http://scitation.aip.org/ The Journal of Electronic Imaging publishes papers in all technology areas that make up the field of electronic imaging and are normally considered in the design, engineering, and applications of electronic imaging systems. JEI covers the following research areas that apply directly to electronic imaging or focus on applied electronic imaging technology: image acquisition; image data storage; image data communication; display of image data; hard copy output; image visualization; image processing; electronic imaging applications. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/049901/1&agg=rss Edward J. Giorgianni, Thomas E. Madden, and Bruce H. Pillman<br/> Abstract not available. [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 049901 (2009)] published Fri Nov 20, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/043007/1&agg=rss Paul Southam and Richard Harvey<br/> We consider the problem of classifying textures. First, we consider images where the orientation of the texture is known. Then, we consider the classification of textures where the orientation is unknown. Last, classification in real scenes is considered. A wide variety of techniques are tested usin ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 043007 (2009)] published Fri Nov 20, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/043004/1&agg=rss Zhong Li and Jianping Fan<br/> Automatic image segmentation is a fundamental and challenging work in image analysis. We present a stochastic contour approach that draws the contour by multiple agents stochastically, each driven by a simple policy. A contour confidence map is formed, and the image is partitioned hierarchically acc ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 043004 (2009)] published Wed Nov 11, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/043005/1&agg=rss Qingbing Zeng, Chengliang Liu, Yubin Miao et al.<br/> The measurement of rapid and microsize changes in fruit diameter can be used to understand how plants respond to diurnal variation in water content and long-term growth conditions. The most current techniques involve physical measurements. The contact of the physical sensor places a stress on fruit ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 043005 (2009)] published Thu Oct 29, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/043009/1&agg=rss Caglar Ates, Oguzhan Urhan, and Sarp Erturk<br/> We combine an optimal filtering approach with a multiple description coding (MDC) approach to enhance the quality of video at the receiver. Optimal filter coefficients are computed at the encoder and added to each description. At the decoder, optimal filter coefficients are obtained directly from th ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 043009 (2009)] published Tue Oct 27, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/043002/1&agg=rss Guo Cao, Yuan Mei, Zhihong Mao et al.<br/> A novel minutiae-based method is proposed to match deformed fingerprints. We combine minutiae structures and descriptors to obtain multiple pairs of reference minutiae and globally align two sets of minutiae to get a common overlapping region based on these pairs of reference minutiae. At the matchi ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 043002 (2009)] published Tue Oct 20, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/040501/1&agg=rss Qi Zhao and Yan Qiu Chen<br/> Camera synchronization is necessary for multicamera applications. We propose a simple and yet effective approach termed random on-off light source (ROOLS) to synchronize video sequences. It uses a single light source such as an LED to generate a random binary valued signal that is captured by the vi ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 040501 (2009)] published Tue Oct 20, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/043003/1&agg=rss Weibing Wan, Pengfei Shi, and Shuguang Li<br/> Given the potential demonstrated by research into bone-tissue engineering, the use of medical image data for the rapid prototyping (RP) of scaffolds is a subject worthy of research. Computer-aided design and manufacture and medical imaging have created new possibilities for RP. Accurate and efficien ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 043003 (2009)] published Thu Oct 15, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/043001/1&agg=rss Michael Parshin and Zeev Zalevsky<br/> We present a new fuzzy logicbased approach for automatic optimized features location. The technique is used for improved automatic alignment and classification of silicon wafers and chips that are used in the electronics industry. The proposed automatic image processing approach was realized and exp ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 043001 (2009)] published Thu Oct 8, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033017/1&agg=rss Hong Yin Lim, Ashraf A. Kassim, and Peter H. N. de With<br/> We propose a fast motion estimation (FME) algorithm that performs comparably to the full search while having improved performance when compared to the best FME methods that are recommended for the JVT/H.264 standard despite having a much lower computational complexity than these methods. Our algorit ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033017 (2009)] published Wed Sep 16, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033014/1&agg=rss Daniel Ruijters, Drazenko Babic, Robert Homan et al.