Advances in Machine Vision, Image Processing, and Pattern Analysis: International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Pattern Analysis/synthesis, Iwicpas 2006, Xi'an, China, August 26-27, 2006, Proceedings

Object Detection, Tracking and Recognition.- Robust Tracking with and Beyond Visible Spectrum: A Four-Layer Data Fusion Framework.- Scale Space Based Grammar for Hand Detection.- Combined Classifiers for Action Recognition.- Adaptive Sparse Vector Tracking Via Online Bayesian Learning.- Iterative Division and Correlograms for Detection and Tracking of Moving Objects.- Human Pose Estimation from Polluted Silhouettes Using Sub-manifold Voting Strategy.- Kernel Modified Quadratic Discriminant Function for Facial Expression Recognition.- 3D Motion from Image Derivatives Using the Least Trimmed Square Regression.- Motion and Gray Based Automatic Road Segment Method MGARS in Urban Traffic Surveillance.- A Statistically Selected Part-Based Probabilistic Model for Object Recognition.- Approximate Vehicle Waiting Time Estimation Using Adaptive Video-Based Vehicle Tracking.- Mouth Region Localization Method Based on Gaussian Mixture Model.- Traffic Video Segmentation Using Adaptive-K Gaussian Mixture Model.- EM-in-M: Analyze and Synthesize Emotion in Motion.- Pattern Representation and Modeling.- Discriminant Transform Based on Scatter Difference Criterion in Hidden Space.- Looking for Prototypes by Genetic Programming.- Identifying Single Good Clusters in Data Sets.- A New Simplified Gravitational Clustering Method for Multi-prototype Learning Based on Minimum Classification Error Training.- Speaker Identification and Verification Using Support Vector Machines and Sparse Kernel Logistic Regression.- Monitoring Abnormal Patterns with Complex Semantics over ICU Data Streams.- Spatial-temporal Analysis Method of Plane Circuits Based on Two-Layer Cellular Neural Networks.- Feature-Based Synchronization of Video and Background Music.- Visual Pattern Modeling.- An Integration Concept for Vision-Based Object Handling: Shape-Capture, Detection and Tracking.- Visual Information Encryption in Frequency Domain: Risk and Enhancement.- Automatic 3D Face Model Reconstruction Using One Image.- Cognitive Approach to Visual Data Interpretation in Medical Information and Recognition Systems.- Modelling the Human Visual Process by Evolving Images from Noise.- A Novel Recovery Algorithm of Incomplete Observation Matrix for Converting 2-D Video to 3-D Content.- Study on the Geolocation Algorithm of Space-Borne SAR Image.- Image Processing.- Perceptual Image Retrieval Using Eye Movements.- A Pseudo-hilbert Scan Algorithm for Arbitrarily-Sized Rectangle Region.- Panoramas from Partially Blurred Video.- Salience-Preserving Image Composition with Luminance Consistency.- Filament Enhancement by Non-linear Volumetric Filtering Using Clustering-Based Connectivity.- Applying Preattentive Visual Guidance in Document Image Analysis.- Efficient and Robust Segmentations Based on Eikonal and Diffusion PDEs.- Local Orientation Estimation in Corrupted Images.- Illumination-Invariant Color Image Correction.- Motion Blur Identification in Noisy Images Using Feed-Forward Back Propagation Neural Network.- Using Shear Invariant for Image Denoising in the Contourlet Domain.- Region-Based Shock-Diffusion Equation for Adaptive Image Enhancement.- A Statistical Level Set Framework for Segmentation of Left Ventricle.- A Bayesian Estimation Approach to Super-Resolution Reconstruction for Face Images.- Hierarchical Markovian Models for Hyperspectral Image Segmentation.- Compression and Coding.- Adaptive Geometry Compression Based on 4-Point Interpolatory Subdivision Schemes.- Parametrization Construction of Integer Wavelet Transforms for Embedded Image Coding.- Reinforcement Learning with Raw Image Pixels as Input State.- New Region of Interest Medical Image Coding for JPEG2000: Compensation-Based Partial Bitplane Alternating Shift.- A New Wavelet Lifting Scheme for Image Compression Applications.- Texture Analysis and Synthesis.- BTF Modelling Using BRDF Texels.- Texture Classification Via Stationary-Wavelet Based Contourlet Transform.- Automatic Color-Texture Image Segmentation by Using Active Contours.