2012 19th International

Conference on Systems, Signalsand Image Processing

(IWSSIP 2012)

Vienna, Austria

11 -13 April 2012

IEEEmmmm

IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1255E-PRT

ISBN: 978-1-4577-2191-S

Program

Tl: Tutorial 1, Sergios Theodoridis: Adaptive Learning for Machine Learning and

Signal Processing: An Efficient Unifying Framework for Classification and

Regression Tasks

Oral Presentation

T2: Tutorial 2, Jorn Ostermann: Coding of Stereoscopic and 3-Dimensional Video

Oral Presentation

R: Redzur

Poster Presentation

IB: IceBreaker

OS: Opening Session

PI: Plenary Session 1, C. Richard Johnson, Jr.: Weave Match Hunting: An

Application of Signal Processing to Painting Analysis

Oral Presentation

CB1: Coffee Break 1

IC: Image Classification

Oral Presentation

Improved Edge Detection for EWOC Depth UpscalingSebastian Schwarz (Mid Sweden University, Sweden); Marten SjOstrom (Mid

Sweden University, Sweden); Roger Olsson (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)

pp. 1-4

JPEG Image Tampering Detection Using Blocking Artifacts

Dijana Tralic (University of Zagreb & Faculty of Electrical Engineering and

Computing, Croatia); Juraj Petrovic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and

Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia); Sonja Grgic (University of Zagreb,

Croatia)

pp. 5-8

- Text Detection in Video Images Using Adaptive Edge Detection and Stroke Width

Verification

Haojin Yang (Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Technology GmbH, Germany);Bernhard Quehl (Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Technology GmbH,Germany); Harald Sack (Hasso-Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering,Germany)

pp. 9-12

Recognition Impact of JPEG2000 Part 2 Wavelet Packet Subband Structures in

Polar Iris Image CompressionJutta Hammerle-Uhl (University of Salzburg, Austria); Michael Karnutsch

(University of Salzburg, Austria); Andreas Uhl (Salzburg University, Austria)pp. 13-16

IPIN: Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation

Oral Presentation

Benefits From Cooperation in Simultaneous Anchor-less Tracking and Room

Mapping Based on Impulse Radio - Ultra Wideband Devices

Mathieu des Noes (CEA -LETI Minatec, France); Benoit Denis (CEA-Leti Minatec,

France)

pp. 17-21

Multipath-Assisted Single-Anchor Indoor Localization in an Office Environment

Paul Meissner (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Klaus Witrisal (GrazUniversity of Technology, Austria)pp. 22-25

Distributed Localization: A Comparison of Performance Limits

Stefano Severi (Jacobs University Bremen, Germany); Giuseppe Abreu (Jacobs

University Bremen, Germany); Davide Dardari (University ofBologna, Italy)pp. 26-31

Radio and IMU Based Indoor Positioning and TrackingAnders Mannesson (Lund University, Sweden); Atif Yaqoob (Lund University,Sweden); Fredrik Tufvesson (Lund University, Sweden); Bo Bernhardsson (LundUniversity, Sweden)

pp. 32-35

Infrastructureless Indoor Mapping Using a Mobile Antenna ArrayTobias DeiBler (Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Niirnberg, Germany);Malgorzata Janson (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Rudolf Zetik

(Technical University Ilmenau, Germany); Joern Thielecke (University of Erlangen,Germany)

pp. 36-39

Indoor Person Localization System Through RSSI Bluetooth FingerprintingHector Jose P6rez Iglesias (Universidade da Coruna, Spain); Valentin Barral

(University ofA Coruna, Spain); Carlos J Escudero (University ofA Coruna, Spain)

pp. 40-43

MSP: Medical Signal Processing

Poster Presentation

Simple Low Level Laser Therapy Device ApproachSorin Stanescu (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania); Paul Dan Cristea

(University Politehnica of Bucharest & Romanian Academy, Romania)

pp. 44-47

Wavelet Denoising of Ultrasonic A-scans for Detection ofWeak SignalsJose Luis San Emeterio (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain); MiguelA. Rodriguez-Hernandez (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)pp. 48-51

Regression and Sparse Regression Methods for Viscosity Estimation of Acid Milk

From It's SLS Features

Sara Sharifzadeh (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark); Jacob Skytte

(Technical University of Denmark, Denmark); Otto Nielsen (Technical University of

Denmark, Denmark); Bjarne Ersb0ll (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark);Line Clemmensen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

pp.52-55

A Novel Automatic Method for Vessel Tortuosity Evaluation

Farnoosh Ghadiri (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad & Machine Vision

Lab. Computer Eng. Dept, Iran); Hamidreza Pourreza (Ferdowsi University of

Mashhad Mashhad, Iran); Touka Banaee (Medical Sciences University of Mashhad,

Iran)

pp. 56-59

SI: Security Parti

Oral Presentation

Improved Method of Secret Key Generation Based on Variations in Wireless

Channel

Abhijit Ambekar (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); Nandish Kuruvatti

(Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); Hans D. Schotten (University of

