Invited Lectures / Chapter I: |
Invariant Recognition and Processing of Planar Shapes / Alfred M. Bruckstein |
Recent Advances in Structural Pattern Recognition with Applications to Visual Form Analysis / Horst Bunke |
On Learning the Shape of Complex Actions / Terry Caelli ; Andrew McCabe ; Gordon Binsted |
Mereology of Visual Form / Donald D. Hoffman |
On Matching Algorithms for the Recognition of Objects in Cluttered Background / Josef Kittler ; Alireza Ahmadyfard |
A Unified Framework for Indexing and Matching Hierarchical Shape Structures / Ali Shokoufandeh ; Sven Dickinson |
A Fragment-Based Approach to Object Representation and Classification / Shimon Ullman ; Erez Sali ; Michel Vidal-Naquet |
Representation / Chapter II: |
Minimum-Length Polygons in Approximation Sausages / Tetsuo Asano ; Yasuyuki Kawamura ; Reinhard Klette ; Koji Obokata |
Optimal Local Distances for Distance Transforms in 3D Using an Extended Neighbourhood / Gunilla Borgefors ; Stina Svensson |
Independent Modes of Variation in Point Distribution Models / Marco Bressan ; Jordi Vitrid |
Qualitative Estimation of Depth in Monocular Vision / Virginio Cantoni ; Luca Lombardi ; Marco Porta ; Ugo Vallone |
A New Shape Space for Second Order 3D-Variations / Per-Erik Danielsson ; Qingfen Lin |
Spatial Relations among Pattern Subsets as a Guide for Skeleton Pruning / Claudio De Stefano ; Maria Frucci |
Euclidean Fitting Revisited / Petko Faber ; R.B. Fisher |
On the Representation of Visual Information / Mario Ferraro ; Giuseppe Boccignone |
Skeletons in the Framework of Graph Pyramids / Roland Glantz ; Walter G. Kropatsch |
Computational Surface Flattening: A Voxel-Based Approach / Ruth Grossmann ; Nahum Kiryati ; Ron Kimmel |
An Adaptive Image Interpolation Using the Quadratic Spline Interpolator / Hyo-Ju Kim ; Chang-Sung Jeong |
The Shock Scaffold for Representing 3D Shape / Frederic F. Leymarie ; Benjamin B. Kimia |
Curve Skeletonization by Junction Detection in Surface Skeletons / Ingela Nyström ; Gabriella Sanniti di Baja |
Representation of Fuzzy Shapes / Binh Pham |
Skeleton-Based Shape Models with Pressure Forces: Application to Segmentation of Overlapping Leaves / Gilles Rabatel ; Anne-Gaellë Manh ; Marie-José Aldon ; Bernard Bonicelli |
A Skeletal Measure of 2D Shape Similarity / Andrea Torsello ; Edwin R. Hancock |
Perception-Based 2D Shape Modeling by Curvature Shaping / Liangyin Yu ; Charles R. Dyer |
Analysis / Chapter III: |
Global Topological Properties of Images Derived from Local Curvature Features / Erhardt Barth ; Christoph Zetzsche |
Adaptive Segmentation of MR Axial Brain Images Using Connected Components / Alberto Biancardi ; Manuel Segovia-Martínez |
Discrete Curvature Based on Osculating Circle Estimation / David Coeurjolly ; Serge Miguet ; Laure Tougne |
Detection and Enhancement of Line Structures in an Image by Anisotropic Diffusion / Koichiro Deguchi ; Tadahiro Izumitani ; Hidekata Hontani |
How Folds Cut a Scene / Patrick S. Huggins ; Steven W. Zucker |
Extraction of Topological Features from Sequential Volume Data / Yukiko Kenmochi ; Atsushi Imiya ; Toshiaki Nomura ; Kazunori Kotani |
Using Beltrami Framework for Orientation Diffusion in Image Processing / Nir Sochen |
Digital Planar Segment Based Polyhedrization for Surface Area Estimation / Hao Jie Sun |
Shape-Guided Split and Merge of Image Regions / Lifeng Liu ; Stan Sclaroff |
A Rotation-Invariant Morphology for Shape Analysis of Anisotropic Objects and Structures / Cris L. Luengo Hendriks ; Lucas J. van Vliet |
Multiscale Feature Extraction from the Visual Environment in an Active Vision System / Youssef Machrouh ; Jean-Sylvail Liénard ; Philippe Tarroux |
2-D Shape Decomposition into Overlapping Parts / Amin Massad ; Gerard Medioni |
Fast Line Detection Algorithms Based on Combinatorial Optimization / Marco Mattavelli ; Vincent Noel ; Edoardo Amaldi |
Koenderink Corner Points / Mads Nielsen ; Ole Fogh Olsen ; Michael Sig ; M. Sigurd |
Dynamic Models for Wavelet Representations of Shape / Fernando Pérez Nava ; Antonio Falcón Martel |
Straightening and Partitioning Shapes / Paul L. Rosin |
