BMVC91 : Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference, organised for the British Machine Vision Association by the Turing Institute 24-26 September 1991 University of Glasgow

This volume provides the reader with a "snapshot" of state-of-the-art developments in computer vision and image processing that have taken place in the UK during 1990 and 1991. At this year's British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC '91) - the premier annual conference for the UK vision community - competition for papers to be accepted was as keen as in past years and the quality of those that were selected illustrates the high standards of research and development in this strategically important area. These papers, along with the shorter posters, cover topics such as segmentation and feature extraction, stereo and motion analysis, shading and texture methods, object recognition and inspection techniques, and medical image processing, as well as a variety of new developments in computer hardware, including active sensing. This book is an important reference for researchers and applications workers in computer vision, machine vision, and image processing, in academic institutions and industry - in fact for anyone wanting to keep up to date in this challenging and fast-moving area.

Image Motion Analysis Made Simple and Fast, One Component at a Time.- Visual Modelling.- Distributed Dynamic Processing for Edge Detection.- Boundary Detection Using Bayesian Nets.- Parallel Implementation of Lagrangian Dynamics for Real-time Snakes.- Supervised Segmentation Using a Multi-resolution Data Representation.- 3D Grouping by Viewpoint Consistency Ascent.- A Trainable Method of Parametric Shape Description.- Using Projective Invariants for Constant Time Library Indexing in Model Based Vision.- Invariants of a Pair of Conics Revisited.- A Modal Approach to Feature-based Correspondence.- A Method of Obtaining the Relative Positions of 4 Points from 3 Perspective Projections.- Properties of Local Geometric Constraints.- Texture Boundary Detection — A Structural Approach.- The Inference of Structure in Images Using Multi-local Quadrature Filters.- Low-level Grouping of Straight Line Segments.- Connective Hough Transform.- Ellipse Detection and Matching with Uncertainty.- Cooperating Motion Processes.- Tracking Curved Objects by Perspective Inversion.- Optimal Surface Fusion.- Recursive Updating of Planar Motion.- A Fractal Shape Signature.- Locating Overlapping Flexible Shapes Using Geometrical Constraints.- Gaze Control for a Two-Eyed Robot Head.- Visual Evidence Accumulation in Radiograph Inspection.- A New Aproach to Active Illumination.- A Comparative Analysis of Algorithms for Determining the Peak Position of a Stripe to Sub-pixel Accuracy.- Synthetic Images of Faces — An Approach to Model-Based Face Recognition.- Finding Image Features Using Deformable Templates and Detailed Prior Statistical Knowledge.- Relational Model Construction and 3D Object Recognition from Single 2D Monochromatic Image.- Recognising Cortical Sulci and Gyri in MR Images.- Classification of Breast Tissue by Texture Analysis.- Model-Based Image Interpretation Using Genetic Algorithms.- Automated Analysis of Retinal Images.- Segmentation of MR Images Using Neural Nets.- Detecting and Classifying Intruders in Image Sequences.- Structure from Constrained Motion Using Point Correspondences.- Model-Based Tracking.- Local Method for Curved Edges and Corners.- The Kinematics and Eye Movements for a Two-Eyed Robot Head.- Colour and Texture Analysis for Automated Sorting of Eviscera.- Image Coding Based on Contour Models.- An Automated Approach to Stereo Matching Seasat Imagery.- Data Fusion Using an MLP.- Passive Estimation of Range to Objects from Image Sequences.- Imaging Polarimetry for Industrial Inspection.- Computing with Uncertainty: Intervals versus Probabilities.- Recognizing Parameterized Objects Using 3D Edges.- Optic Disk Boundary Detection.- Computation of Smoothed Local Symmetries on a MIMD Architecture.- Parameterising Images for Recognition and Reconstruction.- Kalman Filters in Constrained Model Based Tracking.- A Novel Approach to Motion Segmentation.- An Efficient and Robust Local Boundary Operator.- The Active Stereo Probe: Dynamic Video Feedback.- Design of an Anthropomorphic Robot Head.- A Monocular Ground Plane Estimation System.- Recognition with Second-Order Topographic Surface Features.- Heuristically Guided Polygon Finding.- The Amplification of Textural Differences.- Edge Labelling by Fusion of Intensity and Range Data.- Author Index.