{"title":"Real time video distribution using publication through a database","authors":"I. Diamantis, A. Ntalakas, M. Strintzis","doi":"10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722752","url":null,"abstract":"We describe an interactive video-on-demand (VoD) service, which supports VCR-like functions. It consists of two parts. The first part is a database, which contains the information concerning the videos. This information is published on an Intranet Web. The second part is the actual video distribution using the client server model. The architecture combines network manipulation of high level and a modular system of pluggable components which provides adjustability to the needs of the user.","PeriodicalId":282177,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings SIBGRAPI'98. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Vision (Cat. No.98EX237)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122928626","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":"Pipeline stereo matching in binary images","authors":"L. Gonçalves, A.A.F. De Oliveira","doi":"10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722782","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a short review of shape from stereo reconstruction techniques and propose a stereo matching algorithm based on a pipeline approach. At each stage, current positions of match are estimated from previous computed disparities. Determining the best matching only requires the calculus of correlation values of pixels in a small window centered at candidate positions. The algorithm was succesfully applied to stereo pairs of images, but it can be more advantageously applied to sequences of stereo image frames, due to the Pipeline approach. We also present some visual and numeric results obtained using the algorithm and compare them with those obtained by some usual methods, also implemented.","PeriodicalId":282177,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings SIBGRAPI'98. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Vision (Cat. No.98EX237)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128042687","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":"Visual processing throughout the visual field","authors":"J. Faubert","doi":"10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722725","url":null,"abstract":"This paper summarizes work done in our laboratory with a special emphasis on functional aspects of the visual field. The quality of the perceived image within a visual display depends on the information available within the display itself but also on the capacity of the human visual system to process visual information. Specifically, the paper discusses work on human visual processing which deals with our capacity to process flicker information and how this is affected by aging, colour, motion, visual distortions as assessed by curvature and symmetry.","PeriodicalId":282177,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings SIBGRAPI'98. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Vision (Cat. No.98EX237)","volume":"175 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125996613","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}
Alessandro Sarti, C. Ortíz, S. Lockett, R. Malladi
{"title":"A unified geometric model for 3D confocal image analysis in cytology","authors":"Alessandro Sarti, C. Ortíz, S. Lockett, R. Malladi","doi":"10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722735","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we use partial differential equation based analysis as a methodology for computer-aided cytology. We wish to accurately extract and classify the shapes of nuclei from noisy confocal microscopy images. This is a prerequisite to an accurate quantitative intranuclear (genotypic and phenotypic) and internuclear (tissue structure) analysis of cancerous and pre-cancerous specimens. We study the use of a geometric-driven scheme for improving the results obtained by a nuclear segmentation method, based on automatic segmentation, followed by object reconstruction and interactive classification. We build a chain of methods that includes an edge-preserving image smoothing mechanism, an automatic (albeit non-regularized) segmentation method, a geometry-driven scheme to regularize the shapes and improve edge fidelity, and an interactive method to split shape clusters and reclassify them.","PeriodicalId":282177,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings SIBGRAPI'98. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Vision (Cat. No.98EX237)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134024360","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":"Two frontiers in morphological image analysis: differential evolution models and hybrid morphological/linear neural networks","authors":"P. Maragos, M. A. Butt, Lúcio F. C. Pessoa","doi":"10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722726","url":null,"abstract":"We briefly describe advancements in two broad areas of morphological image analysis. Part I deals with differential morphology and curve evolution. The partial differential equations (PDEs) that model basic morphological operations are first presented. The resulting dilation PDE, numerically implemented by curve evolution algorithms, improves the accuracy of morphological multiscale analysis by Euclidean disks and (its anisotropic/heterogeneous version) is the basic ingredient of PDE models that solve image analysis problems such as gridless halftoning and watershed segmentation based on the eikonal PDE. Part II deals with morphology-related systems for pattern recognition. It presents a general class of multilayer feedforward neural networks where the combination of inputs in every node is formed by hybrid linear and nonlinear (of the morphological/rank type) operations. For its design a methodology is formulated using ideas from the backpropagation algorithm and robust techniques are developed to circumvent the non-differentiability of rank functions. Experimental results in handwritten character recognition are described and illustrate some of the properties of this new type of neural nets.","PeriodicalId":282177,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings SIBGRAPI'98. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Vision (Cat. No.98EX237)","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133718376","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":"Levelings and morphological segmentation","authors":"F. Meyer","doi":"10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722729","url":null,"abstract":"We present a novel class of morphological filters, which are ideal simplification tools in order to facilitate the segmentation of objects of interest. As a subclass of connected operators, they are particularly interesting for segmentation purposes, as they suppress many details in the image while preserving perfectly the position and the sharpness of the structures which are not suppressed. Furthermore, being autodual, they may be applied on the various components of a colour image separately and produce colour image simplifications. We show how to use them in the context of segmentation of sequences, for multimedia applications.","PeriodicalId":282177,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings SIBGRAPI'98. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Vision (Cat. No.98EX237)","volume":"101 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116167846","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}
