IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN:

CFP1255E-PRT 978-1-4577-2191-5

2012 19th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP 2012)

Vienna, Austria 11 – 13 April 2012

ProgramT1: Tutorial 1, Sergios Theodoridis: Adaptive Learning for Machine Learning andSignal Processing: An Efficient Unifying Framework for Classification andRegression Tasks

Oral Presentation

T2: Tutorial 2, Jörn Ostermann: Coding of Stereoscopic and 3-Dimensional Video

Oral Presentation

R: Redzur

Poster Presentation

IB: IceBreaker

OS: Opening Session

P1: Plenary Session 1, C. Richard Johnson, Jr.: Weave Match Hunting: AnApplication of Signal Processing to Painting Analysis

Oral Presentation

CB1: Coffee Break 1

IC: Image Classification

Oral PresentationImproved Edge Detection for EWOC Depth Upscaling

Sebastian Schwarz (Mid Sweden University, Sweden); Mårten Sjöström (MidSweden University, Sweden); Roger Olsson (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)pp. 1-4

JPEG Image Tampering Detection Using Blocking ArtifactsDijana Tralic (University of Zagreb & Faculty of Electrical Engineering andComputing, Croatia); Juraj Petrovic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering andComputing, University of Zagreb, Croatia); Sonja Grgic (University of Zagreb,Croatia)pp. 5-8

Text Detection in Video Images Using Adaptive Edge Detection and Stroke WidthVerification

Haojin Yang (Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Technology GmbH, Germany);Bernhard Quehl (Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Technology GmbH,Germany); Harald Sack (Hasso-Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering,Germany)pp. 9-12

Recognition Impact of JPEG2000 Part 2 Wavelet Packet Subband Structures inPolar Iris Image Compression

Jutta Hämmerle-Uhl (University of Salzburg, Austria); Michael Karnutsch(University of Salzburg, Austria); Andreas Uhl (Salzburg University, Austria)pp. 13-16

IPIN: Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation

Oral PresentationBenefits From Cooperation in Simultaneous Anchor-less Tracking and RoomMapping Based on Impulse Radio - Ultra Wideband Devices

Mathieu des Noes (CEA -LETI Minatec, France); Benoit Denis (CEA-Leti Minatec,France)pp. 17-21

Multipath-Assisted Single-Anchor Indoor Localization in an Office EnvironmentPaul Meissner (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Klaus Witrisal (GrazUniversity of Technology, Austria)pp. 22-25

Distributed Localization: A Comparison of Performance LimitsStefano Severi (Jacobs University Bremen, Germany); Giuseppe Abreu (JacobsUniversity Bremen, Germany); Davide Dardari (University of Bologna, Italy)pp. 26-31

Radio and IMU Based Indoor Positioning and TrackingAnders Mannesson (Lund University, Sweden); Atif Yaqoob (Lund University,Sweden); Fredrik Tufvesson (Lund University, Sweden); Bo Bernhardsson (LundUniversity, Sweden)pp. 32-35

Infrastructureless Indoor Mapping Using a Mobile Antenna ArrayTobias Deißler (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany);Malgorzata Janson (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Rudolf Zetik(Technical University Ilmenau, Germany); Joern Thielecke (University of Erlangen,Germany)pp. 36-39

Indoor Person Localization System Through RSSI Bluetooth FingerprintingHéctor José Pérez Iglesias (Universidade da Coruña, Spain); Valentin Barral(University of A Coruña, Spain); Carlos J Escudero (University of A Coruña, Spain)pp. 40-43

MSP: Medical Signal Processing

Poster PresentationSimple Low Level Laser Therapy Device Approach

Sorin Stanescu (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania); Paul Dan Cristea(University Politehnica of Bucharest & Romanian Academy, Romania)pp. 44-47

Wavelet Denoising of Ultrasonic A-scans for Detection of Weak SignalsJose Luis San Emeterio (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain); MiguelA. Rodriguez-Hernandez (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)pp. 48-51

Regression and Sparse Regression Methods for Viscosity Estimation of Acid MilkFrom It's SLS Features

Sara Sharifzadeh (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark); Jacob Skytte(Technical University of Denmark, Denmark); Otto Nielsen (Technical University ofDenmark, Denmark); Bjarne Ersbøll (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark);Line Clemmensen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)pp. 52-55

A Novel Automatic Method for Vessel Tortuosity EvaluationFarnoosh Ghadiri (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad & Machine VisionLab. Computer Eng. Dept, Iran); Hamidreza Pourreza (Ferdowsi University ofMashhad Mashhad, Iran); Touka Banaee (Medical Sciences University of Mashhad,Iran)pp. 56-59

S1: Security Part1

Oral PresentationImproved Method of Secret Key Generation Based on Variations in WirelessChannel

Abhijit Ambekar (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); Nandish Kuruvatti(Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); Hans D. Schotten (University ofKaiserslautern, Germany)pp. 60-63

Enhancing Detection of Digital Watermark Against Resampling Attacks byAnalyzing Periodicity of Interpolation

Seung-Jin Ryu (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); TaeWoo Oh (Korea Advanced Institute of science and Technology, Korea); Hae-YeounLee (Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Korea); Dae-Jin Jung (KoreaAdvanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Heung-Kyu Lee (KAIST,Korea)pp. 64-67

