PROCEEDINGS

International Conference on

image Analysis and Processing

September 27 - 29, 1999

Venice, Italy

Co-sponsored by

The International Association for Pattern RecognitionUniversita di Udine

Supported by

Universita "Ca' Foscari" di Venezia — ItalyGruppo Nazionale di Cibemetica e Biofisica (GNCB) — CNR — Rome, Italy

Consorzio Universitario del Friuli — Udine, Italy

Autovie Venete S.p.A., Palmanova, ItalyAzienda di Promozione Turistica — Venezia, Italy

ELSAG S.p.A., Genova, ItalyNETTUNO, Bologna, Italy

NOKIA Mobile Phones, Oulu, FinlandVTT — Wireless Internet Laboratory, Oulu, Finland

IEEE'

COMPUTERSOCIETY

Los Alamitos, California

Washington • Brussels • Tokyo

Table of Contents10l International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing — ICIAP'99

Foreword xix

Conference Committee xxi

Additional Referees xxii

Keynote Address

The Laminar Architecture of Visual Cortex and Image Processing Technology 2S. Grossberg

Session 1 — Neural Models and Visual Systems

A Figure Extraction Method Based on the Color and Texture Contrasts of Regions 12S. Tanaka, Y. Iwadate, S. Inokuchi

Representing and Recognizing Visual Dynamic Events with Support Vector Machines 18M. Pittore, C. Basso, A. Verri

Session 2 — Primitives of Images and Shapes

Distinctiveness Maps for Image Matching 26R. Manduchi, C. Tomasi

Multiresolution Object-of-Interest Detection for Images with Low Depth of Field 32J. Li, J. Wang, R. Gray, G. Wiederhold

Permanence-based Shape Decomposition in Binary Pyramids 38G. Borgefors, G. Ramella, G. Sanniti di Baja

Image Enhancement using Pattern-Selective Color Image Fusion 44L. Bogoni, M. Hansen, P. Burt

Morphological Interpolation and Color Images 50M. Iwanowski, J. Serra

Invited Talk

Learning Visual Operators from Examples: A New Paradigm in Image Processing 58H. Knutsson, M. Borga

Session 3 — Image Inference: Learning and Model Synthesis

Texture Segmentation by Frequency-Sensitive Elliptical Competitive Learning 645. De Backer, P. Scheunders

Surface Approximation of 3D Objects from Irregularly Sampled Clouds of3D Points using Spherical Wavelets 70

L. Pastor, A. Rodriguez

Shape Reconstruction of 3D Bilaterally Symmetric Surfaces 76/. Shimshoni, Y. Moses, M. Lindenbaum

Session 4 — Encoding Visual Cues

Learning Vector Quantization with Alternative Distance Criteria 84J. Sanchez, F. Pla, F. Ferri

Segmentation-based Lossless Compression for Color Images 90C. Serrano, B. Acha, R. Rangayyan

Sprite Generation and Coding of Multiview Image Sequences 95N. Grammalidis, D. Beletsiotis, M. Strintzis

Poster Session A — Primitive Extraction and Coding

An Anisotropic Diffusion PDE for Noise Reduction and Thin Edge Preservation 102Z. Lin, Q. Shi

ICM Method for Multi-level Thresholding using Maximum Entropy Criterion 108X. Luo, J. Tian

The Distance Transform Algorithm on a Two-Processor Computer 114A. Forsmoo

An Extension to a Filter Implementation of a Local Quadratic Surface for Image Noise Estimation 119A. Nielsen

Computation of Two Texture Features in Hardware 125K. Heikkinen, P. Vuorimaa

Image Restoration using Quantum Fluctuation 130J. lnoue

Automatic Construction of Tree-structural Image Transformations using Genetic Programming 136S. Aoki, T. Nagao

Comparison of Texture Features based on Gabor Filters 142P. Kruizinga, N. Petkov, S. Grigorescu

Two Dimensional Generalized Edge Detector 148B. Kurt, M. Gokmen

Morphological Filters Implementation based on a Co-Design Approach 154R. Sasportas, J. Klein

