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Author Jaume Gibert; Ernest Valveny; Horst Bunke
Title Dimensionality Reduction for Graph of Words Embedding Type Conference Article
Year 2011 Publication (up) 8th IAPR-TC-15 International Workshop. Graph-Based Representations in Pattern Recognition Abbreviated Journal
Volume 6658 Issue Pages 22-31
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Abstract The Graph of Words Embedding consists in mapping every graph of a given dataset to a feature vector by counting unary and binary relations between node attributes of the graph. While it shows good properties in classification problems, it suffers from high dimensionality and sparsity. These two issues are addressed in this article. Two well-known techniques for dimensionality reduction, kernel principal component analysis (kPCA) and independent component analysis (ICA), are applied to the embedded graphs. We discuss their performance compared to the classification of the original vectors on three different public databases of graphs.
Address Münster, Germany
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Place of Publication Editor Xiaoyi Jiang; Miquel Ferrer; Andrea Torsello
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-3-642-20843-0 Medium
Area Expedition Conference GbRPR
Notes DAG Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ GVB2011a Serial 1743
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Author Lluis Pere de las Heras; Joan Mas; Gemma Sanchez; Ernest Valveny
Title Descriptor-based Svm Wall Detector Type Conference Article
Year 2011 Publication (up) 9th International Workshop on Graphic Recognition Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
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Abstract Architectural floorplans exhibit a large variability in notation. Therefore, segmenting and identifying the elements of any kind of plan becomes a challenging task for approaches based on grouping structural primitives obtained by vectorization. Recently, a patch-based segmentation method working at pixel level and relying on the construction of a visual vocabulary has been proposed showing its adaptability to different notations by automatically learning the visual appearance of the elements in each different notation. In this paper we describe an evolution of this new approach in two directions: firstly we evaluate different features to obtain the description of every patch. Secondly, we train an SVM classifier to obtain the category of every patch instead of constructing a visual vocabulary. These modifications of the method have been tested for wall detection on two datasets of architectural floorplans with different notations and compared with the results obtained with the original approach.
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Area Expedition Conference GREC
Notes DAG Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ HMS2011b Serial 1819
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Author Enric Marti; Ferran Poveda; Antoni Gurgui; Debora Gil
Title Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos en Ingeniería Informática. Resultados y reflexiones de seis años de experiencia Type Miscellaneous
Year 2011 Publication (up) Actas del Simposio-Taller JENUI 2011 Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 1-8
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Abstract In this workshop a 6 years experience in Project Based Learning (PBL) in Computer Graphics, Computer Engineering course at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) is presented. We use a Moodle environment suited to manage the documentation generated in PBL. The course is organized by means of two alternative routes: a classic itinerary of lectures and test-based evaluation and another with PBL. In the PBL itinerary we explain the organization in teamgroups, homework tutoring and monitoring and evaluation guidelines for students. We provide some of the work done by students, and the results of assessment surveys carried out to students during these years. We report the evolution of our PBL itinerary in terms of, both, organization and student surveys.
The workshop aims at discussing about on the advantages and disadvantages of using these active methodologies in technical degrees such as computer engineering, in order to debate about the most suitable way of organizing PBL and assessing students learning rate.
Address Sevilla, Spain
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Place of Publication Editor
Language spanish Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-84-694-5440-4 Medium
Area Expedition Conference JENUI
Notes IAM Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ MPG2011 Serial 1584
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Author Fadi Dornaika; Bogdan Raducanu
Title Subtle Facial Expression Recognition in Still Images and Videos Type Book Chapter
Year 2011 Publication (up) Advances in Face Image Analysis: Techniques and Technologies Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue 14 Pages 259-277
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Abstract This chapter addresses the recognition of basic facial expressions. It has three main contributions. First, the authors introduce a view- and texture independent schemes that exploits facial action parameters estimated by an appearance-based 3D face tracker. they represent the learned facial actions associated with different facial expressions by time series. Two dynamic recognition schemes are proposed: (1) the first is based on conditional predictive models and on an analysis-synthesis scheme, and (2) the second is based on examples allowing straightforward use of machine learning approaches. Second, the authors propose an efficient recognition scheme based on the detection of keyframes in videos. Third, the authors compare the dynamic scheme with a static one based on analyzing individual snapshots and show that in general the former performs better than the latter. The authors then provide evaluations of performance using Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), Non parametric Discriminant Analysis (NDA), and Support Vector Machines (SVM).
