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CONTENTS:
1. Question: Implementation of area morphology
2. Technical Report: Grey-scale morphology based on fuzzy logic
3. Book: Fuzzy Techniques in Image Processing
4. Research position in 3D computer vision
5. CFP: First SIAM Conference on Imaging Science
6. Forthcoming events
7. Recent literature
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1. Question: Implementation of area morphology
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From: Nick Young (nicky@ee.bath.ac.uk)
I am researching area morphology for my PhD. I would like to know
if/how other people have implemented this. For example I find and
grow minimas and maximas at the same time but am unclear as to how
other people do this. Also information on how other do region merging
would be appreciated.
Nick Young
School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
University Of Bath
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2. Technical Report: Grey-scale morphology based on fuzzy logic
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From: Henk Heijmans (henkh@cwi.nl)
The following report is available:
TITLE: Grey-scale morphology based on fuzzy logic
REPORT NR: Technical Report PNA-R0012, CWI Amsterdam
AUTHORS: T.-Q. Deng and H.J.A.M. Heijmans
ABSTRACT:
There exist several methods to extend binary morphology to
grey-scale images. One of these methods is based on fuzzy logic and
fuzzy set theory. Another approach starts from the complete lattice
framework for morphology and the theory of adjunctions. In this
paper, both approaches are combined. The basic idea is to use
(fuzzy) conjunctions and implications which are adjoint in the
definition of dilations and erosions, respectively. This gives rise
to a large class of morphological operators for grey-scale images.
It turns out that this class includes the often used grey-scale
Minkowski addition and subtraction.
HOW TO GET IT:
ELECTRONICALLY (gzipped ps-format)
ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/morphology/report/Deng_Heijmans.ps.gz
http://www.cwi.nl/~henkh/publications.htm
See also: ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/CWIreports/PNA/
http://www.cwi.nl/static/publications/reports/PNA-2000.html
PAPER VERSION: contact:
Henk Heijmans email: henkh@cwi.nl
CWI
Kruislaan 413
NL 1098 SJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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3. Book: Fuzzy Techniques in Image Processing
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From: Antony Popov (atpopov@fmi.uni-sofia.bg)
The following book has appeared:
Fuzzy Techniques in Image Processing
Edited by Etienne Kerre & Mike Nachtegael
Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Vol 52
Physica Verlag
Contents
Part 1. Fuzzy Mathematical Morphology
Classical and Fuzzy Approaches towards Mathematical Morphology
M. Nachtegael and E.E. Kerre
Generalized Idempotence in Fuzzy Mathematical Morphology
B. De Baets
Fuzzy Mathematical Morphology based on Fuzzy Inclusion
E.R. Dougherty and A.T. Popov
Fuzzy Mathematical Morphology and Derived Spatial Relationships
I. Bloch
Part 2. Fuzzy Image Filtering
Fuzzy Image Enhancement: an Overview
H.R. Tizhoosh
Adaptive Fuzzy Filter and Its Application to Image Enhancement
C.S. Lee and Y.H. Kuo
A Fuzzy Logic Control based Approach for Image Filtering
F. Farbiz and M.B. Menhaj
Fuzzy Rule-Based Image Processing with Optimization
K. Arakawa
Fuzzy Nonlinear Filtering of Color Images
C. Vertan and V. Buzuloiu
Part 3. Applications of Fuzzy Techniques in Image Processing
Fuzzy Color Processing
L. Hildebrand and B. Reusch
Ranking Segmentation Paths Using Fuzzified Decision Rules
Z. Lu, Z. Chi, P. Shi and E.K. Teoh
Fuzzy Techniques in Mammographic Image Processing
A. Rick, S. Bothorel, B. Bouchon-Meunier, S. Muller and M. Rifqi
Fuzzy-based Motion Detection and its Application to De-interlacing
D. Van De Ville, W. Philips and I. Lemahieu
Object Recognition and Visual Servoing: Two Case Studies of
Employing Fuzzy Techniques in Robot Vision
A. Knoll, J. Zhang, T. Graf and A. Wolfram
Topology-Preserving Deformations of Fuzzy Digital Pictures
A. Nakamura and A. Rosenfeld
The book contains over 400 pages, has numerous references to specialized
literature, and is completed with an extensive index.
