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Image Texture

  1. B. S. Manjunath and W.Y. Ma,
    “Texture features for browsing and retrieval of image data”,
    IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI - Special issue on Digital Libraries), vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 837-42, Aug. 1996.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Image content based retrieval is emerging as an important research area with application to digital libraries and multimedia databases. The focus or this paper is on the image processing aspects and i ... more
  2. W. Y. Ma and B. S. Manjunath,
    “Texture features and learning similarity”,
    IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pp. 425-430, San Francisco, CA, Jun. 1996.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: This paper addresses two important issues related to texture pattern retrieval: feature extraction and similarity search. A Gabor feature representation for textured images is proposed, and its perfo ... more
  3. B. S. Manjunath, C. Shekhar and R. Chellappa,
    “A new approach to image feature detection with applications”,
    Pattern Recognition, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 627-640, Apr. 1996.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Image feature detection is a fundamental issue in many intermediate level vision problems such as stereo, motion correspondence, image registration, and object recognition. In this paper we present ... more
  4. W. Y. Ma and B. S. Manjunath,
    “Texture-based pattern retrieval from image databases”,
    Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 35-52, Jan. 1996.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  5. G. M. Haley and B. S. Manjunath,
    “Rotation invariant texture classification using modified Gabor filters”,
    Second IEEE international conference on image processing (ICIP'95), vol. 1, pp. 262-265, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1995.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A method of rotation invariant texture classification based on a joint space-frequency model is introduced. Multiresolution filters, based on a truly analytic form of a polar 2-D gabor wavelet, are u ... more
  6. W. Y. Ma and B. S. Manjunath,
    “A comparison of wavelet transform features for texture image annotation”,
    Second International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP'95), vol. 2, pp. 256-259, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1995.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A comparison of different wavelet transform based texture features for content based search and retrieval is music. These include the conventional orthogoanl and bi-orthogonal wavelet transforms, tree ... more
  7. W. Y. Ma and B. S. Manjunath,
    “Image indexing using a texture dictionary”,
    SPIE conference on Image Storage and Archiving System, vol. 2606, pp. 288-298, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1995.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We propose a new method for indexing large image databases. The method incorporates neural network learning algorithms and pattern recognition techniques to construct an image pattern dictionary. Im ... more
  8. B. S. Manjunath and R. Chellappa,
    “A Unified approach to boundary perception: edges, textures and illusory contours”,
    IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 96-108, Jan. 1993.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A model consisting of a multistage system which extracts and groups salient features in the image at different spatial scales (or frequencies) is used. In the first stage, a Gabor wavelet decomposit ... more
  9. B. S. Manjunath,
    “Gabor wavelet transform and application to problems in computer vision”,
    26th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, pp. 796-800, Pacific Grove, CA, Oct. 1992.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: An important goal of early vision is to transform the intensity data to a representation more suitable for further processing. Examples of such transformations include obtaining depth information fro ... more
  10. R. Chellappa, R.L. Kashyap and B.S. Manjunath,
    “Model-Based Texture Segmentation and Classification”,
    Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, C.H. Chen, L.F. Pau, and P.S.P. Wang (editors), Eds., World Scientific Publishing Company, 1992.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  11. B.S. Manjunath, P.B. Chou and R.S Jaffe,
    “Optical Detection of Defects in Semiconductor Wafers Using Technical Artificial Neural Networks”,
    Unpublished IBM Internal Report, Aug. 1991.