Improvement of the Watermark Detector Perfomance Using Image EnhancementFilters

Ante Poljičak (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Croatia); LidijaMandić (Faculty of Graphic Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia); Maja StrgarKurečić (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Croatia)pp. 68-71

Robust Multi-Modal Watermarking Using Visually Encrypted WatermarkSaurabh Maheshwari (Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India); ReenaGunjan (Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India); Vijay Laxmi (MalaviyaNational Institute of Technology, India); Manoj Singh Gaur (Malaviya NationalInstitute of Technology, India)pp. 72-75

High-Capacity Reversible Data Hiding by Maximum-Span Pixel Pairing onOrdered Dithered Halftone Images

Brian Lien (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan); Yen-ming Lin (Fu Jen CatholicUniversity, Taiwan); Kun-Ying Lee (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)pp. 76-79

LB1: Lunch Break

DAC: Distributed Algorithms in Communications

Oral PresentationA Novel, Scalable and Distributed Software Architecture for Software-DefinedRadio with Remote Interaction

Valentin Barral (University of A Coruña, Spain); Javier Rodas (University of ACoruña, Spain); José A. García-Naya (University of A Coruña, Spain); Carlos JEscudero (University of A Coruña, Spain)pp. 80-83

A Solution for Optimizing Costs and Improving Diversity of RFID ReadersJavier Rodas (University of A Coruña, Spain); Valentin Barral (University of ACoruña, Spain); Carlos J Escudero (University of A Coruña, Spain); RobertLangwieser (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

pp. 84-88

Distributed Primary User Identification From Imprecise Location InformationPavle Belanovic (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain); SergioValcarcel Macua (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain); Santiago Zazo(Universidad Politecnica Madrid, Spain)pp. 89-92

Experimental Evaluation of MIMO Coded Modulation Systems: Concatenationwith OSTBC or Spatial Multiplexing

Francisco J. Vazquez-Araujo (University of A Coruña, Spain); José A. García-Naya(University of A Coruña, Spain); Miguel González-López (Universidad de ACoruña, Spain); Luis Castedo (University of A Coruña, Spain); Javier Garcia-Frias(University of Delaware, USA)pp. 93-96

Iterative Timing for Wireless Sensor NetworksJozef Kenyeres (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Markus Rupp (ViennaUniversity of Technology, Austria); Martin Kenyeres (Slovak University ofTechnology, Slovakia); Peter Farkaš (Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia)pp. 97-103

DSPC: DSP in Communications

Poster PresentationGirth Analysis of Polynomial-based Time-Invariant LDPC Convolutional Codes

Hua Zhou (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Norbert Goertz (ViennaUniversity of Technology, Austria)pp. 104-108

Soft Channel Encoding; A Comparison of Algorithms for Soft Information RelayingMehdi Mortazawi Molu (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Norbert Goertz(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)pp. 109-113

A Comparison of Estimation Concepts Applied to Networked Control SystemsYasir Irshad (Karlstad University, Sweden); Magnus Mossberg (Karlstad University,Sweden)pp. 114-117

TDOA Localization in IR UWB SystemsJelena Kaitovic (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Miljko Erić (School ofElectrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia)pp. 118-121

An Efficient State of Charge Prediction Model for Solar Harvesting WSN PlatformsAndrea Castagnetti (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France); Alain Pegatoquet(LEAT, France); Cécile Belleudy (CNRS-LEAT, Université de Nice-SophiaAntipolis, France); Michel Auguin (LEAT, France)pp. 122-125

An Algorithm for Highly Efficient Waterfilling with Guaranteed ConvergenceJohannes Gonter (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Norbert Goertz(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)pp. 126-129

Recursive Discrete FourierTransform Based SMT Receivers for Cognitive RadioApplications

Lajos Varga (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary); ZsoltKollár (Budapest University of Technology and Ecomonics, Hungary); PéterHorváth (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)pp. 130-133

IPS: Image Processing for Surveillance

Oral PresentationRear Lights Vehicle Detection for Collision Avoidance

Evangelos Skodras (University of Patras, Greece); George Siogkas (University ofPatras, Greece); Evagellos Dermatas (University of Patras, Greece); NikolaosFakotakis (University of Patras, Greece)pp. 134-137

People Counting in Crowded Scenes Using Multiple CamerasFábio Dittrich (Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil); Alessandro Koerich(Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil); Luiz E. S. Oliveira (FederalUniversity of Parana, Brazil)pp. 138-141

Optical Correlator Based Traffic Signs RecognitionTomas Harasthy (Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia); Jan Turán (TechnicalUniversity of Kosice, Slovakia); Lubos Ovseník (Technical University of Kosice,Slovakia); Kálmán Fazekas (Budapest University of Technology and Economics,Hungary)pp. 142-145

Moving Shadow Detection by Nonlinear Tone-MappingElad Bullkich (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel); Idan Ilan (Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel); Yair Moshe (Technion - Israel Institute ofTechnology, Israel); Yacov Hel-Or (Google Inc., Israel); Hagit Hel-Or (University ofHaifa, Israel)

pp. 146-149

Orientation Difference Descriptor for Aerial Image ClassificationVladimir Risojević (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Banja Luka,Bosnia and Herzegovina); Zdenka Babić (Faculty of Electrical Engineering,University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)pp. 150-153

