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Author J.Poujol; Cristhian A. Aguilera-Carrasco; E.Danos; Boris X. Vintimilla; Ricardo Toledo; Angel Sappa edit   pdf
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  Title Visible-Thermal Fusion based Monocular Visual Odometry Type Conference Article
  Year 2015 Publication 2nd Iberian Robotics Conference ROBOT2015 Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 417 Issue Pages 517-528  
  Keywords Monocular Visual Odometry; LWIR-RGB cross-spectral Imaging; Image Fusion.  
  Abstract The manuscript evaluates the performance of a monocular visual odometry approach when images from different spectra are considered, both independently and fused. The objective behind this evaluation is to analyze if classical approaches can be improved when the given images, which are from different spectra, are fused and represented in new domains. The images in these new domains should have some of the following properties: i) more robust to noisy data; ii) less sensitive to changes (e.g., lighting); iii) more rich in descriptive information, among other. In particular in the current work two different image fusion strategies are considered. Firstly, images from the visible and thermal spectrum are fused using a Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) approach. Secondly, a monochrome threshold strategy is considered. The obtained
representations are evaluated under a visual odometry framework, highlighting
their advantages and disadvantages, using different urban and semi-urban scenarios. Comparisons with both monocular-visible spectrum and monocular-infrared spectrum, are also provided showing the validity of the proposed approach.
 
  Address Lisboa; Portugal; November 2015  
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  Publisher Springer International Publishing Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN 2194-5357 ISBN 978-3-319-27145-3 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference ROBOT  
  Notes ADAS; 600.076; 600.086 Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ PAD2015 Serial 2663  
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Author Miguel Oliveira; Victor Santos; Angel Sappa edit  doi
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  Title Multimodal Inverse Perspective Mapping Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Information Fusion Abbreviated Journal IF  
  Volume 24 Issue Pages 108–121  
  Keywords Inverse perspective mapping; Multimodal sensor fusion; Intelligent vehicles  
  Abstract Over the past years, inverse perspective mapping has been successfully applied to several problems in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems. In brief, the method consists of mapping images to a new coordinate system where perspective effects are removed. The removal of perspective associated effects facilitates road and obstacle detection and also assists in free space estimation. There is, however, a significant limitation in the inverse perspective mapping: the presence of obstacles on the road disrupts the effectiveness of the mapping. The current paper proposes a robust solution based on the use of multimodal sensor fusion. Data from a laser range finder is fused with images from the cameras, so that the mapping is not computed in the regions where obstacles are present. As shown in the results, this considerably improves the effectiveness of the algorithm and reduces computation time when compared with the classical inverse perspective mapping. Furthermore, the proposed approach is also able to cope with several cameras with different lenses or image resolutions, as well as dynamic viewpoints.  
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  Notes ADAS; 600.055; 600.076 Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ OSS2015c Serial 2532  
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Author Miguel Oliveira; Angel Sappa; Victor Santos edit  doi
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  Title A probabilistic approach for color correction in image mosaicking applications Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication IEEE Transactions on Image Processing Abbreviated Journal TIP  
  Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 508 - 523  
  Keywords Color correction; image mosaicking; color transfer; color palette mapping functions  
  Abstract Image mosaicking applications require both geometrical and photometrical registrations between the images that compose the mosaic. This paper proposes a probabilistic color correction algorithm for correcting the photometrical disparities. First, the image to be color corrected is segmented into several regions using mean shift. Then, connected regions are extracted using a region fusion algorithm. Local joint image histograms of each region are modeled as collections of truncated Gaussians using a maximum likelihood estimation procedure. Then, local color palette mapping functions are computed using these sets of Gaussians. The color correction is performed by applying those functions to all the regions of the image. An extensive comparison with ten other state of the art color correction algorithms is presented, using two different image pair data sets. Results show that the proposed approach obtains the best average scores in both data sets and evaluation metrics and is also the most robust to failures.  