    [abstract] [BibTex]

IPL

  1. B. Andres, J. Yarkony, B. S. Manjunath, S. Kirchhoff, E. Turetken, C. C. Fowlkes and H. Pfister,
    “Segmenting Planar Superpixel Adjacency Graphs w.r.t. Non-planar Superpixel Affinity Graphs”,
    International Conference on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aug. 2013.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We address the problem of segmenting an image into a previously unknown number of segments from the perspective of graph partitioning. Specifically, we consider minimum multicuts of superpixel affinit ... more
  2. S. Karthikeyan, Swapna Joshi, B.S. Manjunath and Scott Grafton,
    “Intra-Class Multi-Output Regression based Subspace Analysis”,
    International Conference on Image Processing, Oct. 2012.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A common challenge when dealing with heterogenous tasks such as face expression analysis, face and object recognition is high dimensionality and extreme appearance variations within each class. To han ... more
  3. Vignesh Jagadeesh, B.S. Manjunath, James Anderson, Bryan Jones, Robert Marc and Steven Fisher,
    “Online Parameter Estimation in Dynamic Markov Random Fields for Image Sequence Analysis”,
    International Conference on Image Processing, Oct. 2012.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Markov Random Fields (MRF) have proven to be extremely useful models for efficient and accurate image segmentation.Recent literature points to an increased effort towards incorporating useful priors ( ... more
  4. Vignesh Jagadeesh, Min Chi Shih, B.S.Manjunath and K.Rose,
    “Scalable Tracing of Electron Micrographs by Fusing Top Down and Bottom Up Cues using Hypergraph Diffusion”,
    International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, 2012.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A novel framework for robust 3D tracing in Electron Micrographs is presented. The proposed framework is built using ideas from hypergraph diusion, and achieves two main objectives. Firstly, the approa ... more
  5. S. Karthikeyan, Utkarsh Gaur, B.S. Manjunath, and Scott Grafton,
    “Probabilistic subspace-based learning of shape dynamics modes for multi-view action recognition”,
    International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshop PERHAPS 2011, Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 2011.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We propose a human action recognition algorithm by capturing a compact signature of shape dynamics from multi-view videos. First, we compute R transforms and its temporal velocity on action silhouett ... more
  6. S. Karthikeyan, M.E. Sargin, S. Joshi, B.S. Manjunath and S. Grafton,
    “Generalized subspace based high dimensional density estimation”,
    International Conference on Image Processing, Brussels, Belgium, Sep. 2011.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Our paper presents a novel high dimensional probability density estimation technique using any dimensionality reduction method. Our method first performs subspace reduction using any matrix factorizat ... more
  7. Goff Stephen A, Vaughn Matthew, McKay Sheldon, Lyons Eric, Stapleton Ann E, Gessler Damian, Matasci Naim, Wang Liya, Hanlon Matthew, Lenards Andrew, Muir Andy, Merchant Nirav, Lowry Sonya, Mock Stephen, Helmke Matthew, Kubach Adam, Narro Martha, Hopkins Nicole, Micklos David, Hilgert Uwe, Gonzales Michael, Jordan Chris, Skidmore Edwin, Dooley Rion, Cazes John, McLay Robert, Lu Zhenyuan, Pasternak Shiran, Koesterke Lars, Piel William H, Grene Ruth, Noutsos Christos, Gendler Karla, Feng Xin, Tang Chunlao, Lent Monica, Kim Seung-jin, Kvilekval Kristian, Manjunath B.S., Tannen Val, Stamatakis Alexandros, Sanderson Michael, Welch Stephen M, Cranston Karen, Soltis Pamela, Soltis Douglas, O'Meara Brian, Ane Cecile, Brutnell Tom, Kleibenstein Daniel J, White Jeffrey W, Leebens-Mack Jim, Donoghue Michael J, Spalding Edgar P, Vision Todd J, Myers Christopher R, Lowenthal David, Enquist Brian J, Boyle Brad, Akoglu Ali, Andrews Greg, Ram Sudha, Ware Doreen, Stein Lincoln, Stanzione Dan ,
    “The iPlant Collaborative: Cyberinfrastructure for Plant Biology”,
    Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 2, no. 00034, Jul. 2011.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: The iPlant Collaborative (iPlant) is a United States National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project that aims to create an innovative, comprehensive, and foundational cyberinfrastructure in support ... more
  8. M.E. Sargin, A. Altinok, B.S. Manjunath and K. Rose,
    “Variable Length Open Contour Tracking Using a Deformable Trellis”,
    IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 1023-1035, Apr. 2011.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
  9. A. Peck, M.E. Sargin, N.E. LaPointe, K. Rose, B.S. Manjunath, S.C. Feinstein, and L. Wilson,
    “Tau Isoform-specific Modulation of Kinesin-driven Microtubule Gliding Rates and Trajectories As Determined With Tau-stabilized Microtubules”,
    Cytoskeleton, vol. 68, pp. 44-55, Jan. 2011.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We have utilized tau-assembled and tau-stabilized microtubules (MTs), in the absence of taxol, to investigate the effects of tau isoforms with three and four MT binding repeats upon kinesin-driven MT ... more
  10. Z. He, S.Mitra,
    “A Unified Rate-Distortion Analysis Framework for Transform Coding”,
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 1221-1236, Dec. 2001.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: In our previous work, we have developed a rate-dis-tortion (R-D) modeling framework H.263 video coding by introducing the new concepts of characteristic rate curves and rate curve decomposition. In th ... more
