chu-Song Chen
A Minimum Sphere Covering Approach to Pattern Classification 433
Jigang Wang, Predrag Neskovic, andLeon N. Cooper
Wed-0-II-2b: Pattern Matching Methods II
On Authorship Attribution via Markov Chains and Sequence Kernels 437
Conrad Sanderson andSimon Guenter
Shape Recognition Using Curve Segment HausdorffDistance 441
Xiaozhou Yu and Maylor KH. Leung
Shape-Based Discrimination and Classification of Cortical Surfaces 445
Peng Yu, Xiao Han, Florent Segonne, Arthur K. Liu, Russell A. Poldrack,Polina Golland, and Bruce Fischl
Structural Matching via Optimal Basis Graphs 449
Fred W. DePiero andJohn K. Carlin
xi
Selecting Vantage Objects for Similarity IndexingReinierH. vanLeuken, Remco C. Veltkamp, and Rainer Typke
453
Wed-O-IV-2: Gait, Body Pose and Writer RecognitionHuman Motion De-noising via Greedy Kernel Principal Component Analysis Filtering 457
Therdsak Tangkuampien andDavid Suter
Wed-P-II-2: Biometrics
Feature Extraction with Genetic Algorithms Based Nonlinear PrincipalComponent Analysis for Face Recognition 461
Nan Liu and Han Wang
Face Recognition by Combining Kernel Associative Memory and Gabor Transforms 465
Bai-ling Zhang, Clement Leung, and Yongsheng Gao
A Complete and Rapid Feature Extraction Method for Face Recognition 469
Yu-jie Zheng, Jing-yu Yang, Jian Yang, Xiao-jun Wu, andDong-jun Yu
Abnormal Walking Gait Analysis Using Silhouette-Masked Flow Histograms 473
Liang Wang
Enhancing Training Set for Face Detection 477
Ruiping Wang, Jie Chen, Shiguang Shan, Xilin Chen, and Wen Gao
Complete Two-Dimensional PCA for Face Recognition 481
AnbangXu, Xin Jin, Yugang Jiang, andPing Guo
Transformation Invariance in Hand Shape Recognition 485
Thomas Coogan andAlistair Sutherland
Simultaneous Inference of View and Body Pose Using Torus Manifolds 489
Chan-Su Lee and Ahmed Elgammal
A Modified Non-Negative Matrix Factorization Algorithm for Face Recognition 495
Yun Xue, Chong Sze Tong, Wen-Sheng Chen, Weipeng Zhang,and Zhenyu He
3D+2D Face Localization Using Boosting in Multi-Modal Feature Space 499
FengXue and Xiaoqing Ding
Palmprint Identification Using Boosting Local Binary Pattern 503
Xianji Wang, Haifeng Gong, Hao Zhang, Bin Li, Zhenquan Zhuang
Sparse Bayesian Regression for Head Pose Estimation 507
Yong Ma, Yoshinori Konishi, Koichi Kinoshita, Shihong Lao,
and Masato Kawade
A Novel Eye Location Algorithm Based on the Radial Symmetry Transform 511
Li Bai, Linlin Shen, and Yan Wang
Regression Nearest Neighbor in Face Recognition 515
Shu Yang and Chao zhang
xii
A Neural Network Approach for Hand Gesture Recognition in Virtual RealityDriving Training System of SPG 519
DeyouXu
Bagging Based Efficient Kernel Fisher Discriminant Analysis for Face Recognition 523
YiLi, Baochang Zhang, Shiguang Shan, Xilin Chen, and Wen Gao
Face Recognition with Relative Difference Space and SVM 527
Xiaoguang He, Jie Tian, YuliangHe, andXin Yang
Compound Stochastic Models for Fingerprint Individuality 532
YongfangZhu, SaratC. Dass, andAnil K. Jain
Facial Expression Recognition Based on Fusion ofMultiple Gabor Features 536
WeiFengLiu andZengFu Wang
Facial Feature Selection Based on SVMs by Regularized Risk Minimization 540
WeihongLi, Weiguo Gong, Liping Yang, Weimin Chen, andXiaohua Gu
Occlusion Robust Face Recognition with Dynamic Similarity Features 544
Qingshan Liu, Wang Yan, Hanqing Lu, and Songde Ma
Variational Shift Invariant Probabilistic PCA for Face Recognition 548
Jilin Tu, Aleksandar Jvanovic, Xun Xu, Li Fei-Fei, and Thomas Huang