S2: Security Part2

Oral PresentationCDMA Based Blind and Reversible Watermarking Scheme for Images in WaveletDomain

Muhammad K Samee (Dortmund University of Technology, Germany); JürgenGötze (TU Dortmund University, Germany)pp. 154-159

Producing Secure Pseudorandom Sequences with Combined MultiplicativeCongruential Generators

Mieczyslaw Jessa (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Michal Jaworski(Poznan University of Technology, Poland)pp. 160-163

An Efficient Two Pass Lossless Invisible Watermarking Algorithm for NaturalImages

Sunil Prasad Jaiswal (LNMIIT, India); Gaurav Mittal (The LNM Institute ofInformation Technology, Jaipur, India); Vinit Jakhetiya (The Hong Kong Universityof Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Anil Tiwari (IIT-J, India)pp. 164-167

Pascal Transform Based Self-Authentication of Color ImagesEleni E Varsaki (Hellenic Open University, Greece); Vassilis Fotopoulos (HellenicOpen University, Greece); Athanassios N. Skodras (Hellenic Open University,Greece)pp. 168-171

CB2: Coffee Break 2

DIA: DSP Implementation Aspects

Oral PresentationParallel Algorithms for Histogram-based Image Registration

Benjamin Guthier (University of Mannheim, Germany); Stephan Kopf (Universityof Mannheim, Germany); Matthias Wichtlhuber (University of Mannheim,Germany); Wolfgang Effelsberg (University of Mannheim, Germany)

pp. 172-175

A High Throughput Architecture for the H.264/AVC Cavlc EncoderMarc Hoffman (University of Dayton, USA); Eric Balster (University of Dayton,USA); William Turri (University of Dayton Research Institute, USA)pp. 176-180

Design of a Reconfigurable Parallel ConvolverMohammad Reza Hashemi (Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty, ShahidBeheshti University, Iran); Mohammad Eshghi (Electrical and ComputerEngineering Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran)pp. 181-184

Randomized Hough Transform with Minimal Memory RequirementsMariusz Kapruziak (The West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland)pp. 185-188

Acceleration of Monte-Carlo Simulation-Based Quantization of DSP SystemsEnrique Sedano (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Juan Antonio López(Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Carlos Carreras (UniversidadPolitécnica de Madrid, Spain)pp. 189-192

EDSPT: Emerging DSP Topics

Poster PresentationLocal Object Detection and Recognition in Mobile Devices

Ana Lameira (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova deLisboa, Portugal); Rui M. Jesus (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa,Portugal); Nuno Correia (Computer Science , Portugal)pp. 193-196

Threshold Choice for Automatic Spindle DetectionJoao Costa (Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setubal - IPS, Portugal); ManuelOrtigueira (UNINOVA, Portugal); Arnaldo Batista (University Nova of Lisbon &Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Portugal); Teresa Paiva (Faculty of Medicine,Portugal)pp. 197-200

Unveiling the Hand of a 19th Century Artist with Binary Image Classification andBag-of-Features

Cristina Montagner (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Rui M. Jesus(Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal); Nuno Correia (ComputerScience , Portugal); Maria João Melo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal);Marcia Villarigues (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Rita Macedo

(Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Helena de Freitas (Casa das HistóriasPaula Rego, Portugal)pp. 201-204

Gait Recognition for Mobile Devices Using Wavelet Transform and Support VectorMachines

Martin Hestbek (Technical University of Denmark & Center for Advanced SecurityResearch Darmstadt, Denmark); Claudia Nickel (Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany);Christoph Busch (Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany)pp. 205-210

HIATUS: Taking IA from the Interference Channel to Wireless Networks: RecentResults from the HIATUS Project

Oral PresentationAn Experimental Investigation of SIMO, MIMO, Interference-alignment (IA) andCoordinated Multi-Point (CoMP)

Per Zetterberg (KTH, Sweden); Nima N. Moghadam (ACCESS Linnaeus Center,KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)pp. 211-216

Interference-Free Relay Transmission Without CSI-S for the MIMO Two-HopInterference Channel

Namyoon Lee (The University of Texas at Austin, USA); Robert Heath (TheUniversity of Texas at Austin, USA)pp. 217-221

On the Performance of Interference Alignment Under Weak InterferenceGeorge C Alexandropoulos (Athens Information Technology, Greece); StylianosPapaharalabos (Athens Information Technology, Greece); Constantinos B. Papadias(Athens Information Technology, Greece)pp. 222-226

Interference Alignment in Frequency - a Measurement Based Performance AnalysisRasmus Brandt (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Henrik Asplund(Ericsson Research, Ericsson AB, Sweden); Mats Bengtsson (Royal Institute ofTechnology, Sweden)pp. 227-230

Single Antenna Interference Alignment for Finite Relay NetworksHaichuan Zhou (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom); Dave Wilcox(Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom); Tharmalingam Ratnarajah (Queen'sUniversity of Belfast, United Kingdom); Mathini Sellathurai (Queen''s University ofBelfast, United Kingdom)pp. 231-235

MIA1: Medical Imaging and Analysis Part1

Oral PresentationLungprints: An Alternative View in Multiple-Stream Time-series Analysis ofBioimpedance Signals