  11. L. Lucchese and S. K. Mitra,
    “Color segmentation through independent anisotropic diffusion of complex chromaticity and lightness”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2001), Thessalonika, Greece, Sep. 2001.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: This paper presents a new technique based on anisotropic diffu-sion for segmenting color images. This operation is accomplished through two independent anisotropic diffusion processes: one in-volving ... more
  12. L. Lucchese and S. K. Mitra,
    “Color segmentation based on separate anisotropic diffusion of chromatic and achromatic channels”,
    IEEE Proceedings: Vision, Image, and Signal Processing, Sep. 2001.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: This paper presents a new technique for segmenting images only on the basis of color information. It is shown how segmentation can bene t from splitting color signals into chromatic and achromatic cha ... more
  13. Zhihai He, Yong Kwan Kim, and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “Rho domain source modeling and rate control for video encoding and transmission”,
    ICASSP 2001, May. 2001.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: In this work, the coding bit rate R is considered as a function of Rho which is the percentage of zeros among the quantized DCT coefficients. We discover that the rate function R(Rho) has some very in ... more
  14. Zhihai He and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “A novel linear source model and a unified rate control algorithm for H.263/MPEG-2/ MPEG-4”,
    ICASSP 2001, May. 2001.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Let Rho be the percentage of zeros among the quantized transform coefficients. We discover that, in any typical video coding systems, there is always a strictly linear relationship between Rho and the ... more
  15. Zhihai He, Yong Kwan Kim, and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “A novel source modeling framework for bit rate and picture quality control in DCT visual coding”,
    Picture Coding Symposium, South Korea, Apr. 2001.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We present a novel source modeling framework in this paper. With the proposed source model, we can estimate the rate-distortion(R-D) curve before quantization and coding for DCT-based still images an ... more
  16. L. Lucchese,
    “A frequency domain technique based on energy radial projections for robust estimation of global 2D affine transformations”,
    Computer Vision and Image Understanding, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 72-116, Academic Press, Jan. 2001.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
  17. Michael S. Moore, John M. Foley, and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “A comparison of the detectability and annoyance value of embedded MPEG-2 artifacts of different type, size and duration”,
    SPIE, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VI, vol. 4299, San Jose, CA, Jan. 2001.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: One fundamental problem in predicting the subjective quality of a degraded video is that the perceived quality depends on the properties of the video itself, or the context of the degradation. In th ... more
  18. Tian-Hu Yu, Zhihai He, and S. K. Mitra,
    “A novel coding scheme for wavelet image compression”,
    34th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Oct. 2000.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: In this papaer, we propose a very simple image compression scheme, The proposed coding scheme employs the multi-level dyadic wavelet decompositoin, linear quantization with a proper dead zone, and th ... more
  19. Zhihai He, Tian-Hu Yu, and S. K. Mitra,
    “Fast and accurate rate prediction and picture quality control for wavelet image coding”,
    34th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Oct. 2000.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: By introducing the concepts of characteristic rate curves and rate curve decomposition, a novel framework for rate-distortion (R-D) analysis and source modeling is developed in this work. With this ... more
  20. Zhihai He, Tian-Hu Yu, and S. K. Mitra,
    “Fast image coding using blockwise binary classification and trellis coded quantization”,
    34th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Oct. 2000.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: With blockwise binary classification and data partitioning, we convert the image subbands to the type of data for which the trellis coded quantization(TCQ) has the best quantization performance. Comp ... more
  21. L. Lucchese and S. K. Mitra,
    “Filtering color images in the xyY color space”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, vol. 3, pp. 500-533, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Sep. 2000.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  22. M. S. Moore and S. K. Mitra,
    “Statistical Threshold Design for the Two-State Signal-Dependent Rank Order Mean Filter”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2000), vol. 1, pp. 904-907, Vancouver, Canada, Sep. 2000.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: The signal-dependent rank order mean (SD-ROM) filter is effective at removing high levels of impulse noise from 2- D scalar-valued signals. Excellent results have been presented for both a two-state a ... more
  23. S. Hatipoglu, S.K. Mitra, and N. Kingsbury,
    “Image texture description using complex wavelet transform”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing , vol. 2, pp. 530-533, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Sep. 2000.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  24. Tian-Hu Yu, Zhihai He, and S. K. Mitra,
