{"title":"Embeded fusion of visual and acoustic for active acoustic source detection with SGGMM","authors":"Riad Azzam, N. Aouf","doi":"10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923352","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we investigate the problem of reliable detection and localization of active sound source using a new fusion approach of the vision and the acoustic data. The usefulness of the solution is fundamental for both video surveillance and video conference systems. In this aim, we propose combining the two heterogeneous modalities of data by augmenting the 3-D vector of RGB colors used by the Spatially Global Gaussians Mixture Model (SGGMM) for background modeling and segmentation using the acoustic Data. The proposed model provides accurate detection of the targets of interest and evaluation results using an implementation version on wireless sensors network (WSN) of the fusion approach shows performance improvement of the proposed detection and localization solution. This technique enabled a better detection of the moving acoustic source in comparison with the SGGMM only.","PeriodicalId":424325,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ELMAR-2014","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132889198","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":"A trinocular omnidirectional stereo vision system for high-precision RGB-D acquisition","authors":"M. Findeisen, L. Meinel, G. Hirtz","doi":"10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923350","url":null,"abstract":"Stereo vision is a commonly known and well studied principle for depth acquisition. In many applications such as indoor surveillance a low number of applied stereo sensors is desired for covering a certain scene to almost full extend. This should keep system costs low. However, the limited field of view of classical two-lens stereo cameras counteracts this objective. To overcome this limitation we present a novel configuration of three omnidirectional cameras in order to calculate a full hemispherical depth map.","PeriodicalId":424325,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ELMAR-2014","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132227777","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":"Virtual wireless penetration testing laboratory model","authors":"K. Skracic, J. Petrović, P. Pale, D. Tralic","doi":"10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923370","url":null,"abstract":"Penetration testing is one of the key actions in ensuring information system security and thereby avoiding security incidents including eavesdropping or unauthorized access to internal systems. In traditional educational settings it can be difficult to provide training for practitioners to develop and practice wireless penetration testing techniques, due to the requirement for physical equipment which can be used only by one person at the time, the need for student to be present at the location of the lab and the need to have expert in the lab to assess student's progress. A virtual wireless penetration testing laboratory designed for educational purposes could overcome these problems. In this paper we propose a model of such a laboratory.","PeriodicalId":424325,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ELMAR-2014","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123781817","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":"The impact of internet use on education process","authors":"Anita Prelas Kovačević, M. Spoljaric, D. Vuk","doi":"10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923368","url":null,"abstract":"Importance of applying ICT, particularly participatory web technologies, in the system of higher education is confirmed by many conducted studies Also a large number of scientific and professional articles on the subject of the use of web technology in the classroom have been publicized. However, a question has appeared by studying all the relevant literature dealing with the mentioned area, is there a relationship between the purpose of using the internet, generally by teachers, and implementation of participatory web technologies in teaching process. This question represents the main objective of this work. The paper is based on results of an internet survey answered by teachers from diverse Croatian higher education institutions. The research also gives insight how participatory internet technology is used.","PeriodicalId":424325,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ELMAR-2014","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127101070","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":"A novel approach for image steganalysis","authors":"G. Bugár, V. Bánoci, M. Broda, D. Levický","doi":"10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923344","url":null,"abstract":"Since JPEG images have been widely used in our daily life, the steganalysis for JPEG images becomes very important and significant. The Article addresses steganalysis in static images based on DCT transformed region, able to recognize the most popular steganography algorithms occurring on the Internet. We propose a new steganalysis method, where statistical properties of the image are explored, regardless the embedding procedure employed. The feature set used for classification of images consists of 285 statistical features. Experimental results show that in comparing with the universal steganalysis method for JPEG stego images, our method improves detection of widely used steganographic method in detection process, which provides observable differences in investigation performance.","PeriodicalId":424325,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ELMAR-2014","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131021076","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":"Submarine optical cables: Impact on the marine environment","authors":"I. Jurdana, R. Ivce, Darko Glažar","doi":"10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923320","url":null,"abstract":"The submarine optical cables are one of the main parts of national and international telecommunication networks. Nowadays, the growing demand for bandwidth and transmission of vast amount of data on high bit rates causes expansion of terrestrial and submarine telecommunication network. The submarine cable network is an infrastructure which is vital to the global society. Therefore, coordinated efforts between cable industry, telecom operators and governments are required to ensure maximum protection and reliability of the networks. This paper presents submarine optical cables deployment, different types of cable configuration, installation, and protection. Despite the small physical size of optical cable activities, such as surveying of cable routes, laying, protecting and repairing submarine cables may cause pollution or harmful changes to the marine environment. The paper describes environmental effects of cable laying and maintenance. Because these