A Scale-Space Approach to Preattentive Texture Discrimination 162A. Petrosino, M. Ceccarelli

A New Approach for Fast Line Detection based on Combinatorial Optimization 168M. Mattavelli, V. Noel, E. Amaldi

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Random Walk Approach to Image Ehnancement 174B. Smolka, K. Wojciechowski, M. Szczepanski

Improved Entropic Edge-Detection 180J. Gomez Lopera, N. Ilhami, P. Luque Escamilla, J. Martinez Aroza, R. Roman Rolddn

VLSI Implementation of a Foveal Polygon Segmentation Algorithm 185F. Coslado, P. Camacho, M. Gonzdles, F. Arrebola, F. Sandoval

Detection of Linear Bands in Gray-Scale Images based on the Euclidean DistanceTransform and the Hough Transform 191

J. Jang, K. Hong

Non-linear Scale-Selection for Image Compression Improvement Obtained byPerceptual Distortion Criteria 197

/. Kopilovic, T. Szirdnyi

Fast Spectral Algoritms of Invariants Calculation 203E. Labunets, V. Labunets, K. Egiazarian, J. Astola

Texture Analysis using Morphological Pattern Spectrum and Optimization of Structuring Elements 209A. Asano

Improved Low Complexity Fully Parallel Thinning Algorithm 215T. Bernard, A. Manzanera

Modified BFT Giving Exact Decoder Convergence 221W. Pamula

Building Meaningful Edge Maps from Range Images 227O. Pereira Bellon, A. Direne, L. Silva

Distributed Output Encoding for Multi-Class Pattern Recognition 229R. Erenshteyn, D. Saxe, P. Laskov, R. Foulds

Euclidean Distance Transform on a Dedicated Architecture based on a Reconfigurable Mesh Network 235P. Baglietto

A Comprehensive Approach to Image-Contrast Enhancement 241A. Carbonaro, P. Zingaretti

A BSP Realisation of Jarvis' Algorithm 247L. Cinque, C. Di Maggio

Invited Talk

Face Processing and Recognition using Learning and Evolution 254H. Wechsler

Session 5 — Face and Body Recognition

3D Deformable Face Model for Pose Determination and Face Synthesis 260M. Lee, S. Ranganath

An Efficient Implementation and Evaluation of Robust Face Sequence Matching 2665. Satoh, N. Katayama

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Session 6 — Dynamic Scene Understanding

Improving the Robustness of Image-based Tracking to Control 3D Robot Motions 274M. Vincze, M. Ayromlou, W. Kubinger

Hydra: Multiple People Detection and Tracking using Silhouettes 280/. Haritaoglu, D. Harwood, L. Davis

Tracking Vehicles in Image Sequence for Avoiding Obstacles 286W. Donghui, Y. Xiuqin, G. Weikang

Geometric Analysis and Computing of Projective Structure and Motion 291E. Bayro-Corrochano, V. Banarer

On Robust Rectification for Uncalibrated Images 297F. Isgro, E. Trucco

Performance Estimation of Model-based Automatic Target Recognition usingAttributed Scattering Center Features 303

H. Chiang, R. Moses, W. Irving

Poster Session B — Grouping, Segmentation and Matching

Shift Detection by Restoration Demonstrated by Signal based Point Pattern Matching 310T. Baumbach, W. Ortmann

Unsupervised Multiscale Image Segmentation 316A. Kam, W. Fitzgerald

A Simple and Efficient Connected Components Labeling Algorithm 322A. Bulgarelli, L. Di Stefano

Surface Segmentation based on Perceptual Grouping 328C. Orrite, A. Roy, A. Alcolea

Visual Information from Anisotropic Transformations 334G. Boccignone, M. Ferraro, T. Caelli

Automatic Generation of Significant and Local Feature Groups of Complex and Deformed Objects 340D. Pechtel, K. Kuhnert

Hidden Multiresolution Random Fields and Their Application to Image Segmentation 346R. Wilson, C. Li