José Daniel Ramos Wey, J. A. Zuffo, LSI-Laboratório de Sistemas Integráveis
{"title":"Interface: a real time facial animation system","authors":"José Daniel Ramos Wey, J. A. Zuffo, LSI-Laboratório de Sistemas Integráveis","doi":"10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722751","url":null,"abstract":"The paper describes Interface, a real time facial animation system. The system uses a simple set of pre modeled facial expressions to create a wide range of emotions, mouth positions and complete head movements. The animation is done through layered groups of actions that combined gives the virtual actor complete freedom to perform different actions independently and simultaneously, without the intervention of the animator. Due to its software structure, Interface can be used as a \"render plug-in\" for an artificial intelligence program or a script based animation system. The system was successfully implemented using the languages Java and VRML, and can be executed through the Internet in PCs or workstations with a Java-enabled Web browser. Applications that can benefit from this system are interface agents, virtual reality systems and animation software, among others.","PeriodicalId":282177,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings SIBGRAPI'98. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Vision (Cat. No.98EX237)","volume":"207 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116352854","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":"Towards optimal ranking metrics","authors":"N. Sebe, M. Lew, D. P. Huijsmans","doi":"10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722776","url":null,"abstract":"Euclidean metric is frequently used in computer vision, mostly ad-hoc without any justification. However we have found that other metrics like double exponential metric or Cauchy one provide better results, in accordance with the maximum likelihood approach. In this paper we experiment with different modeling functions for similarity noise and compute the accuracy of different methods using these modeling functions in three kinds of applications: content-based image retrieval from a large database, stereo matching and video sequences. We provide a way to determine the modeling distribution which fits best the similarity noise distribution according to the ground truth. In the optimum case, when one has chosen the best modeling distribution, its corresponding metric will give the best ranking results for the ground truth provided.","PeriodicalId":282177,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings SIBGRAPI'98. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Vision (Cat. No.98EX237)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123439798","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":"Biased clustering methods for image classification","authors":"R. Santos, T. Ohashi, T. Yoshida, T. Ejima","doi":"10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722761","url":null,"abstract":"Classification of image data can be done using supervised or unsupervised methods. Each approach has advantages and disadvantages: supervised methods require labeled samples in order to create signatures or discriminating functions to classify unknown data, which at the end of the process will have class labels attached to it. Unsupervised methods, usually based on clustering, do not require samples for the classes, but their result will be unlabeled, requiring additional processing steps to attach labels to pixels on images. In this paper a new method for classification is presented, called biased clustering, which will use imprecise information about classes to create expectancies for assignment of a pixel to a class. These expectancies will be validated or corrected by a clustering method. The advantage over supervised methods is that the samples for the classes does not need to be precisely labeled, and can be derived with simple image processing methods. The advantage over basic clustering methods is that the pixels will be labeled at the end of the classification. An application of the method will be presented, and results will be discussed.","PeriodicalId":282177,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings SIBGRAPI'98. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Vision (Cat. No.98EX237)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124784008","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":"Reconstructing a 3D model from range images using radial flow model","authors":"R. Marques da Silva, Wu Shin-Ting","doi":"10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRA.1998.722733","url":null,"abstract":"The reconstruction of a 3D model from range images can be conveniently split into two stages. The first stage consists basically in the extraction of geometrical information, e.g. the depth and the orientation of image points, and the second stage concentrates on the transformation of these data to a 3D model. We focus on the second stage. Our approach is based on a deformable model, which offers more flexibility to mould a 3D model according to several geometrical constraints. Moreover, instead of looking for a global functional that carries out the deformation, we opted for establishing discrete local correspondences between 3D surface point data extracted from images and 3D model points.","PeriodicalId":282177,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings SIBGRAPI'98. International Symposium on Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Vision (Cat. No.98EX237)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129346816","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}