SIGNAL PROCESSING VIIITHEORIES AND APPLICATIONS

Proceedings of EUSIPCO-96Eighth European Signal Processing Conference

Trieste, Italy, 10-13 September 1996

Edited by:

G. RAMPONIG.L. SICURANZA

S. CARRATOS. MARSI

D.E.E.I.University of Trieste, Italy

VOLUME III

UNIVEPSITATSBIBLIOTHEKHANNOVER

TECHNISCHEINFORMATIONSBIBLIOTHEK

Edizioni LINT Trieste1996

H0S.3 Detection and Classification of Noisy AR and ARMA ProcessesTourneret J.-Y, Vareille K. and Coulon M 1421

HOS.4 Higher Order Detection Test for Deterministic SignalsChichereau C , Flament B., and Blanpain R 1425

HOS.5 Determining the False-Alarm Performance of HOS-Based Quadratic PhaseCoupling DetectorsFackrell J.W.A. and McLaughlin S 1429

HOS.6 Linear Time-variant Processing of Higher-order Almost-periodically CorrelatedTime-seriesIzzo L. and Napolitano A 1433

HOS.7 A Higher-order Cumulant Based DOA Estimation AlgorithmLai W.K. and Ching P.C 1437

H0S.8 Some Properties and Algorithms for Fourth Order Spectral Analysis of ComplexSignalsHuet C. and Le Roux J 1441

HOS.9 Stationary Moments of a Polynomial Phase Signal, Application to ParameterEstimationFerrari A., Theys C , and Alengrin G 1445

HOS.10 Deterministic Estimation of the Bispectrum and its Application to ImageRestorationKang M.G. and Katsaggelos A.K 1449

VOLUME 3

Architectures

A.I Efficient Implementation on Multiprocessor: the Problem of Signal ProcessingApplications ModellingKwiatkowski L., Boeri F. and Stromboni J.-P 1455

A.2 Processor Architecture for Extended Lapped TransformAkopian D. and Astola J 1459

A. 3 Real-Time Obstacle Detection Using Stereo VisionBertozzi M., Broggi A., and Fascioli A 1463

A. 4 Implementation of a Fast MPEG-2 Compliant Huffman DecoderKarlsson Rudberg M. and Wanhammar L 1467

A. 5 Implementation of Kogbetliantz's SVD Algorithm Using Orthonormal u-RotationsGotze J., Rieder P. and Nossek J.A 1471

A.6 A VLSI Architecture for Real Time Object Detection on High Resolution ImagesCavadini M., Wosnitza M., Thaler M., and Troster G 1475

A. 7 A Single Chip Motion Estimator Dedicated to MPEG2 MP@HLOnoye T., Fujita G., Takatsu M., Shirakawa, I. and Matsumura K 1479

A. 8 VLSI Design of a Parallel Architecture 2-D Rank Order FilterRoncella R., Saletti R. and Savoia G 1483

A.9 A Novel VLSI Architecture for Block Matching AlgorithmsLeeC.-Y 1487

A. 10 Synthesis of Memory-Based VLSI Architectures for Discrete Wavelet TransformsChoi S., Bae J., and Prasanna V.K 1491

Image Recognit ion

IR.l A Set of Multiresolution Texture Features Suitable for Unsupervised ImageSegmentationMatalas I., Roberts S., and Hatzakis H 1495

IR.2 Structural Fault Detection in Random Macro TexturesMirmehdi M., Marik R., Petrou M., and Kittler J 1499

IR.3 Texture Analysis: Comparison of Autocorrelation-Based with Cumulant-BasedApproachesMurino V., Ottonello C, Pagnan S. and Trucco, A 1503

IR.4 Optimal Neural Networks Combination for Handwritten Character RecognitionGosselinB 1507

IR.5 Facial Feature Extraction Using Genetic AlgorithmsEsme B., Sankur B., and Anarim E 1511

IR.6 Eliminating Target Shadows for Improved Tracking and Shape Estimation inOutdoor Monocular Diurnal SequencesGamba P., Lilla M., and Mecocci A 1515

IR.7 Sensor Integration in Associative Visual StructuresAncona F., Parodi G., and Zunino R 1519

Filtering and Transforms

PFT.l Damped Sinusoidal Signal Reconstruction Using Higher-Order CorrelationsRuiz D.P., Carrion M.C., and Gallego A 1523

PFT.2 The Synthesis of Higher Order Digital Bandpass Filters with Tunable CentreFrequency and BandwidthPetrovsky A.A 1527

