I propose criteria for collaborative vision applications where a camera user/operator and a computer work together to analyse a scene. An example of how these may be fulfilled is provided in IMP – an interactive mosaicing program. IMP generates mosaics in real-time, interacting with the user to cue camera movement and relay performance information.

This lecture presents practical applications of pixon-based Bayesian estimation to the restoration of astronomical images. It discusses the e®ects of noise, e®ects of ̄nite sampling on resolution, and special problems associated with spatially correlated noise introduced by mosaicing. Comparisons to other methods demonstrate the signi ̄cant improvements a®orded by pixonbased methods and illustrat...

This project report describes the design and implementation of a mobile application that works in conjunction with a structure and layout estimation module to generate an interactive model of an indoor scene from a series of images captured using the mobile device. In particular, methods for automatically frame selection, motion estimation, and image mosaicing are investigated.

The objective of the CyberScout project is to develop an autonomous surveillance and reconnaissance system. In this paper, we focus on advances in vision-based surveillance agents for detection, scene mosaicing, classification and correspondence. An agent-based software framework is used to promote synergy between the various surveillance algorithms and provide a distributed computing infrastru...

This paper outlines the basic steps in the design and implementation of an intensity based automated Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) image mosaicing application, and highlights some of the implementation details, such as the tile matching, mosaic layout, and tile distortion correction.

Many problems require finding the coordinate transformation between two images of the same scene or object. Whether to recover camera motion between video frames, to stabilize video images, to relate or recognize photographs taken from two different cameras, to compute depth within a three-dimensional (3-D) scene, or for image registration and resolution enhancement, it is important to have a p...

The most effective therapy for the twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) in monochorionic twins is the fetoscopic laser occlusion of the anastomoses between the two fetal circulations. A complete closure of all anastomoses is a prerequisite for the success of the therapy, but the small field of view of the fetoscope makes it difficult for the surgeon to properly locate all the anastomoses. T...

Laser photocoagulation is a proven procedure to treat various pathologies of the retina. Challenges such as motion compensation, correct energy dosage, and avoiding incidental damage are responsible for the still low success rate. They can be overcome with improved instrumentation, such as a fully automatic laser photocoagulation system. In this paper, we present a core image processing element...