Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications: Second International Conference, WAA 2001 Hong Kong, China, December 18–20, 2001 Proceedings

John Daugman (auth.), Yuan Y. Tang, Pong C. Yuen, Chun-hung Li, Victor Wickerhauser (eds.)3540430342, 9783540430346

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications, WAA 2001, held in Hong Kong, China in December 2001. The 24 revised full papers and 27 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 67 full paper submissions. The book offers topical sections on image compression and coding, video coding and processing, theory, image processing, signal processing, and systems and applications.

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Table of contents :
Personal Identification in Real-Time by Wavelet Analysis of Iris Patterns….Pages 1-1
Hybrid Representations of Audiophonic Signals….Pages 2-2
Singularity Detection from Autocovariance via Wavelet Packets….Pages 3-3
Empirical Evaluation of Boundary Policies for Wavelet-Based Image Coding….Pages 4-15
Image-Feature Based Second Generation Watermarking in Wavelet Domain….Pages 16-21
A Study on Preconditioning Multiwavelet Systems for Image Compression….Pages 22-36
Reduction of Blocking Artifacts in Both Spatial Domain and Transformed Domain….Pages 37-43
Simple and Fast Subband De-blocking Technique by Discarding the High Band Signals….Pages 44-48
A Method with Scattered Data Spline and Wavelets for Image Compression….Pages 49-53
A Wavelet-Based Preprocessing for Moving Object Segmentation in Video Sequences….Pages 54-64
Embedded Zerotree Wavelet Coding of Image Sequence….Pages 65-75
Wavelet-Based Video Compression Using Long-Term Memory Motion-Compensated Prediction and Context-Based Adaptive Arithmetic Coding….Pages 76-86
Wavelets and Fractal Image Compression Based on Their Self—Similarity of the Space-Frequency Plane of Images….Pages 87-98
Integration of Multivariate Haar Wavelet Series….Pages 99-106
An Application of Continuous Wavelet Transform in Differential Equations….Pages 107-116
Stability of Biorthogonal Wavelet Bases in L 2 ( R )….Pages 117-128
Characterization of Dirac Edge with New Wavelet Transform….Pages 129-138
Wavelet Algorithm for the Numerical Solution of Plane Elasticity Problem….Pages 139-144
Three Novel Models of Threshold Estimator for Wavelet Coefficients….Pages 145-150
The PSD of the Wavelet-Packet Modulation….Pages 151-156
Orthogonal Multiwavelets with Dilation Factor a ….Pages 157-163
A Wavelet-Based Image Indexing, Clustering, and Retrieval Technique Based on Edge Feature….Pages 164-176
Wavelet Applications in Segmentation of Handwriting in Archival Documents….Pages 176-187
Wavelet Packets for Lighting-Effects Determination….Pages 188-199
Translation-Invariant Face Feature Estimation Using Discrete Wavelet Transform….Pages 200-210
Text Extraction Based on Nonlinear Frame….Pages 211-216
A Wavelet Multiresolution Edge Analysis Method for Recovery of Depth from Defocused Images….Pages 217-222
Construction of Finite Non-separable Orthogonal Filter Banks with Linear Phase and Its Application in Image Segmentation….Pages 223-229
Mixture-State Document Segmentation Using Wavelet-Domain Hidden Markov Tree Models….Pages 230-236
Some Experiment Results on Feature Analyses of Stroke Sequence Free Matching Algorithms for On-Line Chinese Character Recognition….Pages 237-241
Automatic Detection Algorithm of Connected Segments for On-line Chinese Character Recognition….Pages 242-247
Speech Signal Deconvolution Using Wavelet Filter Banks….Pages 248-256
A Proposal of Jitter Analysis Based on a Wavelet Transform….Pages 257-268
Skewness of Gabor Wavelets and Source Signal Separation….Pages 269-283
The Application of the Wavelet Transform to Polysomnographic Signals….Pages 284-295
Wavelet Transform Method of Waveform Estimation for Hilbert Transform of Fractional Stochastic Signals with Noise….Pages 296-304
Multiscale Kalman Filtering of Fractal Signals Using Wavelet Transform….Pages 305-313
General Analytic Construction for Wavelet Low-Passed Filters….Pages 314-320
A Design of Automatic Speech Playing System Based on WaveletTransform….Pages 321-325
General Design of Wavelet High-Pass Filters from Reconstructional Symbol….Pages 326-330
Realization of Perfect Reconstruction Non-uniform Filter Banks via a Tree Structure….Pages 331-335
Set of Decimators for Tree Structure Filter Banks….Pages 336-340
Set of Perfect Reconstruction Non-uniform Filter Banks via a Tree Structure….Pages 341-346
Joint Time-Frequency Distributions for Business Cycle Analysis….Pages 347-358
The Design of Discrete Wavelet Transformation Chip….Pages 359-368
On the Performance of Informative Wavelets for Classification and Diagnosis of Machine Faults….Pages 369-381
A Wavelet-Based Ammunition Doppler Radar System….Pages 382-392
The Application of Wavelet Analysis Method to Civil Infrastructure Health Monitoring….Pages 393-397
Piecewise Periodized Wavelet Transform and Its Realization, Properties and Applications….Pages 398-403
Wavelet Transform and Its Application to Decomposition of Gravity Anomalies….Pages 404-410
Computations of Inverse Problem by Using Wavelet in Multi-layer Soil….Pages 411-417
Wavelets Approach in Choosing Adaptive Regularization Parameter….Pages 418-423
DNA Sequences Classification Based on Wavelet Packet Analysis….Pages 424-429
The Application of the Wavelet Transform to the Prediction of Gas Zones….Pages 430-434
Parameterizations of M-Band Biorthogonal Wavelets….Pages 435-447