The Application of a Convolution Neural Network on Face and License Plate Detection 552
Ying-Nong Chen, Chin-Chuan Han, Cheng-Tzu Wang, Bor-Shenn Jeng,andKuo-Chin Fan
Human Activity Classification Based on Gait Energy Image and
Co-evolutionary Genetic Programming 556
Xiaotao Zou andBirBhanu
Early Recognition and Prediction of Gestures 560
AkihiroMori, Seiichi Uchida, and Ryo Kurazume
An Efficient Face Recognition System Using a New OptimizedLocalization Method 564
Hamidreza Rashidy Kanan, Karim Faez, and Mehdi Ezoji
Wed-0-II-3a: Pattern Classification II
A Ground Truth Correspondence Measure for Benchmarking 568
Johan Karlsson andAnders Ericsson
Gaussian Weighted Histogram Intersection for License Plate Classification 574
Wenjing Jia, Huaifeng Zhang, Xiangjian He, and Qiang Wu
ECOC-ONE: A Novel Coding and Decoding Strategy 578
Sergio Escalera, OriolPujol, and Petia Radeva
Enhancing Edit Distance on Real Sequences Filters Using Histogram Distance on
Fixed Reference Ordering 582
Prima Chairunnanda, Vivekanand Gopalkrishnan, and Lei Chen
xiii
Wed-OII-3b: Multimodal RecognitionPerformance Prediction for Multimodal Biometrics 586
Rong Wang andBir Bhanu
Ensemble ofPiecewise FDA Based on Spatial Histograms of Local (Gabor)
Binary Patterns for Face Recognition 590
Shiguang Shan, Wenchao Zhang, Yu Su, Xilin Chen, and Wen Gao
Track III: Signal, Speech and Image Processing
Wed-O-III-1: Medical Image ProcessingA Riemannian Weighted Filter for Edge-sensitive Image Smoothing 594
Fan Zhang and Edwin R. Hancock
Physically Motivated Reconstruction of Fiberscopic Images 599
Matthias Elter, Stephan Rupp, and Christian Winter
Image Denoising with k-nearest Neighbor and Support Vector Regression 603
Bram van Ginneken andAdrienne Mendrik
Subpixel Alignment ofMRI Data Under Cartesian and Log-Polar Sampling 607
Murat Balci, Mais Alnasser and Hassan Foroosh
A Framework for Automatic Segmentation of Lung Nodules from Low Dose
Chest CT Scans 611
Ayman El-Baz, AlyFarag, Georgy Gimel'farb, Robert Falk,
MohamedA. El-Ghar, and Torek Eldiasty
Wed-O-III-2: Super-resolution and Restoration
String-Like Occluding Region Extraction for Background Restoration 615
Toru Tamaki and Hiroshi Suzuki
A Conditional Random Field Model for Video Super-Resolution 619
Dan Kong, MeiHan, WeiXu, Hai Tao, and Yihong Gong
Extending the Depth of Field in a Compound-Eye Imaging System with
Super-Resolution Reconstruction 623
Wai-San Chan, Edmund Y. Lam, and Michael K. Ng
A Regression Model in TensorPCA Subspace for Face ImageSuper-Resolution Reconstruction 627
Junwen Wu and Mohan M. Trivedi
Image Renaissance Using Discrete Optimization 631
Cedric Allene and Nikos Paragios
Wed-P-III-2: Image ProcessingA Method ofReducing Speckle Noise ofSAR Images Based on Wavelets and
Wedgelet HMT Models 635
Haiyan Jin, Licheng Jiao, and Fang Liu
A Novel Blind Watermarking Algorithm in Contourlct Domain 639
Haifeng Li, Weiwei Song, and Slnixun Wang
xiv
Remote Sensing Image Fusion on Gradient Field 643
Jianting Wen, Yan Li, andHaifeng Gong
Neighbor Pixel Mixture 647
Masayuki Tanaka and Masatoshi Okutomi
A Digital Watermarking Algorithm and Implementation Based on
Improved SVD 651
XinzhongZhu, Jianmin Zhao, andHuiyingXu
Compressed Image Quality Evaluation Using Power Law Models 657
Y. Caron, P. Makris, andN. Vincent
Determining Optimal Filters for Binarization of Degraded Characters in
Color Using Genetic Algorithms 661
Hanako Kohmura and Tom Wakahara
Automatic Detection of Song Changes in Music Mixes Using Stochastic Models 665
