Topics in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision (eBook)

Message from the Book Series Editors and Advisory Committee.- Preface from the Editors.-  Learning a family of detectors via multiplicative kernels, by Quan Yuan, Ashwin Thangali, Vitaly Ablavsky, Stan Sclaroff.- Facial expression recognition using faps-based 3DMMM , by Hamimah Ujir, Michael Spann.- SVM framework for incorporating content-based image retrieval and data mining into the SBIM image manager, by Luiz A. P. Neves, Gilson A. Giraldi.-  Identification of foliar diseases in cotton crop, by Alexandre A. Bernardes, Jonathan G. Rogeri, Roberta B. Oliveira, Norian Marranghello and Aledir S. Pereira, Alex F. Araujo, João Manuel R.S. Tavares.-  Towards ontological cognitive system, by Carles Fernandez, Jordi Gonzàlez, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, F. Xavier Roca.-  A novel edge detector based on discrete t-norms for noisy images, by M. González-Hidalgo, S. Massanet, A. Mir.-  Colour Quantisation as a Preprocessing Step for Image Segmentation, by Henryk Palus, Mariusz Frackiewicz.-  Medical imaging and computational flow models in deformable ducts, by Marc Thiriet.- Tracking red blood cells in microchannels: a comparative study between an automatic and a manual method, by D. Pinho, R. Lima, A.I. Pereira, F. Gayubo.-  A Survey for the Automatic Classification of Bone Tissue Images, by J.E. Gil, J.P. Aranda, E. Mérida-Casermeiro, M. Ujaldón.-  Colour video segmentation for the quantification of sweat dynamic function, by J.L. Quintero-Morales, E. Nava-Baro, A. García-Linares, B. Camacho-García, M.S. Dawid-Milner.-  Current issues in medical thermography, by Ricardo Vardasca, Ricardo Simoes.-  Detection of anatomic structures in retinal images, by José Pinão, Carlos Manta Oliveira, André Mora, João Dias.-  Database System for clinical and computer assisted diagnosis of dermoscopy images, by B.S.R. Amorim, T.F. Mendonça.-  Segmentation based pattern recognition for peri-urban areas in X band SAR images, by Bruno Cafaro, Silvia Canale, Alberto De Santis, Daniela Iacoviello, Fiora Pirri, Simone Sagratella.-  Improving flood risk management in the city of Lisbon: developing a detailed and updated map of imperviousness using satellite imagery, by T. Santos, S. Freire.