Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications

1. Front Matter

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2. Keynote Lectures

   1. The Dissimilarity Representation for Structural Pattern Recognition

      • Robert P. W. Duin, Elżbieta Pȩkalska

      Pages 1-24

   2. Describing When and Where in Vision

      • Walter G. Kropatsch, Adrian Ion, Nicole M. Artner

      Pages 25-25

   3. Applications of Multilevel Thresholding Algorithms to Transcriptomics Data

      • Luis Rueda, Iman Rezaeian

      Pages 26-37

3. Image Processing, Restoration and Segmentation

   1. Unsupervised Fingerprint Segmentation Based on Multiscale Directional Information

      • Raoni F. S. Teixeira, Neucimar J. Leite

      Pages 38-46

   2. Thermal Noise Estimation and Removal in MRI: A Noise Cancellation Approach

      • Miguel E. Soto, Jorge E. Pezoa, Sergio N. Torres

      Pages 47-54

   3. Spectral Model for Fixed-Pattern-Noise in Infrared Focal-Plane Arrays

      • Jorge E. Pezoa, Osvaldo J. Medina

      Pages 55-63

   4. Blotch Detection for Film Restoration

      • Alvaro Pardo

      Pages 64-70

   5. Rapid Cut Detection on Compressed Video

      • Jurandy Almeida, Neucimar J. Leite, Ricardo da S. Torres

      Pages 71-78

   6. Local Quality Method for the Iris Image Pattern

      • Luis Miguel Zamudio-Fuentes, Mireya S. García-Vázquez, Alejandro Alvaro Ramírez-Acosta

      Pages 79-88

   7. Assessment of SAR Image Filtering Using Adaptive Stack Filters

      • María E. Buemi, Marta Mejail, Julio Jacobo, Alejandro C. Frery, Heitor S. Ramos

      Pages 89-96

   8. Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Segmentation in Whole-Body MRI of Children

      • Geoffroy Fouquier, Jérémie Anquez, Isabelle Bloch, Céline Falip, Catherine Adamsbaum

      Pages 97-104

   9. Infrared Focal Plane Array Imaging System Characterization by Means of a Blackbody Radiator

      • Francisca Parra, Pablo Meza, Carlos Toro, Sergio Torres

      Pages 105-112

   10. An Adaptive Color Similarity Function for Color Image Segmentation

       • Rodolfo Alvarado-Cervantes, Edgardo M. Felipe-Riveron

       Pages 113-124

4. Computer Vision

   1. A New Prior Shape Model for Level Set Segmentation

      • Poay Hoon Lim, Ulas Bagci, Li Bai

      Pages 125-132

   2. Efficient 3D Curve Skeleton Extraction from Large Objects

      • László Szilágyi, Sándor Miklós Szilágyi, David Iclănzan, Lehel Szabó

      Pages 133-140

   3. Improving Tracking Algorithms Using Saliency

      • Cristobal Undurraga, Domingo Mery

      Pages 141-148

   4. Using Adaptive Run Length Smoothing Algorithm for Accurate Text Localization in Images

      • Martin Rais, Norberto A. Goussies, Marta Mejail

      Pages 149-156

   5. Fast Rotation-Invariant Video Caption Detection Based on Visual Rhythm

      • Felipe Braunger Valio, Helio Pedrini, Neucimar Jeronimo Leite

      Pages 157-164

   6. Morphology Based Spatial Relationships between Local Primitives in Line Drawings

      • Naeem A. Bhatti, Allan Hanbury

      Pages 165-172

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2011, held in Pucón, Chile, in November 2011. The 81 revised full papers presented together with 3 keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. Topics of interest covered are image processing, restoration and segmentation; computer vision; clustering and artificial intelligence; pattern recognition and classification; applications of pattern recognition; and Chilean Workshop on Pattern Recognition.

• biometrics
• decision support
• machine learning algorithms
• reinforcement learning
• spoken language understanding
• algorithm analysis and problem complexity

• Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

  César San Martin

• Myongji University, Cheoingu, Republic of Korea

  Sang-Woon Kim

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