{"title":"Sub-Millimeter Crack Detection in Casted Steel Using Color Photometric Stereo","authors":"A. Landström, M. Thurley, Håkan Jonsson","doi":"10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691532","url":null,"abstract":"A novel method for automated inspection of small corner cracks in casted steel is presented, using a photometric stereo setup consisting of two light sources of different colors in conjunction with a line-scan camera. The resulting image is separated into two different reflection patterns which are used to cancel shadow effects and estimate the surface gradient. Statistical methods are used to first segment the image and then provide an estimated crack probability for each segmented region. Results show that true cracks are successfully assigned a high crack probability, while only a minor proportion of other regions cause similar probability values. About 80% of the cracks present in the segmented regions are given a crack probability higher than 70%, wile the corresponding number for other non-crack regions is only 5%. The segmented regions contain over 70% of the manually identified crack pixels. We thereby provide proof-of-concept for the presented method.","PeriodicalId":231632,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130050838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automatic Segmentation of Molecular Pathology Images Using a Robust Mixture Model with Markov Random Fields","authors":"S. Ng, A. Lam","doi":"10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691487","url":null,"abstract":"The segmentation of molecular pathology images is important for the assessment of clinical behaviour of disease conditions. We consider a robust mixture model-based approach to segment pathology images into different tissue components, with the use of Markov random fields to account for the spatial continuity of image intensities. Segmentation and estimation of tissue parameters quantify the size of various tissue components and can be used to assess progression of disease or to evaluate effect of drug therapy. The method is illustrated using simulated data and pathology images of cancer patients.","PeriodicalId":231632,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)","volume":"313 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116625905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hajananth Nallaivarothayan, D. Ryan, S. Denman, S. Sridharan, C. Fookes
{"title":"An Evaluation of Different Features and Learning Models for Anomalous Event Detection","authors":"Hajananth Nallaivarothayan, D. Ryan, S. Denman, S. Sridharan, C. Fookes","doi":"10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691480","url":null,"abstract":"The huge amount of CCTV footage available makes it very burdensome to process these videos manually through human operators. This has made automated processing of video footage through computer vision technologies necessary. During the past several years, there has been a large effort to detect abnormal activities through computer vision techniques. Typically, the problem is formulated as a novelty detection task where the system is trained on normal data and is required to detect events which do not fit the learned 'normal' model. There is no precise and exact definition for an abnormal activity; it is dependent on the context of the scene. Hence there is a requirement for different feature sets to detect different kinds of abnormal activities. In this work we evaluate the performance of different state of the art features to detect the presence of the abnormal objects in the scene. These include optical flow vectors to detect motion related anomalies, textures of optical flow and image textures to detect the presence of abnormal objects. These extracted features in different combinations are modeled using different state of the art models such as Gaussian mixture model(GMM) and Semi- 2D Hidden Markov model(HMM) to analyse the performances. Further we apply perspective normalization to the extracted features to compensate for perspective distortion due to the distance between the camera and objects of consideration. The proposed approach is evaluated using the publicly available UCSD datasets and we demonstrate improved performance compared to other state of the art methods.","PeriodicalId":231632,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128055384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fan Zhang, Yang Song, Weidong (Tom) Cai, Yun Zhou, S. Shan, D. Feng
{"title":"Context Curves for Classification of Lung Nodule Images","authors":"Fan Zhang, Yang Song, Weidong (Tom) Cai, Yun Zhou, S. Shan, D. Feng","doi":"10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691494","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a feature-based imaging classification method is presented to classify the lung nodules in low dose computed tomography (LDCT) slides into four categories: well-circumscribed, vascularized, juxta-pleural and pleural-tail. The proposed method focuses on the feature design, which describes both lung nodule and surrounding context information, and contains two main stages: (1) superpixel labeling, which labels the pixels into foreground and background based on an image patch division approach, (2) context curve calculation, which transfers the superpixel labeling result into feature vector. While the first stage preprocesses the image, extracting the major context anatomical structures for each type of nodules, the context curve provides a discriminative description for intra- and inter-type nodules. The evaluation is conducted on a publicly available dataset and the results indicate the promising performance of the proposed method on lung nodule classification.","PeriodicalId":231632,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126985986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Image Matting for Sparse User Input by Iterative Refinement","authors":"Stephen Tierney, Geoff Bull, Junbin Gao","doi":"10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691499","url":null,"abstract":"Image matting is the process of extracting the foreground component from an image. Since matting is an under constrained problem most techniques address the case where users supply some dense labelling to indicate known foreground and background regions. In contrast to other techniques our proposed technique is unique in that focuses on achieving satisfactory results with extremely sparse input, e.g. a handful of individual pixel labels. We propose an iterative extension to the class of affinity matting techniques. Analysis of results from affinity matting with sparse labels reveals that the low quality alpha mattes can be processed and re-used for the next iteration. We demonstrate this extension using the recent KNN matting and show that this technique can greatly improve matting results.","PeriodicalId":231632,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122341360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Object Cut as Minimum Ratio Cycle in a Superpixel Boundary Graph","authors":"Gao Zhu, Y. Ming, Hongdong Li","doi":"10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691506","url":null,"abstract":"A category-specific object cut method is proposed in this paper that utilizes both minimum ratio cycle optimization and superpixel segmentation. This method can