A New Technique for Color Image Segmentation 352C. Amoroso, E. Ardizzone, V. Morreale, P. Storniolo

Planar 3D Object Detection by using the Generalized Hough Transform 358N. Guil, J. Cozar, E. Zapata

Genetic Algorithm with Competitive Image Labelling and Least Square 364S. Yuen, C. Ma

A High Precision 3D Object Reconstruction Method using a Color Coded Grid and NURBS 370P. Lavoie, D. Ionescu, E. Petriu

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Image Segmentation by Texture Analysis 376C. Di Ruberto, G. Rodriguez, S. Vitulano

Constructing Iso-Surfaces Satisfying the Delaunay Constraint. Application to the Skeleton Computation 382D. Attali, J. Lachaud

Line Clustering with Vanishing Point and Vanishing Line 388A. Minagawa, N. Tagawa, T. Moriya, T. Gotoh

The Wiener Filter and Regularization Methods for Image Restoration Problems 394L. D 'Amore, V. De Simone, A. Murli

Symmetry Detection by Random Sampling and Voting Process 400A. Imiya, T. Ueno, I. Fermin

Self-Training Statistic Snake for Image Segmentation and Tracking 406P. Radeva, X. Pardo, J. Villanueva

Segmentation and Object Detection with Gabor Filters and Cumulative Histograms 412T. Shioyama, H. Wu, S. Mitani

Creation of Real Images which are Valid for the Assumptions Made in Shape from Shading 418P. Daniel, J. Durou

Describing Patterns in Flow-like Images 424P. Rodrigues, A. de Araujo, M. Pinotti

A New Deformable Contour Method 430X. Wang, W. Wee

A Golden Block Self-Generating Scheme for Continous Patterned Wafer Inspections 436S. Guan, P. Xie

Invited Talk

Machine Vision for Medical Image Analysis and Virtual Surgery 444N. Ayache

Session 7 — Domain Applications I: Biomedicine

Fast 3D Image Transformations for Registration Procedures 446D. Sarrut, S. Miguet

Automatic Detection of the Intimal and the Adventitial Layers of theCommon Carotid Artery Wall in Ultrasound B-Mode Images using Snakes 452

D. Cheng, A. Schmidt-Trucksdss, K. Cheng, M. Sandrock, Q. Pu, H. Burkhardt

3D Reconstruction of Third Proximal Femur (31-) with Active Contours .458L. Safont, E. Marroquin

Automatic Classification of Clustered Microcalcifications by a Multiple Expert System 464S. De Vito, F. Tortorella, M. Vento

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Computer Aided Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Nodules using Curvature Based Analysis 470Y. Kawata, N. Niki, H. Ohmatsu, M. Kusumoto, R. Kakinuma, K. Mori,H. Nishiyama, K. Eguchi, M. Kaneko, N. Moriyama

Poster Session C — Object and Scene Recognition

Underwater Buried Object Recognition using Wavelet Packets and Fourier Descriptors ....478D. Boulinguez, A. Quinquis

Shape-from-Shading using a Curvature Consistency Constraints 484P. Worthington, E. Hancock

A Modified Modular Eigenspace Approach to Face Recognition 4905. Cagnoni, A. Poggi, G. Porcari

Subpixellic Eyes Detection 496R. Mariani

Robotic Wheelchair Observing Its Inside and Outside 502Y. Kuno, S. Nakanishi, T. Murashima, N. Shimada, Y. Shirai

3D Object Recognition by VC-graphs and Interactive Constraint Satisfaction 508R. Cucchiara, E. Lamma, P. Mello, M. Milano, M. Piccardi

Differential Equations for Phase-based Stereo-Vision 514B. Crespi

Motion Detection, Labeling, Data Association and Tracking, in Real-time on RISC Computer 520L. Lacassagne, M. Milgram, P. Garda

Two Computer Vision-based Tracking Applications Solved using a Robust Parallel Optimizer 526P. Bazin, P. Gerard, A. Gagalowicz

An Integrated Face Detection and Recognition System 532L. Koh, S. Ranganath, M. Lee, Y. Venkatesh