    “Simple and efficient wavelet image compression”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2000), Vancouver, Canada, Sep. 2000.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  25. Zhihai He, Tian-Hu Yu, and S. K. Mitra,
    “Blockwise zero mapping image coding”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2000), Vancouver, Canada, Sep. 2000.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Uniformly quantized wavelet coefficients are first partitioned into multiscale blocks. Each block is classified either as an all-zero block or a non-zero block. A new method called zero mapping is pr ... more
  26. Zhihai He and S. K. Mitra,
    “Optimum quantization error feedback filters for wavelet image coding”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2000), Vancouver, Canada, Sep. 2000.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: In wavelet image compression, all information loss occurs during quantization. Based on the property of bi-orthogonal wavelets, optimal 2-D quantization error feedback filters are designed to reduce ... more
  27. Michael S. Moore, John M. Foley, and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “Detectability and Annoyance Value of MPEG-2 Artifacts Inserted into Uncompressed Video Sequences”,
    SPIE, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging V, vol. 3959, pp. 99-110, San Jose, CA, Jan. 2000.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Many approaches have been proposed recently for estimating the perceived fidelity of digitally compressed and reconstructed video clips. Several metrics rely on the accurate estimation of detection ... more
  28. Tian-Hu Yu, Zhihai He, and S. K. Mitra,
    “A Simple and efficient wavelet image compression”,
    IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems on Video Technology, Jan. 2000.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  29. L. Lucchese, S. K. Mitra,
    “Advances in color image segmentation”,
    Seamless Interconnection for Universal Services. Global Telecommunications Conference. GLOBECOM'99, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 2038-44, Rio de Janeireo, Brazil, Dec. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Segmentation is the low-level operation in image processing which partiotions an image into disjoint and homogeneous regions. In this paper, we consider segmentation of color images, a task which pla ... more
  30. L. Lucchese and S. K. Mitra,
    “Unsupervised low frequency driven segmentation of color images”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, vol. 3, pp. 240-244, Kobe, Japan, Oct. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: This paper presents an algorithm for unsupervised segmentation of color images. The main idea behind it is the use of the low-frequency content of images which allows for smoothing of segments and sha ... more
  31. R. Gandhi and S. K. Mitra,
    “Optimal quantization in non-orthogonal subband coders”,
    Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems, and Computers, pp. 1188-1192, Pacific Grove, CA, Oct. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: It is well known that mean square error(MSE) is not preserved under non-orthogonal transformations. This poses a significant challenge to quantize the subband signals in coders that involve non-ortho ... more
  32. R. Gandhi, S. K. Mitra,
    “An efficient top-down approach for the design of tree-structured orthonormal filter banks”,
    Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems, and Computers, pp. 1627-1631, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, Oct. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Wavelet and tree-structured filter bank based coding schemes find application in a number of image coding algorithms. The efficiency of such coding schemes can be enhanced further by adapting the par ... more
  33. R. Gandhi and S. K. Mitra,
    “Design of optimal orthogonal tree-structured filter banks”,
    Midwest Symposium on Circuits & Systems , pp. 1057-1060, Las Cruces, NM, Aug. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A number of techniques have been proposed for the design of tree-structured filter banks matched to the statistics of the input signal. Amongst all of the porposed techniques, a top-down design appr ... more
  34. S.Hatipoglu, S.K.Mitra and N. Kingsbury,
    “Texture classification using dual-tree complex wavelet transform”,
    Seventh International Conference on Image Processing and Its Applications, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 344-7, Manchester, UK, Jul. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A new texture feature extraction method utilizing dual tree complex wavelet transform (DT-CWT) is introduced. The complex wavelet. transform is a recently developed tool that uses a dual tree of wavel ... more
  35. Debargha Mukherjee, and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “On the robustness of vector set partitioning image coders to channel errors”,
    IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Orlando, Florida, Jun. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A vector enhancement of Said and Pearlman's Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT) methodology, named VSPIHT, has recently been proposed for embedded wavelet image compression. A major ad ... more
  36. L. Lucchese and S. K. Mitra,
    “Unsupervised segmentation of color images based on k-means clustering in the chromaticity plane”,
    IEEE Workshop on Content-based Access of Image and Video Libraries (CBAIVL'99), pp. 74-78, Fort Collins, CO, Jun. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: In this work, we present an original technique for unsupervised segmentation of color images which is based on an extension, for an use in the u' v' chromaticity diagram, of the well-known ... more