Kaiserslautern, Germany)pp.60-63

Enhancing Detection of Digital Watermark Against Resampling Attacks by

Analyzing Periodicity of Interpolation

Seung-Jin Ryu (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Tae

Woo Oh (Korea Advanced Institute of science and Technology, Korea); Hae-Yeoun

Lee (Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Korea); Dae-Jin Jung (KoreaAdvanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Heung-Kyu Lee (KAIST,Korea)

pp. 64-67

Improvement of the Watermark Detector Perfomance Using Image Enhancement

Filters

Ante Poljicak (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Croatia); LidijaMandic (Faculty of Graphic Arts, University ofZagreb, Croatia); Maja StrgarKurecic (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Croatia)

pp. 68-71

Robust Multi-Modal Watermarking Using Visually Encrypted Watermark

Saurabh Maheshwari (Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India); Reena

Gunjan (Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India); Vijay Laxmi (MalaviyaNational Institute of Technology, India); Manoj Singh Gaur (Malaviya National

Institute of Technology, India)

pp. 72-75

High-Capacity Reversible Data Hiding by Maximum-Span Pixel Pairing on

Ordered Dithered Halftone ImagesBrian Lien (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan); Yen-ming Lin (Fu Jen Catholic

University, Taiwan); Kun-Ying Lee (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)

pp.76-79

LB1: Lunch Break

DAC: Distributed Algorithms in Communications

Oral Presentation

A Novel, Scalable and Distributed Software Architecture for Software-Defined

Radio with Remote Interaction

Valentin Barral (University ofA Coruna, Spain); Javier Rodas (University ofA

Corufia, Spain); Jose A. Garcia-Naya (University of A Coruna, Spain); Carlos J

Escudero (University ofA Coruna, Spain)

pp.80-83

A Solution for Optimizing Costs and Improving Diversity of RFID Readers

Javier Rodas (University ofA Coruna, Spain); Valentin Barral (University ofA

Coruna, Spain); Carlos J Escudero (University ofA Corufia, Spain); Robert

Langwieser (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

pp. 84-88

Distributed Primary User Identification From Imprecise Location Information

Pavle Belanovic (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain); SergioValcarcel Macua (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain); Santiago Zazo

(Universidad Politecnica Madrid, Spain)

pp. 89-92

Experimental Evaluation of MIMO Coded Modulation Systems: Concatenation

with OSTBC or Spatial MultiplexingFrancisco J. Vazquez-Araujo (University ofA Coruna, Spain); Jose A. Garcia-Naya(University ofA Coruna, Spain); Miguel Gonzalez-Lopez (Universidad de A

Coruna, Spain); Luis Castedo (University of A Coruna, Spain); Javier Garcia-Frias

(University of Delaware, USA)

pp. 93-96

Iterative Timing for Wireless Sensor Networks

Jozef Kenyeres (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Markus Rupp (Vienna

University of Technology, Austria); Martin Kenyeres (Slovak University of

Technology, Slovakia); Peter Farkas (Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia)

pp. 97-103

DSPC: DSP in Communications

Poster Presentation

Girth Analysis of Polynomial-based Time-Invariant LDPC Convolutional Codes

Hua Zhou (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Norbert Goertz (ViennaUniversity of Technology, Austria)

pp. 104-108

Soft Channel Encoding; A Comparison of Algorithms for Soft Information RelayingMehdi Mortazawi Molu (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Norbert Goertz

(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

pp. 109-113

A Comparison of Estimation Concepts Applied to Networked Control SystemsYasir Irshad (Karlstad University, Sweden); Magnus Mossberg (Karlstad University,Sweden)

pp. 114-117

TDOA Localization in IR UWB SystemsJelena Kaitovic (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Miljko Eric (School of

Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia)

pp. 118-121

An Efficient State of Charge Prediction Model for Solar Harvesting WSN Platforms

Andrea Castagnetti (University ofNice Sophia Antipolis, France); Alain Pegatoquet

(LEAT, France); Cecile Belleudy (CNRS-LEAT, Universite de Nice-Sophia

Antipolis, France); Michel Auguin (LEAT, France)

pp. 122-125

An Algorithm for Highly Efficient Waterfilling with Guaranteed ConvergenceJohannes Gonter (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Norbert Goertz

(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

pp. 126-129

Recursive Discrete FourierTransform Based SMT Receivers for Cognitive Radio

Applications

Lajos Varga (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary); Zsolt

Kollar (Budapest University of Technology and Ecomonics, Hungary); Peter

Horvath (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)pp.130-133

IPS: Image Processing for Surveillance

Oral Presentation

Rear Lights Vehicle Detection for Collision Avoidance

Evangelos Skodras (University of Patras, Greece); George Siogkas (University of

Patras, Greece); Evagellos Dermatas (University of Patras, Greece); Nikolaos

Fakotakis (University of Patras, Greece)

pp. 134-137

People Counting in Crowded Scenes Using Multiple CamerasFabio Dittrich (Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil); Alessandro Koerich

(Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil); Luiz E. S. Oliveira (Federal

University of Parana, Brazil)pp.138-141

Optical Correlator Based Traffic Signs RecognitionTomas Harasthy (Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia); JanTuran (Technical

University of Kosice, Slovakia); Lubos Ovsenik (Technical University of Kosice,Slovakia); Kalman Fazekas (Budapest University of Technology and Economics,

Hungary)

pp.142-145

Moving Shadow Detection by Nonlinear Tone-MappingElad Bullkich (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel); Idan Ilan (Technion- Israel Institute ofTechnology, Israel); Yair Moshe (Technion - Israel Institute of

Technology, Israel); Yacov Hel-Or (Google Inc., Israel); Hagit Hel-Or (University of