Inspection by Implicit Polynomials 1218C. Unsalan, A. Ercil

Morphing as a Tool for Motion Modelling 5385. Gene, F. Yarman-Vural

Image Sequence Analysis using a Spatio-Temporal Coding for Automatic Lipreading 544A. Baig, R. Seguier, G. Voucher

On Observing Shape from Defocused Images 550A. Mennucci, S. Soatto

Projective Decomposition of Planar Facets 556L Theiler, H. Chabbi

Knowledge-based Methods for Classifier Combination: An Experimental Investigation 562V. Di Lecce, G. Dimauro, A. Guerriero, S. Impedovo, G. Pirlo, A. Salzo

A Navigation System for Vision-Guided Mobile Robots 566S. Vitabile, F. Pullara, G. Pilato, F. Sorbello

Active Face and Feature Tracking 572L Jordao, M. Perrone, J. Santos-Victor, J. Costeira

Simultaneous Multitarget Detection and False Alarm Mitigation Algorithm for thePredator UAV TESAR ATR System 577

D. Rosario

Identifying and Tracking Ellipses: A Technique based on Elliptical Deformable Templates 582A. Scaggiante, R. Frezza, M. Zampato

Automatic Quality Control of Industrial Products for Irrigation 588A. Anzalone, G. Gugliotta, A. Machi, G. Sardisco

Facial Expression Morphing and Animation with Local Warping Methods 594D. Lin, H. Huang

A Real-Time Motion Capture System with Multiple Camera Fusion 600S. Yonemoto, A. Matsumoto, D. Arita, R. Taniguchi

How to Rotate a Camera 606C. Tomasi, J. Zhang

Cellular Automata Based Optical Flow Computation for "Just-in-Time" Applications 612G. Adorni, S. Cagnoni, M. Mordonini

Real-time Detection of Moving Vehicles 618R. Cucchiara, M. Piccardi, A. Prati, N. Scarabottolo

Depth Image Matching for Underwater Vehicle Navigation 624M. Sistiaga, J. Opderbecke, M. Aldon

A DSP-based Real Time Contour Tracking System 630V. Gemignani, S. Provvedi, M. Demi, M. Paterni, A. Benassi

A Computer Vision System for Automatic Knowledge-Based Configuration of the Image Processing andHierarchical Object Recognition 636

A. Vu

Feature Matching by Searching Maximum Clique on High Order Association Graph 642A. Branca, E. Stella, A. Distante

Methods for Dynamic Classifier Selection 659G. Giacinto, F. Roli

Image Stabilization by Features Tracking 665A. Censi, A. Fusiello, V. Roberto

Invited Talk

Visualizing the Potential of Interactive Systems 670H. Thimbleby

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Session 8 — Image Communication

The Photographer Metaphor for Content based Image Retrieval 680J. Assfalg, A. Del Bimbo, P. Pala

Unsupervised Extraction of Salient Region-Descriptors for Content based Image Retrieval 686A. Ditnai

Using Relevance Feedback to Learn Visual Concepts from Image Instances 692J. Hsieh, C. Chiang, Y. Huang

Region-based Modeling and Tree Edit Distance as a Basis for Gesture Recognition 698J. Bellando, R. Kothari

SIC_DB: Multi-Modal Database for Person Authentication 704C. Beumier, M. Acheroy

Image Processing for Restoration of Old Film Sequences 709T. Saito, T. Komatsu, T. Hoshi, T. Ohuchi

Image Basic Features Indexing Techniques for Video Skimming 715V. DiLecce, G. Dimauro, A. Guerriero, S. Impedovo, G. Pirlo, A. Salzo

Poster Session D — Images in Biomedicine and Remote Sensing

Hartley Transform in Compression of Medical Ultrasonic Images 722/. Duleba

Automatic Segmentation of Microaneurysms in Retinal Angiograms of Diabetic Patients 728A. Mendonca, A. Campilho, J. Nunes