  37. Michael S. Moore, Moncef Gabbouj, and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “Vector SD-ROM Filter for Removal of Impulse Noise from Color Images”,
    EURASIP: DSP for Multimedia Communications and Services (ECMCS), Krakow, Poland, Jun. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: One well-studied image processing task is the remova l of impulse noise from images. Impulse noise can be introduced during image capture, during transmission, or during storage. The signal-dependent ... more
  38. Debargha Mukherjee, and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “Generalized variable dimensional set partitioning for embedded wavelet image compression”,
    IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Phoenix, Arizona, Mar. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: vector enhancement of Said and Pearlman's Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT) methodology, named VSPIHT, has recently been proposed for embedded wavelet image compression. While the VS ... more
  39. Michael S. Moore and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “Performance Analysis of the Two-State Signal-Dependent Rank Order Mean Filter”,
    SPIE Nonlinear Image Processing X, vol. 3646, pp. 56-66, San Jose, CA, Jan. 1999.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: One well-studied image processing task is the removal of impulse noise from images. Impulse noise can be introduced during image capture, during transmission, or during storage. The signal-dependent ... more
  40. D. Mukherjee and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “Arithmetic coded vector set-partitioning with classified tree-multistage VQ for color image coding”,
    IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, pp. 444-49, Redondo Beach, California, Dec. 1998.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A vector extension of the Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT) algorithm, named vector-SPIHT (VSPIHT), using trained classified successive refinement VQ, has recently been proposed. In this ... more
  41. R. Gandhi and S. K. Mitra,
    “Design of two-channel low delay perfect reconstruction filter banks”,
    Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, pp. 1655-1699, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 1998.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We develop a new approach for the design of two-channel perfect reconstruction (PR) filter banks that yield low system delay. The proposed design procedure is based on the ideaa of starting with triv ... more
  42. Debargha Mukherjee and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “Vector set-partitioning with successive refinement Voronoi lattice VQ for embedded wavelet image coding”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, vol. 1, pp. 107-11, Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 1998.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: While lattice vector quantization (LVQ) can solve the complexity problem of LBG based vector quantizers, and also yield very general codebooks, a single stage lattice VQ, when applied to high variance ... more
  43. R. Gandhi and S. K. Mitra,
    “A new approach to the design of two-channel perfect reconstruction filter banks”,
    5th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, pp. 405-408, Lisbon, Portugal, Sep. 1998.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: In this paper, we propose a new technique for the design of two-channel perfect reconstruction filter banks (PRFBs). The proposed design approach is generic, and can be applied to the design of both ... more
  44. C. Chandra, M. S. Moore and S. K. Mitra,
    “An Efficient Method for the Removal of Impulse Noise from Speech and Audio Signals”,
    IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), vol. 4, pp. 206-208, Monterey, CA, Jun. 1998.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A computationally efficient algorithm is proposed to remove noise impulses from speech and audio signals while retaining its features and tonal quality. The proposed method is based on the SD-ROM(Sig ... more
  45. Debargha Mukherjee and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “Vector set partitioning with classified successive refinement VQ for embedded wavelet image coding”,
    IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 4, pp. 25-28, Monterey, California, Jun. 1998.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees (SPIHT), proposed by Said and Pearlman 1, is generally regarded as a very efficient wavelet-based still image compression scheme. The algorithm uses an efficient ... more
  46. R. Gandhi and S. K. Mitra,
    “A computationally efficient design of two-band QMF banks based on the frequency-sampling approach”,
    IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'98), pp. 421-424, Monterey, CA, Jun. 1998.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Two new methods for computationally efficient design of two-channel quadrature mirror filter(QMF) banks based on the frequency sampling approach are introduced. In the proposed approach, the number of ... more
  47. D. Mukherjee, Y. Deng and S. K. Mitra,
    “A region-based video coder using edge flow segmentation and hierarchical affine region matching”,
    SPIE Visual Communications and Image Processing, vol. 3309, pp. 338-49, 1998.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: The essential motivations, towards an object-based approach to video coding, include possible object-based interactivity and functionality, and the elimination of blocking or mosquito artifacts that ... more
