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Author Karel Paleček; David Geronimo; Frederic Lerasle
Title Pre-attention cues for person detection Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication Cognitive Behavioural Systems, COST 2102 International Training School Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 225-235
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Abstract Current state-of-the-art person detectors have been proven reliable and achieve very good detection rates. However, the performance is often far from real time, which limits their use to low resolution images only. In this paper, we deal with candidate window generation problem for person detection, i.e. we want to reduce the computational complexity of a person detector by reducing the number of regions that has to be evaluated. We base our work on Alexe’s paper [1], which introduced several pre-attention cues for generic object detection. We evaluate these cues in the context of person detection and show that their performance degrades rapidly for scenes containing multiple objects of interest such as pictures from urban environment. We extend this set by new cues, which better suits our class-specific task. The cues are designed to be simple and efficient, so that they can be used in the pre-attention phase of a more complex sliding window based person detector.
Address Dresden, Germany
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title (up) Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-34583-8 Medium
Area Expedition Conference COST-TS
Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ PGL2012 Serial 2148
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Author Arnau Ramisa; David Aldavert; Shrihari Vasudevan; Ricardo Toledo; Ramon Lopez de Mantaras
Title Evaluation of Three Vision Based Object Perception Methods for a Mobile Robot Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems Abbreviated Journal JIRC
Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages 185-208
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Abstract This paper addresses visual object perception applied to mobile robotics. Being able to perceive household objects in unstructured environments is a key capability in order to make robots suitable to perform complex tasks in home environments. However, finding a solution for this task is daunting: it requires the ability to handle the variability in image formation in a moving camera with tight time constraints. The paper brings to attention some of the issues with applying three state of the art object recognition and detection methods in a mobile robotics scenario, and proposes methods to deal with windowing/segmentation. Thus, this work aims at evaluating the state-of-the-art in object perception in an attempt to develop a lightweight solution for mobile robotics use/research in typical indoor settings.
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Publisher Springer Netherlands Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title (up) Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0921-0296 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ RAV2012 Serial 2150
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Author Petia Radeva; Michal Drozdzal; Santiago Segui; Laura Igual; Carolina Malagelada; Fernando Azpiroz; Jordi Vitria
Title Active labeling: Application to wireless endoscopy analysis Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication High Performance Computing and Simulation, International Conference on Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 174-181
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Abstract Today, robust learners trained in a real supervised machine learning application should count with a rich collection of positive and negative examples. Although in many applications, it is not difficult to obtain huge amount of data, labeling those data can be a very expensive process, especially when dealing with data of high variability and complexity. A good example of such cases are data from medical imaging applications where annotating anomalies like tumors, polyps, atherosclerotic plaque or informative frames in wireless endoscopy need highly trained experts. Building a representative set of training data from medical videos (e.g. Wireless Capsule Endoscopy) means that thousands of frames to be labeled by an expert. It is quite normal that data in new videos come different and thus are not represented by the training set. In this paper, we review the main approaches on active learning and illustrate how active learning can help to reduce expert effort in constructing the training sets. We show that applying active learning criteria, the number of human interventions can be significantly reduced. The proposed system allows the annotation of informative/non-informative frames of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy video containing more than 30000 frames each one with less than 100 expert ”clicks”.
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Series Editor Series Title (up) Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-1-4673-2359-8 Medium
Area Expedition Conference HPCS
Notes MILAB; OR;MV Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ RDS2012 Serial 2152
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Author Jose Carlos Rubio; Joan Serrat; Antonio Lopez
Title Video Co-segmentation Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication 11th Asian Conference on Computer Vision Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7725 Issue Pages 13-24
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Abstract Segmentation of a single image is in general a highly underconstrained problem. A frequent approach to solve it is to somehow provide prior knowledge or constraints on how the objects of interest look like (in terms of their shape, size, color, location or structure). Image co-segmentation trades the need for such knowledge for something much easier to obtain, namely, additional images showing the object from other viewpoints. Now the segmentation problem is posed as one of differentiating the similar object regions in all the images from the more varying background. In this paper, for the first time, we extend this approach to video segmentation: given two or more video sequences showing the same object (or objects belonging to the same class) moving in a similar manner, we aim to outline its region in all the frames. In addition, the method works in an unsupervised manner, by learning to segment at testing time. We compare favorably with two state-of-the-art methods on video segmentation and report results on benchmark videos.
