3. VISAPP 2008: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Alpesh Ranchordas, Helder Araújo (Eds.): VISAPP 2008: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, January 22-25, 2008 - Volume 1. INSTICC - Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication 2008 ISBN 978-989-8111-21-0
Invited Speakers
Keynote Lectures
José L. Encarnação: Augmented Reality for Industrial Applications in Design, Production and Maintenance. 5-6
Geneviève Lucet: Virtual Reality - A Knowledge Tool for Cultural Heritage. 7-8
Peter F. Sturm: General Imaging - Design, Modelling and Applications. 9-10
Adrian Hilton: Video-Based Animation of People. 11-12
Russell Bobbitt, Jonathan H. Connell, Myron Flickner, Norman Haas, Arun Hampapur, Dick Harris, Charles Kurtz, Bill Lloyd, Charles Otto, Sharath Pankanti, Unsang Park, Jason Payne: Retail Vision-Based Self-checkout - Exploring Real Time Real Purpose General Vision System. 13-14
Image Formation and Processing
Full papers


Jacopo Grazzini, Pierre Soille: Edge-Preserving Smoothing of Natural Images Based on Geodesic Time Functions. 20-27
Juho Kannala, Sami S. Brandt, Janne Heikkilä: Self-Calibration of Central Cameras by Minimizing Angular Error. 28-35
Matteo Pedone, Janne Heikkilä: Constrain Propagation for Ghost Removal in High Dynamic Range Images. 36-41
Qian Tao, Raymond N. J. Veldhuis: A Study on Illumination Normalization for 2D Face Verification. 42-49
Anastasios L. Kesidis: Limited Angle Image Reconstruction Using Four High Resolution Projection Axes at Co-Prime Ratio View Angles. 50-57
Nicola Asuni, Andrea Giachetti: Accuracy Improvements and Artifacts Removal in Edge Based Image Interpolation. 58-65
Norihiko Kawai, Tomokazu Sato, Naokazu Yokoya: Image Inpainting Considering Brightness Change and Spatial Locality of Textures. 66-73
Gerald Zwettler, Franz Pfeifer, Roland Swoboda, Werner Backfrieder: Accelerated Skeletonization Algorithm for Tubular Structures in Large Datasets by Randomized Erosion. 74-81
Short papers
Pooneh Bagheri Zadeh, Tom Buggy, Akbar Sheikh Akbari: Progressive DCT Based Image Codec Using Statistical Parameters. 85-92
Franklin César Flores, Leonardo Bespalhuk Facci, Roberto de Alencar Lotufo: Color Quantization by Morphological Histogram Processing. 93-100
Carlos A. B. Mello, Adriano L. I. Oliveira, Ángel Sánchez: Historical Document Image Binarization. 108-113
Jaume Vergés-Llahí, Daniel Moldovan, Toshikazu Wada: A New Reliability Measure for Essential Matrices Suitable in Multiple View Calibration. 114-121
Edoardo Ardizzone, Haris Dindo, Giuseppe Mazzola: Filling-in Gaps in Textured Images Using Bit-Plane Statistics. 122-127
Olivier Tulet, Mohamed-Chaker Larabi, Christine Fernandez-Maloigne: Use of Spatial Adaptation for Image Rendering Based on an Extension of the Ciecam02. 128-133
M. Usman Akram, Anam Tariq, Shahida Jabeen, Shoab Ahmad Khan: Fingerprint Image Segmentation Based on Boundary Values. 134-138
J. J. Charles, Ludmila I. Kuncheva, B. Wells, I. S. Lim: Background Segmentation in Microscopy Images. 139-145
Evlambios E. Apostolidis, George A. Triantafyllidis: Free-View Point TV Watermarking Evaluated on Generated Arbitrary Views. 146-151
Gerald Krell, Bernd Michaelis: Multi-Error Correction of Image Forming Systems by Training Samples Maintaining Colors. 152-158
Thomas M. Breuel: Binary Morphology and Related Operations on Run-Length Representations. 159-166
Posters
Jochen Radmer, Alexander Sabov, Jörg Krüger: Data Evaluation for Depth Calibration of a Customary PMD Range Imaging Sensor Considering Objects with Different Albedo. 169-173
Marek Kraft, Adam Schmidt, Andrzej J. Kasinski: High-Speed Image Feature Detection Using FPGA Implementation of Fast Algorithm. 174-179
Darko Dimitrov, Christian Knauer, Klaus Kriegel, Fabian Stehn: Approximate Point-to-Surface Registration with a Single Characteristic Point. 188-195
Danelle E. Cline, Duane R. Edgington, Jérôme Mariette: AN Automated Visual Event Detection System for Cabled Observatory Video. 196-199
Daniel Weingaertner, Olga Regina Pereira Bellon, Luciano Silva, Mônica N. L. Cat: Newborn's Biometric Identification: Can it be done? 200-205