for more information see
http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~mnachteg/research/ftip/ftip.html
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4. Research position in 3D computer vision
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From: Frederic Leymarie (leymarie@lems.brown.edu)
RESEARCH POSITION in 3D COMPUTER VISION AVAILABLE
Brown University - Providence, RI, USA - Dec. 2000
Applications are invited for a Brown University Division of
Engineering Research Position in 3D Shape Representation, Analysis And
Inferencing From Images, Video and 3D Scans. Appointment will be for
an initial term of one year at the level of Post-Doctoral Research
Associate or Visiting Professor (Research) (those on sabbatical leave,
for example). Extension to two or more years is a possibility. The
appointment is available beginning May, 2001 - but can be started as
early as February 2001 - under an interdisciplinary National Science
Foundation grant for research on 3D shape representation, analysis and
inferencing from one or more images, video, or 3D scans, and
applications to digital archaeology and other areas.
This project involves faculty, graduate and undergraduate student
researchers from the Brown University Departments of Applied
Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Sciences and Computer
Engineering, and the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art.
The project focuses on: the representation and analysis of 3D shape
based on ridges, skeletons, and algebraic surfaces; human/machine
interaction for facilitating shape specification and shape
modification; 3D surface and structure inferencing from combinations
of single images, multiple images, video, and 3D scans. The goal is
to use interaction as necessary, but to work toward a system as
automatic as possible.
A significant part of the project is applications to digital
archaeology. In particular, we are building a 3D GIS-like for complete
site representation and database searching, using virtual reality at
the desk top, a 3D workbench, and a CAVE. Included here is virtual
reconstruction of large structures (e.g., buildings) at a site. We are
also developing a software system for virtual 3D reconstruction of
vessels (e.g., pots, bowls and pitchers) and sculpture from fragments
(thousands) found at a site. This work focuses on the site of the
Great Temple at Petra, Jordan, but we plan to extend our results and
technology to other sites.
For this position, we are looking for a researcher having experience
in 3D surface and geometry reconstruction from multiple images or
video. It is also desirable, though not required, that the individual
have experience in 3D modeling and automatic extraction of 3D geometry
from clouds of 3D points. The position involves conducting research
in these areas and contributing to the development of a software
system for 3D geometry extraction from images and video.
Some additional information about the project can be obtained at the
website http://www.lems.brown.edu/vision/extra/SHAPE/
Specific qualifications for the position are: (a) a PhD degree or
equivalent in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science,
Applied Mathematics or related field of engineering and applied
science; (b) an ability to conduct significant independent, scholarly
research as demonstrated by a thesis and/or publications in
professional journals; and (c) an ability to make effective oral and
written presentations of technical material.
An application should include the following:
* a complete professional resume, including education, experience, and
list of publications.
* names, full mailing addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses
of at least three individuals who could provide letters of reference,
if requested; unsolicited letters of reference should not be sent.
* reprints of recently published papers and abstracts (only) of theses
or recent reports, complete theses or reports should not be sent.
* a brief (one page or less) statement of research interests.
