Image and Signal Processing: 3rd International Conference, ICISP 2008. Cherbourg-Octeville, France, July 1 - 3, 2008. Proceedings

Annotation This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Image and Signal Processing, ICISP 2008, held in Cherbourg-Octeville, France, in July 2008. The 48 revised full papers and 22 revised poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 193 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on image filtering, image segmentation, computer vision, feature extraction, pattern recognition, graph-based representations, motion detection and estimation, new interfaces, document processing, and signal processing Front Matter....Pages - Discrete Pulse Transform of Images....Pages 1-9 Constrained Unsharp Masking for Image Enhancement....Pages 10-19 Discrete Wavelet Diffusion for Image Denoising....Pages 20-28 Dynamic Color Texture Modeling and Color Video Decomposition Using Bounded Variation and Oscillatory Functions....Pages 29-37 Reinstating Floyd-Steinberg: Improved Metrics for Quality Assessment of Error Diffusion Algorithms....Pages 38-45 A Neuro Fuzzy Model for Image Compression in Wavelet Domain....Pages 46-58 A People Counting System Based on Dense and Close Stereovision....Pages 59-66 Topology-Preserving Discrete Deformable Model: Application to Multi-segmentation of Brain MRI....Pages 67-75 A Real Time Human Detection System Based on Far Infrared Vision....Pages 76-84 Uniqueness Filtering for Local Feature Descriptors in Urban Building Recognition....Pages 85-93 Dynamic Human Fatigue Detection Using Feature-Level Fusion....Pages 94-102 Real Time Monocular Depth from Defocus....Pages 103-111 Dynamic Skin Detection in Color Images for Sign Language Recognition....Pages 112-119 Depth Estimation by Finding Best Focused Points Using Line Fitting....Pages 120-127 Improved Phase Correlation Matching....Pages 128-135 A New Approach to Estimate Fractal Dimension of Texture Images....Pages 136-143 Digital Signal Processing Techniques for Gene Finding in Eukaryotes....Pages 144-152 A CAD System for Long-Bone Segmentation and Fracture Detection....Pages 153-162 Comparison of Image Restoration Methods for Bioluminescence Imaging....Pages 163-172 Texture-Based Multiscale Segmentation: Application to Stromal Compartment Characterization on Ovarian Carcinoma Virtual Slides....Pages 173-182 Combination of Image Registration Algorithms for Patient Alignement in Proton Beam Therapy....Pages 183-191 Speech Signal Processing Based on Wavelets and SVM for Vocal Tract Pathology Detection....Pages 192-199 Pair Correlation Integral for Fractal Characterization of Three-Dimensional Histograms from Color Images....Pages 200-208 Accelerating Integral Histograms Using an Adaptive Approach....Pages 209-217 Volume Estimation of Small Particles Using Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from Multiple Views....Pages 218-225 A Multivariate Hit-or-Miss Transform for Conjoint Spatial and Spectral Template Matching....Pages 226-235 Blur Insensitive Texture Classification Using Local Phase Quantization....Pages 236-243 An Algorithm to Determine the Chromaticity Under Non-uniform Illuminant....Pages 244-253 Transients Detection in the Time-Scale Domain....Pages 254-262 SIFT Based Ball Recognition in Soccer Images....Pages 263-272 Evaluation Protocol for Localization Metrics....Pages 273-280 Classification of Proteomic Signals by Block Kriging Error Matching....Pages 281-288 Grip-Pattern Recognition in Smart Gun Based on Likelihood-Ratio Classifier and Support Vector Machine....Pages 289-295 Chirplet Transform Applied to Simulated and Real Blue Whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) Calls....Pages 296-303 Illumination Invariant Face Recognition under Various Facial Expressions and Occlusions....Pages 304-311 A Version of the FastICA Algorithm Based on the Secant Method Combined with Simple Iterations Method....Pages 312-320 SVM-Based Face Recognition Using Genetic Search for Frequency-Feature Subset Selection....Pages 321-328 A Path Following Algorithm for Graph Matching....Pages 329-337 Statistically Valid Graph Representations of Scale-Space Geometry....Pages 338-345 Hierarchical Matching Using Combinatorial Pyramid Framework....Pages 346-355 Multi-cue Facial Feature Detection and Tracking....Pages 356-367 Body Language Based Individual Identification in Video Using Gait and Actions....Pages 368-377 Human Hand Gesture Recognition Using Motion Orientation Histogram for Interaction of Handicapped Persons with Computer....Pages 378-385 3D Human Motion Reconstruction Using Video Processing....Pages 386-395 Personal Recognition Using Single-Sensor Multimodal Hand Biometrics....Pages 396-404 Face Tracking for Spatially Aware Mobile User Interfaces....Pages 405-412 Markerless Augmented Reality Using Image Mosaics....Pages 413-420 Retracted: A Novel Text-Independent Speaker Verification System Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm....Pages 421-429 Image Retrieval: Color and Texture Combining Based on Query-Image....Pages 430-438 Markerless Outdoor Localisation Based on SIFT Descriptors for Mobile Applications....Pages 439-446 Off-Line Arabic Handwritten Characters Recognition Based on a Hidden Markov Models....Pages 447-454 Watermarking Based on the Density Coefficients of Faber-Schauder Wavelets....Pages 455-462 Arabic Handwritten Characters Classification Using Learning Vector Quantization Algorithm....Pages 463-470 A Complete Pyramidal Geometrical Scheme for Text Based Image Description and Retrieval....Pages 471-480 Local Orientation Extraction for Wordspotting in Syriac Manuscripts....Pages 481-489 A Procedure for Efficient Generation of 1/ f β Noise Sequences....Pages 490-497 Design and Implementation of an Image CoProcessor....Pages 498-507 Wavelet-Packet Identification of Dynamic Systems with Coloured Measurement Noise....Pages 508-515 Comparison of the Cross Deleted Wigner Representation and the Matching Pursuit Distribution (Via Adaptive Signal Decomposition)....Pages 516-526 Mean Weight Behavior of Coupled LMS Adaptive Systems Applied to Acoustic Feedback Cancellation in Hearing Aids....Pages 527-535 Sound Localization Based on Excitation Source Information for Intelligent Home Service Robots....Pages 536-543 Voicing Detection in Noisy Speech Signal....Pages 544-551 Coherent Synchronization of a Chaotic Communication System Based on a QAM-4 Transmitter....Pages 552-561 Joint Multiple Target Tracking and Classification Using Controlled Based Cheap JPDA-Multiple Model Particle Filter in Cluttered Environment....Pages 562-569 Correlation, Independance and Inverse Modeling....Pages 570-579 A New Approach for Reducing Embedding Noise in Multiple Bit Plane Steganography....Pages 580-587 Region-Based Wavelet-Packet Adaptive Algorithm for Sparse Response Identification....Pages 588-595 Simulation Method of SAR Raw Echo for Urban Scene....Pages 596-604 Underwater Passive Location Technology Using Dummy Time-Reversal Mirror....Pages 605-612 Multifractal Analysis on the Sphere....Pages 613-621 Erratum: A Novel Text-Independent Speaker Verification System Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter....Pages -