Proceedings IWISP '96 : 4-7 November 1996, Manchester, United Kingdom : Third International Workshop on Image and Signal Processing on the Theme of Advances in Computational Intelligence

The papers in this volume focus on the most modern and critical aspects of Image and Signal Processing and related areas that have a significant impact in our society. The papers may be categorized in the following four major parts. Coding and Compression (image coding, image subband, wavelet coding and representation, video coding, motion estimation and multimedia); Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (image analysis, edge detection, segmentation, image enhancement and restoration, adaptive systems, colour processing, pattern and object recognition and classification); Fast Processing Techniques (computational methods, VLSI DSP architectures); Theory and Applications (identificiation and modelling, multirate filter banks, wavelets in image and signal processing, biomedical and industrial applications). The authors of these exceptionally high-quality papers form an interesting group, originating from the five continents, representing 33 countries. Content: Preface , Pages v-vi , Basil G. Mertzios, Panos Liatsis IWISP '96 organizing committee , Page vii International programme committee , Page viii Joint optimization of multi-dimensional SOFM codebooks with QAM modulations for vector quantized image transmission , Pages 3-6 , O. Aitsab, R. Pyndiah, B. Solaiman Visual Vector Quantization For Image Compression Based on Laplacian Pyramid Structure , Pages 7-10 , Z. He, G. Qiu, S. Chen Kohonen's Self Organizing Feature Maps with variable learning rate. Application to image compression , Pages 11-14 , A. Czihó, B. Solaiman, G. Cazuguel, C. Roux, I. Loványi An Efficient Training Algorithm Design For General Competitive Learning Neural Networks , Pages 15-18 , J. Jiang, D. Butler Architecture Design for Polynomial Approximation Coding of Image Compression , Pages 19-22 , Lu Chung-Yen, Wen Kuei-Ann Application of Shape Recognition to Fractal Based Image Compression , Pages 23-26 , S. Morgan, A. Bouridane Chrominance Vector Quantization for Coding of Images and Video at Very Low Bitrates , Pages 27-30 , Maciej Bartkowiak, Marek Domañski, Peter Gerken Region-of-Interest Based Compression of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data , Pages 31-35 , Nikos G. Panagiotidis, Stefanos D. Kollias Scalable parallel vector quantization for image coding appplications , Pages 37-40 , D.G. Sampson, A. Cuhadar, A.C. Downton Real-Time Image Compression Methods Incorporating Wavelet Transforms , Pages 43-46 , D.T. Morris, M.D. Edwards Custom Wavelet Packet Image Compression Design , Pages 47-52 , Mladen Victor Wickerhauser Two-dimensional directional wavelets and image processing , Pages 53-60 , Antoine Jean-Pierre The Importance of the Phase of the Symmetric Daubechies Wavelets Representation of Signals , Pages 61-64 , J.-M. Lina, P. Drouilly Contrast enhancement in images using the two-dimensional continuous wavelet transform , Pages 65-68 , Antoine Jean-Pierre, Pierre Vandergheynst Wavelets and differential-dilation equations , Pages 69-72 , T. Cooklev, G. Berbecel, A.N. Venetsanopoulos Wavelets in high resolution radar imaging and clinical magnetic resonance imaging , Pages 73-80 , Walter Schempp Wavelet Transform based Information Extraction from 1-D and 2-D Signals , Pages 81-86 , Adam Dcabrowski Computational Methods and Tools for Simulation and Analysis of Complex Processes: ( applying ω n k - criteria, ANN and CA ) , Pages 