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Publisher IGI-Global Place of Publication New York, USA Editor Yu-Jin Zhang
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-1-6152-0991-0 Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes OR;MV Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ DoR2011 Serial 1751
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Author Laura Igual; Joan Carles Soliva; Antonio Hernandez; Sergio Escalera; Xavier Jimenez ; Oscar Vilarroya; Petia Radeva
Title A fully-automatic caudate nucleus segmentation of brain MRI: Application in volumetric analysis of pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication (up) BioMedical Engineering Online Abbreviated Journal BEO
Volume 10 Issue 105 Pages 1-23
Keywords Brain caudate nucleus; segmentation; MRI; atlas-based strategy; Graph Cut framework
Abstract Background
Accurate automatic segmentation of the caudate nucleus in magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the brain is of great interest in the analysis of developmental disorders. Segmentation methods based on a single atlas or on multiple atlases have been shown to suitably localize caudate structure. However, the atlas prior information may not represent the structure of interest correctly. It may therefore be useful to introduce a more flexible technique for accurate segmentations.

Method
We present Cau-dateCut: a new fully-automatic method of segmenting the caudate nucleus in MRI. CaudateCut combines an atlas-based segmentation strategy with the Graph Cut energy-minimization framework. We adapt the Graph Cut model to make it suitable for segmenting small, low-contrast structures, such as the caudate nucleus, by defining new energy function data and boundary potentials. In particular, we exploit information concerning the intensity and geometry, and we add supervised energies based on contextual brain structures. Furthermore, we reinforce boundary detection using a new multi-scale edgeness measure.

Results
We apply the novel CaudateCut method to the segmentation of the caudate nucleus to a new set of 39 pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) patients and 40 control children, as well as to a public database of 18 subjects. We evaluate the quality of the segmentation using several volumetric and voxel by voxel measures. Our results show improved performance in terms of segmentation compared to state-of-the-art approaches, obtaining a mean overlap of 80.75%. Moreover, we present a quantitative volumetric analysis of caudate abnormalities in pediatric ADHD, the results of which show strong correlation with expert manual analysis.

Conclusion
CaudateCut generates segmentation results that are comparable to gold-standard segmentations and which are reliable in the analysis of differentiating neuroanatomical abnormalities between healthy controls and pediatric ADHD.
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-925X ISBN Medium
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Notes MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ ISH2011 Serial 1882
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Author Chenyang Fu; Kaida Xiao; Dimosthenis Karatzas; Sophie Wuerger
Title Investigation of Unique Hue Setting Changes with Ageing Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication (up) Chinese Optics Letters Abbreviated Journal COL
Volume 9 Issue 5 Pages 053301-1-5
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Abstract Clromatic sensitivity along the protan, deutan, and tritan lines and the loci of the unique hues (red, green, yellow, blue) for a very large sample (n = 185) of colour-normal observers ranging from 18 to 75 years of age are assessed. Visual judgments are obtained under normal viewing conditions using colour patches on self-luminous display under controlled adaptation conditions. Trivector discrimination thresholds show an increase as a function of age along the protan, deutan, and tritan axes, with the largest increase present along the tritan line, less pronounced shifts in unique hue settings are also observed. Based on the chromatic (protan, deutan, tritan) thresholds and using scaled cone signals, we predict the unique hue changes with ageing. A dependency on age for unique red and unique yellow for predicted hue angle is found. We conclude that the chromatic sensitivity deteriorates significantly with age, whereas the appearance of unique hues is much less affected, remaining almost constant despite the known changes in the ocular media.
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor
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Area Expedition Conference
Notes DAG Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ XFW2011 Serial 1818
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Author Jorge Bernal; Fernando Vilariño; F. Javier Sanchez
Title Towards Intelligent Systems for Colonoscopy Type Book Chapter
Year 2011 Publication (up) Colonoscopy Abbreviated Journal
Volume 1 Issue Pages 257-282
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Abstract In this chapter we present tools that can be used to build intelligent systems for colonoscopy.
The idea is, by using methods based on computer vision and artificial intelligence, add significant value to the colonoscopy procedure. Intelligent systems are being used to assist in other medical interventions
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Publisher Intech Place of Publication Editor Paul Miskovitz
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-953-307-568-6 Medium
Area 800 Expedition Conference
Notes MV;SIAI Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ BVS2011 Serial 1697
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Author Kaida Xiao; Sophie Wuerger; Chenyang Fu; Dimosthenis Karatzas
Title Unique Hue Data for Colour Appearance Models. Part i: Loci of Unique Hues and Hue Uniformity Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication (up) Color Research & Application Abbreviated Journal CRA
Volume 36 Issue 5 Pages 316-323
Keywords unique hues; colour appearance models; CIECAM02; hue uniformity
Abstract Psychophysical experiments were conducted to assess unique hues on a CRT display for a large sample of colour-normal observers (n 1⁄4 185). These data were then used to evaluate the most commonly used colour appear- ance model, CIECAM02, by transforming the CIEXYZ tris- timulus values of the unique hues to the CIECAM02 colour appearance attributes, lightness, chroma and hue angle. We report two findings: (1) the hue angles derived from our unique hue data are inconsistent with the commonly used Natural Color System hues that are incorporated in the CIECAM02 model. We argue that our predicted unique hue angles (derived from our large dataset) provide a more reliable standard for colour management applications when the precise specification of these salient colours is im- portant. (2) We test hue uniformity for CIECAM02 in all four unique hues and show significant disagreements for all hues, except for unique red which seems to be invariant under lightness changes. Our dataset is useful to improve the CIECAM02 model as it provides reliable data for benchmarking.