Interested individuals should contact:
Professor David B. Cooper or Professor Benjamin B. Kimia
Division of Engineering Division of Engineering
Brown University Brown University
Providence, RI 02912 Providence, RI 02912
cooper@lems.brown.edu kimia@lems.brown.edu
Tel: (401) 863-2601 Tel: (401) 863-1353
Project Faculty Investigators:
David B. Cooper, Electrical Sciences And Computer Engineering
Martha S. Joukowsky, Old World Art And Archaeology
Benjamin B. Kimia, Electrical Sciences And Computer Engineering
David H Laidlaw, Computer Science
David Mumford, Applied Mathematics
Paper applications should be received by January 23, 2001, to ensure
full consideration. Brown University is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
http://www.lems.brown.edu/vision/extra/SHAPE/
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5. CFP: First SIAM Conference on Imaging Science
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From: SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science
First SIAM Conference on Imaging Science 2001
September 22-24, 2001, Boston, MA
About the Conference
Current developments in the technology of imaging have led to an
explosive growth in the interdisciplinary field of imaging science.
With the advent of new devices capable of seeing objects and
structures not previously imagined, the reach of science and
medicine have been extended in a multitude of different ways. The
impact of this technology has been to generate new challenges
associated with the problems of formation, acquisition,
compression, transmission, and analysis of images. By their very
nature, these challenges cut across the disciplines of physics,
engineering, mathematics, biology, medicine, and statistics. While
the primary purpose of this conference is to focus on mathematical
issues, the biomedical aspects of imaging will also play an
important role.
This conference represents the first official function organized by
the newly formed SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science (SIAG/IS).
This SIAG and the SIAG on the Life Sciences were both created in
recognition of the fact that the mathematics community should
participate more directly in these non-traditional areas. Since
these two activity groups have such a strong overlap in the area of
biomedical imaging, this conference has been scheduled to overlap
with the Conference on the Life Sciences, chaired by James Collins,
set for September 24-26, 2001.
Organizing Committee
David C. Wilson (Chair), University of Florida, USA
Akram Aldroubi, Vanderbilt University, USA
Fred Bookstein, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Tony Chan, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Longin Jan Latecki, University of Hamburg, Germany
Chris Johnson, University of Utah, USA
Bernard Mair, University of Florida, USA
Robert J. Plemmons, Wake Forrest University, USA
Gerhard Ritter, University of Florida, USA
Guillermo Sapiro, University of Minnesota, USA
Michael Unser, ETH, Switzerland
Conference Themes
Imaging Acquisition and Formation
Image Storage, Compression, and Retrieval
Imaging Coding and Transmission
Imaging Processing
PDEs in Image Processing
Image Modeling and Analysis
Image Restoration
Statistical Aspects of Imaging
Biomedical Imaging
Applications
Minisymposia
Sampling, Frames and Image Processing
Akram Aldroubi, Vanderbilt University, USA
Mathematical Morphology
Junior Barrera, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Navigating the Visible Human: Differential Geometry and
Computational Anatomy
Fred Bookstein, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Pattern Recognition in Genomics
Yidong Chen, National Human Genome Research Institute, USA
Pattern Recognition in Genomics
Edward Russell Dougherty, Texas A&M University, USA
Inverse Problems in Imaging
Eric Kolaczyk, Boston University, USA
Robert Nowak, Rice University, USA
Vision Geometry
Longin Jan Latecki, University of Hamburg, Germany
Image Reconstruction
James Nagy, Emory University, USA
Curt Vogel, Montana State University, USA
Imaging Through the Atmosphere
Robert J. Plemmons, Wake Forest University, USA
Target Recognition
Gerhard Ritter, University of Florida, USA
Medical Image Analysis
Hemant Tagare, Yale University, USA
Wavelets and Image Processing
Michael Unser, Ecole Polytechnique F�d�rale de Lausanne, France
For more info: http://www.siam.org/meetings/is01/cfp.htm