89-95 , V.V. Ivanov Rare events selection on a background of dominated processes applying multilayer perceptron , Pages 97-100 , V.V. Ivanov, P.V. Zrelov Cellular Automaton and Elastic Neural Network Application for Event Reconstruction in High Energy Physics , Pages 101-104 , I. Kisel, E. Konotopskaya, V. Kovalenko Recognition of tracks detected by drift tubes in a magnetic field , Pages 105-108 , S.A. Baginyan, G.A. Ososkov An unified connective representation for linear and nonlinear discrete-time system identification , Pages 111-114 , Jacques Fantini Predicting a Chaotic Time Series Using a Dynamical Recurrent Neural Network , Pages 115-118 , Roberto Teran, Jean-Philippe Draye, Davor Pavisic, Gustavo Calderon, Gaëtan Libert A New Neural Network Structure For Modeling Non-linear Dynamical Systems , Pages 119-122 , Amir Hussain, John J. Soraghan, Tariq S. Durrani, Douglas R. Campbell A Neural Network for Moving Light Display Trajectory Prediction , Pages 123-126 , H.M. Lakany, G.M. Hayes Recognizing Flow Pattern of Gas/Liquid Two-component Flow Using Fuzzy Logical Neural Network , Pages 127-132 , Peng Lihui, Zhang Baofen, Yao Danya, Xiong Zhijie Adaptive algorithm to solve the mixture problem with a neural networks methodology , Pages 133-136 , R.M. Pérez, P. Martinez, J. Moreno, A. Silva, P.L. Aguilar Process trend analysis and fuzzy reasoning in fermentation control , Pages 137-140 , S. Kivikunnas, K. Ibatici, E. Juuso Higher Order Cumulant Maximisation using Non-linear Hebbian and Anti-Hebbian Learning for Adaptive Blind Separation of Source Signals , Pages 141-144 , Mark Girolami, Colin Fyfe A Robot Vision System for Object Recognition and Work Piece Location , Pages 147-150 , Wang Min, Dai Qizhi, Wang Jun Recognition of Objects and Their Direction of Moving Based on Sequence of Two-Dimensional Frames , Pages 151-154 , Božidar Potočnik, Damjan Zazula Innovative Techniques for Recognition of Faces Based on Multiresolution Analysis and Morphological Filtering , Pages 155-159 , Anastasios Doulamis, Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Nikolaos Doulamis, Stefanos Kollias Partial curve identification in 2-d space and its application to robot assembly , Pages 161-164 , Feng-Hui Yao, Gui-Feng Shao, Akikazu Tamaki, Kiyoshi Kato A fast active contour algorithm for object tracking in complex background , Pages 165-168 , Chun Leung Lam, Shiu Yin Yuen The Two-Point Combinatorial Probabilistic Hough Transform for Circle Detection (C2PHT) , Pages 169-172 , J.Y. Goulermas, P. Liatsis Modified Rapid Transform Features in Information Symbols Recognition System , Pages 173-176 , J. Turan, K. Fazekas, L. Kovesi, M. Kovesi Image Data Processing in Flying Object Velocity Optoelectronic Measuring Device , Pages 177-180 , Jan Mikulec, Vaclav Ricny Rotation Invariant Texture Classification Schemes using GMRFs and Wavelets , Pages 183-186 , Robert Porter, Nishan Canagarajah A new method for describing texture , Pages 187-190 , D.T. Pham, B.G. Çetiner Texture Discrimination for Quality Control Using Wavelet and Neural Network Techniques , Pages 191-194 , D.A. Karras, S.A. Karkanis, B.G. Mertzios A Region Oriented CFAR Approach to the Detection of Extensive Targets in Textured Images , Pages 195-198 , Carlos Alberola-López, José Ramón Casar-Corredera, Juan Ruiz-Alzola Generating Stabile Structure of a Color Texture Image using Scale-space Analysis with Non-uniform Gaussian Kernels , Pages 199-202 , Satoru Morita, Minoru Tanaka Approximation of bidimensional karhunen loeve expansions by means of monodimensional karhunen loeve