PFT.3 Higher-Order Statistics for QAM Signals: a Comparison Between Cyclic andStationary RepresentationsMarchand P. and Boiteau D 1531

PFT.4 The Modulated Filter Banks: a Folding ApproachGharbi M., Nicot F., Gozalet M.G., and Coudoux F.-X 1535

PFT.5 Correction of Residual Phase Distortions in Seismic DataMansar S. and Glangeaud F 1539

PFT.6 An Algorithm for Robust Stability of Discrete SystemsBarret M. and Benidir, M 1543

PFT.7 Generalized Time-Frequency Distributions and ApplicationsBenidir M. and Ouldali A 1547

PFT.8 The Properties of Floating Point Single Quantization including Under - andOverflowHartwig F. and Lacroix A 1551

PFT.9 Identification and Prediction of Nonlinear Systems Using Orthonormal FunctionsScott I. and Mulgrew B 1555

PFT.10 A New Least Squares-Based Approach for Fast Learning in Recurrent NeuralNetworksParisi R., Di Claudio E.D., Rapagnetta A, and Orlandi G 1559

PFT.ll On the Determination of the Optimal Center and Scale Factor for TruncatedHermite SeriesOliveira e Silva T. and Belt H.J.W 1563

PFT.12 On the Approximation of Nonbandlimited Signals by Nonuniform SamplingSeriesFerreira P.J.S.G 1567

PFT. 13 A Running Walsh-Hadamard Transform Algorithm and Its Application toIsotropic Quadratic Filter ImplementationDeng G. and Ling A 1571

Speech Recognition

PSR. 1 Minimum Classification Error Transformations for Improving SpeechRecognition Systemsde la Torre A., Peinado A.M., Rubio A.J., Segura J.C. and Sanchez V.E 1575

PSR.2 Towards Subband-Based Speech RecognitionBourlard H., Dupont S.,Hermansky H. and Morgan N 1579

PSR.3 Nonlinear Discriminant Analysis with Neural Networks for Speech RecognitionFontaine V., Ris C, and Leich H 1583

PSR.4 Robust Speech Recognition Using Fuzzy Matrix Quantisation, Neural Networksand Hidden Markov ModelsXydeas C.S. and Cong L 1587

PSR.5 Locally Recurrent Neural Networks for Efficient Realization of a SpeechRecognizerKasper K, Reininger H., Wolf D. and Wiist H 1591

PSR.6 Text-Independent Off-Line Writer Recognition Using Neural NetworksValkaniotis DA., Sirigos J., Fakotakis N. and Kokkinakis G 1595

PSR.7 Segmental LVQ3 Training for Phoneme-Wise Tied Mixture Density HMMSKurimoM 1599

PSR.8 Third-Order Cumulant-Based Wiener Filtering Algorithm Applied to RobustSpeech RecognitionSalavedra J.M. and Hernando J 1603

PSR.9 Comparison of Several Preprocessing Techniques for Robust Speech Recognitionover both PSN and GSM NetworksMokbel C, Mauuary L., Jouvet D. and Monne J 1607

PSR.10 Consistent Subsets in Speech Recognition SystemsGrocholewski S 1611

PSR.ll Vocabulary Independent Acoustic-phonetic Modeling for Continuous SpeechRecognitionFissore L., Laface P., Micca G. and Ravera F 1615

PSR.12 Asynchronous Integration of Audio and Visual Sources in Bi-Modal AutomaticSpeech RecognitionDeleglise P., Rogozan A., and Alissali M 1619

PSR.13 New Time-Frequency Derived Cepstral Coefficients for Automatic SpeechRecognitionWassner H. and Chollet G 1623

PSR.14 Recognition of Phonemes from Estimation ErrorsBaghai-Ravary L. and Beet S.W 1627

PSR.15 Words on Lips: How to Merge Acoustic and Articulatory Informations toAutomatic Speech RecognitionAndre-Obrecht R., Jacob B., and Senac C 1631

Invited Lecture

A.R. Figueiras-VidalPL.4 Adaptive Signal Processing: a Discussion of Trade-Offs

from the Perspective of Artificial Learning 1635

Speech Coding

SC.l An ATM Speech Codec with Improved Reconstruction of Lost CellsCluverK 1641

SC.2 Multimode Spectral Coding of Speech for Satellite CommunicationsDas A. and Gersho A 1645

SC.3 CELP Coding Based on Signal Classification Using the Dyadic Wavelet TransformStegmann J., Schroder G., and Fischer K.A 1649