Haifa, Israel)

pp. 146-149

Orientation Difference Descriptor for Aerial Image Classification

Vladimir Risojevic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Banja Luka,Bosnia and Herzegovina); Zdenka Babic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering,University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

pp. 150-153

S2: Security Part2

Oral Presentation

CDMA Based Blind and Reversible Watermarking Scheme for Images in Wavelet

Domain

Muhammad K Samee (Dortmund University of Technology, Germany); JurgenGotze (TU Dortmund University, Germany)

pp. 154-159

Producing Secure Pseudorandom Sequences with Combined Multiplicative

Congruential Generators

Mieczyslaw Jessa (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Michal Jaworski

(Poznan University of Technology, Poland)

pp. 160-163

An Efficient Two Pass Lossless Invisible Watermarking Algorithm for Natural

ImagesSunil Prasad Jaiswal (LNMIIT, India); Gaurav Mittal (The LNM Institute of

Information Technology, Jaipur, India); Vinit Jakhetiya (The Hong Kong Universityof Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Anil Tiwari (IIT-J, India)

pp. 164-167

Pascal Transform Based Self-Authentication of Color ImagesEleni E Varsaki (Hellenic Open University, Greece); Vassilis Fotopoulos (HellenicOpen University, Greece); Athanassios N. Skodras (Hellenic Open University,

Greece)

pp. 168-171

CB2: Coffee Break 2

DIA: DSP Implementation Aspects

Oral Presentation

Parallel Algorithms for Histogram-based Image RegistrationBenjamin Guthier (University of Mannheim, Germany); Stephan Kopf (Universityof Mannheim, Germany); Matthias Wichtlhuber (University ofMannheim,Germany); Wolfgang Effelsberg (University of Mannheim, Germany)

pp. 172-175

A High Throughput Architecture for the H.264/AVC Cavlc Encoder

Marc Hoffman (University of Dayton, USA); Eric Balster (University of Dayton,

USA); William Turri (University of Dayton Research Institute, USA)

pp. 176-180

Design of a Reconfigurable Parallel Convolver

Mohammad Reza Hashemi (Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty, Shahid

Beheshti University, Iran); Mohammad Eshghi (Electrical and Computer

Engineering Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran)

pp. 181-184

Randomized Hough Transform with Minimal Memory RequirementsMariusz Kapruziak (The West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland)pp.185-188

Acceleration of Monte-Carlo Simulation-Based Quantization of DSP Systems

Enrique Sedano (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain); Juan Antonio Lopez

(Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain); Carlos Carreras (UniversidadPolitecnica de Madrid, Spain)pp. 189-192

EDSPT: Emerging DSP Topics

Poster Presentation

Local Object Detection and Recognition in Mobile Devices

Ana Lameira (Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova de

Lisboa, Portugal); Rui M. Jesus (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa,

Portugal); Nuno Correia (Computer Science, Portugal)

pp.193-196

Threshold Choice for Automatic Spindle Detection

Joao Costa (Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setubal - IPS, Portugal); Manuel

Ortigueira (UNINOVA, Portugal); Arnaldo Batista (University Nova of Lisbon &

Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Portugal); Teresa Paiva (Faculty of Medicine,

Portugal)

pp. 197-200

Unveiling the Hand of a 19th Century Artist with Binary Image Classification and

Bag-of-FeaturesCristina Montagner (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Rui M. Jesus

(Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal); Nuno Correia (ComputerScience

, Portugal); Maria Joao Melo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal);Marcia Villarigues (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Rita Macedo

(Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Helena de Freitas (Casa das Historias

Paula Rego, Portugal)

pp. 201-204

Gait Recognition for Mobile Devices Using Wavelet Transform and Support Vector

Machines

Martin Hestbek (Technical University of Denmark & Center for Advanced SecurityResearch Darmstadt, Denmark); Claudia Nickel (Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany);

Christoph Busch (Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany)

pp. 205-210

HIATUS: Taking IA from the Interference Channel to Wireless Networks: Recent

Results from the HIATUS Project

Oral Presentation

An Experimental Investigation of SIMO, MIMO, Interference-alignment (IA) and

Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP)Per Zetterberg (KTH, Sweden); Nima N. Moghadam (ACCESS Linnaeus Center,

KTH Royal Institute ofTechnology, Sweden)

pp. 211-216

Interference-Free Relay Transmission Without CSI-S for the MIMO Two-HopInterference Channel

Namyoon Lee (The University of Texas at Austin, USA); Robert Heath (The

University of Texas at Austin, USA)

pp. 217-221

On the Performance of Interference Alignment Under Weak Interference

George C Alexandropoulos (Athens Information Technology, Greece); Stylianos

Papaharalabos (Athens Information Technology, Greece); Constantinos B. Papadias

(Athens Information Technology, Greece)pp. 222-226

Interference Alignment in Frequency - a Measurement Based Performance AnalysisRasmus Brandt (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Henrik Asplund

(Ericsson Research, Ericsson AB, Sweden); Mats Bengtsson (Royal Institute of

Technology, Sweden)

pp. 227-230

Single Antenna Interference Alignment for Finite Relay Networks

Haichuan Zhou (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom); Dave Wilcox

(Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom); Tharmalingam Ratnarajah (Queen's

University of Belfast, United Kingdom); Mathini Sellathurai (Queen"s University of

