ICIP 1994: Austin, Texas, USA
Proceedings 1994 International Conference on Image Processing, Austin, Texas, USA, November 13-16, 1994. IEEE 1994 ISBN 0-8186-6950-0 [ contents ]
Volume 1
MA0: Nonlinear Dynamics in Image Processing

Predrag Neskovic, Benjamin B. Kimia: Three-Dimensional Shape Representation from Curvature Dependent Surface Evolution. 6-10
Alfred M. Bruckstein: Analyzing and Synthesizing Images by Evolving Curves. 11-15
Antonin Chambolle: Partial Differential Equations and Image Processing. 16-20
Bart M. ter Haar Romeny, Wiro J. Niessen, Janita Wilting, Luc Florack: Differatial Structure of Images: Accuracy of Representation. 21-25
Francine Catté, Françoise Dibos, Georges Koepfler: A Morphological Scheme for Mean Curvature Motion and Applications to Anisotropic Diffusion and Motion of Level Sets. 26-30
Leonid I. Rudin, Stanley Osher: Total Variation Based Image Restoration with Free Local Constraints. 31-35
MA1: Multiresolution Representation & Processing I
Hans Knutsson, Carl-Fredrik Westin, Gösta H. Granlund: Local Multiscale Frequency and Bandwidth Estimation. 36-40
Joseph P. Havlicek, Alan C. Bovik: Multi-Component AM-FM Image Models and Wavelet-Based Demodulation with Component Tracking. 41-45
Mariappan S. Nadar, Bobby R. Hunt, Philip J. Sementilli: A Unified Space Decomposition Formulation of Iterative Methods in Image Deconvolution. 46-50
Hui Li, B. S. Manjunath, Sanjit K. Mitra: Multi-Sensor Image Fusion using the Wavelet Transform. 51-55
Michael E. Zervakis, Taek Mu Kwon, Andreas E. Savakis: Operator Decomposition using the Wavelet Transform: Fundamental Properties and Image Restoration Applications. 56-60
Jie Liang, Thomas W. Parks: A Two-Dimensional Translation Invariant Wavelet Representation and its Applications. 66-70
Richard G. Baraniuk: Wavelet Soft-Thresholding of Time-Frequency Representations. 71-74
Haitao Guo, J. E. Odegard, Markus Lang, Ramesh A. Gopinath, Ivan W. Selesnick, C. Sidney Burrus: Wavelet Based Speckle Reduction with Application to SAR Based ATD/R. 75-79
MA2: Image Coding I
Homer H. Chen, M. Reha Civanlar, Barry G. Haskell: A Block Transform Coder for Arbitarily Shaped Image Segments. 85-89

Andrew B. Watson: Perceptual Optimization of DCT Color Quantization Matrices. 100-104
Luciano Vereda Oliveira, Abraham Alcaim: Identification of Dominant Coefficients in DCT Image Coders using Weighted Vector Quantization. 110-113
Dong Wook Kang, Jun Seok Song, Hee Bok Park, Choong Woong Lee: Sequential Vector Quantization of Directionally Decomposed DCT Coefficients. 114-118
D. Gimeno, Luis Torres, Josep R. Casas: A New Approach to Texture Coding using Stochastic Vector Quantization. 119-123
Mahesh Venkatraman, Nasser M. Nasrabadi: Constrained Gradient Descent Algorithm for Residual Vector Quantizer Design. 124-128
Chang Y. Choo, Nasser M. Nasrabadi: Evaluation of Design Parameters for a Cache Vector Quantization System. 129-133
MA3: Document Image Processing
Olivier Déforges, Dominique Barba: A Fast Multiresolution Text-Line and Non Text-Line Structures Extraction. 134-138
Su S. Chen, Robert M. Haralick: An Automatic Algorithm for Text Skew Estimation in Document Images using Recursive Morphological Transforms. 139-143
Su Liang, Majid Ahmadi, Malayappan Shridhar: A Morphological Approach to Text String Extraction from Regular Periodic Overlapping Text/Background Images. 144-148