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  Notes ADAS; 600.076 Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ OSS2015b Serial 2554  
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Author Miguel Oliveira; Victor Santos; Angel Sappa; P. Dias edit   pdf
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  Title Scene Representations for Autonomous Driving: an approach based on polygonal primitives Type Conference Article
  Year 2015 Publication 2nd Iberian Robotics Conference ROBOT2015 Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 417 Issue Pages 503-515  
  Keywords Scene reconstruction; Point cloud; Autonomous vehicles  
  Abstract In this paper, we present a novel methodology to compute a 3D scene
representation. The algorithm uses macro scale polygonal primitives to model the scene. This means that the representation of the scene is given as a list of large scale polygons that describe the geometric structure of the environment. Results show that the approach is capable of producing accurate descriptions of the scene. In addition, the algorithm is very efficient when compared to other techniques.
 
  Address Lisboa; Portugal; November 2015  
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  Notes ADAS; 600.076; 600.086 Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ OSS2015a Serial 2662  
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Author Miguel Oliveira; L. Seabra Lopes; G. Hyun Lim; S. Hamidreza Kasaei; Angel Sappa; A. Tom edit   pdf
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  Title Concurrent Learning of Visual Codebooks and Object Categories in Openended Domains Type Conference Article
  Year 2015 Publication International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 2488 - 2495  
  Keywords Visual Learning; Computer Vision; Autonomous Agents  
  Abstract In open-ended domains, robots must continuously learn new object categories. When the training sets are created offline, it is not possible to ensure their representativeness with respect to the object categories and features the system will find when operating online. In the Bag of Words model, visual codebooks are constructed from training sets created offline. This might lead to non-discriminative visual words and, as a consequence, to poor recognition performance. This paper proposes a visual object recognition system which concurrently learns in an incremental and online fashion both the visual object category representations as well as the codebook words used to encode them. The codebook is defined using Gaussian Mixture Models which are updated using new object views. The approach contains similarities with the human visual object recognition system: evidence suggests that the development of recognition capabilities occurs on multiple levels and is sustained over large periods of time. Results show that the proposed system with concurrent learning of object categories and codebooks is capable of learning more categories, requiring less examples, and with similar accuracies, when compared to the classical Bag of Words approach using offline constructed codebooks.  
  Address Hamburg; Germany; October 2015  
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  Notes ADAS; 600.076 Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ OSL2015 Serial 2664  
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Author Xavier Otazu; Olivier Penacchio; Xim Cerda-Company edit  openurl
  Title An excitatory-inhibitory firing rate model accounts for brightness induction, colour induction and visual discomfort Type Conference Article
  Year 2015 Publication Barcelona Computational, Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Abbreviated Journal  
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  Address Barcelona; June 2015  
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  Notes NEUROBIT; Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ OPC2015b Serial 2634  
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Author Xavier Otazu; Olivier Penacchio; Xim Cerda-Company edit  url
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  Title Brightness and colour induction through contextual influences in V1 Type Conference Article
  Year 2015 Publication Scottish Vision Group 2015 SGV2015 Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 12 Issue 9 Pages 1208-2012  
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  Address Carnoustie; Scotland; March 2015  
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  Notes NEUROBIT; Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ OPC2015a Serial 2632  
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Author Naveen Onkarappa; Angel Sappa edit  doi
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  Title Synthetic sequences and ground-truth flow field generation for algorithm validation Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Multimedia Tools and Applications Abbreviated Journal MTAP  
  Volume 74 Issue 9 Pages 3121-3135  
  Keywords Ground-truth optical flow; Synthetic sequence; Algorithm validation  
  Abstract Research in computer vision is advancing by the availability of good datasets that help to improve algorithms, validate results and obtain comparative analysis. The datasets can be real or synthetic. For some of the computer vision problems such as optical flow it is not possible to obtain ground-truth optical flow with high accuracy in natural outdoor real scenarios directly by any sensor, although it is possible to obtain ground-truth data of real scenarios in a laboratory setup with limited motion. In this difficult situation computer graphics offers a viable option for creating realistic virtual scenarios. In the current work we present a framework to design virtual scenes and generate sequences as well as ground-truth flow fields. Particularly, we generate a dataset containing sequences of driving scenarios. The sequences in the dataset vary in different speeds of the on-board vision system, different road textures, complex motion of vehicle and independent moving vehicles in the scene. This dataset enables analyzing and adaptation of existing optical flow methods, and leads to invention of new approaches particularly for driver assistance systems.  