Ali Zifan (City University, United Kingdom); Panos Liatsis (City University, UnitedKingdom)pp. 236-239

Retinal Vessel Segmentation in Fluorescein Angiograms Using a Commitee of LocalExperts

Rubiel Vargas-Cañas (City University, United Kingdom); Panos Liatsis (CityUniversity, United Kingdom)pp. 240-243

Presenting Novel De-Nosing Techniques for Brain MRIGabriela Perez (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - URJC, Spain); Aura Conci(Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil); Ana Belén Moreno (Universidad ReyJuan Carlos, Spain); Juan Hernandez-Tamames (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos,Spain)pp. 244-247

Enhancement of Microcalcifications in Digital MammogramsMario Mustra (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering andComputing, Croatia); Mislav Grgic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Kresimir Delac(University of Zagreb, Croatia)pp. 248-251

EWT: Emerging Wireless Techniques

Oral PresentationPerformance Evaluation of LTE Advanced Downlink Channel Estimators

Michael Meidlinger (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Qi Wang (ViennaUniversity of Technology, Austria)pp. 252-255

Applicability Evaluation of Okumura, Ericsson 9999 and WINNER PropagationModels for Coverage Planning in 3.5 GHz WiMAX Systems

Pamela Begovic (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina); NarcisBehlilovic (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Elma Avdic (Facultyof Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)pp. 256-260

Novel Genetic Algorithm for Computer-Aided Optimization of Multi-FemtocellDeployments

Mariano Molina-Garcia (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Jaime Calle-Sánchez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Alfonso Fernández Durán(Alcatel-Lucent, Spain); José I. Alonso (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)pp. 261-264

"WindFi" - A Renewable Powered Base Station for Rural BroadbandColin McGuire (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Malcolm Brew(Steepest Ascent Ltd, United Kingdom); Faisal Darbari (University of Strathclyde,Glasgow, United Kingdom); Stephan Weiss (University of Strathclyde, UnitedKingdom); Robert Stewart (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)pp. 265-268

Convex Optimization for Receive Antenna Selection in Multi-Polarized MIMOTransmissions

Aamir Habib (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Bujar Krasniqi (PrivateConsulting, Austria); Markus Rupp (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)pp. 269-275

MIA2: Medical Imaging and Analysis Part2

Oral PresentationEstimation of Marbling Score in Live Cattle Based on Dynamic Ultrasound ImageUsing a Neural Network

Osamu Fukuda (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,Japan); Natsuko Nabeoka (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology, Japan); Tsuneharu Miyajima (Saga Prefectural Livestock ExperimentStation, Japan)pp. 276-279

Non-rigid Eye Movement Tracking and Eye State QuantificationMasrullizam Mat Ibrahim (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); John JSoraghan (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Lykourgos Petropoulakis(University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)pp. 280-283

Color Approach of Melanoma Lesion SegmentationArlete Beuren (FAESI Faculdade de Ensino Superior de São Miguel do Iguaçu,Brazil); Rodrigo Janasievicz Gomes Pinheiro (Professional Photograph, Brazil);Jacques Facon (PUCPR Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil)pp. 284-287

Automatic Mass Detection in Mammograms Using Multiscale Spatial Weber LocalDescriptor

Muhammad Hussain (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Naveed Khan (KingSaud University, Saudi Arabia)pp. 288-291

NP: Network Performance

Oral PresentationTraffic Parameters Influences on Network Selection in Heterogeneous WirelessEnvironment

Bojan Bakmaz (University of Belgrade, Serbia); Zoran Bojkovic (University ofBelgrade, Serbia); Miodrag Bakmaz (University of Belgrade, Serbia)pp. 292-295

Long Term Ahead Prediction Using Neural NetworksFilip Pilka (Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia); Milos Oravec (SlovakUniversity of Technology, Slovakia)pp. 296-299

Packet Losses of Multicast Over 802.11n Heterogeneous Wireless Local AreaNetwork

Jean Vella (University of Malta, Malta); Saviour Zammit (University of Malta,Malta)pp. 300-303

Performance of Native and In-Depth Interleaving Used in DVB-H in Mobile FadingChannels

Ladislav Polak (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Ondrej Huttl(Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Tomas Kratochvil (BrnoUniversity of Technology, Czech Republic)pp. 304-307

DASH-based Approach for Delivery of Automatic Video SummariesJanne Vehkaperä (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); OnniOjutkangas (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); MikkoMyllyniemi (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); Seppo Tomperi(VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)pp. 308-311

Bitstream-based Quality Metric for Packetized Transmission of H.264 EncodedVideo

Miguel Chin (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal); Tomás Brandão (ISCTE-IUL /Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Maria Paula Queluz (Instituto SuperiorTécnico, Portugal)

pp. 312-315

P2: Plenary Session 2, Andreas Burg: From Marconi to Moore: Circuits andSystems for Communications - Still a Challenge?