Satoshi Naoi, Yoshinobu Hotta, Maki Yabuki, Atsuko Asakawa: Global Interpolation in the Segmentation of Handwritten Characters Overlapping a Border. 149-153
Mohamed Cheriet, R. Thibault, Robert Sabourin: A Multiresolution Based Approach for Handwriting Segmentation in Gray-scale Images. 159-163
Richard Buse, Zhi-Qiang Liu: Feature Extraction and Analysis of Handwritten Words in Gray-scale. 164-168
Homayoon S. M. Beigi, Krishna Nathan, Gregory J. Clary, Jayashree Subrahmonia: Size Normalization in On-Line Unconstrained Handwriting Recognition. 169-173
Mou-Yen Chen, Amlan Kundu: A Complement to Variable Duration Hidden Markov Model in Handwritten Word Recognition. 174-178
Franck Xia: Knowledge-Based Sub-Pattern Segmentation: Decomposition of Chinese Characters. 179-182
MA4: Image Matching and Object Recognition
Ashok Samal, Brian Peterson, David J. Holliday: Recognizing Plants using Stochastic L-Systems. 183-187
Laurent Lecornu, Jean-José Jacq, Christian Roux: Simultaneous Tracking of the Two Edges of Linear Structures. 188-192
Yi-Tong Zhou: Multi-Sensor Image Fusion. 193-197
Quang Minh Tieng, Wageeh W. Boles: Complex Daubechies Wavelet Based Affine Invariant Representation for Object Recognition. 198-202
Werner Krattenthaler, Konrad J. Mayer, Michael Zeiller: Point Correlation: A Reduced-Cost Template Matching Technique. 208-212
Naokazu Yokoya: Dense Matching of Two Views with Large Displacement. 213-217

Andreas Winzen, Heinrich Niemann: Matching and Fusing 3D-Polygonal Approximations for Model-Generation. 228-232
Daisaku Arita, Naoyuki Tsuruta, Rin-ichiro Taniguchi, Makoto Amamiya: A Model Generation Method for Object Recognition Task by Pictorial Examples. 233-237
MA5: Advanced Digital Video
Susie J. Wee, Michael O. Polley, William F. Schreiber: A Scalable Source Coder for a Hybrid HDTV Terrestrial Broadcasting System. 238-242
Michael O. Polley, Susie J. Wee, William F. Schreiber: Hybrid Channel Coding for Multiresolution HDTV Terrestrial Broadcasting. 243-247
Steven L. Blake, Sarah A. Rajala, Fengmin Gong, Tony L. Mitchell: Efficient Techniques for Two-Layer Coding of Video Sequences. 253-257
Masoud R. K. Khansari, Awais Zakauddin, Wai-Yip Chan, Eric Dubois, Paul Mermelstein: Approaches to Layered Coding for Dual-Rate Wireless Video Transmission. 258-262
Sanghoon Lee, Seong Hwan Jang, Jeong Su Lee: Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for Multiple VBR MPEG Video Sources. 268-272
Alexandros Eleftheriadis, Dimitris Anastassiou: Optimal Data Partitioning of MPEG-2 Coded Video. 273-277
Edward Y. Chang, Avideh Zakhor: Admissions Control and Data Placement for VBR Video Servers. 278-282
Eduardo Abreu, Sanjit K. Mitra, Rossano Marchesani: A New Method of Television Signal Deghosting. 283-287
MA6: Edge Detection
Iztok Koren, Andrew Laine, Jian Fan, Fred J. Taylor: Edge Detection in Echocardiographic Image Sequences by 3-D Multiscale Analysis. 288-292
José R. Beltran, Javier García-Lucía, Jesús Navarro: Edge Detection and Classification using Mallat's Wavelet. 293-297

Alfredo Restrepo, Gerald Hincapie, Alfonso Parra: On the Detection of Edges using Order Statistic Filters. 308-312
Mari Thune, Bjørn Olstad, Nils Thune: Edge Detection in Noisy Data using Finite Mixture Distribution Analysis. 313-317
Laura Caponetti, Nicola Abbattista, Gerardo Carapella: A Genetic Approach to Edge Detection. 318-322
MA7: Image Sequence Processing
Peter L. Silsbee: Motion in Deformable Templates. 323-327