expansions, applied to image compression , Pages 205-208 , Nello Balossino, Davide Cavagnino Blockness Distortion Evaluation in Block-Coded Pictures , Pages 209-213 , M. Cireddu, F.G.B. De Natale, D.D. Giusto, P. Pes A new distortion measure for the assessment of decoded images adapted to human perception , Pages 215-218 , F. Bock, H. Walter, M. Wilde Image Compression with Interpolation and Coding of Interpolation Errors , Pages 219-222 , Jian Yi, Ferdinand Arp Matrix to vector transformation for image compression , Pages 223-226 , Djamel Ait-Boudaoud A speech coding algorithm based on wavelet transform , Pages 227-229 , Xiaodong Wu, Yongming Li, Hongyi Chen Automatic Determination of Region Importance and JPEG Codec Reflecting Human Sense , Pages 231-234 , Rina Hayasaka, Jiying Zhao, Yoshihisa Shimazu, Koji Ohta, Yutaka Matsushita Directional Image Coding on Wavelet Transform Domain , Pages 235-238 , Dong Wook Kang An Universal MPEG Decoder with Scalable Picture Size , Pages 241-244 , Ram Prabhakar, Wei Li The Influence of Impairments from Digital Compression of Video Signal on Perceived Picture Quality , Pages 245-248 , Sonja Bauer, Branka Zovko-Cihlar, Mislav Grgić On scalable coding of image sequences , Pages 249-252 , Erwan Launay, Thomson Multimedia R, D France Image transmission problems between IP and ATM networks , Pages 253-255 , Mkrttchlan V.S., Eranoslan A.V., Student Karamyan I.L. A Scalable Video Coding Scheme Based on Adaptive Infield/Inframe DCT and Adaptive Frame Interpolation , Pages 257-260 , Masatoshi Asada, Katsutoshi Sawada Unified Image Compression Using Reversible and Fast Biorthogonal Wavelet Transform , Pages 263-266 , HyungJun Kim, C.C. Li Subband Image Coding Using Adaptive Fuzzy Quantization Step Controller , Pages 267-270 , Peter Planinsic, Franc Jurkovic, Zarko Cucej, Dali Donlagic EZW Algorithm Using Visual Weighting in the Decomposition and DPCM , Pages 271-275 , Laurent Lecornu, Czeslaw Jedrzejek Efficient 3-D Subband Coding of Colour Video , Pages 277-280 , Marek Domanski, Roger Swierczynski Adaptive Wavelet Packet Image Coding with Zerotree Structure , Pages 281-284 , Tsuyoshi Otake, Kouichi Fukuda, Akira Kawanaka Efficiency of the image morphological pyramid decomposition , Pages 285-288 , Dragana Sandic, Dragorad Milovanovic Optimal vector pyramidal decompositions for the coding of multichannel images , Pages 289-292 , Dimitrios Tzovaras, Michael G. Strintzis Multilingual character segmentation using matching rate , Pages 295-298 , Kyung-Ae Moon, Su-young Chi, Jong-Won Park, Weon-Geun Oh Architecture of an Object-based Tracking System Using Colour Segmentation , Pages 299-302 , Rafael García-Campos, Joan Batlle, Rainer Bischoff Segmentation of Retinal Images Guided by the Wavelet Transform , Pages 303-306 , Dr. T. Morris, Mrs. Z. Newell An Adaptive Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm for Image Segmentation , Pages 307-310 , Yannis A. Tolias, Stavros M. Panas Hy2: A Hybrid Segmentation Method , Pages 311-314 , F. Marino, G. Mastronardi Efficient computation of the 2-dimensional RGB vector median filter , Pages 317-320 , Stephen J. Sangwine, Anthony J. Bardos Image Restoration For Millimeter Wave Images by Hopfield Neural Network , Pages 321-324 , Kenichim Yuasa, Hidefumi Sawai, Kenichi Watabe, Koji Mizuno, Masahide Yoneyama Image restoration of medical diffraction tomography using filtered MEM , Pages 325-328 , Kazuhiko Hamamoto, Tsuyoshi Shiina, Toshihiro Nishimura Directionally adaptive image restoration , Pages 329-332 , Xavier Neyt, Marc Acheroy, Ignace Lemahieu