Oral Presentation

CB3: Coffee Break 3

CSTSA: Challenges in Spatial and Temporal Scene Analysis

Oral PresentationClassification of Gothic and Baroque Architectural Elements

Gayane Shalunts (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Yll Haxhimusa(Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Robert Sablatnig (Vienna University ofTechnology, Austria)pp. 316-319

Segmenting Multiple Range Images with Primitive ShapesIrene Reisner-Kollmann (Vienna University of Technology & VRVis ResearchCenter, Austria); Stefan Maierhofer (VRVis Research Center, Austria)pp. 320-323

Initializing 3D Model-based Tracking of DiceFuensanta Torres (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Walter Kropatsch(Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Nicole Artner (Vienna University ofTechnology, Austria)pp. 324-327

Motion Segmentation in Videos From Time of Flight CamerasSajid Ghuffar (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Nicole Brosch (ViennaUniversity of Technology, Austria); Norbert Pfeifer (Vienna University ofTechnology, Austria); Margrit Gelautz (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)pp. 328-332

Quality Analysis of Virtual Views on Stereoscopic Video ContentMattias Eisenbarth (Emotion3D, Austria); Florian H. Seitner (Emotion3D & ViennaUniversity of Technology, Austria); Margrit Gelautz (Vienna University ofTechnology, Austria)pp. 333-336

Using an Affective Human-Like Association Architecture for Life-LogsJana Machajdik (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Lukas Kavicky (ViennaUniversity of Technology, Austria)pp. 337-340

Multiview Synthesis From Stereo ViewsGeetha Ramachandran (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Markus Rupp(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)pp. 341-345

SPT: Signal Processing Theory

Oral PresentationPrime Factor FFT for Modern Computers

Ryszard Stasiński (Poznań University of Technology, Poland)pp. 346-349

Parameter Estimation for the Cauchy DistributionStefan Schuster (Voestalpine GmbH & Institute for Communications andInformation Engineering, Austria)pp. 350-353

Signal Content Estimation Based on the Short-Term Time-Frequency RényiEntropy of the S-method Time-Frequency Distribution

Nicoletta Saulig (University of Rijeka, Croatia); Victor Sucic (University of Rijeka,Croatia); Srdjan Stanković (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University ofMontenegro, Montenegro); Irena Orović (Faculty of Electrical Engineering,University of Montenegro, Montenegro); Boualem Boashash (University ofQueensland, Australia)pp. 354-357

CTFI: Adaptive Pattern Analysis of Internet Traffic Using Time SeriesCompressibility

Ushio Ozeki (University of Electro-Communications, Japan); Toshinori Watanabe(University of Electro-Communications, Japan); Hisashi Koga (University ofElectro-Communications, Japan)pp. 358-361

Comparative Analysis of Algorithms for Elimination of Exponentially Decaying DCComponent

Osman Musa (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Sarajevo, Bosnia andHerzegovina); Abdulah Aksamovic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina)pp. 362-367

Simplified Proportionate Affine Projection AlgorithmsFelix Albu (Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania)pp. 368-371

A Fast Compressive Sensing Based N-best Class Selector for ClassificationApplications

Armin Saeb (Islamic Azad University, Shahre Ray Branch, Iran); Farbod Razzazi(Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Iran)pp. 372-375

VP: Video Processing

Oral PresentationReconstruction of Incomplete Decoded Videos for Use in Objective Quality Metrics

Iñigo Sedano (Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Spain); Maria Kihl (LundUniversity, Sweden); Kjell Brunnström (Acreo AB - NetLab: IPTV, Video andDisplay Quality, Sweden); Andreas Aurelius (Acreo AB, Sweden)pp. 376-379

A Probabilistic Intra Mode Decision in Distributed Video CodingXiem HoangVan (Instituto Superior Técnico - Instituto de Telecomunicações &Image Group, Portugal); Jongbin Park (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea);Byeungwoo Jeon (Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea)pp. 380-383

Flexible Macroblock Ordering Based on Region of Interest for H.264/AVC WirelessVideo Transmission

Jantana Panyavaraporn (Burapha University, Thailand); Rhandley Cajote(Philippines, Philippines)pp. 384-387

Improvements to TZ Search Motion Estimation Algorithm for Multiview VideoCoding

Purnachand N (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Luis Nero Alves (Universidade deAveiro & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Antonio Navarro (University ofAveiro, Portugal)pp. 388-391

Reducing the Number of Tested Modes for Inter Mode Decision in H.264/AVC andAccelerating with Multithreading

Po-Hung Yeh (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Tsung-Hsi Weng (NationalChiao Tung University, Taiwan); Chung-Ping Chung (National Chiao TungUniversity, Taiwan)pp. 392-396

Improve H.264/AVC Lossless Coding by Coefficients ReorderingZhouye Gu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Weisi Lin (NanyangTechnological University, Singapore); Bu Sung Lee (Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, Singapore); C. T. Lau (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

pp. 397-400

IP1: Industrial Presentation: Matthias Weilhammer from Agilent

New Challenges for UE Developers with Voice Transport over LTE

SV: 3D Video

Oral PresentationNew Coding Technology for 3D Video with Depth Maps as Proposed forStandardization Within MPEG

Marek Domański (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Tomasz Grajek(Poznan University of Technology, Chair of Multimedia Telecommunications andMicroelectronics, Poland); Damian Karwowski (Poznan University of Technology,Poland); Jacek Konieczny (Poznań University of Technology, Poland); Maciej Kurc(Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Adam Łuczak (Poznan University ofTechnology, Poland); Robert Ratajczak (Poznan University of Technology, Poland);Jakub Siast (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Olgierd Stankiewicz(Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Jakub Stankowski (Poznan Universityof Technology, Chair of Multimedia Telecommunications and Microelectronics,Poland); Krzysztof Wegner (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)pp. 401-404