Invariant Signatures from Polygonal Approximations of Smooth Curves / Doron Shaked |
Recognition / Chapter IV: |
On the Learning of Complex Movement Sequences / Walter F. Bischof |
Possibility Theory and Rough Histograms for Motion Estimation in a Video Sequence / Frederic Comby ; Olivier Strauss |
Prototyping Structural Shape Descriptions by Inductive Learning / L.P. Cordelia ; P. Foggia ; C. Sansone ; F. Tortorella ; M. Vento |
Training Space Truncation in Vision-Based Recognition / René Dencker Eriksen ; Ivar Balslev |
Grouping Character Shapes by Means of Genetic Programming / A. Della Cioppa ; A. Marcelli ; F. Matarazzo |
Pattern Detection Using a Maximal Rejection Classifier / Michael Elad ; Yacov Hel-Or ; Renato Keshet |
Visual Search and Visual Lobe Size / Anand K. Gramopadhye ; Kartik Madhani |
Judging Whether Multiple Silhouettes Can Come from the Same Object / David Jacobs ; Peter Belhumeur ; Ian Jermyn |
Discrete Deformable Boundaries for the Segmentation of Multidimensional Images / Jacques-Olivier Lachaud ; Anne Vialard |
Camera Motion Extraction Using Correlation for Motion-Based Video Classification / Pierre Martin-Granel ; Matthew Roach ; John Mason |
Matching Incomplete Objects Using Boundary Signatures / Adnan A.Y. Mustafa |
General Purpose Matching of Grey Level Arbitrary Images / Francesca Odone ; Emanuele Trucco ; Alessandro Verri |
Many-to-many Matching of Attributed Trees Using Association Graphs and Game Dynamics / Marcello Pelillo ; Kaleem Siddiqi |
An Expectation-Maximisation Framework for Perceptual Grouping / Antonio Robles-Kelly |
Alignment-Based Recognition of Shape Outlines / Thomas B. Sebastian ; Philip N. Klein |
Behind the Image Sequence: The Semantics of Moving Shapes / Guido Tascini ; A. Montesanto ; R. Palombo ; P. Puliti |
Probabilistic Hypothesis Generation for Rapid 3D Object Recognition / June-Ho Yi |
Modelling and Retrieval / Chapter V: |
Efficient Shape Description Using NURBS / Djordje Brujic ; Iain Ainsworth ; Mihailo Ristic ; Vesna Brujic |
Non-manifold Multi-tessellation: From Meshes to Iconic Representations of Objects / Leila De Floriani ; Paola Magillo ; Franco Morando ; Enrico Puppo |
Image Indexing by Contour Analysis: A Comparison / Riccardo Distasi ; Michele Nappi ; Maurizio Tucci ; Sergio Vitulano |
Shape Reconstruction from an Image Sequence / Kazuhiko Kawamoto |
3D Shape Reconstruction from Multiple Silhouettes: Generalization from Few Views by Neural Network Learning / Itsuo Kumazawa ; Masayoshi Ohno |
Robust Structural Indexing through Quasi-Invariant Shape Signatures and Feature Generation / Hirobumi Nishida |
Fast Reconstruction of 3D Objects from Single Free-Hand Line Drawing / Beom-Soo Oh ; Chang-Hun Kim |
Color and Shape Index for Region-Based Image Retrieval / B.G. Prasad ; S.K. Gupta ; K.K. Biswas |
Applications / Chapter VI: |
Virtual Drilling in 3-D Objects Reconstructed by Shape-Based Interpolation / Adrian G. Bor&scedilla; ; Lefteris Kechagias ; Ioannis Pitas |
Morphological Image Processing for Evaluating Malaria Disease / Cecilia Di Rüberto ; Andrew Dempster ; Shahid Khan ; Bill Jarra |
A Binocular License Plate Reader for High Precision Speed Measurement / Giovanni Garibotto |
Volume and Surface Area Distributions of Cracks in Concrete / George Nagy ; Tong Zhang ; W.R. Franklin ; Eric Landis ; Edwin Nagy ; Denis T. Keane |
Integration of Local and Global Shape Analysis for Logo Classification / Jan Neumann ; Hanan Samet ; Aya Soffer |
Motion Tracking of Animals for Behavior Analysis / Petra Perner |
Head Model Acquisition from Silhouettes / Kwan-Yee K. Wong ; Paulo R.S. Mendonga ; Roberto Cipolla |
Author Index |
Invited Lectures / Chapter I: |
Invariant Recognition and Processing of Planar Shapes / Alfred M. Bruckstein |
Recent Advances in Structural Pattern Recognition with Applications to Visual Form Analysis / Horst Bunke |
On Learning the Shape of Complex Actions / Terry Caelli ; Andrew McCabe ; Gordon Binsted |
Mereology of Visual Form / Donald D. Hoffman |
On Matching Algorithms for the Recognition of Objects in Cluttered Background / Josef Kittler ; Alireza Ahmadyfard |