Optimal Matching of images at Low Photon Level , Pages 333-336 , Mireille Guillaume, Thierry Amouroux, Philippe Réfrégier A Method for Controlling the Enhancement of Image Feature by Unsharp Masking Filters , Pages 337-340 , E. Cernadas, L. Gomez, A. Casas, P.G. Rodríguez, R.G. Carrión Image Noise Reduction Based on Local Classification and Iterated Conditional Modes , Pages 341-344 , K. Haris, S.N. Efstratiadis, N. Maglaveras, C. Pappas An neural approach to invariant character recognition , Pages 347-351 , Iraklis M. Spiliotis, Panagiotis Liatsis, Basil G. Mertzios, Yannis P. Goulermas Image segmentation based on boundary constraint neural network , Pages 353-356 , F. Kurugollu, S. Birecik, M. Sezgin, B. Sankur A high performance neural multiclassifier system for generic pattern recognition applications , Pages 357-360 , Dimitris A. Mitzias, Basil G. Mertzios Application of a Neural Network for multifont Farsi character recognition using fuzzified Pseudo - Zernike moments , Pages 361-364 , Mehdi Namazi, Ms. Student, Karim Faez Integrating LANDSAT and SPOT images to improve land cover classification accuracy , Pages 365-368 , Alessandra Chiuderi Classification of bottle rims using Neural Networks - an LMS approach , Pages 369-373 , C. Teoh, J. Braham Levy Data compression, data fusion and Kalman filtering in wavelet transform , Pages 377-380 , Q. Jin, K.M. Wong, Z.Q. Luo, E. Bosse Performance of wavelet packet division multiplexing in timing errors and flat fading channels , Pages 381-384 , J. Wu, K.M. Wong, Q. Jin Time-Varying Wavelet Packet Division Multiplexing , Pages 385-388 , T.N. Davidson, K.M. Wong Co-channel interference mitigation in the time-scale domain: The CIMTS algorithm , Pages 389-392 , Sam Heidari, Chrysostomos L. Nikias Design and Performance of DS/SS Signals Defined by Arbitrary Orthonormal Functions , Pages 393-396 , William W. Jones, Jeffrey C. Dill COFDM, MC-CDMA, and Wavelet-Based MC-CDMA , Pages 397-404 , KyungHi Chang, XuDuan Lin Signal Denoising through Multifractality , Pages 405-408 , W. Kinsner, A. Langi Application of Multirate Filter Bank to the Co-Existence Problem of DS-CDMA and TDMA Systems , Pages 409-412 , Shinsuke Hara, Takahiro Matsuda, Norihiko Morinaga Multiscale Edges Detection by Wavelet Transform for Model of Face Recognition , Pages 415-418 , Fan Yang, Michel Paindavoine, Hervé Abdi Edge Detection by Rank Functional Approximation of Grey Levels , Pages 419-422 , J.P. Asselin de Beauville, D Bi, F.Z. Kettaf Fuzzy Logic Edge Detection Algorithm , Pages 423-426 , Sakari Murtovaara, Esko Juuso, Raimo Sutinen Topological Edge Finding , Pages 427-430 , Mark Mertens, Hichem Sahli, Jan Cornelis. Automatic Parallelization of Full 2-D Block Matching for Real Time Motion Compensation and Mapping into Special Purpose Architectures , Pages 433-437 , Nectarios Koziris, George Papakonstantinou, Panayotis Tsanakas New Search Region Prediction Method For Motion Estimation , Pages 439-442 , D.H. Ryu, C.R. Kim, T.W. Choi, J.C. Kim Motion Estimation by Direct Minimisation of the Energy Function of the Hopfield Neural Network , Pages 443-446 , Leszek Ciepliński, Czesław Jcedrzejek A modified MAP-MRF motion-based segmentation algorithm for image sequence coding , Pages 447-450 , Daniel Gatica-Pérez, Francisco García-Ugalde, Víctor García-Garduño Unsupervised Motion Segmentation of Image Sequences using Adaptive Filtering , Pages 451-454 , Olaf Pichler, Andreas Tenner, Bedrich J. Hosticka Development of a motion compensated coding system for an enhanced wide screen TV , Pages 455-458 , Takahiro