Thomas Plotz, GemotA. Fink, Peter Husemann, Sven Kanies,Kai Lienemann, Tobias Marschall, Marcel Martin, Lars Schillingmann,Matthias Steinriicken, andHenner Sudek
A Robust Region-Based Multiscale Image Fusion Scheme for Mis-RegistrationProblem of Thermal and Visible Images 669
0. Charoentam, V. Patanavijit, and S. Jitapunkul
A Robust Block-Based Image Watermarking Scheme Using Fast
Hadamard Transform and Singular Value Decomposition 673
EmadE. Abdallah, A. Ben Hamza, and Prabir Bhattacharya
Accelerating the Computation of3D Gradient Vector Flow Fields 677
ErikVidholm, Per Sundqvist, andIngela Nystrdm
Optimal Global Mosaic Generation from Retinal Images 681
TaeEun Choe, Isaac Cohen, MunwaiLee, and Gerard Medioni
Simple and Efficient Colorization in YCbCr Color Space 685
HidekiNoda, Michiharu Niimi, and Jin Korekuni
Planar Structure Based Registration ofMultiple Range Images 689
Daiju Watanabe andHideo Saito
3D Object Digitization: Topology Preserving Reconstruction 693
Peer Stelldinger andLongin Jan Latecki
Multi-Modality Image Registration Using Mutual Information Based on
Gradient Vector Flow 697
Yujun Guo and Cheng-Chang Lu
Vector Quantization Using Reflections of Triangular Subcodevectors 701
Vishnu Makkapati andPravas Mahapatra
Colony Delineation on Image Classification 705
Weixing Wang
XV
Removing Temporal Stationary Blur in Route Panorama 709
Jiang Yu Zheng and Min Shi
Fingerprint Image Enhancement Based on Skin Profile Approximation 714
Zhixin Shi and Venu Govindaraju
Combining Adaptive PDE and Wavelet Shrinkage in Image Denoising with
Edge Enhancing Property 718
Jiying Wu and Qiuqi Ruan
Scanner Artifact Removal in Simultaneous EEG-fMRI for Epileptic Seizure Prediction 722
Min Jing and Saeid Sanei
Adaptive Persistence Utilizing Motion Compensation for Ultrasound Images 726
Gang Wang and Dong C. Liu
Accurate 3-D Motion Tracking with an Application to Super-Resolution 730
Ying Kin Yu, Siu Hang Or, Kin Hong Wong, and Michael Chang
YUV Correction for Multi-View Video Compression 734
Yushan Chen, Canhui Cai, andJilin Liu
Lie Methods in Color Signal Processing: Illumination Effects 738
Reiner Lenz andMartin Solli
Adaptive Binarization ofHistorical Document Images 742
Ergina Kavallieratou and Stamatatos Stathis
QIM Watermarking Combined to JPEG2000 Part I and II 746
AchrafMakhloufi, Azza OuledZaid, Ridha Boualleg, Ammar Boualleg
Human and Object Detection in Smoke-Filled Space Using Millimeter-WaveRadar Based Measurement System 750
Masaki Sakai and Yoshimitsu Aoki
Wavelet Denoising ofMulticomponent Images, Using a Gaussian Scale
Mixture Model 754
Paul Scheunders and Steve De Backer
Multiple Regions of Interest Image Coding using Compensation Scheme and
Alternating Shift 758
Li-bao Zhang andXian-chuan Yu
Probabilistic Automatic Red Eye Detection and Correction 762
Jutta Willamowski and Gabriela Csurka
Iterative Image Restoration Using a Non-Local Regularization Function and a
Local Regularization Operator 766
FengXue, Quan-sheng Liu, and Wei-hong Fan
Super-Resolution in the Presence of Space-Variant Blur 770
K. V. Suresh and A.N. Rajagopalan
Correction of Intensity of a Color Image Using a Range Intensity Image 774
Megumi Shinozaki, Kazunori Umeda, Guy Godw. and Marc Rioux
xvi
Adaptive Variational Sinogram Interpolation of Sparsely Sampled CT Data 778
H. Kostler, M. Priimmer, U. Rude, and J. Hornegger
A New Efficient SVM-Based Image Registration Method 782
DaiQiangPeng, DingXue Wu, andJinWen Tian
Adaptive Region Growing Impulse Noise Estimator for Color Images 786
Mieng Quoc Phu, Peter Eric Tischer, andHon Ren Wu
