Advances in Visual Computing: Second International Symposium, Isvc 2006, Lake Tahoe, NV, USA, November 6-8, 2006, Proceedings, Part I (Paperback, 2006)

Activity Recognition Via Classification Constrained Diffusion Maps.- Generating and Updating Textures for a Large-Scale Environment.- Planar Surface Detection in Image Pairs Using Homographic Constraints.- Robust Quality-Scalable Transmission of JPEG2000 Images over Wireless Channels Using LDPC Codes.- A Novelty Detection Approach for Foreground Region Detection in Videos with Quasi-stationary Backgrounds.- Procedural Image Processing for Visualization.- Tracking of Individuals in Very Long Video Sequences.- A Natural Interface for Sign Language Mathematics.- A Novel Gait Recognition Method Via Fusing Shape and Kinematics Features.- Illumination Normalization for Color Face Images.- Real-Time Detection of Out-of-Plane Objects in Stereo Vision.- Stereo Imaging with Uncalibrated Camera.- Global Hand Pose Estimation by Multiple Camera Ellipse Tracking.- Vision-Based Self-localization of Autonomous Guided Vehicle Using Landmarks of Colored Pentagons.- An Automated System for Contact Lens Inspection.- Efficient Motion Search in Large Motion Capture Databases.- Real-Time Rendering of Light Shafts on GPU.- Learning the Stylistic Similarity Between Human Motions.- Effects of Layer Partitioning in Collaborative 3D Visualizations.- GPU-Based Active Contour Segmentation Using Gradient Vector Flow.- Active Single Landmark Based Global Localization of Autonomous Mobile Robots.- Iterative Estimation of 3D Transformations for Object Alignment.- Temporal Alignment of Time Varying MRI Datasets for High Resolution Medical Visualization.- Physically Interacting with Four Dimensions.- Low Level Moving-Feature Extraction Via Heat Flow Analogy.- Shape Tracking and Registration for 4D Visualization of MRI and Structure.- History Trees as Descriptors of Macromolecular Structures.- Fusing Features in Direct Volume Rendered Images.- Binocular Uncalibrated Photometric Stereo.- Empirical Evaluation of a Visual Interface for Exploring Message Boards.- Direct Estimation of the Stereo Geometry from Monocular Normal Flows.- Singular Value Decomposition-Based Illumination Compensation in Video.- Facial Expression Transformations for Expression-Invariant Face Recognition.- A High-Speed Parallel Architecture for Stereo Matching.- Light Simulation in a Distributed Driving Simulator.- Self-adaptive RBF Neural Networks for Face Recognition.- An Improved Representation of Junctions Through Asymmetric Tensor Diffusion.- Accurate Extraction of Reciprocal Space Information from Transmission Electron Microscopy Images.- GPU Accelerated Isosurface Extraction on Tetrahedral Grids.- Enhancing Information on Large Scenes by Mixing Renderings.- Auto-focusing in Extreme Zoom Surveillance: A System Approach with Application to Faces.- Trifocal Transfer Based Novel View Synthesis for Micromanipulation.- Simulation of Diabetic Retinopathy Neovascularization in Color Digital Fundus Images.- Mesh Optimisation Using Edge Information in Feature-Based Surface Reconstruction.- Finite Sample Bias of Robust Scale Estimators in Computer Vision Problems.- Flexible Segmentation and Smoothing of DT-MRI Fields Through a Customizable Structure Tensor.- Using Visualizations to Support Design and Debugging in Virtual Reality.- Strategies for Part-Based Shape Analysis Using Skeletons.- Automatic Learning of Articulated Skeletons from 3D Marker Trajectories.- Real Time Hand Gesture Recognition Including Hand Segmentation and Tracking.- Physically-Based Real-Time Diffraction Using Spherical Harmonics.- 3D Segmentation of Mammospheres for Localization Studies.- Viewpoint Selection for Angiographic Volume.- Recognizing Action Primitives in Complex Actions Using Hidden Markov Models.- Polyhedrization of Discrete Convex Volumes.- Automatic Camera Calibration and Scene Reconstruction with Scale-Invariant Features.- Surface Fitting to Curves with Energy Control.- Blob Tracking with Adaptive Feature Selection and Accurate Scale Determination.