find a non-self-intersecting cycle in the image plane which aligns well with the outer boundary of an object instance. Most existing approaches under the minimum ratio cycle optimization framework are used for unsupervised image segmentation. Directly applying their approaches will cause orientation ambiguity which makes the globally minimal solution unachievable. It is demonstrated that a modification on top-down classification information can alleviate this difficulty even it does not hold for traditional linear-energy object cut methods. PASCAL VOC 2007 segmentation dataset is used for experimental evaluation and improved performance is obtained when our method is compared with other competitive object cut algorithms.","PeriodicalId":231632,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123405982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robust ASL Fingerspelling Recognition Using Local Binary Patterns and Geometric Features","authors":"C. Weerasekera, M. Jaward, N. Kamrani","doi":"10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691521","url":null,"abstract":"Sign language recognition using computer vision techniques enables machines to function as interpreters of sign language while eliminating the need for cumbersome data gloves. In this paper, a robust approach for recognition of bare-handed static sign language is presented, using a novel combination of features. These include Local Binary Patterns (LBP) histogram features based on color and depth information, and also geometric features of the hand. Linear binary Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifiers are used for recognition, coupled with template matching in the case of multiple matches. An accurate hand segmentation scheme using the Kinect depth sensor is also presented. The resulting sign language recognition system could be employed in many practical scenarios and works in complex environments in real-time. It is also shown to be robust to changes in distance between the user and camera and can handle possible variations in fingerspelling among different users. The algorithm is tested on two ASL fingerspelling datasets where overall classification rates over 90% are observed.","PeriodicalId":231632,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134216540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robust Video Based Iris Segmentation System in Less Constrained Environments","authors":"Nitin K. Mahadeo, A. Paplinski, S. Ray","doi":"10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691524","url":null,"abstract":"One of the key challenges in traditional iris recognition systems is that they require substantial user cooperation. Several restrictions are imposed on positioning and motion of the subject during the image acquisition process so that an image of high quality can be captured. On the other hand, videos captured at a distance and on the move are less intrusive and more appealing to users. However, this extra convenience comes at a cost. Such videos suffer from significant degradation and are often of poor quality compared to images captured in controlled environments. In this work, we present a video based iris segmentation system for processing of images taken in less constrained environments. In the first part, frame alignment of face videos is performed for reliable and efficient extraction of the eye regions in Near Infrared (NIR) videos. In the second section, we propose a new iris segmentation method aimed particularly at eye images captured in challenging environments. Reflections and out of frame iris regions are in-painted. A region based segmentation method is proposed for accurate eyelid detection in images with variable illumination and significant blur. Eyelashes are divided into two categories and eliminated. Experiments carried out on the Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge (MBGC) dataset demonstrate that the proposed system achieves higher accuracy than other recent state of the art video based iris segmentation techniques developed for less constrained environments.","PeriodicalId":231632,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133879316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Nguyen, A. Janke, N. Cherbuin, G. McLachlan, P. Sachdev, K. Anstey
{"title":"Spatial False Discovery Rate Control for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies","authors":"H. Nguyen, A. Janke, N. Cherbuin, G. McLachlan, P. Sachdev, K. Anstey","doi":"10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691531","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used to study the population effects of covariates on brain morphometry. Inferences from these studies often require the simultaneous testing of millions of statistical hypotheses. Such scale of simultaneous testing is known to lead to large numbers of false positive results. False discovery rate (FDR) controlling procedures are commonly employed to mitigate against false positives. However, current methodologies in FDR control only account for the marginal significance of hypotheses and are not able to take into account spatial relationships, such as in MRI studies. In this article, we present a novel method for incorporating spatial dependencies in the control of FDR through the use of Markov random fields. Our method is able to automatically estimate the relationship between spatially dependent hypotheses by means of pseudo-likelihood techniques. We show that the our spatial FDR control method is able to outperform marginal methods in simulations of spatially dependent hypotheses. Our method is then applied to investigate the effect of aging on brain morphometry using data from the PATH study. The results of our investigation were found to be in correspondence with the brain aging literature.","PeriodicalId":231632,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115177370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Region-Based Anomaly Localisation in Crowded Scenes via Trajectory Analysis and Path Prediction","authors":"Teng Zhang, A. Wiliem, B. Lovell","doi":"10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DICTA.2013.6691519","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose an approach for locating anomalies in crowded scene for surveillance videos. In contrast to the previous approaches, the proposed approach does not rely on traditional tracking techniques which tend to fail in crowed scenes. Instead the anomalies are tracked based on the information taken from a set of anomaly classifiers. To this end, each video frame is divided into non- overlapping regions wherein a set of low-level features are extracted. After that, we apply the anomaly classifiers which determine whether there is anomaly in each region. We then derive the anomaly trajectory by connecting the anomalous regions temporarily across the video frames. Finally, we propose path prediction using linear Support Vector Machine (SVM) to smooth the trajectory. By doing this, we will able to better locate them in the crowded scene. We tested our approach on UCSD Anomaly Detection dataset which contains crowded scenes and achieved notable improvement over the state-of-the-art results without sacrificing computational simplicity.","PeriodicalId":231632,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134599532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}