SC.4 An Algorithm for the Training of CELP Excitation CodebooksBalss U., Reininger H., Schalk H., and Wolf D 1653

SC.5 Critical Band Quantisation Analysis for Masked Distortion Speech CodingMcCourtP.M 1657

SC.6 Perceptual Coding of Speech Using a Fast Wavelet Packet Transform AlgorithmCarnero B. and Drygajlo A 1661

SC.7 Subjective Performance of Spectral Excitation Coding of Speech at 2.4 Kb/sLupini P. and Cuperman V.S 1665

SC.8 Robust Multiband Excitation Coding of Speech Based on Variable Analysis FrameSizesYu W.M.E. and Chan C.F 1669

SC.9 A Prototype Waveform Interpolation Low Bit Rate Speech CodecMenegaz G. and Mazzoleni M 1673

SC.10 Quantization of the LPC Model with the Reconstruction Error DistortionMeasureErkelens J.S. and Broersen P.M.T 1677

Emerging Techniques

ET.l Reconstruction of Structure and Texture of Planar Environments by DynamicVision TechniquesCossi M., Cortelazzo G.M., and Frezza R 1681

ET.2 Algorithms and Systems for Modeling Moving ScenesBoveV.M 1685

ET.3 Region-Based Image Annotation Using Color and Texture CuesSaber E. and Murat Tekalp E 1689

ET.4 Orientation Radiograms for Indexing and Identification in Image DatabasesMichel S., Karoubi B., Bigiin J., and Corsini S 1693

ET.6 Digital Watermarks for Audio SignalsBoney L., Tewfik A.H., and Hamdy K.N 1697

ET.7 Embedding Parametric Digital Signatures in ImagesBors A.G. and Pitas 1 1701

ET.8 A New Speech Scrambling Method - Comparative Analysis and a Fast AlgorithmDelic V.D., Senk V., and Milosevic V.S 1705

Special Session 6

Fuzzy Signal and Image Process ing

55.6.1 Nonlinear Fuzzy Filters: an OverviewRussoF 1709

55.6.2 Data-Dependent Filtering Based on IF-THEN Rules and ELSE RuleTaguchi A. and Kimura T 1713

55.6.3 Fuzzy Cell Hough TransformChatzis V. and Pitas 1 1717

55.6.4 Fuzzy Center Weighted Median FiltersTaguchi A. and Izawa N 1721

55.6.5 A Fuzzy Expert System for Low Level Image SegmentationBarni M., Rossi S. and Mecocci A 1725

55.6.6 Integration of Linguistic Knowledge for Colour Image SegmentationCarron T. and Lambert P 1729

55.6.7 Fusion of Data from Fuzzy Integral-Based Active and Passive Colour StereoVision Systems for Correspondence IdentificationKnoll A., Schroder R., and Wolfram A 1733

55.6.8 Fuzzy Clustering of Digital Images by Exploiting Densitometric and TopologicalInformationMari M., Garcia C, and Dellepiane S 1737

Filtering II

FII.l ILL-Conditioning of Non-Minimum Phase SystemsHashemi S. and Hammond J.K 1741

FII.2 Flexible Nonuniform Filter Banks Using Allpass Transformation of MultipleOrderKappelan M., StrauB B., and Vary P 1745

FII.4 Elimination of Cliks and Background Noise from Archive GramophoneRecordings Using the "Two Track Mono" ApproachNiedzwieckiM 1749

FII.5 Efficient Allocation of Power-of-Two Terms in Complex FIR Filter DesignQiloglu T.and Lee, Y.H 1753

FII.6 Chebyshev Design of FIR Filters with Arbitrary Magnitude and Phase ResponsesLangM 1757

FII.7 Designing of Robust Stable Digital FiltersZiolkoM 1761

FII.9 Cepstral Synthesis of Minimum-Phase FIR and IIR Digital FiltersNagelP 1765

Machine Vision

MV.l Real-time Computation of 2-D Moments on Block Represented Binary Images onthe Scan Line Array ProcessorSpiliotis I.M. and Mertzios B.G 1769

MV.2 Subpixel Edge Localization with Statistical Error CompensationPedersini F., Sarti A. and Tubaro S 1773

MV.3 A Comparison of Linear and Nonlinear Scale-space Filters in NoiseHarvey R., Bosson A., and Bangham J.A 1777

MV.4 A Comparison of CFAR Strategies for Blob Detection in Textured ImagesAlberola-Lopez C, Casar-Corredera J.R. and Ruiz-Alzola J 1781

