ISBN: 0-7695-0750-6

Ching Y. Suen, Concordia University

Kyekyung Kim, Concordia University

Qizhi Xu, Concordia University

Jinho Kim, Concordia University and Kyungil University

Louisa Lam, Concordia University and Hong Kong Institute of Education

Jisheng Liang, MathSoft, Inc.

Vikram Chalana, MathSoft, Inc.

Ihsin T. Phillips, Seattle University

Robert Haralick, University of Washington

Minako Sawaki

Hiroshi Murase

Norihiro Hagita

Carlo Scagliola, Elsag spa

Gianluca Nicchiotti, Elsag spa

I.L. Dijkstra, KPN Research

N. Smits, KPN Research

Tin Kam Ho, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies

George Nagy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

A. Del Bimbo, University of Florence

Tong Lin, Peking University

Hong-Jiang Zhang, Microsoft Research

Zinovi Tauber, Simon Fraser University

Ze-Nian Li, Simon Fraser University

Mark S. Drew, Simon Fraser University

Jianying Hu, Lucent Technologies Bell labs

Aleksandra Mojsilovic, IBM TJ Watson Research Center

Andre Folkers, University of Maryland at College Park

Hanan Samet, University of Maryland at College Park

Aya Soffer, IBM Research Laboratory

Blancho Patrice, Universit? Saint-?tienne

Hubert Konik, Universit? Saint-?tienne

Juan Serrat, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

A. López, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

D. Lloret, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Zusheng Rao, York University

Evangelos Milios, York University

Euripides G.M. Petrakis, Technical University of Crete

Markus Vincze, Vienna University of Technology

Minu Ayromlou, Vienna University of Technology

Michael Zillich, Vienna University of Technology

A. Puig, Universitat Polit?cnica de Catalunya

D. Tost, Universitat Polit?cnica de Catalunya

I. Navazo, Universitat Polit?cnica de Catalunya

M. Egmont-Petersen

A.F. Frangi

W.J. Niessen

P.C.W. Hogendoorn

J.L. Bloem

M.A. Viergever

J.H.C. Reiber

Teresa Barata, Instituto Superior T?cnico

Pedro Pina, Instituto Superior T?cnico

Isabel Granado, Instituto Superior T?cnico

Antoni Susín, Institut de Rob?tica i Inform?tica

Isabel Navazo, Institut de Rob?tica i Inform?tica

Àlvar Vinacua, Institut de Rob?tica i Inform?tica

Pere Brunet, Institut de Rob?tica i Inform?tica

Koichiro Deguchi, Tohoku University and University of Tokyo

Junko Noami, University of Tokyo

Hidekata Hontani, University of Tokyo

P. Peixoto, University of Coimbra

J. Gonçalves, University of Coimbra

H. Antunes, University of Coimbra

J. Batista, University of Coimbra

H. Araújo, University of Coimbra

Masaki Onishi, Osaka Prefecture University

Masao Izumi, Osaka Prefecture University

Kunio Fukunaga, Osaka Prefecture University

G. Cong, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

B. Parvin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Philip L. Worthington, University of York

Edwin R. Hancock, University of York

Seiji Hata, Kagawa University

Nobuyuki Kita, Electrotechnical Laboratory

Jörg Walter, University of Bielefeld

Bert Arnrich, University of Bielefeld

Christos I. Colios, Institute of Computer Science Foundation for Research and Technology

Panos E. Trahanias, Institute of Computer Science Foundation for Research and Technology and University of Crete

Didi Sazbon, Technion

Ehud Rivlin, Technion

Zeev Zalevsky, Tel-Aviv University

David Mendelovic, Tel-Aviv University

Matja? Jogan, University of Ljubljana

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Yasuaki Nakano, Shinshu University

Masayuki Kanbara, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Haruo Takemura, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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Hidehiko Iwasa, Netsystems, Inc.

Gopal Pingali, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies

Agata Opalach, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies

Yves Jean, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies

Ulrich Büker, University of Paderborn

N. Stöffler, Technische Universit?t M?nchen

T. Burkert, Technische Universit?t M?nchen

G. Färber, Technische Universit?t M?nchen

David Doermann, University of Maryland at College Park

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Ismail Haritaoglu, IBM Almaden Research

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Satoshi Shimada, NTT Cyber Space Laboratories

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Kazufumi Ishida, NTT-AT Image Processing Technology Department