Image Analysis
Full papers
Ketut Fundana, Niels Chr. Overgaard, Anders Heyden, David Gustavsson, Mads Nielsen: Nonrigid Object Segmentation and Occlusion Detection in Image Sequences. 211-218
Jihun Ham, Daniel D. Lee: Learning a Warped Subspace Model of Faces with Images of Unknown Pose and Illumination. 219-226
Pier Paolo Campari, Matteo Matteucci, Davide Migliore: Adding Color to Geodesic Invariant Features. 227-234
M. Saquib Sarfraz, Olaf Hellwich: Head Pose Estimation in Face Recognition Across Pose Scenarios. 235-242

Yulia Gizatdinova, Veikko Surakka: Effect of Facial Expressions on Feature-Based Landmark Localization in Static Grey Scale Images. 259-266
Jaume Garcia-Barnes, Debora Gil, Sandra Pujadas, Francesc Carreras, Manel Ballester: A Normalized Parametric Domain for the Analysis of the Left Ventricular Function. 267-274
Mohammad Amin Sadeghi, Seyyed Mohammad Mohsen Hejrati, Niloofar Gheissari: Poisson Local Color Correction for Image Stitching. 275-282
Tomás Crivelli, Bruno Cernuschi-Frías, Patrick Bouthemy, Jian-Feng Yao: Recognition of Dynamic Video Contents Based on Motion Texture Statistical Models. 283-289
Marion Jähne, Christina Lacalli, Stefan Wesarg: Novel Techniques for Automatically Enhanced Visualization of Coronary Arteries in MSCT Data and for Drawing Direct Comparisons to Conventional Angiography. 290-296
Sébastien Stillittano, Alice Caplier: Inner Lip Segmentation by Combining Active Contours and Parametric Models. 297-304
Short papers
Arjan Kuijper, Yayun Zhou, Bettina Heise: Clustered Cell Segmentation - Based on Iterative Voting and the Level Set Method. 307-314
Ernst D. Dickmanns: Corner Detection with Minimal Effort on Multiple Scales. 315-320
Sebastiano Battiato, Francesco Rundo: A Novel Chaotic Coding System for Lossy Image Compression. 321-326
Jan Bruijns: Robust Estimation of the Pan-Zoom Parameters from a Background Area in Case of a Criss-Crossing Foreground Object. 327-334
Rainer Pielot, Udo Seiffert, Bertram Manz, Diana Weier, Frank Volke, Winfriede Weschke: 4D Warping for Analysing Morphological Changes in Seed Development of Barley Grains. 335-340
Sebastian Zambal, Andreas Schöllhuber, Katja Bühler, Jirí Hladuvka: Fast and Robust Localization of the Heart in Cardiac MRI Series - a Cascade of Operations for Automatically Detecting the Heart in Cine MRI Series. 341-346
Ali Mcheik, Clovis Tauber, Hadj Batatia, Jérôme George, Jean-Michel Lagarde: Speckle Modelization in OCT Images for Skin Layers Segmentation. 347-350
M. Usman Akram, Rabia Arshad, Rabia Anwar, Shoab Ahmad Khan, Sarwat Nasir: Core Point Detection Using Fine Orientation Field Estimation. 351-356
Dana Elena Ilea, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul F. Whelan: Evaluation of Local Orientation for Texture Classification. 357-364
Jens N. Kaftan, André A. Bell, Til Aach: Mean Shift Segmentation - Evaluation of Optimization Techniques. 365-374
Jochen Abhau: A Robust and Efficient Method for Topology Adaptations in Deformable Models. 375-382
M. Usman Akram, Irfan Zafar, Wasim Siddique Khan, Zohaib Mushtaq: Facial Expression Recognition Based on Fuzzy Logic. 383-388
Giacomo Boracchi, Vincenzo Caglioti, Alberto Danesea: Estimating Camera Rotation Parameters From a Blurred Image. 389-395
Manuel Agustí-Melchor, José Miguel Valiente González, Ángel Rodas Jordá: Lattice Extraction Based on Symmetry Analysis. 396-402
Jeong-Gyoo Kim, J. Michael Brady: Characterisation and Automatic Detection of Lymph Nodes on MR Colorectal Images. 403-412
Georgios D. Evangelidis, Emmanouil Z. Psarakis: Projective Image Alignment by Using ECC Maximization. 413-420
Sami Bourouis, Kamel Hamrouni, Mounir Dhibi: Multiresolution Mesh Segmentation of MRI Brain Using Classification and Discrete Curvature. 421-426
Mohamed Dahmane, Jean Meunier: Enhanced Phase-Based Displacement Estimation - An Application to Facial Feature Extraction and Tracking. 427-433
Benoît Deville, Guido Bologna, Michel Vinckenbosch, Thierry Pun: Depth-Based Detection of Salient Moving Objects in Sonified Videos for Blind Users. 434-439
