Front matter
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Invariant Recognition and Processing of Planar Shapes
Alfred M. Bruckstein
11-23
Recent Advances in Structural Pattern Recognition with Applications to Visual Form Analysis
Horst Bunke
24-39
On Learning the Shape of Complex Actions
Terry Caelli, Andrew McCabe and Gordon Binsted
40-50
Mereology of Visual Form
Donald D. Hoffman
51-66
On Matching Algorithms for the Recognition of Objects in Cluttered Background
Josef Kittler and Alireza Ahmadyfard
67-84
A Unified Framework for Indexing and Matching Hierarchical Shape Structures
Ali Shokoufandeh and Sven Dickinson
85-100
A Fragment-Based Approach to Object Representation and Classification
Shimon Ullman, Erez Sali and Michel Vidal-Naquet
103-112
Minimum-Length Polygons in Approximation Sausages
Tetsuo Asano, Yasuyuki Kawamura, Reinhard Klette and Koji Obokata
113-122
Optimal Local Distances for Distance Transforms in 3D Using an Extended Neighbourhood
Gunilla Borgefors and Stina Svensson
123-134
Independent Modes of Variation in Point Distribution Models
Marco Bressan and Jordi Vitrià
135-144
Qualitative Estimation of Depth in Monocular Vision
Virginio Cantoni, Luca Lombardi, Marco Porta and Ugo Vallone
145-154
A New Shape Space for Second Order 3D-Variations
Per-Erik Danielsson and Qingfen Lin
155-164
Spatial Relations among Pattern Subsets as a Guide for Skeleton Pruning
Claudio De Stefano and Maria Frucci
165-175
Euclidean Fitting Revisited
Petko Faber and R.B. Fisher
176-185
On the Representation of Visual Information
Mario Ferraro, Giuseppe Boccignone and Terry Caelli
186-195
Skeletons in the Framework of Graph Pyramids
Roland Glantz and Walter G. Kropatsch
196-204
Computational Surface Flattening: A Voxel-Based Approach
Ruth Grossmann, Nahum Kiryati and Ron Kimmel
205-215
An Adaptive Image Interpolation Using the Quadratic Spline Interpolator
Hyo-Ju Kim and Chang-Sung Jeong
216-227
The Shock Scaffold for Representing 3D Shape
Frederic F. Leymarie and Benjamin B. Kimia
229-238
Curve Skeletonization by Junction Detection in Surface Skeletons
Ingela Nyström, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja and Stina Svensson
239-248
Representation of Fuzzy Shapes
Binh Pham
249-259
Skeleton-Based Shape Models with Pressure Forces: Application to Segmentation of Overlapping Leaves
Gilles Rabatel, Anne-Gaëlle Manh, Marie-José Aldon and Bernard Bonicelli
260-271
A Skeletal Measure of 2D Shape Similarity
Andrea Torsello and Edwin R. Hancock
272-282
Perception-Based 2D Shape Modeling by Curvature Shaping
Liangyin Yu and Charles R. Dyer
285-294
Global Topological Properties of Images Derived from Local Curvature Features
Erhardt Barth, Mario Ferraro and Christoph Zetzsche
295-302
Adaptive Segmentation of MR Axial Brain Images Using Connected Components
Alberto Biancardi and Manuel Segovia-Martínez
303-312
Discrete Curvature Based on Osculating Circle Estimation
David Coeurjolly, Serge Miguet and Laure Tougne
313-322
Detection and Enhancement of Line Structures in an Image by Anisotropic Diffusion
Koichiro Deguchi, Tadahiro Izumitani and Hidekata Hontani
323-332
How Folds Cut a Scene
Patrick S. Huggins and Steven W. Zucker
333-345
Extraction of Topological Features from Sequential Volume Data
Yukiko Kenmochi, Atsushi Imiya, Toshiaki Nomura and Kazunori Kotani
346-355
Using Beltrami Framework for Orientation Diffusion in Image Processing
Ron Kimmel and Nir Sochen
356-366
Digital Planar Segment Based Polyhedrization for Surface Area Estimation
Reinhard Klette and Hao Jie Sun
367-377
Shape-Guided Split and Merge of Image Regions
Lifeng Liu and Stan Sclaroff
378-387
A Rotation-Invariant Morphology for Shape Analysis of Anisotropic Objects and Structures
Cris L. Luengo Hendriks and Lucas J. van Vliet
388-397
Multiscale Feature Extraction from the Visual Environment in an Active Vision System
Youssef Machrouh, Jean-Sylvail Liénard and Philippe Tarroux
398-409
2-D Shape Decomposition into Overlapping Parts
Amin Massad and Gerard Medioni
410-419
Fast Line Detection Algorithms Based on Combinatorial Optimization
Marco Mattavelli, Vincent Noel and Edoardo Amaldi