Stochastic Framework for Symmetric Affine Matching between Point Sets 790
Sai Kit Yeung andPengcheng Shi
Winner Update on Walsh-Hadamard Domain for Fast Motion Estimation 794
Shao-WeiLiu, Shou-Der Wei, and Shang-HongLai
Bijective Image Registration Using Thin-Plate Splines 798
Anders P Eriksson and Kalle Astrom
A Secret Image Sharing Method Using Integer-to-Integer Wavelet Transform 802
Chin-Pan Huang and Ching-Chung Li
Lossless Compression of Textual Images: A Study on Indie ScriptDocuments 806
Utpal Garain, M.P. Chakraborty, and Bhabatosh Chanda
Object Removal by Cross Isophotes Exemplar-Based Inpainting 810
Jiying Wu and Qiuqi Ruan
Knowledge Based Image Enhancement Using Neural Networks 814
Claudia Nieuwenhuis and Michelle Yan
Simultaneous Image Denoising and Compression by Multiscale 2D
Tensor Voting 818
Yu-Wing Tai, Wai-Shun Tong, and Chi-Keung Tang
Image Analysis of Renal DCE-MRI for the Detection ofAcute Renal Rejection 822
Ayman El-Baz, AlyFarag, Rachid Fahmi, andSeniha Yuksela
Human Head Tracking in Three Dimensional Voxel Space 826
Haruki Kawanaka, Hironobu Fujiyoshi, and Yujilwahori
Wed-P-III-3: Signal ProcessingThe Classification Gradient 830
Vassili Kovalev and Maria Petrou
Gender Recognition in Non Controlled Environments 834
Agata Lapedrizay, Manuel Marin-Jiminez, andJordi Vitria
Laplacian Based Non-Linear Diffusion Filtering 838
Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Atsushi Imiya, and Tomoya Sakai
Microarray Missing Data Imputation Based on a Set Theoretic Framework and
Biological Constraints 842
Xiangchao Gan, Alan Wee-Chung Liew, and Hong Yan
xvii
A Method for IR Point Target Detection Based on Spatial-TemporalBilateral Filter
846JihongPei, ZongqingLu, andWeixinXie
Efficient Non-Maximum Suppression 850Alexander Neubeck and Luc Van Gool
Multi-Orientation Analysis by Decomposing the Structure Tensor and Clustering 856L.J. van Vliet and F. G.A. Faas
Digital Watermarking in Contourlet Domain 861JayalakshmiM., S. Merchant, and UdayDesai
OK-Quantization Theory—A Mathematical Theory of Quantization 865Hiroyasu Koshimizu, Yuji Tanaka, and Takayuki Fujiwara
A Theoretical and Experimental Consideration on Interference in
Resolutions between Sampling Theorem and OK-Quantization Theory 869Yuji Tanaka, Takayuki Fujiwara, Hiroyasu Koshimizu, and Taizo Iijima
An Efficient Algorithm for Point Matching Using Hilbert Scanning Distance 873Li Tian and Sei-ichiro Kamata
Multimodal Image Registration Using the Discrete Wavelet Frame Transformation 877Shutao Li, Jinglin Peng, James Kwok, andJing Zhang
Automatic Lipreading with Limited Training Data 881S.L. Wang, W.H. Lau, A.W.C. Liew, andS.H Leung
A New Adaptive Diffusion Equation for Image Noise Removal and
Feature Preservation885
Shoushui Chen andXin Yang
Uncertainties-Driven Surface Morphing: The Case of Photo-RealisticTransitions between Facial Expressions 889
Maxime Taron, Charlotte Ghys, and Nikos Paragios
Medical Image Compression: Study ofthe Influence ofNoise on the
JPEG 2000 Compression Performance 893AhmedBelbachir and Peter Goebel
Superimposing 3D Virtual Objects Using Markerless Tracking 897Sang-CheolPark, Sang-WoongLee, andSeong-Whan Lee
A Method for Crack Detection on a Concrete Structure 901Yusuke Fujita, Yoshihiro Mitani, and Yoshihiko Hamamoto
Joint Optimization of Image Registration and Comparametric ExposureCompensation Based on the Lucas-Kanade Algorithm 905
Dong Sik Kim, Su Yeon Lee, andKiryung Lee
A New Approach for Fractal Image Compression on a Virtual Hexagonal Structure 909Huaqing Wang, Xiangjian He, Qiang Wu, and Tom Hintz