N. Ukita, KYOTO University

T. Matsuyama, KYOTO University

Satoshi Kagami, University of Tokyo

Kei Okada, University of Tokyo

Masayuki Inaba, University of Tokyo

Hirochika Inoue, University of Tokyo

Sheng-Wen Shih, National Chi Nan University

Yu-Te Wu, National Chi Nan University

Jin Liu, Heinrich-Hertz Institute Berlin

Kaoru Uchida, NEC Corporation

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Shigeru Akamatsu

Jennifer Healey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rosalind Picard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Yuichi Nakamura, University of Tsukuba and Japan Science and Technology Corporation

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Jun'ya Ohde, University of Tsukuba

D.M. Shotton, University of Oxford

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N. Guil, University of Malaga

O. Trelles, University of Malaga

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Chitra Dorai, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Christian Wolf, Vienna University of Technology

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Jean-Michel Jolion, INSA de Lyon, Laboratoire Reconnaissance de Formes et Vision

Ruizhen Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Ron Van Schyndel, Monash University

Andrew Tirkel, Scientific Technology

Douglas R. Heisterkamp, Oklahoma State University

Jing Peng, Oklahoma State University

H.K. Dai, Oklahoma State University

Emmanuel Veneau, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel

Rémi Ronfard, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel

Patrick Bouthemy, Universitaire de Beaulieu

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Kozaburo Hachimura, Ritsumeikan University

Akira Tojima, Ritsumeikan University

J. Assfalg, University of Florence

A. Del Bimbo, University of Florence

P. Pala, University of Florence

Catherine Achard, Laboratoire des Instruments et Syst?mes

Jean Devars, Laboratoire des Instruments et Syst?mes

Lionel Lacassagne, Laboratoire des Instruments et Syst?mes

Kun Xu, Rutgers University

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Peter Meer, Rutgers University

Dorin Comaniciu, Siemens Corporate Research

R. Brunelli, ITC

O. Mich, ITC

ByoungChul Ko, Yonsei University

Hae-Sung Lee, Yonsei University

Hyeran Byun, Yonsei University

R. Fablet, IRISA/CNRS

P. Bouthemy, IRISA/INRIA

Regine Bolter, Graz University of Technology

Franz Leberl, Graz University of Technology

A.J. Sánchez, Universidad Polit?cnica de Valencia

J.A. Marchant, Silsoe Research Institute

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C.M. Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

M.C. Chu, Chinese University of Hong Kong

W.H. Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong

R. Kumar

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K. Hanna

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J. Gutiérrez, Universitat de Val?ncia

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R.M. Guest, University of Kent

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J.M. Potter, Nunnery Fields Hospital

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Shinji Tsuruoka, Mie University

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M. Vento

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Hong Yi, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Y. Kawata, University of Tokushima

N. Niki, University of Tokushima

H. Ohmatsu, National Cancer Center East

R. Kakinuma, National Cancer Center East

M. Kusumoto, National Cancer Center

M. Kaneko, National Cancer Center

M. Moriyama, National Cancer Center

K. Mori, Tochigi Cancer Center

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X.M. Pardo, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

P. Radeva, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona

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Xavier Orriols, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona

Petia Radeva, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona

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Jordi Vitrià, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona

Cristina Cañero, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona

J.J. Villanueva, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona

Raul Mata, University of Jaen

Enrique Nava, University of Malaga

Francisco Sendra, University of Malaga

D. Hattery

V. Chernomordik

M. Loew

A. Gandjbakhche

T. Kaifel, Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing

C. Schiekel, Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing

T. Kämpke, Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing

C.C. Leung, University of Hong Kong

F.H.Y. Chan, University of Hong Kong

P.C.K. Kwok, The Open University of Hong Kong

W.F. Chen, First Military Medical University

Xiaoli Zhang

Shahram Payandeh

Ruini Cao, National University of Singapore

Chew Lim Tan, National University of Singapore

Nobuo Ezaki, Toba National College of Maritime Technology

Toru Hikichi, Toyohashi University of Technology

Shinji Yamamoto, Toyohashi University of Technology

Kimiyasu Kiyota, Kumamoto National College of Technology

Oleg Okun, University of Oulu

Matti Pietikäinen, University of Oulu

Koichi Kise, Osaka Prefecture University

Yasuo Miki, Osaka Prefecture University

Keinosuke Matsumoto, Osaka Prefecture University

Gerd Maderlechner, Siemens AG

Angela Schreyer, Siemens AG

Peter Suda, Siemens AG

Pasi Fränti, University of Joensuu

Alexey Mednonogov, Lappeenranta University of Technology

Heikki Kälviäinen, Lappeenranta University of Technology

Zhaohui Yu, National University of Singapore

Chew Lim Tan, National University of Singapore

Dae-Seok Ryu, Korea University

Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University

Sun-Mee Kang, Seokyeong University

Jonathan J. Hull, Ricoh

Dar-Shyang Lee, Ricoh

J. Perez-Cortes

J. Amengual

J. Arlandis

R. Llobet

Young-Kyu Lim, Korea University

Song-Ha Choi, Korea University

Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University

Keiji Yamada, NEC Corporation

Koji Ishikawa, NEC Corporation

Noboru Nakajima, NEC Corporation

Toru Wakahara, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Yoshimasa Kimura, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Ji-Yeon Lee, Korea University