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9. Forthcoming events
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See also: http://www.cwi.nl/projects/morphology/calendar.html
19-23 November 2000 Las Vegas, NV
IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing
http://www.iasted.com
13 - 15 December 2000 Uppsala, Sweden
9th Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery (DGCI 2000)
http://www.cb.uu.se/~dgci2000
18-20 December 2000 Warwick, United Kingdom
5th Intn'l Conference on Mathematics in Signal Processing
http://www.ima.org.uk/mathematics/confsignalprocessing.htm
24-25 January 2001 San Jose, California
IS&T/SPIE's Electronic Imaging 2001
http://spie.org/web/meetings/calls/pw01/confs/EI19.html
9 February 2001 Tampa, Florida
International Workshop on Digital and Computational Video (DCV'01)
http://ee.eng.usf.edu/DCV01
21 - 23 March 2001 Baltimore, Maryland
35th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS'01)
http://www.ece.jhu.edu/ciss/index.html
3 - 5 May 2001 Agadir, Morocco
International Conference on Image and Signal Processing
email: icisp@serveur1.esta.ca.ma
21 - 23 May 2001 Le Creusot, France
5th International Conference on Quality Control by Artificial Vision
http://www-le2i.u-bourgogne.fr/qcav2001
28 - 30 May 2001 Capri, Italy
4th International Workshop on Visual Form (IWVF4)
http://amalfi.dis.unina.it/iwvf4/
7 - 8 July 2001 Vancouver, Canada
IEEE Workshop on Scale-Space and Morphology in Computer Vision
--held in conjunction with ICCV-2001--
http://www.mathcs.richmond.edu/ScaleSpace01/
9 - 12 July 2001 Vancouver, Canada
8th IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV'01)
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/conferences/ICCV/
13 July 2001 Vancouver, Canada
IEEE Workshop on Variational and Level Set Methods in Computer Vision
--held in conjunction with ICCV-2001--
http://www.scr.siemens.com/vlsm01/
4 - 7 September 2001 Bordeaux, France
8th European Congress for Stereology and Image Analysis
http://www.lept-ensam.u-bordeaux.fr/ecs2001
24 - 26 September 2001 Boston, MA
First SIAM Conference on Imaging Science
http://www.siam.org/meetings/is01/cfp.htm
7 - 10 October 2001 Thessaloniki, Greece
2001 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP'01)
http://icip01.ics.forth.gr
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10. Recent literature
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@article{ChatPita:00,
author = "V. Chatzis and I. Pitas",
title = "A generalized fuzzy mathematical morphology and its
application in robust 2-D and 3-D object representation",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Image Processing",
year = "2000",
volume = "9",
number = "10",
pages = "1798--1810"
}
@article{GoutHeij:00,
author = "J. Goutsias and H. J. A. M. Heijmans",
title = "Nonlinear multiresolution signal decomposition schemes:
Part I: morphological pyramids",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Image Processing",
year = "2000",
volume = "9",
number = "11",
pages = "1862--1876"
}
@article{HeijGout:00,
author = "H. J. A. M. Heijmans and J. Goutsias",
title = "Nonlinear multiresolution signal decomposition schemes:
Part II: morphological wavelets",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Image Processing",
year = "2000",
volume = "9",
number = "11",
pages = "1897--1913"
}
@article{MainElseVier:00,
author = "J. B. A. Maintz and P. A. van den Elsen and M. A. Viergever",
title = "3D multimodality medical image registration
using morphological tools",
journal = "Image and Vision Computing",
year = "2000",
volume = "19",
number = "1-2",
pages = "53-62"
}
@article{OhChap:00,
author = "J.-S. Oh and L. F. Chaparro",
title = "Adaptive fuzzy morphological filtering of impulse noise in
images",
journal = "Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing",
year = "2000",
volume = "11",
number = "3",
pages = "233--256"
}
@article{SossYaneLeon:00,
author = "J.H. Sossa-Azuela and C. Yanez-Marquez and J.L.D.d. Leon S",
title = "Computing geometric moments using morphological erosions",
journal = "Pattern Recognition",
year = "2000",
volume = "34",
number = "2",
pages = "271-276"
}
@article{Xu:00,
author = "J. Xu",
title = "Morphological representation of 2-D binary shapes
using rectangular components",
journal = "Pattern Recognition",
year = "2000",
volume = "34",
number = "2",
pages = "277-286"
}
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