Philippe Burlina, Rama Chellappa: Spatio-temporal Moments and Generalized Spectral Analysis of Divergent Images for Motion Estimation. 328-332
Joseph W. Monaco, Mark J. T. Smith: An Image Warping Approach to Image Sequence Interpolation. 338-342
Andrew J. Patti, M. Ibrahim Sezan, A. Murat Tekalp: High-Resolution Image Reconstructionfrom a Low-Resolution Image Sequence in the Presence of Time-Varying Motion Blur. 343-347
Richard P. Kleihorst, Reginald L. Lagendijk, Jan Biemond: An Efficient Spatio-Temproal OS-Filter for Gamma-Corrected Video Signals. 348-352
Thomas L. Marzetta: Optimal Detection of Known Moving Objects in a Noisy Image Sequence with Velocity Uncertainty. 353-357
Maria Gabrani, Constantine Kotropoulos, Ioannis Pitas: Cellular LMS L-filters for Noise Suppression in Still Images and Image Sequences. 358-362
Steve Mann, Rosalind W. Picard: Virtual Bellows: Constructing High Quality Stills from Video. 363-367
Jong-Il Park, Nobuyuki Yagi, Choong Woong Lee: Video Composition Based on Robust Estimation of Camera Parameters from Image Sequence. 368-372
MA8: Applications - Biomedical
K. Sutherland, D. Rutovitz, J. E. Bell, James Ironside: Evaluation of a Novel Application of Image Analysis to Spongiform Change Detection. 378-381
Jean-Louis Vila, Philippe Bolon: Directional Adaptive Image Filtering: Application to DNA Sequence Analysis. 382-386
Yuji Nakazawa, Takahiro Saito: Region Extraction with Standard Brain Atlas for Analysis of MRI Brain Images. 387-391
R. F. Hanke, U. Hassler, K. Heil: Fast Automatic X-Ray Image Processing by Means of a New Multistage Filter for Background Modelling. 392-396
Gilbert R. Hillman, Hemant Tagare, Karin W. Elder, D. M. Stoner, Rita M. Patterson, C. L. Nicodemus, S. F. Viegas, Y. Dong: Location and Geometric Description of Carpal Bones in CT Images. 397-401
Robin N. Strickland, Hee Il Hahn: Wavelet Transforms for Detecting Microalcifications in Mammography. 402-406
Hidefumi Kobatake, Yukiyasu Yoshinaga, Masayuki Murakami: Automatic Detection of Malignant Tumors on Mammogram. 407-410
Bryan Beresford-Smith, Dirk F. Van Helden: Applications of Radar Tracking Algorithms to Motion Analysis in Biomedical Images. 411-415
F. A. Merchant, Shanti J. Aggarwal, Kenneth R. Diller, Alan C. Bovik: Semi-Automatic Morphological Measurements of 2-D and 3-D Microvascular Images. 416-420
Thomas Martin Lehmann, Ansgar Kaupp, Rolf Effert, Dietrich Meyer-Ebrecht: Automatic Strabometry by Hough-Transformation and Covariance-Filtering. 421-425
Steven F. Barrett, H. Grady Rylander III, Ashley J. Welch: Automated Lesion Data Base Building for the Treatment of Retinal Disorders. 426-430
Ansgar Kaupp, A. Dölemeyer, R. Wilzeck, R. Schlösser, Stephan Wolf, Dietrich Meyer-Ebrecht: Measuring Morphologic Properties of the Human Retinal Vessel System using a Two-Stage Image Processing Approach. 431-435
Steven T. Moore, Thomas Haslwanter, Ian S. Curthoys, Stuart T. Smith: Measurement of Three Dimensional Eye Position using Image Processing: A Geometric Approach. 436-440
MA9: Radar Imaging

John D. Gorman, Nikola S. Subotic, Brian J. Thelen, Leslie M. Collins: Multiresolution Detection of Coherent Radar Targets. 446-450
Jennifer L. H. Webb, David C. Munson Jr., Nick J. S. Stacy: High-Resolution Planetary Imaging Via Spotlight-Mode Synthetic Aperture Radar. 451-455
Hyeokho Choi, David C. Munson Jr.: On the Optimality and Exactness of Wavenumber-domain SAR Data Processing. 456-460