Diatom Identification: A Double Challenge Called ADIAC 734H. du Buf, M. Bayer, S. Droop, R. Head, S. Juggins, S. Fischer, H. Bunke,M. Wilkinson, J. Roerdink, J. Pech-Pacheco, G. Cristobal, H. Shahbazkia, A. Ciobanu

Location of the Pupil-Iris Border in Slit-Lamp Images of the Cornea 740N. Ritter, J. Cooper, R. Owens, P. van Saarloos

Segmentation of X-Ray CT Images using Stochastic Templates 746C. Glasbey, C. Robinson, M. Young

Automatic Correction of Bias Field in Magnetic Resonance Images 752M. Garza-Jinich, V. Medina, P. Meer, O. Yanez

Detection of Rounded Opacities on Chest Radiographs using Convergence Index Filter 757J. Wei, Y. Hagihara, H. Kobatake

Continous Pseudo-Inverse Image Reconstruction in Spiral Magnetic Resonance Imaging 762R. Van de Walle, B. Desplanques, I. Lemahieu

Automated Lesion Detection Methods for 2D and 3D Chest X-Ray Images 768T. Hara, H. Fujita, Y. Lee, H. Yoshimura, S. Kido

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Dempster-Shafer's Theory as an Aid to Color Information Processing Application toMelanoma Detection in Dermatology 774

P. Vannoorenberghe, O. Colot, D. De Brucq

Integer Wavelet Packets and their Application to a Lossy Compression System for SAR Images 780E. Magli, G. Olmo, F. Sellone

Extracting Multispectral Edges in Satellite Images over Agricultural Fields 786A. Rydberg, G. Borgefprs

An Interpretation System for Cadastral Maps 792E. Katona, G. Hudra

Accuracy of a Supervised Classification of the Artificial Objects in Thermal Hyperspectral Images 798S. Bajic

Detection of Roads from Satellite Image using the Optimal Search 804Y. Rianto, T. Kim, S. Kondo

A Methodology for Woody Crop Location and Discrimination in Remote Sensing 810J. Garcia-Consuegra, G. Cisneros, A. Martinez

Classification and Representation of Networks from Satellite Images 816V. Prinet, S. Ma, O. Monga

Session 9 — Domain Applications II: Cultural Heritage

3D Models of Architectural Scenes from Uncalibrated Images and Vanishing Points 824R. Cipolla, D. Robertson

A New Evolutionary Learning Model for Handwritten Character Prototyping 830L. Cordelia, C. De Stefano, A. Delia Cioppa, A. Marcelli

Character Segmentation in Highly Blurred Ancient Printed Documents 836A. Tonazzini, L Bedini

Social and Content-based Information Filtering for a Web Graphics Recommender System 842J. Tatemura, S. Santini, R. Jain

About Modeling Cultural Heritage Objects with Limited Computer Resources 848G. Cortelazzo, F. Marton

Session 10 — Domain Applications III: Remote Sensing

SAR Image Processing using Artificial Intelligence Planning 856F. Fisher, S. Chien, E. Lo, R. Greeley

Finding Water Depths from Synthetic Remotely Sensed Images 862M. Martin, M. Luna, F. Valero, S. Lea, M. Lybanon

A Radar Reflectance Model for Terrain Analysis using Shape from Shading 868R. Wilson, E. Hancock

Memory-based Forecasting of Complex Natural Patterns by Retrieving Similar Image Sequences 874K. Otsuka, T. Horikoshi, S. Suzuki, H. Kojima

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Poster Session E — Image Communication

Detection of Video Scene Breaks Using Directional Information in DCT Domain 882T. Hwang, D. Jeong

Dominant Color Region based Indexing for CBIR 887K. Ravishankar, B. Prasad, S. Gupta, K. Biswas

Measuring Classification Complexity of Image Databases: A Novel Approach 893A. Rahman, M. Fairhurst

Skin Colour Region Detection in MPEG Video Sequences 898L. Gu, D. Bone

Image Retrieval based on Chromaticity Moments 904G. Paschos, I. Radev

Image Indexing using Weighted Color Histogram 909D. Park, J. Park, T. Kim, J. Han