Belfast, United Kingdom)

pp. 231-235

MIA1: Medical Imaging and Analysis Parti

Oral Presentation

Lungprints: An Alternative View in Multiple-Stream Time-series Analysis of

Bioimpedance SignalsAli Zifan (City University, United Kingdom); Panos Liatsis (City University, United

Kingdom)

pp. 236-239

Retinal Vessel Segmentation in Fluorescein Angiograms Using a Commitee of Local

ExpertsRubiel Vargas-Canas (City University, United Kingdom); Panos Liatsis (CityUniversity, United Kingdom)

pp. 240-243

Presenting Novel De-Nosing Techniques for Brain MRI

Gabriela Perez (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - URJC, Spain); Aura Conci

(Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil); Ana Belen Moreno (Universidad ReyJuan Carlos, Spain); Juan Hernandez-Tamames (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos,

Spain)

pp. 244-247

Enhancement of Microcalcifications in Digital MammogramsMario Mustra (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and

Computing, Croatia); Mislav Grgic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Kresimir Delac

(University of Zagreb, Croatia)

pp. 248-251

EWT: Emerging Wireless Techniques

Oral Presentation

Performance Evaluation of LTE Advanced Downlink Channel Estimators

Michael Meidlinger (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Qi Wang (Vienna

University of Technology, Austria)pp. 252-255

Applicability Evaluation of Okumura, Ericsson 9999 and WINNER PropagationModels for Coverage Planning in 3.5 GHz WiMAX Systems

Pamela Begovic (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Narcis

Behlilovic (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Elma Avdic (Facultyof Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)pp. 256-260

Novel Genetic Algorithm for Computer-Aided Optimization of Multi-Femtocell

DeploymentsMariano Molina-Garcia (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain); Jaime Calle-

Sanchez (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain); Alfonso Fernandez Duran

(Alcatel-Lucent, Spain); Jose I. Alonso (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain)

pp. 261-264

"WindFi" - A Renewable Powered Base Station for Rural Broadband

Colin McGuire (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Malcolm Brew

(Steepest Ascent Ltd, United Kingdom); Faisal Darbari (University of Strathclyde,Glasgow, United Kingdom); Stephan Weiss (University of Strathclyde, United

Kingdom); Robert Stewart (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)pp. 265-268

Convex Optimization for Receive Antenna Selection in Multi-Polarized MIMO

Transmissions

Aamir Habib (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Bujar Krasniqi (Private

Consulting, Austria); Markus Rupp (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)pp. 269-275

MIA2: Medical Imaging and Analysis Part2

Oral Presentation

Estimation of Marbling Score in Live Cattle Based on Dynamic Ultrasound Image

Using a Neural Network

Osamu Fukuda (National Institute ofAdvanced Industrial Science and Technology,

Japan); Natsuko Nabeoka (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and

Technology, Japan); Tsuneharu Miyajima (Saga Prefectural Livestock ExperimentStation, Japan)

pp. 276-279

Non-rigid Eye Movement Tracking and Eye State QuantificationMasrullizam Mat Ibrahim (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); John J

Soraghan (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Lykourgos Petropoulakis(University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)

pp. 280-283

Color Approach of Melanoma Lesion SegmentationArlete Beuren (FAESI Faculdade de Ensino Superior de Sao Miguel do Iguacu,

Brazil); Rodrigo Janasievicz Gomes Pinheiro (Professional Photograph, Brazil);

Jacques Facon (PUCPR Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana, Brazil)

pp. 284-287

Automatic Mass Detection in Mammograms Using Multiscale Spatial Weber Local

DescriptorMuhammad Hussain (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Naveed Khan (KingSaud University, Saudi Arabia)

pp.288-291

NP: Network Performance

Oral Presentation

Traffic Parameters Influences on Network Selection in Heterogeneous Wireless

Environment

Bojan Bakmaz (University of Belgrade, Serbia); Zoran Bojkovic (University of

Belgrade, Serbia); Miodrag Bakmaz (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

pp. 292-295

Long Term Ahead Prediction Using Neural Networks

Filip Pilka (Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia); Milos Oravec (Slovak

University of Technology, Slovakia)

pp. 296-299

Packet Losses of Multicast Over 802.11n Heterogeneous Wireless Local Area

Network

Jean Vella (University of Malta, Malta); Saviour Zammit (University of Malta,

Malta)

pp. 300-303

Performance of Native and In-Depth Interleaving Used in DVB-H in Mobile Fading

Channels

Ladislav Polak (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Ondrej Huttl

(Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Tomas Kratochvil (Brno

University of Technology, Czech Republic)pp. 304-307

DASH-based Approach for Delivery of Automatic Video Summaries

Janne Vehkapera (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); Onni

Ojutkangas (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); Mikko

Myllyniemi (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); Seppo Tomperi

(VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)

pp. 308-311

Bitstream-based Quality Metric for Packetized Transmission of H.264 Encoded

Video

Miguel Chin (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal); Tomas Brandao (ISCTE-IUL /

Institute de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal); Maria Paula Queluz (Instituto Superior

Tecnico, Portugal)

pp. 312-315

P2: Plenary Session 2, Andreas Burg: From Marconi to Moore: Circuits and

Systems for Communications - Still a Challenge?

