Mathematical Morphology and Its Applications to Image and Signal Processing

Preface. Theory. Metric Convexity in the Context of Mathematical Morphology; P.K. Ghosh, H.J.A.M. Heijmans. Support Function and Minkowski Addition of Non-Convex Sets; M. Schmitt. Lattice Operators Underlying Dynamic Systems; J. Mattioli, et al. Comparison of Multiscale Morphology Approaches: PDE Implemented via Curve Evolution Versus Chamfer Distance Transforms; M.A. Butt, P. Maragos. An Attribute-Based Approach to Mathematical Morphology; E. Breen, R. Jones. Spatially-Variant Mathematical Morphology: Minimal Basis Representation; M. Charif-Chefchaouni, D. Schonfeld.The Generalized Tailor Problem; J.B.T.M. Roerdink. Discrete Random Functions: Modeling and Analysis Using Mathematical Morphology; B. Singh, M.U. Siddiqi. Morphological Sampling of Random Closed Sets; K. Sivakumar, J. Goutsias. Connectivity. Connectivity on Complete Lattices; J. Serra. Practical Extensions of Connected Operators; P. Salembier, A. Oliveras. Region Adjacency Graphs and Connected Morphological Operators; F.K. Potjer. Space Connectivity and Translation-Invariance; J. Crespo. Filtering. Morphological Filters for Dummies; H.J.A.M. Heijmans. Alternating Sequential Filters by Adaptive-Neighborhood Structuring Functions; U.M. Braga Neto. Quadratic Structuring Functions in Mathematical Morphology; R. van den Boomgaard, et al. MRL-Filters and their Adaptive Optimal Design for Image Processing; L. Pessoa, P. Maragos. Weighted Composite Order-Statistics Filters: Optimal Morphological Pattern Recognition; D. Schonfeld. Nonlinear Systems Related to Morphology. Links Between Mathematical Morphology, Rough Sets, Fuzzy Logic and Higher Order Neural Networks; S. Skoneczny, et al. Grey-Scale Soft Morphological Filter Optimization by Genetic Algorithms; N.R. Harvey, S. Marshall. Soft Morphological Operators Based on Nonlinear Lp Mean Operators; M. Pappas, I. Pitas. The Viterbi Optimal Runlength- Constrained Approximation Nonlinear Filter; N.D. Sidiropoulos. Algorithms, Architectures. Recursive Morphology Using Line Structuring Elements; D.C. Nadadur, R.M. Haralick. A Morphological Algorithm for Linear Segment Detection; H. Talbot. Toward the Optimal Decomposition of Arbitrarily Shaped Structuring Elements by Means of a Genetic Approach; G. Anelli, et al. A Data Dependent Architecture Based on Seeded Region Growing Strategy for Advanced Morphological Operators; D. Noguet, et al. Implementing Morphological Image Operators via Trained Neural Networks; C.B. Herwig, R.J. Schalkoff. Granulometries, Texture. Optimal and Adaptive Design of Reconstructive Granulometric Filters; E.R. Dougherty, Y. Chen. Periodic Lines and Their Application to Granulometries; R. Jones, P. Soille. Local Grayscale Granulometries Based on Opening Trees; L. Vincent. Integrating Size Information into Intensity Histogram; R.A. Lotufo, E. Trettel. Probabilistic Model of Rough Surfaces Obtained by Electro-Erosion; D. Jeulin, P. Laurenge. A Textural Analysis by Mathematical Morphology; F. Huet, J. Mattioli. Segmentation. Computation of Watersheds Based on Parallel Graph Algorithms; A. Meijster, J.B.T.M. Roerdink. Segmentation Algorithm by Multicriteria Region Merging; B. Marcotegui. Temporal Stability in Sequence Segmentation Using the Watershed Algorithm; F. Marques. The Dynamics of Minima and Contours; F. Meyer. A Morphological Interpolation Method for Mosaic Images; F. Meyer. Image Sequence Analysis. Multivalued Morphology and its Application in Moving Object Segmentation and Tracking; C. Gu. Mathematical Morphology for Image Sequences Using the Knowledge of Dynamics; C.-H. Demarty. Motion Picture Restoration Using Morphological Tools; E. Decenciere Ferrandiere. Segmentation-Based Morphological Interpolation of Partition Sequences; R. Bremond, F. Marques. Learning, Document Analysis. Set Operations on Closed Intervals and their Applications to the Automatic Programming of MMach's; A.J. Barrera, et al. Automatic Programming of MMach's for OCR; A.J. Barrera, et al. Morphological Preprocessing and Binarization for OCR Systems; M. Cumplido. Adaptive Directional Morphology with Application to Document Analysis; G. Agam, I. Dinstein. Applications. Segmentation of 3D Pulmonary Trees Using Mathematical Morphology; C. Pisupati, et al. Automatic 3-Dimensional Segmentation of MR Brain Tissue Using Filters by Reconstruction; J. Madrid, N. Ezquerra. Watershed Analysis and Relaxation Labelling: A Cooperative Approach for the Interpretation of Cranial-MR Images Using a Statistical Digital Atlas; I.E. Pratikakis, et al. Robust Extraction of Axon Fibers from Large-Scale Electron Micrograph Mosaics; R.C. Vogt. Strong Edge Features for Image Coding; J.R. Casas, L. Torres. Water Depth Determination Using Mathematical Morphology; S.M. Lea, et al. Geometrical and Topological Characterization of Cork Cells by Digital Image Analysis; P. Pina, et al. Author Index. Subject Index.