Address Daejeon, Korea
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title (up) Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-37443-2 Medium
Area Expedition Conference ACCV
Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ RSL2012d Serial 2153
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Author Cristhian Aguilera; Fernando Barrera; Felipe Lumbreras; Angel Sappa; Ricardo Toledo
Title Multispectral Image Feature Points Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Sensors Abbreviated Journal SENS
Volume 12 Issue 9 Pages 12661-12672
Keywords multispectral image descriptor; color and infrared images; feature point descriptor
Abstract Far-Infrared and Visible Spectrum images. It allows matching interest points on images of the same scene but acquired in different spectral bands. Initially, points of interest are detected on both images through a SIFT-like based scale space representation. Then, these points are characterized using an Edge Oriented Histogram (EOH) descriptor. Finally, points of interest from multispectral images are matched by finding nearest couples using the information from the descriptor. The provided experimental results and comparisons with similar methods show both the validity of the proposed approach as well as the improvements it offers with respect to the current state-of-the-art.
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Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ ABL2012 Serial 2154
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Author Fernando Barrera; Felipe Lumbreras; Angel Sappa
Title Multimodal Stereo Vision System: 3D Data Extraction and Algorithm Evaluation Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing Abbreviated Journal J-STSP
Volume 6 Issue 5 Pages 437-446
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Abstract This paper proposes an imaging system for computing sparse depth maps from multispectral images. A special stereo head consisting of an infrared and a color camera defines the proposed multimodal acquisition system. The cameras are rigidly attached so that their image planes are parallel. Details about the calibration and image rectification procedure are provided. Sparse disparity maps are obtained by the combined use of mutual information enriched with gradient information. The proposed approach is evaluated using a Receiver Operating Characteristics curve. Furthermore, a multispectral dataset, color and infrared images, together with their corresponding ground truth disparity maps, is generated and used as a test bed. Experimental results in real outdoor scenarios are provided showing its viability and that the proposed approach is not restricted to a specific domain.
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title (up) Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1932-4553 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ BLS2012b Serial 2155
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Author Cristhian Aguilera; M.Ramos; Angel Sappa
Title Simulated Annealing: A Novel Application of Image Processing in the Wood Area Type Book Chapter
Year 2012 Publication Simulated Annealing – Advances, Applications and Hybridizations Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 91-104
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Address
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Place of Publication Editor Marcos de Sales Guerra Tsuzuki
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title (up) Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-953-51-0710-1 Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ ARS2012 Serial 2156
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Author Monica Piñol; Angel Sappa; Ricardo Toledo
Title MultiTable Reinforcement for Visual Object Recognition Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication 4th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 221 Issue Pages 469-480
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Abstract This paper presents a bag of feature based method for visual object recognition. Our contribution is focussed on the selection of the best feature descriptor. It is implemented by using a novel multi-table reinforcement learning method that selects among five of classical descriptors (i.e., Spin, SIFT, SURF, C-SIFT and PHOW) the one that best describes each image. Experimental results and comparisons are provided showing the improvements achieved with the proposed approach.
Address Coimbatore, India
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer India Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title (up) Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1876-1100 ISBN 978-81-322-0996-6 Medium
Area Expedition Conference ICSIP
Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ PST2012 Serial 2157
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Author Mohammad Rouhani; Angel Sappa
Title Non-Rigid Shape Registration: A Single Linear Least Squares Framework Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication 12th European Conference on Computer Vision Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7578 Issue Pages 264-277
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Abstract This paper proposes a non-rigid registration formulation capturing both global and local deformations in a single framework. This formulation is based on a quadratic estimation of the registration distance together with a quadratic regularization term. Hence, the optimal transformation parameters are easily obtained by solving a liner system of equations, which guarantee a fast convergence. Experimental results with challenging 2D and 3D shapes are presented to show the validity of the proposed framework. Furthermore, comparisons with the most relevant approaches are provided.