Age Simulation for Face Recognition 913Junyan Wang, Yan Shang, Guangda Su. and Xinggang Lin
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Probabilistic Modeling of Blood Vessels for Segmenting MRA Images 917
AymanEl-Baz, AlyFarag, Georgy Gimel'farb, MohamedEl-Ghar,
and TarekEldiasty
Multiplierless Fast DCT Algorithms with Minimal Approximation Errors 921
Raymond Chan and Moon-Chuen Lee
Detecting Irregularities in Regular Patterns 926
J. Vartiainen, A. Sadovnikov, L. Lensu, J.-K. Kamarainen,
and H. Kdlvidinen
Toward Blind Robust Watermarking of Vector Maps 930
Yu-ChiPu, Wei-Chang Du, andI-Chang Jou
Region ofInterest Watermarking Based on Fractal Dimension 934
RongrongNi and Qiuqi Ruan
Normalization ofFunctional Magnetic Resonance Images by Classified
Cerebrospinal Fluid Cluster 938
Zhenghui Hu andPengcheng Shi
Searching for Similarities in Nearly Periodic Signals with Application to
ECG Data Compression 942
J. Henriques, M. Brito, P. Gil, P. Carvalho, and M. Antunes
Automatic Hip Bone Segmentation Using Non-Rigid Registration 946
Johanna Pettersson, Hans Knutsson, and Magnus Borga
Triangular Mesh Generation of Octrees ofNon-Convex 3D Objects 950
Dongjoe Shin and Tardi Tjahjadi
Motion Dependent Spatiotemporal Smoothing for Noise Reduction in
Very Dim Light Image Sequences 954
HenrikMalm andEric Warrant
Multiple Camera Calibration with Bundled Optimization Using Silhouette
Geometry Constraints 960
Hirotake Yamazoe, Akira Utsumi, andShinjiAbe
Hippocampal Surface Analysis Using Spherical Harmonic Function
Applied to Surface Conformal Mapping 964
Boris Gutman, Yalin Wang, LokMingLui, TonyF. Chan, and Paul M. Thompson
Track IV: Systems, Robotics and Applications withAssociated Theme: Biometrics
Wed-O-IV-l: Biomedical Imaging II
Automatic Segmentation ofMuscles ofMastication from MagneticResonance Images Using Prior Knowledge 968
HP. Ng, S.H. Ong, K W.C. Foong, P.S. Goh, and W.L. Nowinski
Classification of Segmented Regions in Brightfield Microscope Images 972
Marko Tscherepanow, Frank Zollner, and Franz Kummert
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Segmentation of Medical Images with Regional Inhomogeneities 976
D.K. lakovidis, M.A. Savelonas, S.A. Karkanis, andD.E. Maroulis
Adaptive Control ofVideo Display for Diagnostic Assistance by Analysis of
Capsule Endoscopic Images 980Vu Hai, Tomio Echigo, Ryusuke Sagawa, Keiko Yagi, Masatsugu Shiba,Kazuhide Higuchi, Tetsuo Arakawa, and Yasushi Yagi
Bayesian MS Lesion Classification Modeling Regional and Local Spatial Information 984Rola Harmouche, Louis Collins, Douglas Arnold, Simon Francis,
andTalArbel
Extraction of Trabecular Structures of Mandible Excluding Tooth Roots on
Dental Panoramic Radiographs Using Mathematical Morphology 988Akira Asano, Takahiro Tambe, Akira Taguchi, Chie Muraki Asano,
Takashi Nakamoto, Keiji Tanimoto, and Takao Hinamoto
Wed-O-IV-2: Gait, Body Pose and Writer RecognitionOff-Line Writer Identification Using Gaussian Mixture Models 992
Andreas Schlapbach andHorst Bunke
Human Identification by Using the Motion and Static Characteristic of Gait 996
Toby Lam andRaymond Lee
Efficient Night Gait Recognition Based on Template Matching 1000
Daoliang Tan, Kaiqi Huang, Shiqi Yu, and Tieniu Tan
Reconstructing 3D Human Body Pose from Stereo Image SequencesUsing Hierarchical Human Body Model Learning 1004
Hee-Deok Yang and Seong-Whan Lee
Wed-0-II-3b: Multimodal RecognitionFace Recognition Using Angular LDA and SVM Ensembles 1008