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  ISSN 1380-7501 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ADAS; 600.055; 601.215; 600.076 Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ OnS2014b Serial 2472  
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Author Joan M. Nuñez edit  isbn
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  Title Vascular Pattern Characterization in Colonoscopy Images Type Book Whole
  Year 2015 Publication PhD Thesis, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona-CVC Abbreviated Journal  
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  Abstract Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide and the second most common malignant tumor in Europe. Screening tests have shown to be very e ective in increasing the survival rates since they allow an early detection of polyps. Among the di erent screening techniques, colonoscopy is considered the gold standard although clinical studies mention several problems that have an impact in the quality of the procedure. The navigation through the rectum and colon track can be challenging for the physicians which can increase polyp miss rates. The thorough visualization of the colon track must be ensured so that
the chances of missing lesions are minimized. The visual analysis of colonoscopy images can provide important information to the physicians and support their navigation during the procedure.
Blood vessels and their branching patterns can provide descriptive power to potentially develop biometric markers. Anatomical markers based on blood vessel patterns could be used to identify a particular scene in colonoscopy videos and to support endoscope navigation by generating a sequence of ordered scenes through the di erent colon sections. By verifying the presence of vascular content in the endoluminal scene it is also possible to certify a proper
inspection of the colon mucosa and to improve polyp localization. Considering the potential uses of blood vessel description, this contribution studies the characterization of the vascular content and the analysis of the descriptive power of its branching patterns.
Blood vessel characterization in colonoscopy images is shown to be a challenging task. The endoluminal scene is conformed by several elements whose similar characteristics hinder the development of particular models for each of them. To overcome such diculties we propose the use of the blood vessel branching characteristics as key features for pattern description. We present a model to characterize junctions in binary patterns. The implementation
of the junction model allows us to develop a junction localization method. We
created two data sets including manually labeled vessel information as well as manual ground truths of two types of keypoint landmarks: junctions and endpoints. The proposed method outperforms the available algorithms in the literature in experiments in both, our newly created colon vessel data set, and in DRIVE retinal fundus image data set. In the latter case, we created a manual ground truth of junction coordinates. Since we want to explore the descriptive potential of junctions and vessels, we propose a graph-based approach to
create anatomical markers. In the context of polyp localization, we present a new method to inhibit the in uence of blood vessels in the extraction valley-pro le information. The results show that our methodology decreases vessel in
uence, increases polyp information and leads to an improvement in state-of-the-art polyp localization performance. We also propose a polyp-speci c segmentation method that outperforms other general and speci c approaches.
 
  Address November 2015  
  Corporate Author Thesis Ph.D. thesis  
  Publisher Ediciones Graficas Rey Place of Publication Editor Fernando Vilariño  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-84-943427-6-9 Medium  
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  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ Nuñ2015 Serial 2709  
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Author Marta Nuñez-Garcia; Sonja Simpraga; M.Angeles Jurado; Maite Garolera; Roser Pueyo; Laura Igual edit  doi
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  Title FADR: Functional-Anatomical Discriminative Regions for rest fMRI Characterization Type Conference Article
  Year 2015 Publication Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Proceedings of 6th International Workshop, MLMI 2015, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2015 Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 61-68  
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  Address Munich; Germany; October 2015  
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  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ NSJ2015 Serial 2674  
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Author Kamal Nasrollahi; Sergio Escalera; P. Rasti; Gholamreza Anbarjafari; Xavier Baro; Hugo Jair Escalante; Thomas B. Moeslund edit   pdf
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  Title Deep Learning based Super-Resolution for Improved Action Recognition Type Conference Article
  Year 2015 Publication 5th International Conference on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Applications IPTA2015 Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 67 - 72  
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  Abstract Action recognition systems mostly work with videos of proper quality and resolution. Even most challenging benchmark databases for action recognition, hardly include videos of low-resolution from, e.g., surveillance cameras. In videos recorded by such cameras, due to the distance between people and cameras, people are pictured very small and hence challenge action recognition algorithms. Simple upsampling methods, like bicubic interpolation, cannot retrieve all the detailed information that can help the recognition. To deal with this problem, in this paper we combine results of bicubic interpolation with results of a state-ofthe-art deep learning-based super-resolution algorithm, through an alpha-blending approach. The experimental results obtained on down-sampled version of a large subset of Hoolywood2 benchmark database show the importance of the proposed system in increasing the recognition rate of a state-of-the-art action recognition system for handling low-resolution videos.  