  48. N. Strobel, S. K. Mitra and B. S. Manjunath,
    “Model-based detection and correction of corrupted wavelet coefficients”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, vol. 1, pp. 925-928, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Oct. 1997.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Image decomposition based on the discrete wavelet transform(DWT) has been proposed for efficient storage and progressive transmission of images for visual browsing in digital image libraries. Although ... more
  49. Reinhard Bernstein, Michael S. Moore and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “Adjustable Quadratic Filters for Image Enhancement”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), vol. 1, pp. 287-290, Santa Barbara, CA, Oct. 1997.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We propose a new class of mapping-based nonlinear quadratic Volterra filters for image enhancement. The input signal is mapped prior to filtering by a emoryless one-to-one nonlinear mapping function. ... more
  50. Michael S. Moore, Reinhard Bernstein and Sanjit K. Mitra,
    “A Generalization of the Teager Algorithm”,
    IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Signal Processing (NSIP), Michigan, Sep. 1997.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: The 1-D Teager algorithm can be used to perform mean weighted highpass filtering with relatively few operations. We propose a generalization of the Teager algorithm. The modified algorithm allows us t ... more
  51. N. Strobel, S. K. Mitra and B. S. Manjunath,
    “Progressive Resolution Transmission and Lossless Compression of Color Images for Digital Image Libraries”,
    13th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, vol. 1, pp. 435-438, Santorini, Greece, Jul. 1997.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Progressive-resolution transmission is of significant practical importance for online image libraries. When combined with reversible image compression, it provides a particularly promising framework w ... more
  52. R. Gandhi and S. K. Mitra,
    “Aliasing cancelation in block filters and periodically time varying systems: a time-domain approach”,
    IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'97), pp. 2421-2424, Hong Kong, Jun. 1997.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: A block filter, in general, is a linear, periodic and time-varying (LPTV) system. Under certain conditions satisfied by the transfer function matrix of the filter, the system has an alias free operat ... more
  53. T. Wiegand, M. Lightstone, T. G. Campbell and S. K. Mitra,
    “A Rate-Constrained Encoding Strategy for H.263 Video Compression”,
    International Symposium on Multimedia Communication and Video Coding, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  54. T. Wiegand, M. Lightstone, T.G. Campbell and S. K..Mitra,
    “Efficient Mode Selection for Block-Based Motion Compensated Video Coding”,
    IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, pp. 559-562, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  55. I-S Lin and S. K..Mitra,
    “Efficient 2-D FIR Filtering Algorithms Based on Overlapped Block Structure”,
    38th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  56. S. Thurnhofer and S. K. Mitra,
    “Designing Quadratic Volterra Filters for Nonlinear Edge Enhancement”,
    International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 320-325, Limassol, Cyprus, Jun. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  57. S. K. Mitra, S. Thurnhofer, M. Lightstone and N. Strobel,
    “Two-Dimensional Teager Operators and their Image Processing Applications”,
    IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Signal & Image Processing, pp. 959-962, Halkidiki, Greece, Jun. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  58. S. Thurnhofer and S. K. Mitra,
    “Quadratic Volterra Filters with Mean-Weighted Highpass Characteristics”,
    IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Signal & Image Processing, pp. 368-371, Halkidiki, Greece, Jun. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  59. E. Abreun and S. K. Mitra,
    “Signal-Dependent Rank-Ordered Mean (SD-ROM) Filters for Removal of Impulses from Highly Corrupted Images”,
    IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech & Signal Processing, pp. 2371-2374, Detroit, MI, May. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  60. M. Lightstone, E. Abreu, S. K. Mitra and K. Arakawa,
    “State-Conditioned Rank-Ordered Filtering for Removing Impulse Noise in Images”,
    IEEE International Symposium on Circuits & Systems, pp. 957-960, Seattle, WA, May. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  61. M. Lightstone, S. K. Mitra and K. Rose,
    “Locally Optimal Codebook Design for Quadtree-Based Vector Quantization”,
    IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech & Signal Processing, pp. 2479-2482, Detroit, MI, May. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  62. S. Bagchi and S. K. Mitra,
    “An Efficient Algorithm for DTMF Decoding Using the Subband NDFT”,
    IEEE International Symposium on Circuits & Systems, pp. 1936-1939, Seattle, WA, May. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  63. C. D. Creusere and S. K. Mitra,
    “A Simple Method for Designing High-Quality Prototype Filters for M-band Pseudo QMF Banks”,
    IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, vol. 43, pp. 1005-1007, Apr. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  64. A. Hossen, U. Heute, O. Shentov and S. K. Mitra,
    “Subband DFT - Part II: Accuracy Complexity and Applications”,
    Signal Processing, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 279-294, Feb. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  65. O. Shentov, S. K. Mitra, A. Hossen and U. Heute,