R.S. Smith, J. Kittler, M. Hamouz, and J. Illingworth
A Multimodal and Multistage Face Recognition Method for Simulated Portrait 1013
Guangda Su, Yan Shang, Cheng Du, andJunyan Wang
Comparative Analysis of Decision-Level Fusion Algorithms for 3D Face Recognition 1018Berk Gdkberk andLale Akarun
Wed-O-IV-3: Automation and Robotics
Hand-Eye Calibration Based on Screw Motions 1022
Zijian Zhao and Yuncai Liu
Monocular Vision Based SLAM for Mobile Robots 1027E. Mouragnon, M. Lhuillier, M. Dhome, F. Dckeysar. and P. Sayd
Online Aggregate Particle Size Measurement on a Conveyor Belt 1032
Weixing Wang
A Texture Based Matching Approach for Automated Assembly of Puzzles 1036Mahmut Samil Sagiroglu and Aytiil Ercil
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A Fast Detector ofLine Images Acquired by an Uncalibrated
Paracatadioptric Camera 1042
Bertrand Vandeportaele, Michel Cattoen, andPhilippe Marthon
Wed-P-IV-3: Sensors, Systems & Algorithms, Mobile Robots, Surveillance and Biometrics
Real-Time Spherical Stereo 1046
Shigang Li
A Pattern Recognition Scheme for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks 1050
Z. Baig, M. Baqer, and A. Khan
A New Set of Topology Preserving Removal Operations in the 3D Space 1055
Carlo Arcelli, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja, andLuca Serino
Motion Features from Lip Movement for Person Authentication 1059
Maycel Faraj and JosefBigun
Real-time Localization in Outdoor Environments Using Stereo Vision and
Inexpensive GPS 1063
Motilal Agrawal andKurt Konolige
A Split & Merge Approach to Metric-Topological Map-Building 1069
Jochen Schmidt, Chee Wong, and Wai Yeap
Kalman Filtering for Robust Identification ofFace Images with VaryingExpressions and Lighting Conditions 1073
Horst Eidenberger
Using Extended EM to Segment Planar Structures in 3D 1077
RolfLakaemper andLongin Jan Latecki
Physics-Based Fusion ofMultispectral Data for Improved Face Recognition 1083
Hong Chang, Andreas Koschan, Besma Abidi, and Mongi Abidi
Learning a Sparse Representation from Multiple Still Images for On-Line
Face Recognition in an Unconstrained Environment 1087
Johan Tangelder andBen Schouten
A Moving Object Tracked by a Mobile Robot with Real-Time Obstacles
Avoidance Capacity 1091
Chung-Hao Chen, Chang Cheng, David Page, Andreas Koschan,
and MongiAbidi
Scheduling ofImage Processing Using Anytime Algorithm for
Real-Time System 1095
Wyne Wyne Kywe, Daisuke Fujiwara, and Kazuhito Murakami
An Experimental Study on Automatic Face Gender Classification 1099
Zhiguang Yang, Ming Li, and Haizhou Ai
Tensor Voting Accelerated by Graphics Processing Units (GPU) 1103
Changki Min and Gerard Medioni
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Blind Image Steganalysis Based on Statistical Analysis ofEmpirical Matrix 1107Xiaochuan Chen, Yunhong Wang, Tieniu Tan, and Lei Guo
GMM-Based SVM for Face Recognition 1111
Heme Bredin, Najim Dehak, and Gerard Chollet
Omnidirectional Vision Tracking with Particle Filter 1115
Jaime Ortegon-Aguilar andEduardo Bayro-Corrochano
Face Recognition by Expression-Driven Sketch Graph Matching 1119
ZijianXu andJieboLuo
Multiply-View-Based Cooperative Tracking ofMultiple Human Objects in
Cluttered Scenes 1123Kuo-Chin Lien and Chung-Lin Huang
Tracking a Variable Number of Human Groups in Video Using ProbabilityHypothesis Density 1127
Ya-Dong Wang, Jian-Kang Wu, AshrafKassim, and Wei-Min Huang
A Similarity Measure Based on Hausdorff Distance for Fluman Face Recognition 1131
Yuankui Hu and Zengfu Wang