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Publisher Wiley Periodicals Inc Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes DAG Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ XWF2011 Serial 1816
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Author Marcel P. Lucassen; Theo Gevers; Arjan Gijsenij
Title Texture Affects Color Emotion Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication (up) Color Research & Applications Abbreviated Journal CRA
Volume 36 Issue 6 Pages 426–436
Keywords color;texture;color emotion;observer variability;ranking
Abstract Several studies have recorded color emotions in subjects viewing uniform color (UC) samples. We conduct an experiment to measure and model how these color emotions change when texture is added to the color samples. Using a computer monitor, our subjects arrange samples along four scales: warm–cool, masculine–feminine, hard–soft, and heavy–light. Three sample types of increasing visual complexity are used: UC, grayscale textures, and color textures (CTs). To assess the intraobserver variability, the experiment is repeated after 1 week. Our results show that texture fully determines the responses on the Hard-Soft scale, and plays a role of decreasing weight for the masculine–feminine, heavy–light, and warm–cool scales. Using some 25,000 observer responses, we derive color emotion functions that predict the group-averaged scale responses from the samples' color and texture parameters. For UC samples, the accuracy of our functions is significantly higher (average R2 = 0.88) than that of previously reported functions applied to our data. The functions derived for CT samples have an accuracy of R2 = 0.80. We conclude that when textured samples are used in color emotion studies, the psychological responses may be strongly affected by texture. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 2010
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Notes ALTRES;ISE Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ LGG2011 Serial 1844
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Author Nataliya Shapovalova; Carles Fernandez; Xavier Roca; Jordi Gonzalez
Title Semantics of Human Behavior in Image Sequences Type Book Chapter
Year 2011 Publication (up) Computer Analysis of Human Behavior Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue 7 Pages 151-182
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Abstract Human behavior is contextualized and understanding the scene of an action is crucial for giving proper semantics to behavior. In this chapter we present a novel approach for scene understanding. The emphasis of this work is on the particular case of Human Event Understanding. We introduce a new taxonomy to organize the different semantic levels of the Human Event Understanding framework proposed. Such a framework particularly contributes to the scene understanding domain by (i) extracting behavioral patterns from the integrative analysis of spatial, temporal, and contextual evidence and (ii) integrative analysis of bottom-up and top-down approaches in Human Event Understanding. We will explore how the information about interactions between humans and their environment influences the performance of activity recognition, and how this can be extrapolated to the temporal domain in order to extract higher inferences from human events observed in sequences of images.
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Publisher Springer London Place of Publication Editor Albert Ali Salah;
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-0-85729-993-2 Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISE Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ SFR2011 Serial 1810
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Author Sergio Escalera; Ana Puig; Oscar Amoros; Maria Salamo
Title Intelligent GPGPU Classification in Volume Visualization: a framework based on Error-Correcting Output Codes Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication (up) Computer Graphics Forum Abbreviated Journal CGF
Volume 30 Issue 7 Pages 2107-2115
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Abstract IF JCR 1.455 2010 25/99
In volume visualization, the definition of the regions of interest is inherently an iterative trial-and-error process finding out the best parameters to classify and render the final image. Generally, the user requires a lot of expertise to analyze and edit these parameters through multi-dimensional transfer functions. In this paper, we present a framework of intelligent methods to label on-demand multiple regions of interest. These methods can be split into a two-level GPU-based labelling algorithm that computes in time of rendering a set of labelled structures using the Machine Learning Error-Correcting Output Codes (ECOC) framework. In a pre-processing step, ECOC trains a set of Adaboost binary classifiers from a reduced pre-labelled data set. Then, at the testing stage, each classifier is independently applied on the features of a set of unlabelled samples and combined to perform multi-class labelling. We also propose an alternative representation of these classifiers that allows to highly parallelize the testing stage. To exploit that parallelism we implemented the testing stage in GPU-OpenCL. The empirical results on different data sets for several volume structures shows high computational performance and classification accuracy.