Song-Ha Choi, Korea University

Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University

Jeong-Seon Park, Korea University

Hee-Joong Kang, Korea University

Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University

Hideaki Goto, Tohoku University

Hirotomo Aso, Tohoku University

Simon Lucas, University of Essex

Anja Brakensiek, Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg

Daniel Willett, Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg

Gerhard Rigoll, Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg

Robert Stockton, Just Research

Rahul Sukthankar, Just Research and Carnegie Mellon University

Toyohide Watanabe, Nagoya University

Tsuneo Sobue, Nagoya University

A. Belaïd, LORIA-CNRS

L. Pierron, LORIA-INRIA

N. Valverde, LORIA-ITESOFT

Shin'ichiro Omachi

Masaki Inoue

Hirotomo Aso

Shinji Mizuno, Toyohashi University of Technology

Tsuyoshi Kasaura, Toyohashi University of Technology

Shinji Yamamoto, Toyohashi University of Technology

Minoru Okada, Chubu University

Jun-ichiro Toriwaki, Nagoya University

J. Shimamura

H. Takemura

N. Yokoya

K. Yamazawa

Takuji Takahashi, University of Tokyo

Hiroshi Kawasaki, University of Tokyo

Katsushi Ikeuchi, University of Tokyo

Masao Sakauchi, University of Tokyo

Toshihiro Masaki

Toyoki Yamauchi

Yoshifumi Kitamura

Fumio Kishino

Hiroyuki Sekiguchi, Kyoto University

Shigeru Eiho, Kyoto University

Takashi Okuma, Electrotechnical Laboratory

Katsuhiko Sakaue, Electrotechnical Laboratory

Haruo Takemura, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Naokazu Yokoya, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Kohtaro Ohba, MITI

Jesus Carlos Pedraza Ortega, MITI

Kazuo Tanie, MITI

Gakuyoshi Rin, DHT Corporation

Ryoichi Dangi, Kawasaki Steel Techno-Research Corporation

Yoshinori Takei, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Takeshi Kaneko, Denso Corp.

Nobuaki Kawahara, Denso Corp.

Hee-Jeong Kim, Korea University

Myung-Hyun Yoo, Korea University

Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University

Yong-Sheng Chen, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University

Yi-Ping Hung, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University

Chiou-Shann Fuh, National Taiwan University

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Yi Jin, Nanyang Technological University

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Takahiro Suzuki, Nagoya University

Kensaku Mori, Nagoya University

Yasuhito Suenaga, Nagoya University

Shiro Aoshima, NTT Information Sharing Platform Laboratories

Yibing Yang, University of Sydney

Hong Yan, University of Sydney and City University of Hong Kong

U. Garain, Indian Statistical Institute at Calcutta

B.B. Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute at Calcutta

Y. Ding

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Y. Miyake

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Zhidong Lu, GTE Corporation

Richard Schwartz, GTE Corporation

Christopher Raphael, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Yalin Wang, University of Washington

Robert Haralick, University of Washington

Ihsin T. Phillips, Seattle University

Pujitha Gunaratne, Nagoya Institute of Technology

Hisanari Shogo, Nagoya Institute of Technology

Yukio Sato, Nagoya Institute of Technology

C. Cañero

P. Radeva

R. Toledo

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J. Mauri

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Gernot Bachler, Graz University of Technology

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Axel Pinz, Graz University of Technology

Sameh Yamany, Old Dominion University

Aly Farag, University of Louisville

Kenji Nakamura, Keio University

Hideo Saito, Keio University

Shinji Ozawa, Keio University

U. Ahlrichs, Universit?t Erlangen-N?rnberg

D. Paulus, Universit?t Erlangen-N?rnberg

H. Niemann, Universit?t Erlangen-N?rnberg

Seiji Rata, Kagawa University

Daisuke Torigoe, Kagawa University

Shuxiang Quo, Kagawa University

Kohichi Sugimoto, Kagawa University

Koichiro Yamaguchi, NTT DoCoMo

Haruo Takemura, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Kazumasa Yamazawa, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Naokazu Yokoya, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Takeo Miyasaka, Chukyo University

Kazuhiro Kuroda, Chukyo University

Makoto Hirose, Chukyo University

Kazuo Araki, Chukyo University

D.Q. Huynh, Murdoch University

Y.S. Chou, Chinese University of Hong Kong

H.T. Tsui, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Takashi Matsumoto, Himeji Institute of Technology

Ken 'ichi Ohta, Himeji Institute of Technology

Yutaka Hata, Himeji Institute of Technology

Kazuhiko Taniguchi, Kinden Co., Ltd.