Hamada, Shuichi Matsumoto Brain evoked potentials mapping using the diffuse interpolation , Pages 461-464 , Djaaffar Bouattoura, Paul Gaillard, Pierre Villon, François Langevin Computer-aided diagnosis: Detection of masses on digital mammograms , Pages 465-468 , Arturo J. Méndez, Pablo G. Tahoces, María J. Lado, Miguel Souto, Juan J. Vidal, Arturo J. Méndez Model order determination of ECG signals using rational function approximations , Pages 469-474 , Joseph S. Paul, V. Jagadeesh Kumar, M.R.S. Reddy Computation of the Ejection Ratio of the Ventricle from Echocardiographic Image Sequences , Pages 475-478 , Andreas Teuner, Olaf Pichler, Bedrich J. Hosticka Contour Detection of the Left Ventricle on Echocardiographic Images , Pages 479-482 , Simone Garçon, FlÁvio Bortolozzi, Jacques Facon Identification of a stohastic System involving Neuroelectric Signals , Pages 483-486 , A.G. Rigas Design of M band linear phase FIR filter banks with high attenuation in stop bands , Pages 489-492 , Takuro Kida, Yuichi Kida Robustness of Multirate Filters Banks , Pages 493-496 , F.N. Koumboulis, M.G. Skarpetis, B.G Mertzios Designing and Learning Algorithm of Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition , Pages 497-500 , Hiroki Takahashi, Masayuki Nakajima Statistical comparison of minimum cross entropy spectral estimators , Pages 501-505 , R.C. Papademetriou Generalized optimum approximation minimizing various measures of error at the same time , Pages 507-510 , Takuro Kida Determination of optimal coefficients of high order error feedback upon Chebyshev criteria , Pages 511-514 , A. Djebbari, Al. Djebbari, M.F. Belbachir, J.M. Rouvaen Dynamic Codewidth Reduction for VLIW Instruction Set Architectures in Digital Signal Processors , Pages 517-520 , Matthias H. Weiss, Gerhard P. Fettweis Implementation aspects of FIR filtering in a Wavelet Compression Scheme , Pages 521-524 , G. Lafruit, B. Vanhoof, J. Bormans, M. Engels, I. Bolsens Recursive approximate realization of image transforms with orthonormal rotations , Pages 525-530 , Gerben J. Hekstra, Ed F. Deprettere, Monica Monari, Richard Heusdens Radix Distributed Arithmetic: Algorithms and Architectures , Pages 531-534 , Mohammad K Ibrahim Order-Configurable Programmable Power-Efficient FIR Filters , Pages 535-538 , Chong Xu, Ching-Yi Wang, Keshab K. Parhi On speech compression standards in multimedia videoconferencing: Implementation aspects , Pages 541-544 , Milan Markovic, Zoran Bojkovic Multimedia Communication Graphical User Interface Design Principles for the Teleeducation , Pages 545-548 , J. Turan, K. Fazekas, L. Ovsenik, M. Kovesi Image and video compression for multimedia applications , Pages 549-552 , D.G. Sampson, E.A.B. da Silva, M. Ghanbari A Multilayer Image Coding and Browsing System , Pages 553-556 , Guoping Qiu Switched Segmented Image Coding - JPEG Schemes for Progressive Image Transmission , Pages 557-560 , C.A. Christopoulos, A.N. Skodras, W. Philips, J. Cornells Low Bit Rate Coding of Image Sequences using Regions of Interest and Neural Networks , Pages 561-565 , Nikolaos Doulamis, Athanasios Tsiodras, Anastasios Doulamis, Stefanos Kollias Iterated function systems for still image processing , Pages 569-572 , J.