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Notes MILAB; HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ EPA2011 Serial 1881
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Author Miquel Ferrer; Dimosthenis Karatzas; Ernest Valveny; I. Bardaji; Horst Bunke
Title A Generic Framework for Median Graph Computation based on a Recursive Embedding Approach Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication (up) Computer Vision and Image Understanding Abbreviated Journal CVIU
Volume 115 Issue 7 Pages 919-928
Keywords Median Graph, Graph Embedding, Graph Matching, Structural Pattern Recognition
Abstract The median graph has been shown to be a good choice to obtain a represen- tative of a set of graphs. However, its computation is a complex problem. Recently, graph embedding into vector spaces has been proposed to obtain approximations of the median graph. The problem with such an approach is how to go from a point in the vector space back to a graph in the graph space. The main contribution of this paper is the generalization of this previ- ous method, proposing a generic recursive procedure that permits to recover the graph corresponding to a point in the vector space, introducing only the amount of approximation inherent to the use of graph matching algorithms. In order to evaluate the proposed method, we compare it with the set me- dian and with the other state-of-the-art embedding-based methods for the median graph computation. The experiments are carried out using four dif- ferent databases (one semi-artificial and three containing real-world data). Results show that with the proposed approach we can obtain better medi- ans, in terms of the sum of distances to the training graphs, than with the previous existing methods.
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Notes DAG Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ FKV2011 Serial 1831
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Author Joan M. Nuñez
Title Computer vision techniques for characterization of finger joints in X-ray image Type Report
Year 2011 Publication (up) CVC Technical Report Abbreviated Journal
Volume 165 Issue Pages
Keywords Rheumatoid arthritis, X-ray, Sharp Van der Heijde, joint characterization, sclerosis detection, bone detection, edge, ridge
Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory type of arthritis which mainly affects hands on its first stages. Though it is a chronic disease and there is no cure for it, treatments require an accurate assessment of illness evolution. Such assessment is based on evaluation of hand X-ray images by using one of the several available semi-quantitative methods. This task requires highly trained medical personnel. That is why the automation of the assessment would allow professionals to save time and effort. Two stages are involved in this task. Firstly, the joint detection, afterwards, the joint characterization. Unlike the little existing previous work, this contribution clearly separates those two stages and sets the foundations of a modular assessment system focusing on the characterization stage. A hand joint dataset is created and an accurate data analysis is achieved in order to identify relevant features. Since the sclerosis and the lower bone were decided to be the most important features, different computer vision techniques were used in order to develop a detector system for both of them. Joint space width measures are provided and their correlation with Sharp-Van der Heijde is verified
Address Bellaterra (Barcelona)
Corporate Author Computer Vision Center Thesis Master's thesis
Publisher Place of Publication Editor Dr. Fernando Vilariño and Dra. Debora Gil
Language Summary Language Original Title
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Notes MV;IAM; Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ Nuñ2011 Serial 1795
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Author Carles Sanchez
Title Tracheal ring detection in bronchoscopy Type Report
Year 2011 Publication (up) CVC Technical Report Abbreviated Journal
Volume 168 Issue Pages
Keywords Bronchoscopy, tracheal ring, segmentation
Abstract Endoscopy is the process in which a camera is introduced inside a human.
Given that endoscopy provides realistic images (in contrast to other modalities) and allows non-invase minimal intervention procedures (which can aid in diagnosis and surgical interventions), its use has spreaded during last decades.
In this project we will focus on bronchoscopic procedures, during which the camera is introduced through the trachea in order to have a diagnostic of the patient. The diagnostic interventions are focused on: degree of stenosis (reduction in tracheal area), prosthesis or early diagnosis of tumors. In the first case, assessment of the luminal area and the calculation of the diameters of the tracheal rings are required. A main limitation is that all the process is done by hand,
which means that the doctor takes all the measurements and decisions just by looking at the screen. As far as we know there is no computational framework for helping the doctors in the diagnosis.
This project will consist of analysing bronchoscopic videos in order to extract useful information for the diagnostic of the degree of stenosis. In particular we will focus on segmentation of the tracheal rings. As a result of this project several strategies (for detecting tracheal rings) had been implemented in order to compare their performance.
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Corporate Author Thesis Master's thesis
Publisher Place of Publication Editor Debora Gil, F.Javier Sanchez
Language english Summary Language english Original Title
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Notes IAM;MV Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ San2011 Serial 1841
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Author Alejandro Gonzalez Alzate
Title Evaluation of spatiotemporal descriptors for pedestrian detection in video sequences Type Report
Year 2011 Publication (up) CVC Technical Report Abbreviated Journal
Volume 166 Issue Pages
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Address Bellaterra (Spain)
Corporate Author Computer Vision Center Thesis Master's thesis
Publisher Place of Publication Editor
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Area Expedition Conference
Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ Gon2011 Serial 1932
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