activities mostly take place in coastal and territorial sea areas, they are subject to the domestic law and regulations of coastal countries. This paper gives a brief overview of the international law and conventions relating submarine cables. Disturbance and impact caused by cable laying are viewed in the context of improving preservation of the coast and seabed. Presented topic highlight the need to use and protect marine environment sustainably.","PeriodicalId":424325,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ELMAR-2014","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128815655","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":"Edge-preserving partial variable median filtering for fast noise reduction in CT slices","authors":"T. Galba, Krešimir Romić, A. Baumgartner","doi":"10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923349","url":null,"abstract":"Median filter as a widespread noise reduction technique is here adapted for images taken with computed tomography (CT) scanner. In order to remove noise and thereby preserve edges and clear contours of objects we propose adapted method which uses partial variable median filtering. Except method explanation, we propose suitable platform for implementation, considering size of data set and time requirements of our method. Experimental image processing results and performance tests are shown in this paper.","PeriodicalId":424325,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ELMAR-2014","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122158823","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":"Feature extraction and classification by machine learning methods for biometric recognition of face and iris","authors":"M. Oravec","doi":"10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923301","url":null,"abstract":"Biometric recognition became an integral part of our living. This paper deals with machine learning methods for recognition of humans based on face and iris biometrics. The main intention of machine learning area is to reach a state when machines (computers) are able to respond without humans explicitly programming them. This area is closely related to artificial intelligence, knowledge discovery, data mining and neurocomputing. We present relevant machine learning methods with main focus on neural networks. Some aspects of theory of neural networks are addressed such as visualization of processes in neural networks, internal representations of input data as a basis for new feature extraction methods and their applications to image compression and classification. Machine learning methods can be efficiently used for feature extraction and classification and therefore are directly applicable to biometric systems. Biometrics deals with the recognition of people based on physiological and behavioral characteristics. Biometric recognition uses automated methods for recognition and this is why it is closely related to machine learning. Face recognition is discussed in this presentation - it covers the aspects of face detection, detection of facial features, classification in face recognition systems, state-of-the-art in biometric face recognition, face recognition in controlled and uncontrolled conditions and single-sample problem in face recognition. Iris recognition is analyzed from the point of view of state-of-the art in iris recognition, 2D Gabor wavelets, use of convolution kernels and possibilities for the design of new kernels. Software and hardware implementations of face and iris recognition systems are discussed and an implementation of a multimodal interface (face and iris part of a system) is presented. Also a contribution of Machine Learning Group working at FEI SUT Bratislava (http://www.uim.elf.stuba.sk/kaivt/MLgroup) to this research area is shown.","PeriodicalId":424325,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ELMAR-2014","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122218299","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":"Foreground segmentation based on thermo-visible fusion","authors":"Tarek Mouats, N. Aouf","doi":"10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923326","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a background subtraction (BS) technique based on the fusion of thermal and visible imagery using an adaptive Gaussian mixture models (GMM). We investigate how to effectively combine thermal and visible information to optimize the segmentation accuracy. Pixel-level fusion strategies combining different color spaces and image representations are addressed. The standard GMM implementation is extended to integrate additional information consisting in the thermal imagery. Tests were carried out on challenging real-world video sequences. Quantitative as well as qualitative results are shown demonstrating the improvements introduced with respect to the use of a single spectral band sensor.","PeriodicalId":424325,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ELMAR-2014","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124495655","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}
Vladimir Zlokolica, L. Velicki, M. Janev, David Mitrinović, D. Babin, N. Ralević, N. Cemerlić-Adić, R. Obradović, I. Galić
{"title":"Epicardial fat registration by local adaptive morphology-thresholding based 2D segmentation","authors":"Vladimir Zlokolica, L. Velicki, M. Janev, David Mitrinović, D. Babin, N. Ralević, N. Cemerlić-Adić, R. Obradović, I. Galić","doi":"10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR.2014.6923347","url":null,"abstract":"3D heart registration has become an important issue in cardio vascular diagnosis and treatment. This is mainly due to advanced medical imaging technologies that provide significant amount of data with high precision. One of the important features of the heart that has recently drawn attention is epicardial fat (surrounds the heart), which according to some preliminary studies can be correlated well with risk prediction of various cardiovascular diseases. Consequently, automatic detection and registration of epicardial fat is considered as important task for medical doctors to include as additional feature within the already existing software for medical imaging and visualization. In this paper, we analyze heart images obtained by 4D CT technology and propose a segmentation scheme that automatically extracts epcardial fat in each 2D slice in order to perform 3D epicardial fat registration and visualization. The segmentation algorithm first enhances input image after which it performs patch based labeling and clustering of the selected features. The experimental results indicate good epicardial fat registration performance in comparison to manual segmentation obtained by the medical doctors.","PeriodicalId":424325,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings ELMAR-2014","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114384457","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}