Image Analysis and Processing -- ICIAP 2011 : 16th International Conference, Ravenna, Italy, September 14-16, 2011, Proceedings, Part I

The two-volume set LNCS 6978 + LNCS 6979 constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2011, held in Ravenna, Italy, in September 2011. The total of 121 papers presented was carefully reviewed and selected from 175 submissions. The papers are divided into 10 oral sessions, comprising 44 papers, and three post sessions, comprising 77 papers. They deal with the following topics: image analysis and representation; image segmentation; pattern analysis and classification; forensics, security and document analysis; video analysis and processing; biometry; shape analysis; low-level color image processing and its applications; medical imaging; image analysis and pattern recognition; image and video analysis and processing and its applications. Front Matter....Pages - High Order Structural Matching Using Dominant Cluster Analysis....Pages 1-8 A Probabilistic Framework for Complex Wavelet Based Image Registration....Pages 9-18 Image De-noising by Bayesian Regression....Pages 19-28 A Rough-Fuzzy HSV Color Histogram for Image Segmentation....Pages 29-37 Multiple Region Categorization for Scenery Images....Pages 38-47 Selection of Suspicious ROIs in Breast DCE-MRI....Pages 48-57 Regions Segmentation from SAR Images....Pages 58-67 Adaptive Model for Object Detection in Noisy and Fast-Varying Environment....Pages 68-77 Shadow Segmentation Using Time-of-Flight Cameras....Pages 78-87 Uni-orthogonal Nonnegative Tucker Decomposition for Supervised Image Classification....Pages 88-97 A Classification Approach with a Reject Option for Multi-label Problems....Pages 98-107 Improving Image Categorization by Using Multiple Instance Learning with Spatial Relation....Pages 108-117 Shaping the Error-Reject Curve of Error Correcting Output Coding Systems....Pages 118-127 Sum-of-Superellipses – A Low Parameter Model for Amplitude Spectra of Natural Images....Pages 128-138 Dissimilarity Representation in Multi-feature Spaces for Image Retrieval....Pages 139-148 Discrete Point Based Signatures and Applications to Document Matching....Pages 149-158 Robustness Evaluation of Biometric Systems under Spoof Attacks....Pages 159-168 A Graph-Based Framework for Thermal Faceprint Characterization....Pages 169-177 Reflection Removal for People Detection in Video Surveillance Applications....Pages 178-186 The Active Sampling of Gaze-Shifts....Pages 187-196 SARC3D: A New 3D Body Model for People Tracking and Re-identification....Pages 197-206 Sorting Atomic Activities for Discovering Spatio-temporal Patterns in Dynamic Scenes....Pages 207-216 Intelligent Overhead Sensor for Sliding Doors: A Stereo Based Method for Augmented Efficiency....Pages 217-226 Robust Stereoscopic Head Pose Estimation in Human-Computer Interaction and a Unified Evaluation Framework....Pages 227-236 Automatic Generation of Subject-Based Image Transitions....Pages 237-246 Learning Neighborhood Discriminative Manifolds for Video-Based Face Recognition....Pages 247-256 A Novel Probabilistic Linear Subspace Approach for Face Applications....Pages 257-266 Refractive Index Estimation of Naturally Occurring Surfaces Using Photometric Stereo....Pages 267-275 Synchronous Detection for Robust 3-D Shape Measurement against Interreflection and Subsurface Scattering....Pages 276-285 Unambiguous Photometric Stereo Using Two Images....Pages 286-295 Von Kries Model under Planckian Illuminants....Pages 296-305 Colour Image Coding with Matching Pursuit in the Spatio-frequency Domain....Pages 306-317 Color Line Detection....Pages 318-326 A New Perception-Based Segmentation Approach Using Combinatorial Pyramids....Pages 327-336 Automatic Color Detection of Archaeological Pottery with Munsell System....Pages 337-346 Image Retrieval Based on Gaussian Mixture Approach to Color Localization....Pages 347-355 A Method for Data Extraction from Video Sequences for Automatic Identification of Football Players Based on Their Numbers....Pages 356-364 Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition Using a Color Glove....Pages 365-373 Improving 3D Reconstruction for Digital Art Preservation....Pages 374-383 Exploring Cascade Classifiers for Detecting Clusters of Microcalcifications....Pages 384-392 A Method for Scribe Distinction in Medieval Manuscripts Using Page Layout Features....Pages 393-402 Registration Parameter Spaces for Molecular Electron Tomography Images....Pages 403-412 A Multiple Kernel Learning Algorithm for Cell Nucleus Classification of Renal Cell Carcinoma....Pages 413-422 Nano-imaging and Its Applications to Biomedicine....Pages 423-432 IDEA: Intrinsic Dimension Estimation Algorithm....Pages 433-442 Optimal Decision Trees Generation from OR -Decision Tables....Pages 443-452 Efficient Computation of Convolution of Huge Images....Pages 453-462 Half Ellipse Detection....Pages 463-472 A Robust Forensic Hash Component for Image Alignment....Pages 473-483 Focus of Expansion Localization through Inverse C-Velocity....Pages 484-493 Automated Identification of Photoreceptor Cones Using Multi-scale Modelling and Normalized Cross-Correlation....Pages 494-503 A Finite Element Blob Detector for Robust Features....Pages 504-513 Reducing Number of Classifiers in DAGSVM Based on Class Similarity....Pages 514-523 New Error Measures to Evaluate Features on Three-Dimensional Scenes....Pages 524-533 Optimal Choice of Regularization Parameter in Image Denoising....Pages 534-543 Neighborhood Dependent Approximation by Nonlinear Embedding for Face Recognition....Pages 544-553 Ellipse Detection through Decomposition of Circular Arcs and Line Segments....Pages 554-564 Computing Morse Decompositions for Triangulated Terrains: An Analysis and an Experimental Evaluation....Pages 565-574 Spot Detection in Images with Noisy Background....Pages 575-584 Automatic Facial Expression Recognition Using Statistical-Like Moments....Pages 585-594 Temporal Analysis of Biometric Template Update Procedures in Uncontrolled Environment....Pages 595-604 Biologically Motivated Feature Extraction....Pages 605-615 Entropy-Based Localization of Textured Regions....Pages 616-625 Evaluation of Global Descriptors for Large Scale Image Retrieval....Pages 626-635 Improved Content-Based Watermarking Using Scale-Invariant Feature Points....Pages 636-649 Crop Detection through Blocking Artefacts Analysis....Pages 650-659 Structure from Motion and Photometric Stereo for Dense 3D Shape Recovery....Pages 660-669 Genetic Normalized Convolution....Pages 670-679 Combining Probabilistic Shape-from-Shading and Statistical Facial Shape Models....Pages 680-690 Visual Saliency by Keypoints Distribution Analysis....Pages 691-699 From the Physical Restoration for Preserving to the Virtual Restoration for Enhancing....Pages 700-709 Back Matter....Pages -