Rajan Bhalla, Hao Ling: Fast Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Simulation of Complex Targets using Ray Shooting. 461-465
Adrian N. Evans, Nigel G. Sharp, Edwin R. Hancock: Noise Models for Linear Feature Detection in SAR Images. 466-470
Mehrad Soumekh: FM-CW SAR and Phased Array Spatial-Velocity Imaging. 471-475
Mehrad Soumekh: Digital Spotlighting and Coherent Subaperture Image Formation for Stripmap Synthetic Aperture Radar. 476-480
Jung Ah Choi Lee, David C. Munson Jr.: Effect of a Nonplanar Wavefront in Spotlight-Mode Synthetic Aperture Radar. 481-485
Shane Cloude, A. Milne, P. D. Smith, C. Thornhill, G. Crisp: K-Space Imaging Algorithms Applied to UWB SAR. 491-495
Peter Kohlhepp: Reconstruction and Recognition of Boundary Representations from Range Images in SOMBRERO. 496-500
MP0: Image Processing in Education
Steven L. Tanimoto: Image Processing in Middle-School Mathematics. 501-505
John Rasure, Ramiro Jordan, Roberto de Alencar Lotufo: Teaching Image Processing with Khoros. 506-510
Richard Greenberg, Melanie Magisos, Robert Klvoord, Robert Strom: Image Processing for Teaching: A National Dissemination Program. 511-514
Virginia L. Stonick: Image Processing as an Instructional Tool in Introductory Signals and Systems. 520-524
Roberto H. Bamberger: Portable Tools for Image Processing Instruction. 525-529
MP1: Image Sequence Analysis

Thierry M. Bernard: Object Contour Tracking as Inspired by the MAD Retina Paradigm. 535-539
Wen-Hao Wang, Wen-Nung Lie, Yung-Chang Chen: A Fuzzy-Computing Method for Rotation-Invariant Image Tracking. 540-544
Carlo S. Regazzoni, Alessandra Tesei: Density Evaluation and Tracking of Multiple Objects from Image Sequences. 545-549
A. Sdigui, M. Benjelloun: Moving Object Reconstruction from 3D Segments using a Fixed Camera. 554-558
Stef Desmet, Bert DeKnuydt, Luc Van Eycken, André Oosterlinck: Initial Segmentation of a Scene using the Results of a Classification Based Motion Estimator. 559-562
Wlodzimierz Kasprzak, Heinrich Niemann, Dirk Wetzel: Adaptive Estimation Procedures for Dynamic Road Scene Analysis. 563-567
Wilhelm Meier, Heinz-Dieter vom Stein: Estimation of Object and Sensor Motion in Infrared Image Sequences. 568-572
Sun-Yuan Kung, Jin-Shiuh Taur, M. Y. Chiu: An SVD Approach to Multi-Camera-Multi-Target 3-D Motion-Shape Analysis. 573-577
MP2: Vector Quantization
Boon-Lock Yeo, Minerva M. Yeung, Sandip Sarkar: A Fixed-Rate Vector Quantizer Based on Pyramid-Bounded Integer Lattices for Image Compression. 578-582
Andy C. Hung, Teresa H. Y. Meng: Error Resilient Pyramid Vector Quantization for Image Compression. 583-587
Sharon M. Perlmutter, Robert M. Gray: A Low Complexity Multiresolution Approach to Image Compression using Pruned Nested Tree-Structured Vector Quantization. 588-592
Nariman Farvardin, F. Camurat, Rajiv Laroia: An Application of Fixed-Rate Scalar-Vector Quantization in Image Coding. 598-602
Zulkalnain Mohdyusof, Thomas R. Fischer: An Entropy-Coded Lattice Vector Quantizer for Transform and Subband Image Coding. 603-607
Faouzi Kossentini, Wilson C. Chung, Mark J. T. Smith: Image Coding using High-Order Conditional Entropy-Constrained Residual VQ. 613-617
Michael Lightstone, Sanjit K. Mitra: Adaptive Vector Quantization for Image Coding in an Entropy-Constrained Framework. 618-622
Michael Lightstone, David Miller, Sanjit K. Mitra: Entropy-Constrained Product Code Vector Quantization with Application to Image Coding. 623-627
MP3: Visualization and Rendering
