E-grāmata: Advances in Visual Computing: Second International Symposium, ISVC 2006, Lake Tahoe, NV, USA, November 6-8, 2006, Proceedings, Part II

Multiple Description Coding for Robust Video Transmission Over Wireless
Ad-Hoc Networks.- Emotion-Based Textile Indexing Using Colors, Texture and
Patterns.- Affine Camera for 3-D Retinal Surface Reconstruction.- The
Diagnostic Application of Brain Image Processing and Analysis System for
Ischemic Stroke.- Development of Early Tunnel Fire Detection Algorithm Using
the Image Processing.- Simulation of Artificial Winds Using a Hardware
Illumination Technique.- Learning for Multi-view 3D Tracking in the Context
of Particle Filters.- Improving Brightness for a Multi-projector Display
Considering Image Content.- VirtualQWERTY: Textual Communication in Virtual
Reality.- Networked Heterogeneous Camera System for High Resolution Face
Images.- A New Method for Approximating Optimal Parameterization of
Polynomial Curves.- Interpolation by Piecewise Quadric Polynomial to
Scattered Data Points.- Detection and Localization of the Top Object in the
Stack of Objects.- Recognition of 3D Object Using Attributed Relation Graph
of Silhouettes Extended Convex Hull.- Image Retrieval by Local Contrast
Patterns and Color.- A VR Game Platform Built Upon Wireless Sensor Network.-
Feature Extraction and Selection for Recognizing Humans by Their Gait.-
Rectification of Illumination in Images Used for Shape from Focus.- Bilateral
Edge Detection on a Virtual Hexagonal Structure.- Issues and Implementation
of C 1 and C 2 Natural Neighbor Interpolation.- Iris Recognition Using a Low
Level of Details.- Dynamic Reconstruction of Complex Planar Objects on
Irregular Isothetic Grids.- Layout of Multiple Views for Volume
Visualization: A User Study.- Video Indexing and Retrieval in Compressed
Domain Using Fuzzy-Categorization.- Computing Homology for Surfaces with
Generalized Maps: Application to 3DImages.- Dynamic Texture Analysis and
Synthesis Using Tensor Decomposition.- Color Pair Clustering for Texture
Detection.- CPU-GPU Multithreaded Programming Model: Application to the Path
Tracing with Next Event Estimation Algorithm.- Real-Time and Robust Monocular
SLAM Using Predictive Multi-resolution Descriptors.- A Faster Graph-Based
Segmentation Algorithm with Statistical Region Merge.- Sensor Fusion Based
Obstacle Detection/Classification for Active Pedestrian Protection System.-
Combinatorial Pyramids and Discrete Geometry for Energy-Minimizing
Segmentation.- Fast Dense Stereo Matching Using Adaptive Window in
Hierarchical Framework.- A New Photographing Apparatus for Skin Maps of Human
Face Rendering.- Investigating the Dynamics of Facial Expression.- GLOBAL
Topology Preservation in Isosurface Extraction of Volumetric Data.- Real-Time
Model-Based SLAM Using Line Segments.- Feature Correspondences from Multiple
Views of Coplanar Ellipses.- Evaluation of Subpixel Tracking Algorithms.-
Adaptive Real-Time Rendering for Large-Scale Molecular Models.- An Efficient
Algorithm for Connected Attribute Thinnings and Thickenings.- Creating
Multi-layered 3D Images Using Reversible Jump MCMC Algorithms.- A Multi-Modal
Interface for Road Planning Tasks Using Vision, Haptics and Sound.- Venation
Pattern Analysis of Leaf Images.- A Mobile Low-Cost Motion Capture System
Based on Accelerometers.- Fusing Individual Algorithms and Humans Improves
Face Recognition Accuracy.- A Method for the Automatic Analysis of Colour
Category Pixel Shifts During Dichromatic Vision.- Rendering Dynamic
Real-World Scenes Using Image Spheres.- Arithmetic Discrete Parabolas.-
Retinal Spot Lesion Detection Using Adaptive Multiscale Morphological
Processing.- Iterative Closest SIFT Formulation for Robust Feature Matching.-
Invertible Polygonalization of 3D Planar Digital Curves and Application to
Volume Data Reconstruction.- Lateral and Depth Calibration of PMD-Distance
Sensors.- Autonomous Vehicle Video Aided Navigation Coupling INS and Video
Approaches.- A Method of Improving Cloud Predictions for Real-Time Weather
Forecasting and Visualization.- An Efficient Hardware Architecture for
Full-Search Variable Block Size Motion Estimation in H.264/AVC.- A Domain
Reduction Algorithm for Incremental Projective Reconstruction.- An Automated
Procedure for Word Balloon Placement in Cinema Comics.- Segmentation of Three
Dimensional Cell Culture Models from a Single Focal Plane.- A Semi-automatic
3D Reconstruction Algorithm for Telepresence.- Motion Detection Using an
Improved Colour Model.- Combining Pixelization and Dimensional Stacking.-
Detection and Characterization of Abnormal Vascular Patterns in Automated
Cervical Image Analysis.- Towards a Modular Network-Distributed Mixed-Reality
Learning Space System.- Real-Time Multi-view 3D Object Tracking in Cluttered
Scenes.- Visualizing Natural Stereo Images in Short Distance: A New
Approach.- Next Best View Algorithms for Interior and Exterior Model
Acquisition.- An Experiential Approach to Interacting with Biological
Information.- Convex Shapes and Convergence Speed of Discrete Tangent
Estimators.- Towards Obtaining an Ideal Real Time Panoramic Video.- Object
Recognition Using Local Descriptors: A Comparison.- Improving Spatiotemporal
Inpainting with Layer Appearance Models.- Edge Detection Using a
Complex-Valued Directional Vector Representation.- Analysis and Design of
Graphical Password Techniques.- Viewing Scenes Occluded by Smoke.- A
Non-photorealistic Rendering of Seurats Pointillism.- Semantically Relevant
ImageRetrieval by Combining Image and Linguistic Analysis.- A New Algorithm
for Solid Texture Synthesis.- What Can We Learn from Biological Vision
Studies for Human Motion Segmentation?.- 3D Geometry from Uncalibrated
Images.- Hierarchical Image Database Navigation on a Hue Sphere.- Image-Based
Informatics for Preclinical Biomedical Research.- Segmentation-Based
Registration of Organs in Intraoperative Video Sequences.- On Asymmetric
Classifier Training for Detector Cascades.- Active Stabilization of Images
Acquired on a Walking Robotic Platform.- Motion Estimation with Edge
Continuity Constraint for Crowd Scene Analysis.- Perceptual Grouping Based on
Iterative Multi-scale Tensor Voting.- Fast Prediction Mode Decision Algorithm
for H.264 Based on Hierarchical Mode Classification Framework.- Camera
Self-calibration in Scheimpflug Condition for Air Flow Investigation.