1. CRV 2004: London, Ontario, Canada

Introduction

• Message from the Conference Co-Chairs.
  
• Program Committee.
  

V1: Tracking

• Neil Birkbeck, Martin Jägersand:
  Visual Tracking Using Active Appearance Models. 2-9
  
• Haisheng Wu, John S. Zelek:
  The Extension of Statistical Face Detection to Face Tracking. 10-17
  
• Juhua Zhu, Stuart C. Schwartz, Bede Liu:
  Object Tracking: Feature Selection and Confidence Propagation. 18-21
  
• A. R. Hogue, Michael R. M. Jenkin, Robert S. Allison:
  An Optical-Inertial Tracking System for Fully-Enclosed VR Displays. 22-29
  
• Maxim Mikhalsky, Joaquin Sitte:
  Real-Time Motion Tracker for a Robotic Vision System. 30-34
  

V2: Segmentation

• EunSang Bak:
  Bayesian Segmentation Supported by Neighborhood Configurations. 36-42
  
• Huawu Deng, David A. Clausi:
  Unsupervised Segmentation of Synthetic Aperture Radar Sea Ice Imagery Using MRF Models. 43-50
  
• Rishi Jobanputra, David A. Clausi:
  Texture Analysis Using Gaussian Weighted Grey Level Co-Occurrence Probabilities. 51-57
  
• Pierre Boulanger:
  Simultaneous Segmentation of Range and Color Images Based on Bayesian Decision Theory. 58-63
  
• Nicolas Loménie:
  A Generic Methodology for Partitioning Unorganised 3D Point Clouds for Robotic Vision. 64-71
  

Keynote Speaker 1

• Hong Zhang:
  Machine Sensing for Mining Optimization. 74
  

V3: Shape

• Hendrik Kiick, Wolfgang Heidrich, Christian Vogelgsang:
  Shape from Contours and Multiple Stereo - A Hierarchical, Mesh-Based Approach. 76-83
  
• Osamu Ikeda:
  Use of Four Surface Normal Approximations and Optimization of Light Direction for Robust Shape Reconstruction from Single Images. 84-91
  
• Javier Toro, Djemel Ziou, Marie Flavie Auclair-Fortier:
  Recovering the Shading Image under Known Illumination. 92-96
  
• Mohamed Bénallal, Jean Meunier:
  Location by Involution. 97-103
  
• Michael Wünstel, Reinhard Moratz:
  Automatic Object Recognition within an Office Environment. 104-109
  

V4: Robotic Vision

• Simon Léonard, Martin Jägersand:
  Approximating the Visuomotor Function for Visual Servoing. 112-119
  
• Philippe Guermeur:
  A New Integrative Approach to Time Varying Image Interpretation. 120-129
  
• Mohan Sridharan, Peter Stone:
  Towards On-Board Color Constancy on Mobile Robots. 130-137
  
• Zhenyuan Deng, Martin Jägersand:
  Evaluation of Model Independent Image-Based Visual Servoing. 138-144
  
• Mark Fiala:
  Linear Markers for Robot Navigation with Panoramic Vision. 145-154
  
• Hassan Hajjdiab, Robert Laganière:
  Vision-Based Multi-Robot Simultaneous Localization and Mapping. 155-162
  

VP: Poster Papers

• Mingxing Hu, Baozong Yuan, Gordon Dodds, Xiaofang Tang:
  Robust Method of Recovering Epipolar Geometry Using Messy Genetic Algorithm. 164-171
  
• Sabah Mohammed, Lei Yang, Jinan Fiaidhi:
  A Dynamic Fuzzy Classifier for Detecting Abnormalities in Mammograms. 172-179
  
• Filipe Tomaz, Tiago Candeias, Hamid Shahbazkia:
  Fast and Accurate Skin Segmentation in Color Images. 180-187
  
• Mohammad Saadatseresht, Farhad Samadzadegan, Ali Azizi:
  ANN-Based Visibility Prediction for Camera Placement in Vision Metrology. 188-194
  
• Takahiro Tsuda, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Kunihito Kato:
  Consideration of a Person/Photograph Distinction Using the Surface Direction Image. 195-200
  
• Siddharth Verma, Jonathan Kofman, Xianghai Wu:
  Application of Markerless Image-Based Arm Tracking to Robot-Manipulator Teleoperation. 201-208
  
• Bassem Abdel-Aziz, Jiying Zhao, Jean-Yves Chouinard:
  On the Limits of Second Generation Watermarks. 209-216
  
• Ibrahim El Rube, Maher Ahmed, Mohamed S. Kamel:
  Affine Invariant Multiscale Wavelet-Based Shape Matching Algorithm. 217-224
  
• Yan Liu, Jiying Zhao:
  Rotation, Scaling, Translation Invariant Image Watermarking Based on Radon Transform. 225-232
  
• Djamel Brahmi, Djemel Ziou:
  Improving CBIR Systems by Integrating Semantic Features. 233-240
  
• Mark Fiala:
  Vision Guided Control of Multiple Robots. 241-246
  
• Ayman M. Ahmed, Dwight D. Day:
  Comparison between the Cosine and Hartley Based Naturalness Preserving Transforms for Image Watermarking and Data Hiding. 247-251
  
• Yeung-hak Lee:
  Depth Weighted Modified Hausdorff Distance for Range Face Recognition. 252-258
  
• Tomoki Kobayashi, Yukihiro Ogawa, Kunihito Kato, Kazuhiko Yamamoto:
  Expression Learning and Recognition System for a Family Robot. 259-264
  