<br/> We describe a novel approach to using soft-tissue data sets, such as computer tomography on magnetic resonance, in the minimally invasive image guidance of intra-arterial and intravenous endovascular devices in neuroangiography interventions. Minimally invasive x-ray angiography procedures rely on t ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033014 (2009)] published Wed Sep 16, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033016/1&agg=rss Eran Gur and Zeev Zalevsky<br/> In a large plurality of applications, imaging quality is significantly reduced due to existence of static or time-varying random perturbation media. An example of such a medium can be a diffusive window through which we wish to image an object located behind, and not in proximity to, the window. Ano ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033016 (2009)] published Tue Sep 15, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033015/1&agg=rss Ralf Widenhorn, Ines Hartwig, Justin C. Dunlap et al.<br/> Thermal excitation of electrons is a major source of noise in charge-coupled-device (CCD) imagers. Those electrons are generated even in the absence of light, hence, the name dark current. Dark current is particularly important for long exposure times and elevated temperatures. The standard procedur ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033015 (2009)] published Tue Sep 8, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/039901/1&agg=rss Matthieu Cord, Padraig Cunningham, and Dhiraj Joshi<br/> Abstract not available. [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 039901 (2009)] published Tue Aug 25, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033012/1&agg=rss Gaurav Bhatnagar, Sanjeev Kumar, Balasubramanian Raman et al.<br/> We present a robust stereo-image coding algorithm using digital watermarking in fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) and singular value decomposition (SVD). For the purpose of the security, the original (left stereo) image has been degraded and watermark (right disparity map) is embedded in the degra ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033012 (2009)] published Tue Aug 25, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033008/1&agg=rss Kun-Yuan Chao and Ja-Chen Lin<br/> Image sharing is a popular technology to secure important images against damage. The technology decomposes and transforms an important image to produce several other images called shadows or shares. To decode, the shared important image can be reconstructed by combining the collected shadows, as lon ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033008 (2009)] published Fri Aug 21, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033007/1&agg=rss Shih-Chang Hsia, Cheng Hung Hsiao, and Chung-Ying Huang<br/> We present an adaptive object segmentation based on scene change detection techniques. First, the algorithm adaptively adjusts to skip the number of frames to cope with the amount of motion displacement to cover the entire object shape. Next, the spatial processing consists of noise removal and boun ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033007 (2009)] published Tue Aug 11, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033004/1&agg=rss Le Li and Yu-Jin Zhang<br/> Nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) is a recently developed method for dimensionality reduction, feature extraction, and data mining, etc. Currently, no NMF algorithm holds both satisfactory efficiency for applications and enough ease of use. To improve the applicability of NMF, we propose a new ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033004 (2009)] published Mon Aug 10, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033006/1&agg=rss Tsung-Han Tsai and Hsueh-Yi Lin<br/> Downscaling between various video sizes is an important field in transcoding, especially in the era of communication and consumer electronics. Architectures are proposed to offer the best strategy in downscaling. We combine an intra refresh mechanism with a partial encode architecture. A new intra r ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033006 (2009)] published Fri Aug 7, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033005/1&agg=rss Shantanu Banik, Rangaraj M. Rangayyan, Graham S. Boag et al.<br/> Identification, localization, and segmentation of the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic organs are important steps in computer-aided diagnosis, treatment planning, landmarking, and content-based retrieval of biomedical images. In this context, to aid the identification of the lower abdominal organs, t ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033005 (2009)] published Fri Jul 24, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JEI/18/033002/1&agg=rss Ibrahim F. Elashry, Osama S. Farag Allah, Alaa M. Abbas et al.<br/> This paper presents a new homomorphic image cryptosystem. The idea of this system is based on encrypting the reflectance component after the homomorphic transform and embedding the illumination component as a least significant bit watermark into the encrypted reflectance component. A comparison stud ... [J. Electron. Imaging 18, 033002 (2009)] published Tue Jul 14, 2009.