MV.5 Optimization of Spaceborne Imaging Sensors with an End to End SimulationSystemReulke R. and Jahn H 1785

MV.6 A Non-Iterative Approach to Initial Region Estimation Applied to Color ImageSegmentationPortillo-Garcia J., Alberola-Ldpez C, Tardon-Garcia L.J. and Trueba-Santader J.I 1789

MV.7 Accurate 3-D Reconstruction from Trinocular Views through Integration ofImproved Edge-matching and Area-matching TechniquesPedersini F. and Tubaro S 1793

MV.8 3D Tracking of Deformable Objects with Applications to Coding and RecognitionRuiz-Alzola J., Alberola-Lopez C, Casar-Corredera J.R. and de Miguel-Vela G 1797

MV.9 Determining Hybrid Reflectance Properties and Shape Reconstruction by UsingIndirect Diffuse Illumination MethodKim T.-E. and Choi J.-S 1801

MV.10 Three-Dimensional Inspection of Printed Circuit Boards Using PhaseProfilometryDi Stefano L.and Boland F 1805

Sonar and Radar

PSO. 1 Maneuvering Target Motion Analysis Using BSpline RepresentationDeruazL 1809

PSO.2 3D Tracking Sonars with High Accuracy of Range Measurements for AutonomousMobile Robot NavigationSabatini A.M 1813

PSO.3 Data Association and Tracking from Acoustic Doppler and MagneticMeasurementsDassot G., Chichereau, C. and Blanpain R 1817

PSO.4 Source Localization with Overlapping CW Intercepts Using Multipath ModelingBlanc-Benon P 1821

PSO.5 Time Delay Estimation in a Multipath ContextComon P., Emile B. and Bienvenu G 1825

PSO.6 Wideband Inverse Filtering to Improve Active Sonar Detection in BackgroundReverberationDelachartre P., Vray D., Ma N., Bacelar A., Gimenez G. and Ma Y.M 1829

PSO. 7 Accurate Fish Position and Orientation Parameters Correlated to WidebandEcho: a New Approach for Classification of Fish SpeciesBacelar A., Neyran B., Delachartre P., Vray D. and Gimenez G 1833

PSO.8 Radar Signal Extraction Using CorrelationLancon F., Hillion A., and Saoudi S 1837

PSO.9 Performance Indicators of the Correlation Process for Non Ambiguous DopplerFrequency Estimation in Multiple PRF RadarsBerenguer C. and Alengrin G 1841

PSO. 10 Surveillance Radar Waveform Fitted for Anti-Stealthness and for Counter-coun-termeasures: EvaluationGonget N., Arques P.Y. and Martinet L 1845

PSO. 11 Optimal Waveform Selection for Target ClassificationSowelam S.M. and Tewfik A.H 1849

PSO. 12 Experimental Verification of a Generalized Multivariate Propagation Model forIonospheric HF SignalsAbramovich Y., Demeure C. and Gorokhov A 1853

PSO. 13 Ground Clutter Detection and Elimination for Dual-Polarized Weather RadarUsing Multiparameter ThresholdsLiu L. and Bringi V.N 1857

PSO. 14 Time-Frequency Analysis of LIDAR Signal to Obtain Gravity WavesCharacteristicsMolinaro F., Bencherif H. and Bessafi M 1861

PSO. 15 Coherence Estimation of Interferometric SAR ImagesGatelli F., Monti Guarnieri A., and Prati C 1865

Image Processing

PIP. 1 Segmentation of Color Still Images Using Voronoi DiagramsItoh S. and Matsuda, 1 1869

PIP.2 Textured Images Segmentation by a Multiresolution MorphologicalDecomposition MethodPloix A., Chen V., Leclere P., and Roussel M 1873

PIP.3 Unsupervised Texture Segmentation Using 2-D AR Modelling and a StochasticVersion of the EM ProcedureCariou C. and Chehdi K 1877

PIP. 5 A Morphological Algorithm for PhotomosaickingFrancisco P.A. Jr and Leite N. J 1881

PIP.6 Applying Multi-Angled Parallelism to Spanish Topographical MapsCusco J.M. and Faiindez M 1885

PIP. 7 Synthesis-by-Analysis of Complex TexturesCampisi P., Neri A. and Scarano G 1889

PIP.8 Cork Pores and Defects Detection by Morphological Image AnalysisLopes F., Pereira H., De Natale F.G.B., Tintrup F., Giusto D.D. and Vernazza G 1893