Similarity Retrieval of Trademark Images 915G. Ciocca, R. Schettini

Extraction of Bibliography Information based on Image of Book Cover 921H. Yang, N. Onda, M. Kashimura, S. Ozawa

A Compact Wavelet Index for Retrieval in Image Database 927M. Albanesi, M. Ferretti, A. Giancane

Background Removal in Image Indexing and Retrieval 933Y. Lu, H. Guo

A New Database of Confusing Characters for Testing Character Recognition Algorithms 939V. Di Lecce, G. Dimauro, A. Guerriero, S. Impedovo, G. Pirlo, A. Salzo

Retrieval by Shape using Multidimensional Indexing Structures 945S. Berretti, A. Del Bimbo, P. Pala

Content-based Similarity Retrieval of Images based on Spatial Color Distributions 951H. Yamamoto, H. Iwasa, N. Yokoya, H. Takemura

Invariant Scene Description based on Salient Regions for Preattentive Similarity Assessment 957A. Dimai

Construction of City Video Database based on Automatic Scene Detection and Recognition 963H. Jin, Y. Yoshitomo, M. Sakauchi

Human Computer Interface for Gesture-based Editing System 969H. Yoon, B. Min, J. Soh, Y. Bae, H. Yang

Using Fractal Encoding for Image Indexing 975R. Distasi, M. Nappi, M. Tucci

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An Interactive Visual Environment to Understand, Model and Exploit User Subjectivity inImage Retrieving Systems 981

N. Bianchi-Berthouze, T. Kato

AFuzzy Approach to Segment Document Images 987F. Giorgini, S. Dellepiane, A. Verrini

A Simple Multi-layer Digital Video Coder for Multimedia Network Applications 992A. Grattarola, A. Iscra, S. Zappatore

Using Normal Patterns in Handwritten Character Recognition 997G. Tascini, A. Montesanto, P. Puliti

Understanding the Page Logical Structure 1003L Cinque, L Forino, S. Levialdi, L. Lombardi, S. Tanimoto

A Virtual Reality Environment for Web Browsing 1009M. Cibelli, G. Costagliola, G. Polese, G. Tortora

New Tools for Image Interaction 1015A. Biancardi

Design of a Visual Environment for Evaluating and Customizing Medical ImageCompression Techniques 1021

A. Signoroni, A. Bianchi, P. Mussio, R. Leonardi

ToCAI: A Framework for Indexing and Retrieval of Multimedia Documents 1027N. Adami, A. Bugatti, A. Corghi, R. Leonardi, P. Migliorati, L. Rossi, C. Saraceno

Young Scientists ForumChair: A. Fusiello

Quality Assessment of Compressed Cardiac MRI. Effect of Lossy Compression onComputerized Physiological Parameters 1034

C. Cavaro-Menard, A. Le Duff, P. Balzer, B. Denizot, O. Morel, P. Jallet, J. Le Jeune

Fast Search for Entropy-Constrained VQ 1038J. Cardinal

Cell Segmentation with Median Filter and Mathematical Morphology Operation 1043D. Anoraganingrum

A Two-stage Codebook Building Method using Fast WAN 1047F. Balado Pumariho, 6. Florez

Thin Edge Detector 1051A. Trujillo

Texture Extraction from Photographs and Rendering with Dynamic Texture Mapping 10555. Gene, V. Atalay

Assisted Video Sequences Indexing: Motion Analysis based on Interest Points 1059E. Etievent, F. Lebourgeois, J. Jolion

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Determining the Skeletons of the Auroras 1063M. Syrjdsuo, T. Pulkkinen

Strong-from-Weak Model Sensor Estimation using Voronoi Diagrams 1067B. Debaque, S. Gobert, G. Ruckebusch, G. Stamon

Extraction of Traffic Information from Images at DEIS 1073E. Viarani

Face Recognition using Binary Thresholding for Features Extraction 1077C. Fraga Bobis, R. Corsino Gonzalez, J. Cancelas, I. Alvarez, J. Enguita