Isabelle Bloch: Fuzzy Classification for Multi-Modality Image Fusion. 628-632
Armando Manduca: Multi-Spectral Medical Image Visualization with Self-Organizing Maps. 633-637
Warren M. Lam, Jerome M. Shapiro: A Class of Fast Algorithms for the Peano-Hilbert Space-Filling Curve. 638-641
Yasuaki Nakamura: An Interactive Walkthrough for a City Area using the Efficient 3D Object Management. 642-646
Wanqing Li, Hong Xie, Yianni Attikiouzel: An Efficient Method of Volume Rendering for Medical Slices. 652-656
Li-an Tang, Thomas S. Huang: An Efficient Hidden-Line Removal Method Based on Z-Buffer Algorithm. 657-660
Gene Chun-Hsiung Chuang, Shwu Fang Tsai, C. C. Jay Kuo: Cartoon Animation and Morphing by Using the Wavelet Curve Descriptor. 666-670
MP4: Shape Representation and Image Modeling



Myron Flickner, James L. Hafner, Eduardo J. Rodríguez, Jorge L. C. Sanz: Fast Least-Squares Curve Fitting using Quasi-Orthogonal Splines. 686-690
G. L. Margolin, Alexander Tuzikov, A. I. Grenov: Reflection Symmetry Measure for Convex Sets. 691-695

Mahmoud Melkemi, Denis Vandorpe: Fast Algorithm for Computing the Shape of a Set of Digital Points. 705-709
Jean-Pierre Gambotto: Combining Image Analysis and Thermal Models for Infrared Scene Simulations. 710-714
MP5: Video Coding I
Sungook Kim, C. C. Jay Kuo: Adaptive Motion Estimation in Video Coding with a Stochastic Model. 715-719
Majid Foodeei, Eric Dubois: Coding Image Sequence Intensities along Motion Trajectories using EC-CELP Quantization. 720-724
Martin Vetterli, Ton Kalker: Matching Pursuit for Compression and Application to Motion Compensated Video Coding. 725-729
Takahiro Saito, Takashi Komatsu: Extended Block-Matching Algorithms for Estimating Multiple Image Motions. 735-739
Diego P. de Garrido, Ligang Lu, William A. Pearlman: Conditional Entropy-Constrained Vector Quantization of Displaced Frame Difference Subband Signals. 745-749
Luc Vandendorpe, Laurent Cuvelier, Benoît Maison: Human Visual Weighted Quantization for Transform/Subband Image Coding Revisited for Interlaced Pictures. 750-754
Alexandru Bogdan: Multiscale (Inter/Intra-Frame) Fractal Video Coding. 760-764
MP6: Image Filtering
Pearse A. Ffrench, James R. Zeidler, Walter H. Ku: An Improved 2-D Adaptive Lattice Filtering Algorihtm and its Application to Detection of Small Objects in Correlated Clutter. 765-769
Jeffrey C. Strait, W. Kenneth Jenkins: Uniqueness Characteristics of the 2-D IIR Mean-Squared Error Minimization. 770-774
J. A. Barreto, C. Sidney Burrus: Iterative Reweighted Least Squares and the Design of Two-Dimensional FIR Digital Filters. 775-779
Masayuki Kawamata, Jun Imakubo, Tatsuo Higuchi: Optimal Design Method of 2-D IIR Digital Filters Based on a Simple Genetic Algorithm. 780-784
Rajesh Rajagopalan, Michael T. Orchard, Kannan Ramchandran, Dilip Krishnaswamy: Optimal Supports for Linear Predictive Models. 785-789
Eero P. Simoncelli: Design of Multi-Dimensional Derivative Filters. 790-794
Harold G. Longbotham, M. Zhang, E. Engelken: Elimination of Bias in the FIR-Median Hybrid Filter. 795-799
Peter Wendt: Stochastic Convergence of Stack Filters and Boolean Networks. 800-804
Sankar Basu, Han-Mook Choi: Multidimensional Causal, Stable, Perfect Reconstruction Filter Banks. 805-809
MP7: Multiresolution Representation & Processing II
Shidong Li: A Generalized Non-Separable 2-D Discrete Gabor Expansion for Image Representation and Compression. 810-814