420-430
Koenderink Corner Points
Mads Nielsen, Ole Fogh Olsen, Michael Sig and M. Sigurd
431-439
Dynamic Models for Wavelet Representations of Shape
Fernando Pérez Nava and Antonio Falcón Martel
440-450
Straightening and Partitioning Shapes
Paul L. Rosin
451-460
Invariant Signatures from Polygonal Approximations of Smooth Curves
Doron Shaked
463-472
On the Learning of Complex Movement Sequences
Walter F. Bischof and Terry Caelli
473-483
Possibility Theory and Rough Histograms for Motion Estimation in a Video Sequence
Frederic Comby, Olivier Strauss and Marie-José Aldon
484-493
Prototyping Structural Shape Descriptions by Inductive Learning
L. P. Cordella, P. Foggia, C. Sansone, F. Tortorella and M. Vento
494-503
Training Space Truncation in Vision-Based Recognition
René Dencker Eriksen and Ivar Balslev
504-513
Grouping Character Shapes by Means of Genetic Programming
Claudio De Stefano, A. Della Cioppa, A. Marcelli and F. Matarazzo
514-524
Pattern Detection Using a Maximal Rejection Classifier
Michael Elad, Yacov Hel-Or and Renato Keshet
525-531
Visual Search and Visual Lobe Size
Anand K. Gramopadhye and Kartik Madhani
532-541
Judging Whether Multiple Silhouettes Can Come from the Same Object
David Jacobs, Peter Belhumeur and Ian Jermyn
542-551
Discrete Deformable Boundaries for the Segmentation of Multidimensional Images
Jacques-Olivier Lachaud and Anne Vialard
552-562
Camera Motion Extraction Using Correlation for Motion-Based Video Classification
Pierre Martin-Granel, Matthew Roach and John Mason
563-572
Matching Incomplete Objects Using Boundary Signatures
Adnan A. Y. Mustafa
573-582
General Purpose Matching of Grey Level Arbitrary Images
Francesca Odone, Emanuele Trucco and Alessandro Verri
583-593
Many-to-many Matching of Attributed Trees Using Association Graphs and Game Dynamics
Marcello Pelillo, Kaleem Siddiqi and Steven W. Zucker
594-605
An Expectation-Maximisation Framework for Perceptual Grouping
Antonio Robles-Kelly and Edwin R. Hancock
606-618
Alignment-Based Recognition of Shape Outlines
Thomas B. Sebastian, Philip N. Klein and Benjamin B. Kimia
619-629
Behind the Image Sequence: The Semantics of Moving Shapes
Guido Tascini, A. Montesanto, R. Palombo and P. Puliti
630-639
Probabilistic Hypothesis Generation for Rapid 3D Object Recognition
June-Ho Yi
643-653
Efficient Shape Description Using NURBS
Djordje Brujic, Iain Ainsworth, Mihailo Ristic and Vesna Brujic
654-664
Non-manifold Multi-tessellation: From Meshes to Iconic Representations of Objects
Leila De Floriani, Paola Magillo, Franco Morando and Enrico Puppo
665-676
Image Indexing by Contour Analysis: A Comparison
Riccardo Distasi, Michele Nappi, Maurizio Tucci and Sergio Vitulano
677-686
Shape Reconstruction from an Image Sequence
Atsushi Imiya and Kazuhiko Kawamoto
687-695
3D Shape Reconstruction from Multiple Silhouettes: Generalization from Few Views by Neural Network Learning
Itsuo Kumazawa and Masayoshi Ohno
696-705
Robust Structural Indexing through Quasi-Invariant Shape Signatures and Feature Generation
Hirobumi Nishida
706-715
Fast Reconstruction of 3D Objects from Single Free- Hand Line Drawing
Beom-Soo Oh and Chang-Hun Kim
716-725
Color and Shape Index for Region-Based Image Retrieval
B.G. Prasad, S.K. Gupta and K.K. Biswas
729-738
Virtual Drilling in 3-D Objects Reconstructed by Shape-Based Interpolation
Adrian G. Borş, Lefteris Kechagias and Ioannis Pitas
739-748
Morphological Image Processing for Evaluating Malaria Disease
Cecilia Di Ruberto, Andrew Dempster, Shahid Khan and Bill Jarra
749-758
A Binocular License Plate Reader for High Precision Speed Measurement
Giovanni Garibotto
759-768
Volume and Surface Area Distributions of Cracks in Concrete
George Nagy, Tong Zhang, W.R. Franklin, Eric Landis and Edwin Nagy, et al.
769-778
Integration of Local and Global Shape Analysis for Logo Classification
Jan Neumann, Hanan Samet and Aya Soffer
779-786
Motion Tracking of Animals for Behavior Analysis
Petra Perner
787-796
Head Model Acquisition from Silhouettes
Kwan-Yee K. Wong, Paulo R.S. Mendonça and Roberto Cipolla
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