Fast Localisation of Mechanical Components using Hough Transform 10815. Pace

Finding Faces in Color Images using Wavelet Transform 1085J. Karlekar, U. Desai

Special Session on Advanced Video-Based Surveillance SystemsChairs: P. Mahonen, C. Regazzoni, G.L. Foresti

Wireless Video Surveillance: System Concepts 1090P. Mahonen

Active Outdoor Surveillance 1096/. Haritaoglu, D. Harwood, L. Davis

Multimedia Communication Techniques for Remote Cable-based Video-Surveillance Systems 1100C. Sacchi, C. Regazzoni

A Multi-agent Framework for Visual Surveillance 1104J. Orwell, S. Massey, P. Remagnino, D. Greenhill, G. Jones

Image Analysis for Video Surveillance based on Spatial Regularization of aStatistical Model-based Change Detection 1108

F. Ziliani, A. Cavallaro

Real-time Surveillance System Detecting Persons in Complex Scenes 1112A. Iketani, Y. Kuno, N. Shimada, Y. Shirai

Dyta: An Intelligent System for Moving Target Detection 1116Y. Murphey, H. Lu, S. Lakshmanan, G. Gerhart, R. Karlsen, T. Meitzler

Poster Session

Surveillance Sensor Systems using CMOS Imagers 1124A. Teuner, H. Hillebrand, B. Hosticka, S. Park, J. Santos Conde, N. Stevanovic

Traffic Monitoring in Motorways by Real-Time Number Plate Recognition 1128P. Castello, C. Coelho, E. Del Ninno, E. Ottaviani, M. Zanini

Passengers Queue Length Measurement 1132D. Aubert

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Illumination Invariant Background Extraction 1136E. Durucan, J. Snoeckx, Y. Weilenmann

Single Camera Multiplexing for Multi-Target Tracking 1140C. BenAbdelkader, P. Burlina, L. Davis

Monitoring Motorway Infrastructures for Detection of Dangerous Events 1144G. Foresti, B. Pani

Filtering and Prediction Techniques in Radar Tracking of Vehicles for Assisted Driving 1148R. Bolla, F. Davoli, B. Pani, P. Scala

Special Session on Graph-Theoretic Techniques in Computer VisionChair: M. Pelillo

Attributed Tree Matching and Maximum Weight Cliques 1154M. Pelillo, K. Siddiqi, S. Zucker

Attribute Trees in Image Analysis — Heuristic Matching and Learning Techniques 1160M. Peura

Bayesian Graph Edit Distance 1166R. Myers, R. Wilson, E. Hancock

Performance Evaluation of the VF Graph Matching Algorithm 1172L. Cordelia, P. Foggia, C. Sansone, M. Vento

Managing the Complexity of Match in Retrieval by Spatial Arrangement 11785. Berretti, A. Del Bimbo, E. Vicario

Graph Cut: Application to Bayesian Emission Tomography Reconstruction 1184M. Bonneville, J. Meunier, S. Roy

Special Session on Design and Evaluation of Visual Interactive SystemsChair: P. Bottoni

Evaluating WIMP Interfaces through the SUE Approach 1192M. Costabile, M. Matera

The Development of Hierarchical Visual Languages 1198G. Costagliola, F. Ferrucci, G. Polese, G. Vitiello

Special Session on European Research Projects

Scalable Architectures with Hardware Extensions for Low Bitrate Variable BandwidthRealtime Videocommunications (SCALAR) 1206

G. Parodi, I. Barbieri, M. Raggio

AMOVIP: Advanced Modeling of Visual Information Processing 1208G. Cristobal, M. Keil, H. du Buf, B. Escalante, L. Pessoa

Remote Cable-based Video Surveillance Applications: The AVS-RIO Project 1214C. Sacchi, C. Regazzoni, C. Dambra

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A Vision System for Flexible Objects Analysis 1216G. Foresti, S. Gentili, R. Giannitrapani, R. Scarpella, W. Vanzella

Index of Authors 1227

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