Oral Presentation

CB3: Coffee Break 3

CSTSA: Challenges in Spatial and Temporal Scene Analysis

Oral Presentation

Classification of Gothic and Baroque Architectural Elements

Gayane Shalunts (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Yll Haxhimusa

(Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Robert Sablatnig (Vienna University of

Technology, Austria)

pp. 316-319

Segmenting Multiple Range Images with Primitive ShapesIrene Reisner-Kollmann (Vienna University of Technology & VRVis Research

Center, Austria); Stefan Maierhofer (VRVis Research Center, Austria)

pp. 320-323

Initializing 3D Model-based Tracking of Dice

Fuensanta Torres (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Walter Kropatsch(Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Nicole Artner (Vienna University of

Technology, Austria)

pp. 324-327

Motion Segmentation in Videos From Time of Flight Cameras

Sajid Ghuffar (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Nicole Brosch (Vienna

University of Technology, Austria); Norbert Pfeifer (Vienna University of

Technology, Austria); Margrit Gelautz (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

pp. 328-332

Quality Analysis of Virtual Views on Stereoscopic Video Content

Mattias Eisenbarth (Emotion3D, Austria); Florian H. Seitner (Emotion3D & Vienna

University of Technology, Austria); Margrit Gelautz (Vienna University of

Technology, Austria)

pp. 333-336

Using an Affective Human-Like Association Architecture for Life-LogsJana Machajdik (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Lukas Kavicky (Vienna

University of Technology, Austria)

pp. 337-340

Multiview Synthesis From Stereo Views

Geetha Ramachandran (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Markus Rupp

(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

pp. 341-345

SPT: Signal Processing Theory

Oral Presentation

Prime Factor FFT for Modern Computers

Ryszard Stasinski (Poznafi University of Technology, Poland)pp. 346-349

Parameter Estimation for the Cauchy Distribution

Stefan Schuster (Voestalpine GmbH & Institute for Communications and

Information Engineering, Austria)

pp. 350-353

Signal Content Estimation Based on the Short-Term Time-Frequency RenyiEntropy of the S-method Time-Frequency Distribution

Nicoletta Saulig (University of Rijeka, Croatia); Victor Sucic (University of Rijeka,Croatia); Srdjan Stankovic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of

Montenegro, Montenegro); Irena Orovic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering,

University of Montenegro, Montenegro); Boualem Boashash (University of

Queensland, Australia)

pp. 354-357

CTFI: Adaptive Pattern Analysis of Internet Traffic Using Time Series

CompressibilityUshio Ozeki (University of Electro-Communications, Japan); Toshinori Watanabe

(University of Electro-Communications, Japan); Hisashi Koga (University of

Electro-Communications, Japan)

pp. 358-361

Comparative Analysis of Algorithms for Elimination of Exponentially Decaying DC

ComponentOsman Musa (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Sarajevo, Bosnia and

Herzegovina); Abdulah Aksamovic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina)

pp. 362-367

Simplified Proportionate Affine Projection AlgorithmsFelix Albu (Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania)

pp. 368-371

A Fast Compressive Sensing Based N-best Class Selector for Classification

ApplicationsArmin Saeb (Islamic Azad University, Shahre Ray Branch, Iran); Farbod Razzazi

(Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Iran)

pp. 372-375

VP: Video Processing

Oral Presentation

Reconstruction of Incomplete Decoded Videos for Use in Objective Quality Metrics

Ifiigo Sedano (Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Spain); Maria Kihl (Lund

University, Sweden); Kjell Brunnstrom (Acreo AB - NetLab: IPTV, Video and

Display Quality, Sweden); Andreas Aurelius (Acreo AB, Sweden)pp. 376-379

A Probabilistic Intra Mode Decision in Distributed Video CodingXiem HoangVan (Instituto Superior Tecnico - Instituto de Telecomunicacoes &

Image Group, Portugal); Jongbin Park (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea);

Byeungwoo Jeon (Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea)pp. 380-383

Flexible Macroblock Ordering Based on Region of Interest for H.264/AVC Wireless

Video Transmission

Jantana Panyavaraporn (Burapha University, Thailand); Rhandley Cajote

(Philippines, Philippines)pp. 384-387

Improvements to TZ Search Motion Estimation Algorithm for Multiview Video

CodingPurnachand N (University ofAveiro, Portugal); Luis Nero Alves (Universidade de

Aveiro & Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal); Antonio Navarro (University of

Aveiro, Portugal)

pp.388-391

Reducing the Number of Tested Modes for Inter Mode Decision in H.264/AVC and

Accelerating with Multithreading

Po-Hung Yeh (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Tsung-Hsi Weng (NationalChiao Tung University, Taiwan); Chung-Ping Chung (National Chiao Tung

University, Taiwan)

pp. 392-396

Improve H.264/AVC Lossless Coding by Coefficients Reordering

Zhouye Gu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Weisi Lin (NanyangTechnological University, Singapore); Bu Sung Lee (Nanyang Technological

University, Singapore); C. T. Lau (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

pp. 397-400

IP1: Industrial Presentation: Matthias Weilhammer from Agilent

New Challenges for UE Developers with Voice Transport over LTE

SV: 3D Video

Oral Presentation

New Coding Technology for 3D Video with Depth Maps as Proposed for

Standardization Within MPEG

Marek Domanski (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Tomasz Grajek

(Poznan University ofTechnology, Chair ofMultimedia Telecommunications and

Microelectronics, Poland); Damian Karwowski (Poznan University ofTechnology,

Poland); Jacek Konieczny (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Maciej Kurc

(Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Adam Luczak (Poznan University of