-L. Dugelay, E. Polidori, S. Roche Sensing Surface Discontinuities via Coloured Spots , Pages 573-576 , Colin J. Davies, Mark S. Nixon Image analysis and synthesis by learning from examples , Pages 577-580 , Sandra Brunetta, Nicola Ancona A stabilized multiscale zero - crossing image representation for image processing tasks at the level of the early vision , Pages 581-584 , Shinji Watanabe, Takashi Komatsu, Takahiro Saito Finding geometric and structural information from 2D image frames , Pages 585-588 , R. Jaitly, D.A. Fraser Detection of small changes in intensity on images corrupted by signal-dependent noise by using the wavelet transform , Pages 589-592 , Yasmina Chitti, Paul Gogan Deterioration Detection in a Sequence of Large Images , Pages 593-596 , O. Buisson, B. Besserer, S. Boukir, L. Joyeux Segmentation of multi-spectral images based on the physics of reflection , Pages 599-602 , N.H. Kroupnova Using color correlation to improve restoration of color images , Pages 603-606 , Daniel Keren, Anna Gotlib, Hagit Hel-Or Colour Eigenfaces , Pages 607-610 , Graham D. Finlayson, Janet Dueck, Brian V. Funt, Mark S. Drew Colour quantification for industrial inspection , Pages 611-614 , Maria Petrou, Constantinos Boukouvalas Colour object recognition using phase correlation of log-polar transformed fourier spectra , Pages 615-618 , A.L. Thornton, S.J. Sangwine SIIAC: Interpretation System of Aerial Color Images , Pages 619-622 , Salim Mouhoub, Michel Lamure, Nicolas Nicoloyannis Nodular Quantification in Metallurgy using Image Processing , Pages 625-628 , Virginia Ballarin, Emiice Moler, Franco Pessana, Sebastián Torres, Manuel Gonzalez Image Processing in the Measurement of Trash Contents and Grades in Cotton , Pages 629-632 , Boshra D. Farah Automated Visual Inspection Based On Fermat Number Transform , Pages 633-636 , J. Harrington, A. Bouridane Segmentation of birch wood board images , Pages 637-640 , D.T. Pham, R.J. Alcock “Techniques for classifying sugar crystallization images based on spectral analysis and the use of neural networks” , Pages 641-645 , Eloisa Susana González Palenzuela, Pastora I. Vega Cruz Large-scale Electrical Tomography Sensing System to Study Mixing Phenomena , Pages 647-650 , M. Wang, R. Mann, F.J. Dickin, T. Dyakowski Structural Indexing of Infra-red Images using Statistical Histogram Comparison , Pages 653-656 , Benoit Huet, Edwin R. Hancock A Model-Based Approach for the Detection of Airport Transportation Networks in Sequences of Aerial Images , Pages 657-660 , D. Sarantis, C.S. Xydeas Context driven matching in structural pattern recognition , Pages 661-664 , S. Gautama, J.P.F. D'Haeyer An Efficient Box-Couting Fractal Dimension Approach for Experimental Image Variation Characterization , Pages 665-668 , Aura Conci, Claudenize F.J. Campos An Identification Tool to build Physical Models for Virtual Reality , Pages 669-672 , Jean Louchet, Li Jiang Cue-based camera calibration and its application to digital moving image production , Pages 673-676 , Yuji Nakazawa, Tcàiishi Kcmatsu, Takahiw Saito A Novel Approach to Phoneme Recognition using Speech Image , Pages 679-682 , M. Ahmadi, N.J. Bailey, B.S. Hoyle Modified NLMS algorithm for acoustic echo cancellation , Pages 683-686 , M. Medvecký Matrix Polynomial Computations Using the Reconfigurable Systolic Torus , Pages 687-690 , T.H. Kaskalis, K.G. Margaritis Real-Time Connected Component Labeling on One-Dimensional Array Processors based on Content-Addressable Memory: Optimization and Implementation , Pages 691-694 , Eril Mozef, Serge Weber, Jamal Jaber, Etienne Tisserand A 2-D window processor for modular image processing applications and its VLSI implementation , Pages 695-698 , P. Tzionas, Ch. Mizas, A. Thanailakis Rate conversion of compressed video for matching bandwidth constraints in ATM networks , Pages 701-704 , Pedro Assunção, Mohammad Ghanbari Index of authors , Pages 705-708