    “Subband DFT - Part I: Definition Interpretation and Extensions”,
    Signal Processing, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 261-278, Feb. 1995.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  66. S. Bagchi and S. K. Mitra,
    “Nonseparable 2D FIR Filter Design Using Nonuniform Frequency Sampling”,
    IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Image and Video Processing III, pp. 104-115, San Jose, Feb. 1995.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We propose a nonuniform frequency sampling method for 2-D FIR filter design based on the concept of the nonuniform discrete Fourier transform(NDFT). The NDFT of a 2-D sequence is defined as a sequenc ... more

Managing Multimedia Databases, Multimedia Database Mining

  1. Niloufar Pourian, S. Karthikeyan, B.S. Manjunath,
    “Search and Retrieval of Multi-modal Data Associated with Image-parts”,
    International Conference on Image Processing, Sep. 2015.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We present a novel framework for querying multi-modal data from a heterogeneous database containing images, textual tags, and GPS coordinates. We construct a bi-layer graph structure using localized i ... more
  2. Niloufar Pourian, B.S. Manjunath,
    “Retrieval of Images with Objects of Specific Size, Location, and Spatial Configuration”,
    IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, Waikoloa, HI, Jan. 2015.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: An approach to image retrieval using spatial configurations is presented. The goal is to search the database for images that contain similar objects (image-patches) with a given configuration, size an ... more

Managing Multimedia Databases

  1. Carter de Leo and B.S. Manjunath,
    “Multicamera Video Summarization and Anomaly Detection from Activity Motifs”,
    ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 10, no. 2, May. 2014.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Camera network systems generate large volumes of potentially useful data, but extracting value from multiple, related videos can be a daunting task for a human reviewer. Multicamera video summarizatio ... more
  2. Jiejun Xu, Vishwakarma Singh, Ziyu Guan, B. S. Manjunath,
    “Unified Hypergraph for Image Ranking in a Multimodal Context”,
    International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 2012.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Image ranking has long been studied, yet it remains a very challenging problem. Increasingly, online images come with additional metadata such as user annotations and geographic coordinates. They prov ... more
  3. S. Karthikeyan, Felix Fernandes, Zhan Ma, PoLin Lai, Ankur Saxena,
    “Perceptual Similarity based Robust Low-Complexity Video Fingerprinting”,
    International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 2012.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: In this paper, we present a novel video fingerprinting algorithm which leverages the concept of perceptual similarity between different video sequences. Inspired by the popular structural similarity ( ... more
  4. Lakshmanan Nataraj, Gregoire Jacob, B.S.Manjunath,
    “Detecting Packed Executables based on Raw Binary Data”,
    VRL, ECE, University of California, Santa Barbara, Jun. 2010.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
  5. Anindya Sarkar, Vishwakarma Singh, Pratim Ghosh, B. S. Manjunath, Ambuj Singh,
    “Efficient and Robust Detection of Duplicate Videos in a Large Database”,
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 870-885, Jun. 2010.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We present an efficient and accurate method for duplicate video detection in a large database using video fingerprints. We have empirically chosen the Color Layout Descriptor, a compact and robust fra ... more
  6. E. Moxley, T. Mei and B. S. Manjunath,
    “Video Annotation Through Search and Graph Reinforcement Mining”,
    IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 184-193, Apr. 2010.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Unlimited vocabulary annotation of multimedia documents remains elusive despite progress solving the problem in the case of a small, fixed lexicon. Taking advantage of the repetitive nature of modern ... more
  7. Kristian Kvilekval, Dmitry Fedorov, Boguslaw Obara, Ambuj Singh and B.S. Manjunath,
    “Bisque: A Platform for Bioimage Analysis and Management”,
    Bioinformatics, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 544-552, Feb. 2010.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Motivation: Advances in the field of microscopy have brought about the need for better image management and analysis solutions. Novel imaging techniques have created vast stores of images and metadata ... more
  8. Xavier Anguera, JieJun Xu and Nuria Oliver,
    “Multimodal Photo Annotation and Retrieval on a Mobile Phone”,
    ACM International Conference on Multimedia Information Retrieval (MIR2008), Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 2008.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Mobile phones are becoming multimedia devices. It is common to observe users capturing photos and videos on their mobile phones on a regular basis. As the amount of digital multimedia content expands, ... more
  9. Emily Moxley, Jim Kleban and B.S. Manjunath,
    “SpiritTagger: A Geo-Aware Tag Suggestion Tool Mined from Flickr”,
    ACM International Conference on Multimedia Information Retrieval (MIR2008), pp. 24-30, Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 2008.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Geographically referenced, or "geo-tagged", photo data sets offer tantalizing potential for automated knowledge discovery in the world. By combining tag reranking based on geographic context ... more
