Image Analysis and Recognition : Third International Conference, ICIAR 2006, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, September 18-20, 2006, Proceedings, Part II

Pattern Recognition for Image Analysis.- Using Local Integral Invariants for Object Recognition in Complex Scenes.- Sharing Visual Features for Animal Categorization: An Empirical Study.- Object Categorization Using Kernels Combining Graphs and Histograms of Gradients.- Alternative Approaches and Algorithms for Classification.- A Pool of Classifiers by SLP: A Multi-class Case.- A Graph Spectral Approach to Consistent Labelling.- Gesture Recognition Using a Marionette Model and Dynamic Bayesian Networks (DBNs).- On Subspace Distance.- Ant Based Fuzzy Modeling Applied to Marble Classification.- A General Weighted Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm.- Integration of Expert Knowledge and Image Analysis Techniques for Medical Diagnosis.- Computer Vision.- Depth Recovery from Motion and Defocus Blur.- Using Cartesian Models of Faces with a Data-Driven and Integrable Fitting Framework.- A Novel Omnidirectional Stereo Vision System with a Single Camera.- A Neural Network for Simultaneously Reconstructing Transparent and Opaque Surfaces.- A Light Scattering Model for Layered Rough Surfaces.- Model Based Selection and Classification of Local Features for Recognition Using Gabor Filters.- Inferring Stochastic Regular Grammar with Nearness Information for Human Action Recognition.- Real Time Vehicle Pose Using On-Board Stereo Vision System.- Content-Based 3D Retrieval by Krawtchouk Moments.- Uncalibrated Visual Servoing in 3D Workspace.- A Real-Time 3D Modeling System Using Multiple Stereo Cameras for Free-Viewpoint Video Generation.- CAD Model Visual Registration from Closed-Contour Neighborhood Descriptors.- Biometrics.- Is Enough Enough? What Is Sufficiency in Biometric Data?.- Improving Minutiae Detection in Fingerprints Using Multiresolution Contrast Enhancement.- A Combined Radial Basis Function Model for Fingerprint Distortion.- Face and Ear: A Bimodal Identification System.- Comparison of Novel Dimension Reduction Methods in Face Verification.- Automatic 3D Face Feature Points Extraction with Spin Images.- Face Recognition by Cortical Multi-scale Line and Edge Representations.- Generic Facial Encoding for Shape Alignment with Active Models.- Ultra Fast GPU Assisted Face Recognition Based on 3D Geometry and Texture Data.- Face Recognition from Spatially-Morphed Video Sequences.- Shape and Matching.- Spanning Trees from the Commute Times of Random Walks on Graphs.- On a Polynomial Vector Field Model for Shape Representation.- A Fast Algorithm for Template Matching.- Shape Recognition Via an a Contrario Model for Size Functions.- A Stable Marriages Algorithm to Optimize Satisfaction and Equity.- A Novel Approach for Affine Point Pattern Matching.- Geometric Invariant Curve and Surface Normalization.- Estimating 3D Facial Shape and Motion from Stereo Image Using Active Appearance Models with Stereo Constraints.- Approximation of a Polyline with a Sequence of Geometric Primitives.- Biomedical Image Analysis.- Real-Time Denoising of Medical X-Ray Image Sequences: Three Entirely Different Approaches.- Analysis of Fuzzy Clustering Algorithms for the Segmentation of Burn Wounds Photographs.- New Characteristics for the Classification of Burns: Experimental Study.- The Class Imbalance Problem in TLC Image Classification.- Faster, More Accurate Diffusion Filtering for Fetal Ultrasound Volumes.- Fully Automatic Determination of Morphological Parameters of Proximal Femur from Calibrated Fluoroscopic Images Through Particle Filtering.- Analysis System of Endoscopic Image of Early Gastric Cancer.- Transmission Tomography Reconstruction Using Compound Gauss-Markov Random Fields and Ordered Subsets.- Semivariogram Applied for Classification of Benign and Malignant Tissues in Mammography.- A Method for Interpreting Pixel Grey Levels in Digital Mammography.- Prostate Tissue Characterization Using TRUS Image Spectral Features.- Multi-dimensional Visualization and Analysis of Cardiac MR Images During Long-Term Follow-Up.- A Multiclassifier Approach for Lung Nodule Classification.- Lung Parenchyma Segmentation from CT Images Based on Material Decomposition.- Digitisation and 3D Reconstruction of 30 Year Old Microscopic Sections of Human Embryo, Foetus and Orbit.- Skin Lesion Diagnosis Using Fluorescence Images.- Special Session: Brain Imaging.- 3D Method of Using Spatial-Varying Gaussian Mixture and Local Information to Segment MR Brain Volumes.- Robust Ordering of Independent Spatial Components of fMRI Data Using Canonical Correlation Analysis.- EpiGauss: Spatio-temporal Characterization of Epiletogenic Activity Applied to Hypothalamic Hamartomas.- Special Session: Remote Sensing Image Processing.- Identification of Martian Polygonal Patterns Using the Dynamics of Watershed Contours.- Fast Sparse Multinomial Regression Applied to Hyperspectral Data.- A Bayesian Approach for Building Detection in Densely Build-Up High Resolution Satellite Image.- Striping Noise Removal of Satellite Images by Nonlinear Mapping.- Hyperspectral Image Analysis for Precision Viticulture.- Geometric and Radiometric Improvement of an Ikonos Panchromatic Image Using a Digital Surface Model.- Applications.- Defect Detection in Random Colour Textures Using the MIA T2 Defect Maps.- Joint Spatial and Tonal Mosaic Alignment for Motion Detection with PTZ Camera.- Handwriting Similarities as Features for the Characterization of Writer’s Style Invariants and Image Compression.- NN Automated Defect Detection Based on Optimized Thresholding.- Pedestrian Detection Using Stereo and Biometric Information.- A System for Automatic Counting the Number of Collembola Individuals on Petri Disk Images.- Combining Template Matching and Model Fitting for Human Body Segmentation and Tracking with Applications to Sports Training.- Integrating Low-Level and Semantic Visual Cues for Improved Image-to-Video Experiences.- Multi-font Script Identification Using Texture-Based Features.- Comparison of Region and Edge Segmentation Approaches to Recognize Fish Oocytes in Histological Images.- Fundamental Region Based Indexing and Classification of Islamic Star Pattern Images.- Automating Visual Inspection of Print Quality.- BigBatch – An Environment for Processing Monochromatic Documents.- An HMM-SNN Method for Online Handwriting Symbol Recognition.- A Novel Shadow Detection Algorithm for Real Time Visual Surveillance Applications.