Christine Guillemot, Patrice Onno: Cosine-Modulated Wavelets: New Results on Desgin of Arbitrary Length Filters and Optmization for Image Compression. 820-824
Xiang-Gen Xia, Bruce W. Suter: A Sytematic Construction Method for Spatial-Varying FIR Filter Banks with Perfect Reconstruction. 830-834
Ricardo L. de Queiroz, K. Raghunath Rao: On Symmetric Extensions, Orthogonal Transforms of Images, and Paraunitary Filter Banks. 835-839
Yiu-Fai Wong: Saddle-Node Dynamics for Edge-Preserving and Scale-Space Filtering. 840-844
Eric L. Miller: A Multiscale, Decision-Theoretic Algorithm for Anomaly Detection in Images Based Upon Scattered Radiation. 845-849
John Goutsias: Stochastic Pyramids for Multiscale Signal Synthesis and Analysis. 850-854
Sridhar Lakshmanan, Anil K. Jain, Yu Zhong: Multi-resolution Image Representation using Markov Random Fields. 855-860
MP8: MRI and Acoustic Imaging
Sharon M. Perlmutter, Chien-Wen Tseng, Pamela C. Cosman, King C. P. Li, Richard A. Olshen, Robert M. Gray: Measurement Accuracy as a Measure of Image Quality in Compressed MR Chest Scans. 861-865
Yue Wang, Tianhu Lei: Statistical Analysis of MR Imaging and its Applications in Image Modeling. 866-870
Yen-Hao Tseng, Jenq-Neng Hwang, Chun Yuan: Motion Artifact Correction of MRI Via Iterative Inverse Problem Solving. 871-875
James L. Lee, Jeffrey J. Rodríguez: Edge-Based Segmentation of 3-D Magnetic Resonance Images. 876-880
Thomas S. Denney Jr., Jerry L. Prince, Michael J. Lopez, Elliot R. McVeigh: Optimal Tag Pattern Validation using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 881-885

Ranjit Desai, Jay C. Buckey, John A. Pearce: Timing Specifications and Accuracy of the Real-Time 3D Echocardiographic Reconstruction System. 895-899
E. L. Borodina, N. V. Gorskaya, S. M. Gorsky, A. I. Khilko, V. N. Shirokov: Tomographical Acoustic Vision in the Ocean. 900-904
John M. Silkaitis, Brett L. Douglas, Hua Lee: A Cascade Algorithm for Estimating and Compensating Motion Error for Synthetic Aperture Sonar Imaging. 905-909
MP9: Image Feature Extraction
Shyam Kuttikkad, Rama Chellappa: Non-Gaussian CFAR Techniques for Target Detection in High Resolution SAR Images. 910-914
Wolfgang Beil: Line Detection in Discrete Scale-Space. 915-918
Tony Lindeberg: Junction Detection with Automatic Selection of Detection Scales and Localization Scales. 924-928
Andrew King, Roland Wilson: Invariant and Equivariant Bilinear Operators for Image Feature Detection. 929-933
Jun-Sik Kwon, Hyun-Ki Hong, Jong-Soo Choi: Estimation of 3-D Orientation of Projective Textures using Morphological Method. 939-943
Mike Hoffelder, Ken Sauer, J. Keith Rigby Jr.: A Hough Transform Technique for Detection of Rotationally Invariant Surface Features. 944-948
Gamal H. Abdel-Hamid, Yee-Hong Yang: Multiresolution Skeletonization: An Electrostatic Field-Based Approach. 949-953
Salvatore Tabbone: Cooperation between Edges and Junctions for Edge Grouping. 954-957
QiGang Gao: Perceptual Tracking of Edge Features. 958-962
Jianxin Hou, Roberto H. Bamberger, Patrick J. Flynn: A Robust System for Lineament Analysis of Aero-magnetic Imagery using Orientation Analysis and Edge Linking. 963-967
Jane You, Edwige Pissaloux, J.-L. Hellec, Patrick Bonnin: A Guided Image Matching Approach using Hausdorff Distance with Interesting Points Detection. 968-972
R. Kober, J. Schiffers, K. Schmidt: Model-Based Versus Knowledge-Guided Representation of Non-Rigid Objects: A Case Study. 973-977