Vehicle Size Estimation From Stereoscopic VideoRobert Ratajczak (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Marek Domański(Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Krzysztof Wegner (Poznan Universityof Technology, Poland)pp. 405-408

Player Extraction in Sports Video SequencesSlawomir Mackowiak (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Jacek Konieczny(Poznań University of Technology, Poland)pp. 409-412

IP2: Industrial Presentation: Martin Münchow from Rohde & Schwarz

Wireless Communications, MIMO networks in theory and practice

LB2: Lunch Break 2

PS3: Plenary Session 3, Fabio Ricciato: Traffic Monitoring for 3G NetworkDiagnostic: a Doctor's View

Oral Presentation

BIP: Biometric Image Processing

Poster PresentationLogistic Regression Classifier for Palmprint Verification

Dimce Kostadinov (Faculty of Electrical Engeneering and Inforamtion Tehnologies,Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of); Sofija Bogdanova (UKIM,Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of)pp. 413-416

Gender Recognition From Face Images with Local WLD DescriptorIhsan Ullah (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Muhammad Hussain (King SaudUniversity, Saudi Arabia); Ghulam Muhammad (King Saud University & College ofComputer and Information Sciences, Saudi Arabia); Hatim Aboalsamh (King SaudUniversity, Saudi Arabia); George Bebis (University of Nevada, USA)pp. 417-420

Race Recognition From Face Images Using Weber Local DescriptorGhulam Muhammad (King Saud University & College of Computer and InformationSciences, Saudi Arabia); Muhammad Hussain (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia);Fatimah Alenezy (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); George Bebis (University ofNevada, USA); Anwar Mirza (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); HatimAboalsamh (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)pp. 421-424

Towards Automated Visual Identification of Primates Using Face RecognitionAlexander Loos (Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Germany);Martin Pfitzer (Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Germany)pp. 425-428

A Novel Palm Vein Recognition Approach Based on Enhanced Local Gabor BinaryPatterns Histogram Sequence

Matthias Fischer (Junior Researcher, Austria); Marlies Rybnicek (St. PoeltenUniversity of Applied Sciences, Austria); Simon Tjoa (St. Pölten University ofApplied Sciences, Austria)pp. 429-432

Reduced Complexity Automatic Face Recognition Algorithm Based on Local BinaryPatterns

Olegs Nikisins (Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, Latvia); ModrisGreitans (Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, Latvia)pp. 433-436

IVP: Image and Video Processing

Oral Presentation

Computer Image Quality Selection Between JPEG, JPEG 2000 and PDECompression

Irena Galić (J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek & Faculty of ElectricalEngineering, Croatia); Branka Zovko-Cihlar (FER, Hungary); Snjezana Rimac-Drlje(University of Osijek, Croatia)pp. 437-441

Simplified Structural Similarity Measure for Image Quality EvaluationEmil Dumic (FER, Croatia); Iva Bacic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Sonja Grgic(University of Zagreb, Croatia)pp. 442-447

Feature Coverage for Better Homography Estimation: An Application to ImageStitching

Erkan Bostanci (University of Essex, United Kingdom); Nadia Kanwal (Universityof Essex, United Kingdom); Adrian F. Clark (University of Essex, United Kingdom)pp. 448-451

Evaluation of Surface Roughness Standards Applying Haralick Parameters andArtificial Neural Networks

Marcelo Alves (INMETRO, Brazil); Esteban Clua (Universidade FederalFluminense, Brazil); Fabiana R Leta (Federal Fluminense University & MechanicalEngineering Department, Brazil)pp. 452-455

A Robust Visual Servo Scheme for Underwater Pipeline FollowingChi-Cheng Cheng (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan); Bo-Tung Jiang(National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan)pp. 456-459

Video Coding Using Adaptive EigenspaceFatma Ozar (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Hasan Demirel (EasternMediterranean University, Turkey)pp. 460-463

SaA1: Speech and Audio Part1

Oral PresentationMusical Noise Suppression for Speech Enhancement Using Pre-Image Iterations

Christina Leitner (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Franz Pernkopf(Technical University Graz, Austria)pp. 464-467

Automatic Cymbal Classification Using Non-Negative Matrix FactorizationSofia Cavaco (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Hugo Almeida(Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)pp. 468-471

Tonality Detection Methods for Wheezes Recognition SystemMarcin Wisniewski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland); TomaszP. Zielinski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)pp. 472-475

Maximum Voiced Frequency Estimation for Voice Conversion Used in Text-To-Speech Systems

Amelia Ciobanu (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania); Tudor CătălinZorilă (Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania); Cristian Negrescu("Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania); Dumitru Stanomir (PolitehnicaUniversity of Bucharest, Romania)pp. 476-479

From Binaural to Multimicrophone Blind Source Separation Using FixedBeamforming with HRTFs

Mounira Maazaoui (Telecom ParisTech, France); Yves Grenier (Institut Télécom,Télécom ParisTech, France); Karim Abed-Meraim (Telecom ParisTech, France)pp. 480-483

