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Preface	p. v
1 An appearance-based method for parametric video registration	p. 1
2 An interactive algorithm for image smoothing and segmentation	p. 17
3 Relevance of multifractal textures in static images	p. 51
4 Potential fields as an external force and algorithmic improvements in deformable models	p. 69
5 Optimization of weights in a multiple classifier handwritten word recognition system using a genetic algorithm	p. 87
6 Dempster-Shafer's basic probability assignment based on fuzzy membership functions	p. 111
7 Automatic instrument localization in laparoscopic surgery	p. 123
8 A fast fractal image compression method based on entropy	p. 137
9 Robustness of a blind image watermark detector designed by orthogonal projection	p. 153
10 Self-supervised adaptation for on-line script text recognition	p. 167
11 Combining model-based and discriminative approaches in a modular two-stage classification system: Application to isolated handwritten digit recognition	p. 181
12 Learning model structure from data: An application to on-line handwriting	p. 207
13 Simultaneous and causal appearance learning and tracking	p. 231
14 A comparison framework for walking performances using aSpaces	p. 245
15 Detecting human heads with their orientations	p. 261
16 Prior knowledge based motion model representation	p. 283
17 Combining particle filter and population-based metaheuristics for visual articulated motion tracking	p. 301
18 Ear biometrics based on geometrical feature extraction	p. 321
19 Improvement of modal matching image objects in dynamic pedobarography using optimization techniques	p. 339
20 Trajectory analysis for sport and video surveillance	p. 369
21 Area and volume restoration in elastically deformable solids	p. 381
22 Hand tracking and gesture recognition for human-computer interaction	p. 401
23 A novel approach to sparse histogram image lossless compression using JPEG2000	p. 413
24 Genetic programming for object detection: A two-phase approach with an improved fitness function	p. 447
25 Architectural scene reconstruction from single or multiple uncalibrated images	p. 471
26 Separating rigid motion for continuous shape evolution	p. 483
27 A PDE method to segment image linear objects with application to lens distortion removal	p. 495
28 Improved motion segmentation based on shadow detection	p. 519
29 SnakeCut: An integrated approach based on active contour and GrabCut for automatic foreground object segmentation	p. 535
30 Intelligent CCTV for mass transport security: Challenges and opportunities for video and face processing	p. 557
Author Index	p. 575
Subject Index	p. 577