Technology, Poland); Robert Ratajczak (Poznan University of Technology, Poland);Jakub Siast (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Olgierd Stankiewicz

(Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Jakub Stankowski (Poznan Universityof Technology, Chair of Multimedia Telecommunications and Microelectronics,

Poland); Krzysztof Wegner (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)

pp. 401-404

Vehicle Size Estimation From Stereoscopic Video

Robert Ratajczak (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Marek Domanski

(Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Krzysztof Wegner (Poznan UniversityofTechnology, Poland)

pp. 405-408

Player Extraction in Sports Video SequencesSlawomir Mackowiak (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Jacek Konieczny

(Poznan University of Technology, Poland)

pp. 409-412

IP2: Industrial Presentation: Martin Miinchow from Rohde & Schwarz

Wireless Communications, MIMO networks in theory and practice

LB2: Lunch Break 2

PS3: Plenary Session 3, Fabio Ricciato: Traffic Monitoring for 3G Network

Diagnostic: a Doctor's View

Oral Presentation

BIP: Biometric Image Processing

Poster Presentation

Logistic Regression Classifier for Palmprint Verification

Dimce Kostadinov (Faculty of Electrical Engeneering and Inforamtion Tehnologies,Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of); Sofija Bogdanova (UKIM,

Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of)

pp. 413-416

Gender Recognition From Face Images with Local WLD Descriptor

Ihsan Ullah (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Muhammad Hussain (King Saud

University, Saudi Arabia); Ghulam Muhammad (King Saud University & College of

Computer and Information Sciences, Saudi Arabia); Hatim Aboalsamh (King Saud

University, Saudi Arabia); George Bebis (University of Nevada, USA)

pp. 417-420

Race Recognition From Face Images Using Weber Local DescriptorGhulam Muhammad (King Saud University & College of Computer and Information

Sciences, Saudi Arabia); Muhammad Hussain (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia);Fatimah Alenezy (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); George Bebis (University of

Nevada, USA); Anwar Mirza (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Hatim

Aboalsamh (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 421-424

Towards Automated Visual Identification of Primates Using Face RecognitionAlexander Loos (Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Germany);Martin Pfitzer (Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Germany)

pp. 425-428

A Novel Palm Vein Recognition Approach Based on Enhanced Local Gabor BinaryPatterns Histogram Sequence

Matthias Fischer (Junior Researcher, Austria); Marlies Rybnicek (St. Poelten

University of Applied Sciences, Austria); Simon Tjoa (St. Polten University of

Applied Sciences, Austria)

pp. 429-432

Reduced Complexity Automatic Face Recognition Algorithm Based on Local BinaryPatterns

Olegs Nikisins (Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, Latvia); Modris

Greitans (Institute ofElectronics and Computer Science, Latvia)

pp. 433-436

IVP: Image and Video Processing

Oral Presentation

Computer Image Quality Selection Between JPEG, JPEG 2000 and PDE

CompressionIrena Galic (J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek & Faculty of Electrical

Engineering, Croatia); Branka Zovko-Cihlar (FER, Hungary); Snjezana Rimac-Drlje

(University of Osijek, Croatia)

pp. 437-441

Simplified Structural Similarity Measure for Image Quality Evaluation

Emil Dumic (FER, Croatia); Iva Bacic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Sonja Grgic

(University of Zagreb, Croatia)

pp. 442-447

Feature Coverage for Better Homography Estimation: An Application to Image

StitchingErkan Bostanci (University of Essex, United Kingdom); Nadia Kanwal (Universityof Essex, United Kingdom); Adrian F. Clark (University of Essex, United Kingdom)

pp. 448-451

Evaluation of Surface Roughness Standards Applying Haralick Parameters and

Artificial Neural Networks

Marcelo Alves (INMETRO, Brazil); Esteban Clua (Universidade Federal

Fluminense, Brazil); Fabiana R Leta (Federal Fluminense University & Mechanical

Engineering Department, Brazil)

pp.452-455

A Robust Visual Servo Scheme for Underwater Pipeline Following

Chi-Cheng Cheng (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan); Bo-Tung Jiang

(National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan)

pp.456-459

Video Coding Using Adaptive EigenspaceFatma Ozar (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Hasan Demirel (EasternMediterranean University, Turkey)

pp. 460-463

SaAl: Speech and Audio Parti

Oral Presentation

Musical Noise Suppression for Speech Enhancement Using Pre-Image Iterations

Christina Leitner (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Franz Pernkopf(Technical University Graz, Austria)

pp. 464-467

Automatic Cymbal Classification Using Non-Negative Matrix Factorization

Sofia Cavaco (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Hugo Almeida

(Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)

pp. 468-471

Tonality Detection Methods for Wheezes Recognition SystemMarcin Wisniewski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland); Tomasz

P. Zielinski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)

pp. 472-475

Maximum Voiced Frequency Estimation for Voice Conversion Used in Text-To-

Speech SystemsAmelia Ciobanu (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania); Tudor Catalin

Zorila (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania); Cristian Negrescu

("Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania); Dumitru Stanomir (Politehnica

