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JACIII Vol.14 No.2 Mar. 2010

Advances on Intelligent Multimedia Processing

Guest Editor : Kazuhiko Kawamoto (Associate Professor, Institute of Media and Information Technology, Chiba University, Japan)

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Editorial:

Special Issue on Advances on Intelligent Multimedia Processing

Kazuhiko Kawamoto, pp. 121

As computer and sensor technology advances make increasing amounts of multimedia data available, multimedia processing methodologies are needed for multimodal data fusion, efficient data processing, information extraction, and added-value data generation.

This special issue introduces the following latest practical developments in image processing, acoustical signal processing, pattern recognition, data mining, and visualization:

S. Kobashi et al. propose a robust algorithm for reconstructing total knee arthroplasty implants from X-ray cone-beam images. Y. Hatakeyama et al. propose an algorithm for classifying ultrasonic abdominal images with the help of reports in text format. T. Miyazaki et al. analyze breathy and rough speech by the elderly. M. Nii et al. present a genetic algorithm for classifying nursing-care text. These papers provide useful insights into medical diagnosis and nursing care in the aging society coming to dominate 21st century.

T. Toyota et al. visualize Japanese law networks based on granular computing. K. Sawase et al. present a management system for large databases of tagged images. These graphical user interface techniques will be helpful to those who are not computer experts.

H. Kawano et al. propose a classification algorithm for segmenting range data into multiple quadric surfaces. Y. Arai et al. propose a nearest-neighbor method for personal authentication. H. Kawano et al. present an algorithm for extracting the structure of decorative characters based on graph spectral decomposition. These classification and discriminant algorithms provide a basis for multimedia data processing.

G. Tanaka et al. propose a color transfer algorithm. H. Orii et al. present an image completion algorithm. G. Tanaka et al. present an image enhancement algorithm to noisy images. M. Mizumachi et al. propose a stochastic algorithm for estimating sound source direction. These image and acoustical processing algorithms improve the quality of digital data and will provide new applications in these areas.

We thank the authors and referees whose invaluable work and kind comments have made this special issue possible and improved overall paper quality.

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Paper:

Fuzzy Visual Hull Algorithm for Three-Dimensional Shape Reconstruction of TKA Implants
from X-Ray Cone-Beam Images

Syoji Kobashi, Nao Shibanuma, and Yutaka Hata, pp. 122-127

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A Classification Algorithm of Abdominal Ultrasound Images in Medical Practice for Secondary Uses

Yutaka Hatakeyama, Hiromi Kataoka, Noriaki Nakajima, Teruaki Watabe, and Yoshiyasu Okuhara, pp. 128-134

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Acoustic Analysis of Breathy and Rough Voice Characterizing Elderly Speech

Takeshi Miyazaki, Mitsunori Mizumachi, and Katsuyuki Niyada, pp. 135-141

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Improving Classification Performance
of Nursing-Care TextClassification System by Using GA-Based Term Selection

Manabu Nii, Takafumi Yamaguchi, Yutaka Takahashi, Atsuko Uchinuno, and Reiko Sakashita, pp. 142-149

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Analysis and Visualization of Japanese Law Networks Based on Granular Computing
– Visual Law: Visualization System of Japanese Law –

Tetsuya Toyota and Hajime Nobuhara, pp. 150-154

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Management System for Tagged Image Databases Using Lattice Structures

Kazuhito Sawase and Hajime Nobuhara, pp. 155-159

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Fuzzy-Clustering-Based Discriminant Method of Multiple Quadric Surfaces for Noisy and Sparse Range Data

Hideaki Kawano, Hiroshi Maeda, and Norikazu Ikoma, pp. 160-166

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Fuzzy few-Nearest Neighbor Method with a Few Samples for Personal Authentication

Yoshinori Arai, Nguyen Thi Huong Lien, Kazuma Ishigaki, Hiroyuki Satoh, Teruhiko Hayashi, Fangyan Dong, and Kaoru Hirota, pp. 167-178

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Structure Extraction from Decorated Characters
by Graph Spectral Decomposition and Component Selection Criterion

Hideaki Kawano, Akito Shimamura, Hiroshi Maeda, Hideaki Orii, and Norikazu Ikoma, pp. 179-184

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Color Transfer Based on Normalized Cumulative Hue Histograms

Go Tanaka, Noriaki Suetake, and Eiji Uchino, pp. 185-192

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Image Completion Considering Local Orientations of Rotated Patterns

Hideaki Orii, Hideaki Kawano, Hiroshi Maeda, and Norikazu Ikoma, pp. 193-199

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Image Enhancement Based on Nonlinear Smoothing and Sharpening for Noisy Images

Go Tanaka, Noriaki Suetake, and Eiji Uchino, pp. 200-207

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Robust Estimation of Sound Source Direction
with DeterministicBackground Noise and Stochastic Source Dynamics Models

Mitsunori Mizumachi and Katsuyuki Niyada, pp. 208-213

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Regular Papers

Paper:

An Evolutionary Negotiation Model Using Genetic Network Programming

Md. Tofazzal Hossain, Shingo Mabu, and Kotaro Hirasawa, pp. 215-223

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Replacement of Lyapunov Function by Locally Convergent Robust Fixed Point Transformations
in Model-Based Control a Brief Summary

József K. Tar, pp. 224-236

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