Niloofar Gheissari, Mostafa Kamali, Parisa Mirshams, Zohreh Sharafi: Model Based Blobal Image Registration. 440-445
Nick Pears, Patrick Olivier, Daniel Jackson: Display Registration for Device Interaction - a Proof of Principle Prototype. 446-451
Khadoudja Ghanem, Alice Caplier, Sébastien Stillittano: Estimation of Facial Expression Intensity Based on the Belief Theory. 452-460
Sami Bourouis, Kamel Hamrouni: A Fast and Robust Method for Volumetric MRI Brain Extraction. 461-466
Thales Sehn Korting, Leila Maria Garcia Fonseca, Luciano Vieira Dutra, Felipe Castro da Silva: Image Re-Segmentation - a New Approach Applied to Urban Imagery. 467-472
Federico Tombari, Luigi di Stefano, Stefano Mattoccia, Angelo Galanti: Performance Evaluation of Robust Matching Measures. 473-478
Roberto Medina, Fernando Gayubo, Luis M. González, David Olmedo, Jaime Gómez, Eduardo Zalama Casanova, José R. Perán: Surface Defects Detection on Rolled Steel Strips by Gabor Filters. 479-485
Posters
Hakan Cevikalp, Jakob J. Verbeek, Frédéric Jurie, Alexander Kläser: Semi-Supervised Dimensionality Reduction Using Pairwise Equivalence Constraints. 489-496
Fatma Chaker, Faouzi Ghorbel, M. Tarak Bannour: Content-Based Shape Retrieval Using Different Affine Shape Descriptors. 497-500

El-Hadi Zahzah: Wavelet Transform for Partial Shape Recognition Using Sub-Matrix Matching. 513-517
Ching-Liang Su: Index, Middle, and Ring Finger Extraction and Identification by Index, Middle, and Ring Finger Outlines. 518-520
Miroslav Benes, Barbara Zitová, Janka Hradilová, David Hradil: Image Processing in Material Analyses of Artworks. 521-524
Quan He, Zhengqiao Ji, Q. M. Jonathan Wu: Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Generic Fourier Descriptor and Gabor Filters. 525-528
Noelia Barreira, Manuel G. Penedo, Marcos Ortega, José Rouco: On the Improvement of the Topological Active Volumes Model - A Tetrahedral Approach. 529-534
Nikzad Babaii Rizvandi, Aleksandra Pizurica, Wilfried Philips: Active Appearance Model (AAM) - From Theory to Implementation. 539-542
Meryem Erbilek, Önsen Toygar: Reducing the Effect of Partial Occlusions on Iris Recognition. 543-546
A. Adhipathi Reddy, Sridhar Varadharajan: Automatic Shot Boundary Detection Using Gaussian Mixture Model. 547-550
Angelo Cenedese, Ruggero Frezza, Enrico Campana, Giambattista Gennari, Giorgio Raccanelli: Building a Normality Space of Events - A PCA Approach to Event Detection. 551-554
Matteo Campana, Cecilia Zanella, Barbara Rizzi, Paul Bourgine, Nadine Peyriéras, Alessandro Sarti: A Subjective Surfaces Based Segmentation for the Reconstruction oF Biological Cell Shape. 555-558
Sara Izadi, Ching Y. Suen: Incorporating a New Relational Feature in Arabic Online Handwritten Character Recognition. 559-562
Special Session on Bayesian Approach for Inverse Problems in Computer Vision
Bruno Amizic, Aggelos K. Katsaggelos, Rafael Molina: Using Logarithmic Opinion Pooling Techniques in Bayesian Blind Multi-Channel Restoration. 565-570
Hacheme Ayasso, Ali Mohammad-Djafari: Variational Bayes with Gauss-Markov-Potts Prior Models for Joint Image Restoration and Segmentation. 571-576
Cesario Vincenzo Angelino, Eric Debreuve, Michel Barlaud: A Minimum Entropy Image Denoising Algorithm - Minimizing Conditional Entropy in a New Adaptive Weighted K-th Nearest Neighbor Framework for Image Denoising. 577-582
Special Session on Online Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning Techniques for Computer-Vision Applications
David Masip, Àgata Lapedriza, Jordi Vitrià: Multitask Learning - An Application to Incremental Face Recognition. 585-590
Nikolaos Tsapanos, Anastasios Tefas, Ioannis Pitas: An Online Self-Balancing Binary Search Tree for Hierarchical Shape Matching. 591-597
Danijel Skocaj, Matej Kristan, Ales Leonardis: Continuous Learning of Simple Visual Concepts Using Incremental Kernel Density Estimation. 598-604
Arnaud Declercq, Justus H. Piater: Online Learning of Gaussian Mixture Models - a Two-Level Approach. 605-611
Helmut Grabner, Christian Leistner, Horst Bischof: Time Dependent On-line Boosting for Robust Background Modeling. 612-618



