Adaptive filters for color image processing.
An analytical iterative statistical algorithm for image reconstruction from projections
The main purpose of the paper is to present a statistical model-based iterative approach to the problem of image reconstruction from projections. This originally formulated reconstruction algorithm is based on a maximum likelihood method with an objective adjusted to the probability distribution of measured signals obtained from an x-ray computed tomograph with parallel beam geometry. Various forms of objectives are tested. Experimental results show that an objective that is exactly tailored statistically...
An automatic segmentation method for scanned images of wheat root systems with dark discolourations
The analysis of plant root system images plays an important role in the diagnosis of plant health state, the detection of possible diseases and growth distortions. This paper describes an initial stage of automatic analysis-the segmentation method for scanned images of Ni-treated wheat roots from hydroponic culture. The main roots of a wheat fibrous system are placed separately in the scanner view area on a high chroma background (blue or red). The first stage of the method includes the transformation...
An efficient algorithm for adaptive total variation based image decomposition and restoration
With the aim to better preserve sharp edges and important structure features in the recovered image, this article researches an improved adaptive total variation regularization and H −1 norm fidelity based strategy for image decomposition and restoration. Computationally, for minimizing the proposed energy functional, we investigate an efficient numerical algorithm-the split Bregman method, and briefly prove its convergence. In addition, comparisons are also made with the classical OSV (Osher-Sole-Vese)...
An efficient implementation of Sugiyama's algorithm for layered graph drawing.
An overview of the topological gradient approach in image processing: advantages and inconveniences.
An Update on bdim the Italian Digital Mathematical Library
bdim has been in operation since the fall of 2010 and has been slowly growing in the last year. I will report here: 1) on what is new in bdim with respect to the first presentation in DML 2010; 2) on some of the technical aspects of our implementation; 3) on the projects for the near future; 4) on some of the issues related to possible integration of bdim with EuDML.
Analysis of gradient flow of a regularized Mumford-Shah functional for image segmentation and image inpainting
This paper studies the gradient flow of a regularized Mumford-Shah functional proposed by Ambrosio and Tortorelli (1990, 1992) for image segmentation, and adopted by Esedoglu and Shen (2002) for image inpainting. It is shown that the gradient flow with initial data possesses a global weak solution, and it has a unique global in time strong solution, which has at most finite number of point singularities in the space-time, when the initial data are in . A family of fully discrete approximation...
Analysis of gradient flow of a regularized Mumford-Shah functional for image segmentation and image inpainting
This paper studies the gradient flow of a regularized Mumford-Shah functional proposed by Ambrosio and Tortorelli (1990, 1992) for image segmentation, and adopted by Esedoglu and Shen (2002) for image inpainting. It is shown that the gradient flow with L2 x L∞ initial data possesses a global weak solution, and it has a unique global in time strong solution, which has at most finite number of point singularities in the space-time, when the initial data are in H1 x H1 ∩ L∞. A family of fully...
Analysis of problem solving process of a mental rotations test. Performance in Shepard-Metzler tasks.
Another look at a model for evaluating interface aesthetics
Gestalt psychologists promulgated the principles of visual organisation in the early twentieth century. These principles have been discussed and re-emphasised, and their importance and relevance to user interface design is understood. However, a limited number of systems represent and make adequate use of this knowledge in the form of a design tool that supports certain aspects of the user interface design process. The graphic design rules that these systems use are extremely rudimentary and often...
Application of the adaptive center-weighted vector median framework for the enhancement of cDNA microarray images
In this paper a novel method of noise reduction in color images is presented. The new technique is capable of attenuating both impulsive and Gaussian noise, while preserving and even enhancing the sharpness of the image edges. Extensive simulations reveal that the new method outperforms significantly the standard techniques widely used in multivariate signal processing. In this work we apply the new noise reduction method for the enhancement of the images of the so called gene chips. We demonstrate...
Applications of the Moore-Penrose inverse in digital image restoration.
Applying fuzzy logic in video surveillance systems.
In this work, the application of fuzzy logic in surveillance systems based on cameras is analyzed. Three different fuzzy systems have been tested and compared with a crisp decision system. The first one has been developed using an expert knowledge, the second one was learned from recorded videos, and a third one is developed as a refinement taking into account evaluation with ground truth. In all cases, the core of the system is the association function, in which the developed fuzzy system takes...
Asymptotic classification of aliasing structures.
Automatic Video Annotation with Forests of Fuzzy Decision Trees.