• Andrew R. McIntyre, Malcolm I. Heywood, Paul Habib Artes, Syed Sibte Raza Abidi:
  Toward Glaucoma Classification with Moment Methods. 265-272
  
• Peter J. W. Iles, David A. Clausi, G. Wayne Brodland:
  Estimation of Average Cell Shape from Digital Images of Cellular Surfaces. 273-278
  
• Marie-Eve Tremblay, Alexandra Branzan Albu, Luc J. Hébert, Denis Laurendeau:
  Integrating Region and Edge Information for the Automatic Segmentation of Interventional Magnetic Resonance Images of the Shoulder Complex. 279-286
  
• Christine Wong, Mohamed S. Kamel:
  Comparing Viewpoint Evaluation Functions for Model-Based Inspectional Coverage. 287-294
  
• Shahed Shahir:
  Stand-Alone Vision Sensor Design Based on Fuzzy Associative Database. 295-300
  
• B. Shen, Adlane Habed, Boubakeur Boufama:
  Motion and Trajectory Recovery for Tracking Multiple Objects Undergoing a Planar Motion. 301-305
  
• Xiaokun Li, William G. Wee:
  Range Image Fusion for Object Reconstruction and Modeling. 306-313
  
• Vera Kettnaker, Jin-Kyu Gahm:
  Closed-Loop Person Tracking and Detection. 314-319
  
• Pierre Boulanger:
  Application of Augmented Reality to Industrial Tele-Training. 320-328
  
• Margarida Silveira:
  Antibacterial Activity Detection and Evaluation Based on the Detection of Multiple Concentric Circles with the Hough Transform. 329-335
  
• Anis Benslimane, Majdi Khoudeir, Jacques Brochard:
  Extraction of Relief Information on Textured and Coloured Rough Surfaces for the Optimisation of a Propagation Model for Wireless Transmission. 336-340
  
• Alberto Chávez-Aragón, Oleg Starostenko:
  Image Retrieval by Ontological Description of Shapes (IRONS), Early Results. 341-346
  
• Xiaofen Zheng, Qigang Gao:
  Detection of Perceptual Junctions by Curve Partitioning and Grouping. 347-353
  
• Mohamed Borchani, Florence Cloppet, Volkan Atalay, Georges Stamon:
  Change Detection in Aerial Images. 354-360
  
• M. Thorsley, Galina Okouneva, J. Karpynczyk:
  Stereo Vision Algorithm for Robotic Assembly Operations. 361-366
  

Keynote Speaker 2

• Gregory Dudek:
  Appearance-Based Models of Locations for Mobile Robots. 368
  

V5: Medical Image Processing and Character Recognition

• John L. Barron:
  Experience with 3D Optical Flow on Gated MRI Cardiac Datasets. 370-377
  
• Christian Bellemare, Jean Meunier:
  Structural Method for Tracking Coronary Arteries in Coronary Cineangiograms. 378-384
  
• Michael A. Wirth, Alexei Stapinski:
  Segmentation of the Breast Region in Mammograms Using Snakes. 385-392
  
• Ping Zhang, Ching Y. Suen, Tien D. Bui:
  Multi-Modal Nonlinear Feature Reduction for the Recognition of Handwritten Numerals. 393-400
  
• Kentaro Iwatsuka, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Kunihito Kato:
  Development of a Guide Dog System for the Blind with Character Recognition Ability. 401-405
  

V6: Image Processing

• Hagen Spies, John L. Barron:
  Evaluating Certainties in Image Intensity Differentiation for Optical Flow. 408-416
  
• D. S. Guru, R. Dinesh, P. Nagabhushan:
  Boundary Based Corner Detecion and Localization Using New "Cornerity" Index: A Robust Approach. 417-423
  
• Sam P. Bromley, John S. Zelek, Robert D. Dony:
  Commodity Real-time Stereo Vision for Navigation. 424-431
  
• Luz Abril Torres-Méndez, Gregory Dudek, Paul Di Marco:
  Inter-Image Statistics for Scene Reconstruction. 432-439
  
• Mohammad Sharif Chowdhury, David A. Clausi:
  Sea Ice Boundary Detection in SAR Satellite Images Using Conflicting Strength. 440-445
  
• Adlane Habed, Boubakeur Boufama:
  Self-Calibration of a Simplified Camera Using Kruppa Equations. 446-450
  

Keynote Speaker 3

• John K. Tsotsos, Marc Pomplun, Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo, Kunhao Zhou:
  Attending to Visual Motion: Localizing and Classifying Affine Motion Patterns. 452-462
  

V7: Camera Motion and Pose Estimation

• Onay Urfalioglu:
  Robust Estimation of Camera Rotation, Translation and Focal Length at High Outlier Rates. 464-471
  
• Richard Mann, Michael S. Langer:
  Estimating Camera Motion through a 3D Cluttered Scene. 472-479
  
• Marco Grimm, Rolf-Rainer Grigat:
  Real-Time Hybrid Pose Estimation from Vision and Inertial Data. 480-486
  

V8: Re-Enforcement Learning/Thresholding and Pen Motion

• David Tausky, Richard Mann:
  Categorization and Learning of Pen Motion Using Hidden Markov Models. 488-495
  
• Graham W. Taylor:
  A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Parameter Control in Computer Vision Applications. 496-503
  
• Maryam Shokri, Hamid R. Tizhoosh:
  Q(lambda)-Based Image Thresholding. 504-508