PIP.9 Textures Discrimination Enhancement by Fusion with Second and Fourth OrderStatisticsAviles-Cruz C. and Guerin-Dugue A 1897

PIP. 10 Graph Matching by Relaxation TecniqueCheong S.H. and Lee S.U 1901

PIP. 11 Using Color Distribution to Effectively Query Image DatabasesBarolo B., Gagliardi I., and Schettini R 1905

PIP. 12 Modified Sigma Filter for Processing Images Corrupted by Multiplicative andImpulsive NoiseLukin V., Ponomarenko N., Kuosmanen P. and Astola J 1909

PIP. 13 Edge-Preserving Smoothing by Adaptive Nonlinear Filters with Layered NeuralNetworksMuneyasu M., Wada Y. and Hinamoto T 1913

PIP. 14 2-D Adaptive Piecewise-Linear Filter for Image EnhancementPahor V., Ramponi G., and Sicuranza G.L 1917

PIP. 15 Adaptive Weighted da-FilteringIssa I. and Bolon Ph 1921

Nonlinear Processing

NLP.2 Steady-State Performance Analysis of the LMS Adaptive Time-Varying SecondOrder Volterra FilterSayadi M., Fnaiech F. and Guillon S., Najim M 1925

NLP.3 On Blind Identification of Quadratic SystemsKoukoulas P. and Kalouptsidis N 1929

NLP.4 Recursive Volterra Filters with Stability MonitoringMumolo E. and Carini A 1933

NLP.5 Parallel-cascade Adaptive Volterra FiltersPanicker T.M. and Mathews V.J. and Sicuranza G.L 1937

NLP.6 Generalized Adaptors with Memory for Nonlinear Wave Digital StructureSarti A.and De Poli G 1941

NLP.7 Nonlinear Interference Cancellation Using a Radial Basis Function NetworkStrauch P. and Mulgrew B 1945

NLP.8 Periodicity Retrieval from Nonstationary Signals Using Joint Order StatisticsMakarovA 1949

NLP.9 Uses of Nonlinear Model-Based Time Series AnalysisMartin R.J 1953

NLP.10 Signal Processing Via Synchronized Chaotic Systems with Feedback ControlKozlov A.K. and Shalfeev V.D 1957

Communications

C.I Voice Controlled Mobile Phone for Car EnvironmentBourmeyster I., Chaoui J., Cucchi S., Griggio N., Guido A., Moroni G., Riccio A.,Stanzani M., and Valente, F 1961

C.2 A New Error Concealment Technique for Audio Transmission with Packet LossStenger A., Girod B., Younes KB. and Reng R 1965

C.3 Transmission of Variable-Rate Encoded Speech Samples on Packet RadioNetworksBabich F., Carrato S., and Vatta F 1969

C.4 Channel Equalization Using Partial Likelihood Estimation and RecurrentCanonical Piecewise Linear NetworkLiu X. and Adali T I 9 7 3

C5 Channel Estimation for Transform Modulations in Mobile CommunicationsLamarca M. and Vazquez G 19/7

C.6 Detection and Compensation for Disruptive Non-Linear Traffic-Flow Dynamics inCommunication NetworksGreenwood D.P.A. and Carrasco R.A 1981

C.7 Simulation of Land Mobile SATCOM Links Using Different Orbits and ModulationModesKohl M. and Jondral F 1985

C.8 Scrambling and Error Correction by Means of Linear Time-Varying FiltersDuverdier A. and Lacaze B 1989

C.9 A Fast LUT+CMAC Data PredistorterGonzalez-Serrano F.J.,Figueiras-Vidal A.R. and Artes-Rodriguez A 1993

CIO Design of Pulse Shaping Filters and Their Applications in Radio SystemsShyu J.-J. and Lai Y.-C 1997

Spectral Estimation

SE.l Parameter Identification of Frequency-Selective Noisy Fast-Fading RayleighDigital Channels Via Nonlinear Yule-Walker-like EquationsCusani R. and Baccarelli E 2001

SE.3 Super-Resolution Spectrum Analysis Regularization: Burg, Capon & Ago-Antagonistic AlgorithmsBarbarescoF 2005

SE.4 Spectral Analysis of Randomly Sampled ProcessesOuahabi A, Depollier C, Simon, L.,F Kouame D., Roux J.F.and Patat, F 2009

SE.5 High Resolution Spectral Analysis Using a Combination of an OrthogonalApproach and a Genetic AlgorithmVesin, J.M 2013