  Address Orleans; France; November 2015  
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  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ NER2015 Serial 2648  
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Author Anguelos Nicolaou; Andrew Bagdanov; Marcus Liwicki; Dimosthenis Karatzas edit   pdf
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  Title Sparse Radial Sampling LBP for Writer Identification Type Conference Article
  Year 2015 Publication 13th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition ICDAR2015 Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 716-720  
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  Abstract In this paper we present the use of Sparse Radial Sampling Local Binary Patterns, a variant of Local Binary Patterns (LBP) for text-as-texture classification. By adapting and extending the standard LBP operator to the particularities of text we get a generic text-as-texture classification scheme and apply it to writer identification. In experiments on CVL and ICDAR 2013 datasets, the proposed feature-set demonstrates State-Of-the-Art (SOA) performance. Among the SOA, the proposed method is the only one that is based on dense extraction of a single local feature descriptor. This makes it fast and applicable at the earliest stages in a DIA pipeline without the need for segmentation, binarization, or extraction of multiple features.  
  Address Nancy; France; August 2015  
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  Notes DAG; 600.077 Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ NBL2015 Serial 2692  
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Author Enric Marti; J.Roncaries; Debora Gil; Aura Hernandez-Sabate; Antoni Gurgui; Ferran Poveda edit  doi
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  Title PBL On Line: A proposal for the organization, part-time monitoring and assessment of PBL group activities Type Journal
  Year 2015 Publication Journal of Technology and Science Education Abbreviated Journal JOTSE  
  Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages 87-96  
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  Notes IAM; ADAS; 600.076; 600.075 Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ MRG2015 Serial 2608  
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Author Mikhail Mozerov; Joost Van de Weijer edit  doi
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  Title Global Color Sparseness and a Local Statistics Prior for Fast Bilateral Filtering Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication IEEE Transactions on Image Processing Abbreviated Journal TIP  
  Volume 24 Issue 12 Pages 5842-5853  
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  Abstract The property of smoothing while preserving edges makes the bilateral filter a very popular image processing tool. However, its non-linear nature results in a computationally costly operation. Various works propose fast approximations to the bilateral filter. However, the majority does not generalize to vector input as is the case with color images. We propose a fast approximation to the bilateral filter for color images. The filter is based on two ideas. First, the number of colors, which occur in a single natural image, is limited. We exploit this color sparseness to rewrite the initial non-linear bilateral filter as a number of linear filter operations. Second, we impose a statistical prior to the image values that are locally present within the filter window. We show that this statistical prior leads to a closed-form solution of the bilateral filter. Finally, we combine both ideas into a single fast and accurate bilateral filter for color images. Experimental results show that our bilateral filter based on the local prior yields an extremely fast bilateral filter approximation, but with limited accuracy, which has potential application in real-time video filtering. Our bilateral filter, which combines color sparseness and local statistics, yields a fast and accurate bilateral filter approximation and obtains the state-of-the-art results.  
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  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ MoW2015b Serial 2689  
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Author Mikhail Mozerov; Joost Van de Weijer edit  doi
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  Title Accurate stereo matching by two step global optimization Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication IEEE Transactions on Image Processing Abbreviated Journal TIP  
  Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 1153-1163  
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  Abstract In stereo matching cost filtering methods and energy minimization algorithms are considered as two different techniques. Due to their global extend energy minimization methods obtain good stereo matching results. However, they tend to fail in occluded regions, in which cost filtering approaches obtain better results. In this paper we intend to combine both approaches with the aim to improve overall stereo matching results. We show that a global optimization with a fully connected model can be solved by cost fil tering methods. Based on this observation we propose to perform stereo matching as a two-step energy minimization algorithm. We consider two MRF models: a fully connected model defined on the complete set of pixels in an image and a conventional locally connected model. We solve the energy minimization problem for the fully connected model, after which the marginal function of the solution is used as the unary potential in the locally connected MRF model. Experiments on the Middlebury stereo datasets show that the proposed method achieves state-of-the-arts results.  
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  Notes ISE; LAMP; 600.079; 600.078 Approved no  
  Call Number (down) Admin @ si @ MoW2015a Serial 2568  
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