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