  10. Anindya Sarkar, Vishwakarma Singh, Pratim Ghosh, B. S. Manjunath and Ambuj Singh,
    “Discussion of a Pruning Scheme for Top-K Retrievals Among Vector Quantizer Encoded Signatures”,
    VRL, ECE, University of California, Santa Barbara, Apr. 2008.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: The problem we are considering here is duplicate video detection. We have a database of N videos and we store compact signatures, called fingerprints, for each of them. When a query video is presented ... more
  11. E. Drelie Gelasca, S. Joshi, J. Kleban, S. Mangiat, B.S. Manjunath, E. Moxley, A. Sarkar, and J. Xu,
    “The Vision Research Lab of UCSB at TRECVID 2007”,
    Proceedings of the TRECVID 2007 Workshop, Nov. 2007.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: The Vision Research Lab at the University of California at Santa Barbara participated in three TRECVID 2007 tasks: rushes summarization, high level feature extraction, and search. This paper describes ... more
  12. Pratim Ghosh, E. Drelie Gelasca, K.R. Ramakrisnan and B.S. Manjunath,
    “Duplicate Image Detection in Large Scale Databases”,
    Book Chapter in Platinum Jubilee Volume, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, Oct. 2007.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We propose an image duplicate detection method for identifying modified copies of the same image in a very large database. Modifications that we consider include rotation, scaling and cropping. A comp ... more
  13. Elisa Drelie Gelasca, Joriz De Guzman, Steffen Gauglitz, Pratim Ghosh, JieJun Xu, Emily Moxley, Amir M. Rahimi, Zhiqiang Bi and B. S. Manjunath,
    “CORTINA: Searching a 10 Million + Images Database”,
    VRL, ECE, University of California, Santa Barbara, Sep. 2007.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We present an image search and retrieval system, Cortina, that indexes over 10 Million images using image content, text and annotations. This large collection of image data, gathered from the World Wi ... more
  14. S.K. Fisher, M.R. Verardo, J. Byun, G.P. Lewis, G. Luna, S. Kjellstrom and P. Sieving,
    “Reduced glial hypertrophy and increased neuronal reactivity following retinal detachment in mice deficient in GFAP and vimentin.”,
    Center for Bio-Image Informatics,, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  15. V. Singh, A. Bhattacharya, A. K. Singh, C. Banna, G. P. Lewis and S. K. Fisher,
    “QUIP: Querying Significant Patterns from Image Databases”,
    Center for Bio-Image Informatics, UCSB, 2007.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Images have become an extremely important dataset in many areas of science including biology, geography and astronomy due to their ability to reveal spatial information not immediately available from ... more
  16. A. Bhattacharya and S. C. Feinstein and A. LeBoeuf and S. Levy and A. K. Singh and L. Wilson,
    “A General Modeling and Visualization Tool for Comparing Different Members of a Group: Application to Understanding Tau-Mediated Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics”,
    Center for Bio-Image Informatics, UCSB, 2007.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  17. Vebjorn Ljosa and Ambuj K. Singh,
    “Probabilistic Segmentation and Analysis of Horizontal Cells”,
    2006 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), pp. 980-985, Dec. 2006.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Because images of neurons show interweaved processes from multiple cells, it is hard to determine which pixels belong to each cell, and consequently to analyze the images automatically. To manage thes ... more
  18. A. Bhattacharya and A. K. Singh,
    “Prediction of Growth Parameters of In Vitro Microtubules in Association with Different Isoforms of Tau”,
    Workshop on Multiscale Biological Imaging, Data Mining & Informatics, pp. 53-54, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Sep. 2006.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
  19. Vebjorn Ljosa and Ambuj K. Singh,
    “Probabilistic segmentation of horizontal cells”,
    Workshop on multiscale biological imaging, data mining & informatics, pp. 39-40, Sep. 2006.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: We propose a novel segmentation algorithm that can segment confocal micrographs of horizontal cells. A unique aspect of the algorithm is that it produces a probabilistic mask, or pmask, which gives fo ... more
  20. S. K. Fisher, M. R. Verardo, J. Byun, G. P. Lewis, G. Luna, S. Kjellstrom, and P. Sieving,
    “Retinal Changes Following Experimental Retinal Detachment In The Retinoschisin Knockout Mouse”,
    Invest Ophthalmol Vision Science 2006;47: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) EAbstract 1538, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Apr. 2006.
    [abstract] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Purpose: The retinoschisin knockout (RSKO) mouse is a model for the human disease of X-linked retinoschisis in which congenital delamination occurs through multiple retinal layers. A possible treatmen ... more
  21. Till Quack, Ullrich Monich, Lars Thiele, B.S. Manjunath,
    “Cortina: A System for Large-scale, Content-based Web Image Retrieval”,
    ACM Multimedia 2004, New York, NY, USA, Oct. 2004.
    [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]
    Abstract preview: Recent advances in processing and networking capabilities of computers have led to an accumulation of immense amounts of multimedia data such as images. One of the largest repositories for such data i ... more

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