University of Bucharest, Romania)

pp. 476-479

From Binaural to Multimicrophone Blind Source Separation Using Fixed

Beamforming with HRTFs

Mounira Maazaoui (Telecom ParisTech, France); Yves Grenier (Institut Telecom,

Telecom ParisTech, France); Karim Abed-Meraim (Telecom ParisTech, France)

pp. 480-483

STMIA1: Special Topics in Medical Image Analysis 1

Oral Presentation

Attenuation Reconstruction for 3D Ultrasound Computer TomographyRobin Dapp (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Hartmut Gemmeke (KIT,Germany); Nicole Ruiter (KIT, Germany)

pp. 484-487

Quantization on EEG Covariance Matrix Images During TOVA Attention Test for

Depression Disorder Classification

Li-chi Ku (Tzu-Chi University, Taiwan); Tsu-Wang Shen (Tzu Chi University,Taiwan)

pp.488-491

Dataset Exploration Tool for fMRI Group AnalysisMartin Gajdos (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Michal Mikl

(CEITEC MU, Masaryk University, Czech Republic); Radek Marecek (CEITEC,

Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)

pp. 492-495

Comparing i'MRI Data Processing Methods with Respect to Possible Inaccuracy

Michal Mikl (CEITEC MU, Masaryk University, Czech Republic); Radek Marecek

(CEITEC, Masaryk University, Bmo, Czech Republic); Radovan Pfikryl (Masaryk

University, Czech Republic)

pp. 496-499

Involvement of Region-Specific HRF in Classical Analysis of Event-Related fMRI

Data

Marek Barton (Masaryk University & CEITEC MU, Czech Republic); Michal Mikl

(CEITEC MU, Masaryk University, Czech Republic); Radek Marecek (CEITEC,

Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic); Martin Havh'cek (Brno University of

Technology, Czech Republic)

pp. 500-503

Analysis of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Via Markov Random Fields in Color Fundus

ImagesJan Odstrcilik (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Radim Kolar (Brno

University of Technology & Department of Biomedical Engineering, Czech

Republic); Jifi Jan (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Jiri Gazarek

(Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Zdenek Kuna (Brno University of

Technology, Czech Republic); Martina Vodakova (Brno University of Technology,Czech Republic)

pp. 504-507

CB4: Coffee Break 4

GSP: Genomic Signal Processing

Oral Presentation

Hydrophobicity and Charge Signals on Protein Surface

Octavian Arsene (University Politehnica ofBucharest, Romania); Dan Nicolau

(University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)pp. 508-513

An ANN - PCA Adaptive Forecasting Model

Dumitru Iulian Nastac (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania); Paul Dan

Cristea (University Politehnica of Bucharest & Romanian Academy, Romania)

pp.514-517

Nucleotide Genomic Signal Comparative Analysis of Genes Involved in Diabetes

Type 2 for Various Taxons

Dragos. Teodorescu (University Politehnica of Bucharest & National Institute of

Metrology Bucharest, Romania); Paul Dan Cristea (University Politehnica of

Bucharest & Romanian Academy, Romania)

pp. 518-521

Training of Phase-Based Neurons

Bujor Pavaloiu (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania); Adrian I Vasile

(University Politehnica of Bucharest & Biomedical Engineering Center, Romania);

Paul Dan Cristea (University Politehnica of Bucharest & Romanian Academy,

Romania)

pp. 522-525

Distances in Hominidae Family MTDNA From Nucleotide Genomic Signals

Paul Dan Cristea (University Politehnica of Bucharest & Romanian Academy,

Romania); Rodica Tuduce (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania)

pp. 526-529

IE1: Image Enhancement Parti

Oral Presentation

Image De-noising Using Mean Pixel Algorithms Corrupted with Photocopier Noise

Sri Srujan Vallepalli (University of Michigan, USA); Madan M Rajendran

(University ofMichigan & John Deere & Company, USA)

pp.530-535

Enhancement of Poor Resolution Text Images in the Weighted Sobolev Space

Sergey Buzykanov (Ryazan State Radio Engineering University, Russia)

pp.536-539

Joint Multi-Frame Demosaicing and Super-Resolution with Artificial Neural

Networks

Theodor Heinze (Hasso-Plattner-Institute for Software Systems Engineering,

Germany); Martin von Lowis (Hasso-Plattner Institute, Germany); Andreas Poize

(Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany)

pp. 540-543

Modification of the Landweber Method Based on the Conjugate Gradient Method

to Restore Automotive Radar ImagesAmin Hosseini (Daimler AG, Germany); Fabian Diewald (Daimler AG, Germany);

Jens Klappstein (Daimler AG, Germany); Juergen Dickmann (Daimler AG,

Germany); Heiko Neumann (Ulm University, Germany)

pp. 544-547

SaA2: Speech and Audio Part2

Oral Presentation

Spectro-Temporal Analysis of Speech for Spanish Phoneme Recognition

Sara Sharifzadeh (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark); Javier Serrano

(Univesitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Denmark); Jordi Carrabina (Univesitat

Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

pp. 548-551

Voice Intensity Based Gender Classification by Using Simpson's Rule with SVM

Mansour Alsulaiman (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Zulfiqar Ali (King Saud

University, Saudi Arabia); Ghulam Muhammad (King Saud University & College of

Computer and Information Sciences, Saudi Arabia)

pp. 552-555

Duration Modelling in Voice Conversion Using Artificial Neural Networks

Srikanth Ronanki (HIT Hyderabad, India); B Bajibabu (HIT Hyderabad, India);Kishore Prahallad (HIT Hyderabad, India)

pp. 556-559

A Reduced Complexity Adaptive Legendre Neural Network for Nonlinear Active

Noise Control

Nithin George (IIT Bhubaneswar, India); Ganapati Panda (National Institute of

Technology, Rourkela, India)

pp. 560-563

STMIA2: Special Topics in Medical Image Analysis 2

Poster Presentation

Analysis of the Influence of Multiple Scattering on the Reconstruction of Ultrasound