SE.6 An Enhanced Method for the Estimation of a Doppler FrequencyCrestel J., Guitton M., and Chuberre H 2017

SE.7 Gabor Transform and Zak Transform with Rational OversamplingBastiaansM.J 2021

SE.8 Parameter Estimation of Exponentially Damped Sinusoids Using Second OrderStatisticsAbed Meraim K, Belouchrani A.,Mansour A.and Hua Y 2025

SE.9 Subspace-Based Parameter Estimation of Symmetric Non-causal AutoregressiveSignals from Noisy MeasurementsStoica P. and Sorelius J 2029

SE. 10 Autoregressive Modelling of Irregularly-Sampled DataMartin R. J 2033

Detection

D. 1 Approximate Maximum Likelihood Estimation in Laser VelocimetryBessonO. and Galtier F 2037

D.2 Instrumental Variable Solution to an Extended Frisch ProblemStoica P., Cedervall M., Sorelius J. and Soderstrbm T 2041

D.3 Bernoulli-Gaussian Deconvolution in Non-Gaussian Noise, Contribution ofWavelet DecompositionRousseau H. and Duvaut P 2045

D.4 MMSE Equalizers for Multitone Systems without Guard TimeVandendorpeL 2049

D.5 MSE-Based Regularization Approach to Rank Determination in CLS and TLSEstimationKagiwada H., Aoki Y., Xin J., and Sano A 2053

D.6 Robustness Analysis of MUSIC and ESPRIT Frequency Estimators for SinusoidalSignals with Time-varying AmplitudeBessonO. and Stoica P 2057

D.7 HOS Based Detectors for Periodic SignalsWhite P.R. and Khalili N 2061

D.8 Detection of Abrupt Changes: a Time-frequency ApproachLaurent H., Doncarli C, and Poignet P 2065

D.9 Detection and Estimation of Changes in a Polynomial-phase Signal Using theDPPTTheys C, Ferrari A., and Alengrin G 2069

D.10 Symbol Decoding Based on Signal Subspace Decomposition in MSKRuiz R. and Cabrera M 2073

Blind Identification

BI.l Wideband Blind Identification and Separation of Independent SourcesWangJ 2077

BI.2 Subspace Method for Blind Separation of Sources in Convolutive MixtureMansour A., Jutten Ch. and Loubaton Ph 2081

BI.3 Blind Separation of Wide-Band Sources: Application to Rotating Machine SignalsCapdevielle V., Serviere Ch., and Lacoume J-L 2085

BI.4 Blind Source Separation by Simultaneous Third-Order Tensor DiagonalizationDe Lathauwer, L., De Moor, B., and Vandewalle, J 2089

BI.5 Second Order Blind Identification of Convolutive Mixtures with TemporallyCorrelated Sources: a Subspace Based ApproachGorokhov A. and Loubaton Ph 2093

BI.6 Direction Finding after Blind Identification of Sources Steering Vectors: theBlind-MAXCOR and Blind-MUSIC MethodsChevalier P., Benoit G. and Ferreol A 2097

BI.7 Blind Beamforming in a Cyclostationary Context Using an Optimally WeightedQuadratic Cost FunctionVignat Ch. and Loubaton Ph 2001

MDSP

MDSP.l Application Oriented Insights into the Gabor Transform for Acoustic SignalsProcessingLukasikE 2105

MDSP.2 Use of Time-Frequency Representation for Time Delay Estimation of NonStationary Multicomponent SignalsMatacchione M., Lo Presti L., and Olmo G 2109

MDSP.3 Binary-Valued Wavelet Decompositions of Binary ImagesSwanson M.D. and Tewfik A.H 2113

MDSP.4 Spatio-Temporal Wavelet Transforms for Image Sequence AnalysisLeduc J.-P. and Labit C 2117

MDSP.5 Selection of Sampling Grid and Prefilter for Image Decimation Based onSpectral Extension AnalysisPedersini F., Sarti A., and Tubaro S 2121

MDSP. 6 Discrete Models for Multidimensional System SimulationRabensteinR 2125

MDSP.7 Directional Composite Morphological Filter in Image ProcessingLi W. and Ronsin J 2129

MDSP.8 A New Two-Dimensional Block Least Mean Squares Adaptive AlgorithmAttallahS 2133

MDSP.9 Design of 3-D Optimal FIR Filters which Extract Objects Moving along LinearTrajectoryKondo K. and Hamada N 2137

MDSP. 10 A Multivariable Steiglitz-McBride MethodAshari M., Mboup M. and Regalia P.A 2141