STMIA1: Special Topics in Medical Image Analysis 1

Oral PresentationAttenuation Reconstruction for 3D Ultrasound Computer Tomography

Robin Dapp (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Hartmut Gemmeke (KIT,Germany); Nicole Ruiter (KIT, Germany)pp. 484-487

Quantization on EEG Covariance Matrix Images During TOVA Attention Test forDepression Disorder Classification

Li-chi Ku (Tzu-Chi University, Taiwan); Tsu-Wang Shen (Tzu Chi University,Taiwan)pp. 488-491

Dataset Exploration Tool for fMRI Group AnalysisMartin Gajdoš (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Michal Mikl(CEITEC MU, Masaryk University, Czech Republic); Radek Mareček (CEITEC,Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)pp. 492-495

Comparing fMRI Data Processing Methods with Respect to Possible InaccuracyMichal Mikl (CEITEC MU, Masaryk University, Czech Republic); Radek Mareček(CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic); Radovan Přikryl (MasarykUniversity, Czech Republic)pp. 496-499

Involvement of Region-Specific HRF in Classical Analysis of Event-Related fMRIData

Marek Bartoň (Masaryk University & CEITEC MU, Czech Republic); Michal Mikl(CEITEC MU, Masaryk University, Czech Republic); Radek Mareček (CEITEC,Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic); Martin Havlíček (Brno University ofTechnology, Czech Republic)pp. 500-503

Analysis of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Via Markov Random Fields in Color FundusImages

Jan Odstrcilik (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Radim Kolar (BrnoUniversity of Technology & Department of Biomedical Engineering, CzechRepublic); Jiří Jan (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Jiri Gazarek(Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Zdenek Kuna (Brno University ofTechnology, Czech Republic); Martina Vodakova (Brno University of Technology,Czech Republic)pp. 504-507

CB4: Coffee Break 4

GSP: Genomic Signal Processing

Oral PresentationHydrophobicity and Charge Signals on Protein Surface

Octavian Arsene (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania); Dan Nicolau(University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)pp. 508-513

An ANN - PCA Adaptive Forecasting ModelDumitru Iulian Nastac (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania); Paul DanCristea (University Politehnica of Bucharest & Romanian Academy, Romania)pp. 514-517

Nucleotide Genomic Signal Comparative Analysis of Genes Involved in DiabetesType 2 for Various Taxons

Dragoș Teodorescu (University Politehnica of Bucharest & National Institute ofMetrology Bucharest, Romania); Paul Dan Cristea (University Politehnica ofBucharest & Romanian Academy, Romania)pp. 518-521

Training of Phase-Based NeuronsBujor Păvăloiu (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania); Adrian I Vasile(University Politehnica of Bucharest & Biomedical Engineering Center, Romania);Paul Dan Cristea (University Politehnica of Bucharest & Romanian Academy,Romania)pp. 522-525

Distances in Hominidae Family MTDNA From Nucleotide Genomic SignalsPaul Dan Cristea (University Politehnica of Bucharest & Romanian Academy,Romania); Rodica Tuduce (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania)pp. 526-529

IE1: Image Enhancement Part1

Oral PresentationImage De-noising Using Mean Pixel Algorithms Corrupted with Photocopier Noise

Sri Srujan Vallepalli (University of Michigan, USA); Madan M Rajendran(University of Michigan & John Deere & Company, USA)pp. 530-535

Enhancement of Poor Resolution Text Images in the Weighted Sobolev SpaceSergey Buzykanov (Ryazan State Radio Engineering University, Russia)pp. 536-539

Joint Multi-Frame Demosaicing and Super-Resolution with Artificial NeuralNetworks

Theodor Heinze (Hasso-Plattner-Institute for Software Systems Engineering,Germany); Martin von Löwis (Hasso-Plattner Institute, Germany); Andreas Polze(Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany)pp. 540-543

Modification of the Landweber Method Based on the Conjugate Gradient Methodto Restore Automotive Radar Images

Amin Hosseini (Daimler AG, Germany); Fabian Diewald (Daimler AG, Germany);Jens Klappstein (Daimler AG, Germany); Juergen Dickmann (Daimler AG,Germany); Heiko Neumann (Ulm University, Germany)pp. 544-547

SaA2: Speech and Audio Part2

Oral PresentationSpectro-Temporal Analysis of Speech for Spanish Phoneme Recognition

Sara Sharifzadeh (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark); Javier Serrano(Univesitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Denmark); Jordi Carrabina (UnivesitatAutònoma de Barcelona, Spain)

pp. 548-551

Voice Intensity Based Gender Classification by Using Simpson's Rule with SVMMansour Alsulaiman (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Zulfiqar Ali (King SaudUniversity, Saudi Arabia); Ghulam Muhammad (King Saud University & College ofComputer and Information Sciences, Saudi Arabia)pp. 552-555

Duration Modelling in Voice Conversion Using Artificial Neural NetworksSrikanth Ronanki (IIIT Hyderabad, India); B Bajibabu (IIIT Hyderabad, India);Kishore Prahallad (IIIT Hyderabad, India)pp. 556-559

A Reduced Complexity Adaptive Legendre Neural Network for Nonlinear ActiveNoise Control

Nithin George (IIT Bhubaneswar, India); Ganapati Panda (National Institute ofTechnology, Rourkela, India)pp. 560-563

