Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis

Images by Means of Segmentation Algorithms.- Comments on Matrix-Based Secret Sharing Scheme for Images.- A Very Low Bit-Rate Minimalist Video Encoder Based on Matching Pursuits.- An Unified Transition Detection Based on Bipartite Graph Matching Approach.- A New Dissimilarity Measure for Trajectories with Applications in Anomaly Detection.- Modelling Postures of Human Movements.- Detection and Tracking of Driver's Hands in Real Time.- Speech, Natural Language, Document.- Speaker Verification in Noisy Environment Using Missing Feature Approach.- Fast k-NN Classifier for Documents Based on a Graph Structure.- Comparative Analysis between Wavelets for the Identification of Pathological Voices.- Comparison of HMM and DTW for Isolated Word Recognition System of Punjabi Language.- A Combination of Classifiers for the Pronominal Anaphora Resolution in Basque.- Text Segmentation by Clustering Cohesion.- Multiple Clues for License Plate Detection and Recognition.- Image Filtering and Segmentation.- Non Local Image Denoising Using Image Adapted Neighborhoods.- A Quantitative Evaluation of Fixed-Pattern Noise Reduction Methods in Imaging Systems.- Vessel Centerline Tracking in CTA and MRA Images Using Hough Transform.- Automatic Image Segmentation Optimized by Bilateral Filtering.- Pansharpening of High and Medium Resolution Satellite Images Using Bilateral Filtering.- Color Image Segmentation by Means of a Similarity Function.- Image Segmentation Using Quadtree-Based Similarity Graph and Normalized Cut.- A Genetic-Algorithm-Based Fusion System Optimization for 3D Image Interpretation.- Feature Extraction, Shape, Texture, Geometry and Morphology.- Quaternion Atomic Function Wavelet for Applications in Image Processing.- A Complex Network-Based Approach for Texture Analysis.- Enhancing Gabor Wavelets Using Volumetric Fractal Dimension.- Comparison of Shape Descriptors for Mice Behavior Recognition.- Ridge Linking Using an Adaptive Oriented Mask Applied to Plant Root Images with Thin Structures.- Parameter Estimation for Ridge Detection in Images with Thin Structures.- Experimental Comparison of Orthogonal Moments as Feature Extraction Methods for Character Recognition.- Face Segmentation and Recognition, Biometry.- Improving Face Segmentation in Thermograms Using Image Signatures.- On Combining Local DCT with Preprocessing Sequence for Face Recognition under Varying Lighting Conditions.- On Improving Dissimilarity-Based Classifications Using a Statistical Similarity Measure.- A Rotation Invariant Face Recognition Method Based on Complex Network.- Illumination Invariant Face Image Representation Using Quaternions.- A Contrario Detection of False Matches in Iris Recognition.- Statistical Approaches, Learning, Classification, Mining.- A Functional Density-Based Nonparametric Approach for Statistical Calibration.- Feature Extraction Using Circular Statistics Applied to Volcano Monitoring.- Improving the Accuracy of the Optimum-Path Forest Supervised Classifier for Large Datasets.- Assessment of a Modified Version of the EM Algorithm for Remote Sensing Data Classification.- A Sequential Minimal Optimization Algorithm for the All-Distances Support Vector Machine.- Aerosol Optical Thickness Retrieval from Satellite Observation Using Support Vector Regression.- An Overproduce-and-Choose Strategy to Create Classifier Ensembles with Tuned SVM Parameters Applied to Real-World Fault Diagnosis.- Multi-Objective Semi-Supervised Feature Selection and Model Selection Based on Pearson's Correlation Coefficient.- Introducing ROC Curves as Error Measure Functions: A New Approach to Train ANN-Based Biomedical Data Classifiers.- Partition Selection Approach for Hierarchical Clustering Based on Clustering Ensemble.- The Imbalanced Problem in Morphological Galaxy Classification.- Exploiting Contextual Information for Image Re-ranking.- Assessing the Role of Spatial Relations for the Object Recognition Task.- Automatic Representation of Semantic Abstraction of Geographical Data by Means of Classification.