Comparison of Similarity Measures for Trajectory Clustering in Outdoor
Surveillance Scenes 1135
Zhang Zhang, Kaiqi Huang, and Tieniu Tan
Face Recognition under Varying Lighting Based on the Probabilistic
Model of Gabor Phase 1139
Laiyun Qing, ShiguangShan, Xilin Chen, and Wen Gao
Finding Symmetry Plane of 3D Face Shape 1143
Gang Pan, Yueming Wang, Yipeng Qi, and Zhaohui Wu
A Low-Dimensional Illumination Space Representation of Human Faces for
Arbitrary Lighting Conditions 1147Yuankui Hu and Zengfu Wang
Automatic Texture Synthesis for Face Recognition from Single Views 1151
Xiaozheng Zhang, Yongsheng Gao, and Maylor Leung
A Real-Life Test ofFace Recognition System for Dialogue Interface Robot in
Ubiquitous Environments 1155
Fumihiko Sakaue, Makoto Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Migita,and Takeshi Shakunaga
Unusual Event Detection via Multi-Camera Video Mining 1161
Hanning Zhou and Don Kimber
Robust Vehicle Detection Based on Shadow Classification 1167
Daeho Lee and Youngtae Park
Real-Time Detection ofAnomalous Objects in Dynamic Scene 1171Satoshi Kawabata, Shinsaku Hiura, and Kosuke Sato
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A Comparison of Pixel, Edge and Wavelet Features for Face Detection
Using a Semi-Naive Bayesian Classifier 1175
Ross Beveridge, Jilmil Saraf, andBen Randall
Face Reconstruction with Low Resolution Facial Images by Feature
Vector Projection in Kernel Space 1179
Sang-WoongLee, Jooyoung Park, andSeong-Whan Lee
3D Face Recognition Using Normal Sphere and General Fourier Descriptor 1183
Andrea Abate, Michele Nappi, Daniel Riccio, and Gabriele Sabatino
A Viewpoint Invariant Approach for Crowd Counting 1187
Dan Kong, Doug Gray, and Hai Tao
Face Alignment Using Segmentation and Combined AAM in a PTZ Camera 1191
Kwontaeg Choi, Jung-Ho Ahn, andHyeran Byun
New Experiments on ICP-Based 3D Face Recognition and Authentication 1195
BoulbabaBen Amor, Mohsen Ardabilian, and Liming Chen
Improving Evidential Quality ofSurveillance Imagery through Active
Face Tracking 1200
Andrew Bagdanov, Alberto del Bimbo, and WalterNunziati
ViSE: Visual Search Engine Using Multiple Networked Cameras 1204
U. Park, A.K. Jain, 1. Kitahara, K. Kogure, andN. Hagita
Late Posters
Fusion Algorithm for Locally Arranged Linear Models 1208
Florian Hoppe and Gerald Sommer
Combining Global and Local Classifiers with Bayesian Network 1212
Leonardo Noguiera Matos andJoao Marques de Carvalho
Perceptual Knowledge Extraction Using Bayesian Networks of Salient Image Objects 1216
Roman M. Palenichka andMarekB. Zaremba
Classification Using the Local Probabilistic Centers of ^-Nearest Neighbors 1220
Bo Yu Li and Yun Wen Chen
Graph Matching Using Commute Time Spanning Trees 1224
Huaijun Qiu and Edwin R. Hancock
Graph-Based Transformation Manifolds for Invariant Pattern Recognition withKernel Methods 1228
Alexei Pozdnoukhov and Samy Bengio
Feature Selection Based on the Bhattacharyya Distance 1232
GourongXuan, XiumingZhu, Peiqi Chai,
Zhenping Zhang, Yun Q. Shi, and Dongdong Fu
Learning an Optimal Naive Bayes Classifier 1236
Miriam Martinez-Arroyo andL. Enrique Sucar
Benefits of Separable, Multilinear Discrimanl Classification 1240
Christian Bauckhage and Thomas Kaster
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A Global Geometric Approach for Image Clustering 1244
Sulan Zhang, Chunqi Shi, Zhiyong Zhang, andZhongzhi Shi
Patterns of Co-Linear Equidistant Letter Sequences and Verses 1248
Nachum Bombach andHarold Gans
Author Index 1251
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