STMIA2: Special Topics in Medical Image Analysis 2

Poster PresentationAnalysis of the Influence of Multiple Scattering on the Reconstruction of UltrasoundTomography Signals Using Synthetic Aperture Focussing Technique

Marcus Hardt (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Nicole Ruiter (KIT,Germany); Hartmut Gemmeke (KIT, Germany)pp. 564-567

Probability Map Based Localization of Optic DiskAttila Budai (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg & International Max PlanckResearch School, Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies, Germany);Lenke Laurik (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary); Joachim Hornegger(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); Gabor Somfai (SemmelweisUniversity, Hungary); Georg Michelson (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg,Germany)pp. 568-571

Application of Morphological Operators for Optic Nerve Head Segmentation inOptical Coherence Tomography Images

Ioannis Moupagiatzis (Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen - Nuremberg &Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT), Germany);Markus Mayer (Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen - Nuremberg,Germany); Joachim Hornegger (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); RalfTornow (Universitatsklinikum, Germany); Christian Mardin (Universitatsklinikum,Germany)

pp. 572-575

Analysis of Connections Between Simultaneous EEG and fMRI DataRené Labounek (Brno University of Technology & Faculty of Electrical Engineeringand Communication, Czech Republic); Martin Lamoš (Brno University ofTechnology, Czech Republic); Radek Mareček (CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno,Czech Republic); Jiří Jan (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)pp. 576-579

Analytic Ray Propagation in FEM Modelling of Ultrasonic TransmissionTomography

Dušan Hemzal (Masaryk University, Czech Republic); Radovan Jiřík (BrnoUniversity of Technology & Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CzechRepublic); Jiří Jan (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)pp. 580-583

Fast 3D Simulation for Ultrasound Transmission TomographyJan Fousek (Masaryk University & Faculty of Informatics, Czech Republic);Radovan Jiřík (Brno University of Technology & Academy of Sciences of the CzechRepublic, Czech Republic); Nicole Ruiter (KIT, Germany); Jiří Jan (Brno Universityof Technology, Czech Republic)pp. 584-587

Analysis of Brain Connectivity in Simultaneous EEG/fMRIMartin Lamoš (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Michal Mikl(CEITEC MU, Masaryk University, Czech Republic); Jiří Jan (Brno University ofTechnology, Czech Republic)pp. 588-591

IC: Image Coding

Oral PresentationAdaptive Image Compression Using Sparse Dictionaries

Inbal Horev (Technion, Israel); Ori Bryt (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,Israel); Ron Rubinstein (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)pp. 592-595

Single Image Depth Estimation Using Local Gradient-Based FeaturesDimce Kostadinov (Faculty of Electrical Engeneering and Inforamtion Tehnologies,Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of); Zoran Ivanovski (Ss. Cyril andMethodius University, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of)pp. 596-599

A New Approach to Quad-Tree Analysis in EZW AlgorithmDeividas Kančelkis (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)

pp. 600-603

IE2: Image Enhancement Part2

Oral PresentationMultifocus Image Fusion Based on the First Level of Empirical ModeDecomposition

Slavica Savić (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Banja Luka, Bosniaand Herzegovina); Zdenka Babić (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University ofBanja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)pp. 604-607

A Fast Iterative Blind Image Deconvolution AlgorithmMamdouh Fahmy (Assiut University, Egypt); Gamal Raheem (Assiut University,Egypt); Usama Mohammed (Assiut University, Egypt); Omar Fahmy (FutureUniversity, Egypt)pp. 608-611

A Technique for Canceling Impulse Noise in Images Based on Compressive SensingB. S. Adiga (Tata Consultancy Services, India); Girish Chandra (Tata ConsultancyServices, India); Swanand Kadhe (Tata Consultancy Services, India)pp. 612-615

Image Fusion Based on Non-Subsampled Contourlet Transform and PhaseCongruency

Mehran Yazdi (Shiraz University, Iran); Elham Kordi Ghasrodashti (ShirazUniversity, Iran)pp. 616-620

Maximum Likelihood Estimation-Based De-interlacingHo-Taek Lee (Inha University, Korea); Ick-hyun Choi (Inha University, Korea);Byung Cheol Song (Inha University, Korea)pp. 621-624

MP: Multimodal Processing

Oral PresentationIntroduction to Speech Synthesis Management Tools

Anna Kondelová (Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia); Jan Tóth (Faculty ofElectrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovakia); Matus Vasek(Bratislava University of Technology, Slovakia); Gregor Rozinaj (Slovak Universityof Technology, Slovakia)pp. 625-628

Bio-Inspired Optimization of Acoustic Features for Generic Sound RecognitionMichal Chmulik (University od Žilina, Slovakia); Roman Jarina (University ofZilina, Slovakia)pp. 629-632

Integration and Evaluation of an HMM-Based Text-To-Speech System to FIVEAlexandre Maciel (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil); Edson CarvalhoFilho (UFPE, Brazil)pp. 633-636

Alternative Phonetic Class Definition in Linear Discriminant Analysis of SpeechPeter Viszlay (Technical University of Košice, Slovakia); Jozef Juhár (TechnicalUniversity of Kosice, Slovakia); Matus Pleva (Technical University of Kosice,Slovakia)pp. 637-640