Akira Utsumi, ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories

Howard Yang, ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories

Jun Ohya, ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories

Shin-ichi Murakami, Tokyo Denki University

Akira Wada, Tokyo Denki University

Masaki Onishi, Osaka Prefecture University

Masao Izumi, Osaka Prefecture University

Kunio Fukunaga, Osaka Prefecture University

Dmitry Chetverikov, Computer and Automation Research Institute

Marcell Nagy, Computer and Automation Research Institute

Judit Verestóy, Computer and Automation Research Institute

A. Griffin, University of Surrey

J. Kittler, University of Surrey

Sumer Jabri, George Mason University

Zoran Duric, George Mason University

Harry Wechsler, George Mason University

Azriel Rosenfeld, University of Maryland at College Park

Albert Pujol, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona

Felipe Lumbreras, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona

Xavier Varona, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona

Juan José Villanueva, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona

Paul Smith, University of Central Florida

Mubarak Shah, University of Central Florida

N. da Vitoria Lobo, University of Central Florida

Hyungki Roh, Korea University

Seonghoon Kang, Korea University

Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University

Hiroaki Nakai

Ken Ishihara

Yoshio Miyake

Mutsumi Watanabe

Antonio Albiol, Universidad Polit?cnica de Valencia

Valery Naranjo, Universidad Polit?cnica de Valencia

Inmaculada Mora, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Burkhard Iske, University of Paderborn

Ulrich Rückert, University of Paderborn

Kurt Malmstrom, Queensland University of Technology

Joaquin Sitte, Queensland University of Technology

L.M. Bergasa, Universidad de Alcal?

M. Mazo, Universidad de Alcal?

A. Gardel, Universidad de Alcal?

R. Barea, Universidad de Alcal?

L. Boquete, Universidad de Alcal?

Mohan Trivedi, University of California at San Diego

Shailendra Bhonsle, University of California at San Diego

Amarnath Gupta, University of California at San Diego

Rafael Barea, University of Alcal?

Luciano Boquete, University of Alcal?

Manuel Mazo, University of Alcal?

Elena López, University of Alcal?

L.M. Bergasa, University of Alcal?

Yoshinori Kuno, Osaka University

Teruhisa Murashima, Osaka University

Nobutaka Shimada, Osaka University

Yoshiaki Shirai, Osaka University

Amit Adam, Technion

Ehud Rivlin, Technion

Ilan Shimshoni, Technion

Joaquín Salas, CICATA-IPN

Clark F. Olson, California Institute of Technology

Sadahiro Iwamoto, University of California at San Diego

Mohan M. Trivedi, University of California at San Diego

David M. Checkley, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Kazuhiko Takahashi, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories

Tatsumi Sakaguchi, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories

Jun Ohya, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories

Anant Madabhushi, University of Texas at Austin

J.K. Aggarwal, University of Texas at Austin

Hung H. Bui, Curtin University of Technology

Svetha Venkatesh, Curtin University of Technology

Geoff West, Curtin University of Technology

Victor Ayala-Ramirez, LAAS-CNRS

Carlos Parra, LAAS-CNRS

Michel Devy, LAAS-CNRS

Kazuhito Murakami, Aichi Prefectural University

Masafumi Tominaga, Chukyo University

Hiroyasu Koshimizu, Chukyo University

Iván Kopilovic, University of Veszpr?

Balázs Vágvölgyi, University of Veszpr?

Tamás Szirányi, University of Veszpr?m and Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Naoko Nitta, Osaka University

Noboru Babaguchi, Osaka University

Tadahiro Kitahashi, Osaka University

Wei-min Huang, RWCP

Robert Mariani, RWCP

Atsuhiro Kojima, Osaka Prefecture University

Masao Izumi, Osaka Prefecture University

Takeshi Tamura, Osaka Prefecture University

Kunio Fukunaga, Osaka Prefecture University