Tomography Signals Using Synthetic Aperture Focussing TechniqueMarcus Hardt (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Nicole Ruiter (KIT,

Germany); Hartmut Gemmeke (KIT, Germany)

pp. 564-567

Probability Map Based Localization of Optic Disk

Attila Budai (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg & International Max Planck

Research School, Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies, Germany);Lenke Laurik (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary); Joachim Hornegger

(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); Gabor Somfai (Semmelweis

University, Hungary); Georg Michelson (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg,

Germany)

pp. 568-571

Application of Morphological Operators for Optic Nerve Head Segmentation in

Optical Coherence Tomography ImagesIoannis Moupagiatzis (Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen - Nuremberg &

Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT), Germany);Markus Mayer (Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen - Nuremberg,

Germany); Joachim Hornegger (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); Ralf

Tornow (Universitatsklinikum, Germany); Christian Mardin (Universitatsklinikum,Germany)

pp. 572-575

Analysis of Connections Between Simultaneous EEG and fMRI Data

Rene Labounek (Brno University of Technology & Faculty of Electrical Engineeringand Communication, Czech Republic); Martin Lamos (Brno University of

Technology, Czech Republic); Radek Marecek (CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno,Czech Republic); Jiff Jan (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)

pp. 576-579

Analytic Ray Propagation in FEM Modelling of Ultrasonic Transmission

TomographyDusan Hemzal (Masaryk University, Czech Republic); Radovan Jifik (Brno

University of Technology & Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech

Republic); Jin Jan (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)

pp. 580-583

Fast 3D Simulation for Ultrasound Transmission TomographyJan Fousek (Masaryk University & Faculty ofInformatics, Czech Republic);Radovan Jifik (Brno University of Technology & Academy of Sciences of the Czech

Republic, Czech Republic); Nicole Ruiter (KIT, Germany); Jiff Jan (Brno Universityof Technology, Czech Republic)pp. 584-587

Analysis of Brain Connectivity in Simultaneous EEG/fMRI

Martin Lamos (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Michal Mikl

(CEITEC MU, Masaryk University, Czech Republic); Jin Jan (Brno University of

Technology, Czech Republic)

pp. 588-591

IC: Image Coding

Oral Presentation

Adaptive Image Compression Using Sparse Dictionaries

Inbal Horev (Technion, Israel); Ori Bryt (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,

Israel); Ron Rubinstein (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)pp. 592-595

Single Image Depth Estimation Using Local Gradient-Based Features

Dimce Kostadinov (Faculty of Electrical Engeneering and Inforamtion Tehnologies,Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of); Zoran Ivanovski (Ss. Cyril and

Methodius University, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of)

pp. 596-599

A New Approach to Quad-Tree Analysis in EZW AlgorithmDeividas Kancelkis (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)

pp. 600-603

IE2: Image Enhancement Part2

Oral Presentation

Multifocus Image Fusion Based on the First Level of Empirical Mode

DecompositionSlavica Savic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia

and Herzegovina); Zdenka Babic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of

Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

pp. 604-607

A Fast Iterative Blind Image Deconvolution AlgorithmMamdouh Fahmy (Assiut University, Egypt); Gamal Raheem (Assiut University,Egypt); Usama Mohammed (Assiut University, Egypt); Omar Fahmy (Future

University, Egypt)pp. 608-611

A Technique for Canceling Impulse Noise in Images Based on Compressive SensingB. S. Adiga (Tata Consultancy Services, India); Girish Chandra (Tata ConsultancyServices, India); Swanand Kadhe (Tata Consultancy Services, India)

pp.612-615

Image Fusion Based on Non-Subsampled Contourlet Transform and Phase

CongruencyMehran Yazdi (Shiraz University, Iran); Elham Kordi Ghasrodashti (Shiraz

University, Iran)

pp. 616-620

Maximum Likelihood Estimation-Based De-interlacingHo-Taek Lee (Inha University, Korea); Ick-hyun Choi (Inha University, Korea);

Byung Cheol Song (Inha University, Korea)

pp. 621-624

MP: Multimodal Processing

Oral Presentation

Introduction to Speech Synthesis Management Tools

Anna Kondelova (Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia); Jan Toth (Faculty of

Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovakia); Matus Vasek

(Bratislava University of Technology, Slovakia); Gregor Rozinaj (Slovak Universityof Technology, Slovakia)

pp. 625-628

Bio-Inspired Optimization of Acoustic Features for Generic Sound RecognitionMichal Chmulik (University od Zilina, Slovakia); Roman Jarina (University of

Zilina, Slovakia)pp. 629-632

Integration and Evaluation of an HMM-Based Text-To-Speech System to FIVE

Alexandre Maciel (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil); Edson Carvalho

Filho (UFPE, Brazil)pp. 633-636

Alternative Phonetic Class Definition in Linear Discriminant Analysis of SpeechPeter Viszlay (Technical University ofKosice, Slovakia); Jozef Juhar (Technical

University of Kosice, Slovakia); Matus Pleva (Technical University of Kosice,

Slovakia)pp. 637-640