Address Florencia
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title (up) Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-33785-7 Medium
Area Expedition Conference ECCV
Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ RoS2012a Serial 2158
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Author Miguel Oliveira; V.Santos; Angel Sappa
Title Short term path planning using a multiple hypothesis evaluation approach for an autonomous driving competition Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication IEEE 4th Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
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Address Algarve; Portugal
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Place of Publication Editor
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Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference PPNIV
Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ OSS2012c Serial 2159
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Author Marina Alberti; Simone Balocco; Xavier Carrillo; Josepa Mauri; Petia Radeva
Title Automatic Non-Rigid Temporal Alignment of IVUS Sequences Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication 15th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Abbreviated Journal
Volume 1 Issue Pages 642-650
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Abstract Clinical studies on atherosclerosis regression/progression performed by Intravascular Ultrasound analysis require the alignment of pullbacks of the same patient before and after clinical interventions. In this paper, a methodology for the automatic alignment of IVUS sequences based on the Dynamic Time Warping technique is proposed. The method is adapted to the specific IVUS alignment task by applying the non-rigid alignment technique to multidimensional morphological signals, and by introducing a sliding window approach together with a regularization term. To show the effectiveness of our method, an extensive validation is performed both on synthetic data and in-vivo IVUS sequences. The proposed method is robust to stent deployment and post dilation surgery and reaches an alignment error of approximately 0.7 mm for in-vivo data, which is comparable to the inter-observer variability.
Address Nice, France
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title (up) Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-3-642-33414-6 Medium
Area Expedition Conference MICCAI
Notes MILAB Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ ABC2012 Serial 2168
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Author Onur Ferhat
Title Eye-Tracking with Webcam-Based Setups: Implementation of a Real-Time System and an Analysis of Factors Affecting Performance Type Report
Year 2012 Publication CVC Technical Report Abbreviated Journal
Volume 172 Issue Pages
Keywords Computer vision, eye-tracking, gaussian process, feature selection, optical flow
Abstract In the recent years commercial eye-tracking hardware has become more common, with the introduction of new models from several brands that have better performance and easier setup procedures. A cause and at the same time a result of this phenomenon is the popularity of eye-tracking research directed at marketing, accessibility and usability, among others.
One problem with these hardware components is scalability, because both the price and the necessary expertise to operate them makes it practically impossible in the large scale. In this work, we analyze the feasibility of a software eye-tracking system based on a single, ordinary webcam. Our aim is to discover the limits of such a system and to see whether it provides acceptable performances.
The significance of this setup is that it is the most common setup found in consumer environments, off-the-shelf electronic devices such as laptops, mobile phones and tablet computers. As no special equipment such as infrared lights, mirrors or zoom lenses are used; setting up and calibrating the system is easier compared to other approaches using these components.
Our work is based on the open source application Opengazer, which provides a good starting point for our contributions. We propose several improvements in order to push the system's performance further and make it feasible as a robust, real-time device. Then we carry out an elaborate experiment involving 18 human subjects and 4 different system setups. Finally, we give an analysis of the results and discuss the effects of setup changes, subject differences and modifications in the software.
Address Bellaterra
Corporate Author Computer Vision Center Thesis Master's thesis
Publisher Place of Publication Editor Fernando Vilariño
Language Summary Language Original Title
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Area Expedition Conference
Notes MV Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ Fer2012; IAM @ iam @ Fer2012 Serial 2165
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Author Pedro Martins; Paulo Carvalho; Carlo Gatta
Title Stable Salient Shapes Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor
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Area Expedition Conference DICTA
Notes MILAB Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ MCG2012b Serial 2166
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Author Jaume Gibert; Ernest Valveny; Horst Bunke; Alicia Fornes
Title On the Correlation of Graph Edit Distance and L1 Distance in the Attribute Statistics Embedding Space Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition, Joint IAPR International Workshop Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7626 Issue Pages 135-143
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Abstract Graph embeddings in vector spaces aim at assigning a pattern vector to every graph so that the problems of graph classification and clustering can be solved by using data processing algorithms originally developed for statistical feature vectors. An important requirement graph features should fulfil is that they reproduce as much as possible the properties among objects in the graph domain. In particular, it is usually desired that distances between pairs of graphs in the graph domain closely resemble those between their corresponding vectorial representations. In this work, we analyse relations between the edit distance in the graph domain and the L1 distance of the attribute statistics based embedding, for which good classification performance has been reported on various datasets. We show that there is actually a high correlation between the two kinds of distances provided that the corresponding parameter values that account for balancing the weight between node and edge based features are properly selected.
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Publisher Springer-Berlag, Berlin Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title (up) Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-3-642-34165-6 Medium
Area Expedition Conference SSPR&SPR
Notes DAG Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ GVB2012c Serial 2167
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Author Rui Hua; Oriol Pujol; Francesco Ciompi; Marina Alberti; Simone Balocco; Josepa Mauri; Petia Radeva
Title Stent Strut Detection by Classifying a Wide Set of IVUS Features Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication Computed Assisted Stenting Workshop Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
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Address Nice, France
Corporate Author Thesis
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ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference STENT
Notes MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ HPC2012 Serial 2169
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