Volume 2

December 2011, Volume 2, Number 4

Post-Segmentation Approach for Lossless Region of Interest Coding
Ji Hyun Lee1 and Jung H. Kim2, 1Tuskegee University, USA and 2NC A&T University, USA

Improvement of Anomaly Detection Algorithms in Hyperspectral Images Using Discrete Wavelet Transform
Mohsen Zare Baghbidi1, Kamal Jamshidi1, Ahmad Reza Naghsh Nilchi1 and Saeid Homayouni2, 1University of Isfahan,
Isfahan, Iran and 2University of Tehran, Iran

High Quality Arabic Concatenative Speech Synthesis
Abdelkader Chabchoub and Adnan Cherif, Signal Processing Laboratory, Tunisia

Detection and Removal of Non-Responsive Channels and Trials in Evoked Potentials Using Median Test
V. Adinarayana Reddy1, P. Chandra Sekhar Reddy2, G. Hemalatha3, B. Anuradha4 and T. Jaya Chandra Prasad5,
1RVP Engineering College for Women, India, 2JNTUH, India, 3KSRM College of Engineering, India,
4SVU College of Engineering, India and 5RGM College of Engineering & Technology, India

Adaptive Noise Reduction Scheme for Salt and Pepper
Tina Gebreyohannes and Dong-Yoon Kim, Ajou University, South Korea

Detection of Erythemato-Squamous Diseases Using AR-CatfishBPSO-KSVM
Davar Giveki1, Hamid Salimi2, Amir Akhavan Bitaraf3 and Youunes Khademian4, 1University of Ayatollah Boroujerdi,
Iran, 2University Tehran, Iran, 3Sama Collage of Boroujerd, Iran and 4Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran

Design and Development of Forest Fire Management System
S. Sridhar, Annam Zulfigar and Paramathma Senguttuvan, Anna University - Chennai, India

R-Tree Implementation of Image Databases
Chandresh Pratap Singh, JUIT, India

Comparative Analysis of Vowels, Diphthongs and Glides of Sindhi
Ayaz Keerio, Lachhman Das Dhomeja, Asad Ali Shaikh and Yasir Arfat Malkani, University of Sindh, Pakistan

Blind Image Seperation Using Forward Difference Method (FDM)
Jyothirmayi M, Elavaar Kuzhali S and S Sethu Selvi, M. S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, India

Speech Enhancement for Nonstationary Noise Environments
Sandhya Hawaldar and Manasi Dixit, Shivaji University, India

Feature Extraction for Image Classification and Analysis with Ant Colony Optimization Using Fuzzy Logic Approach
Subba Rao Katteda1, C Naga Raju2 and Maddala Lakshmi Bai1, 1St. Ann's College of Engineering and Technology, India
and 2LBR College of Engineering, India

Data Driven Choice of Threshold in Cepstrum Based Spectrum Estimate
M. Venakatanarayana1 and T. Jayachandra Prasad2, 1KSRMCE, India and 2RGMCET, India

Linear and Non-Linear Feature Extraction Algorithms for Lunar Images
Tamililakkiya.V, Vani K, Lavanya A and Anto Micheal, College of Engineering Guindy, India

Image Filtering Using all Neighbor Directional Weighted Pixels: Optimization Using Particle Swarm Optimization
J. K. Mandal and Somnath Mukhopadhyay, University of Kalyani, India

Steganalysis Using Colour Model Conversion
P. Thiyagarajan, G. Aghila and V. Prasanna Venkatesan, Pondicherry University, India

Image Information Retrieval From Incomplete Queries Using Color and Shape Features
Bikesh Kumar Singh, A. S. Thoke, Keshri Verma and Ankita Chandrakar, N.I.T Raipur, India

Implementing Cepstral Filtering Technique Using Gabor Filters to Find Stereoscopic Disparity
Sheena Sharma, Harshit Agarwal and C. M. Markan, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India

Comparative Study of Triangulation Based and Feature Based Image Morphing
Bhumika G. Bhatt, VBTIT&RC, India

September 2011, Volume 2, Number 3

Foliage Plant Retrieval Using Polar Fourier Transform, Color Moments and Vein Features
Abdul Kadir, Lukito Edi Nugroho, Adhi Susanto and Paulus Insap Santosa, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Face Detection and Recognition Using Back Propagation Neural Network and Fourier Gabor Filters
Anissa Bouzalmat, Naouar Belghini, Arsalane Zarghili and Jamal Kharroubi, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University,
Morocco

Combination of Local Descriptors and Global Features for Leaf Recognition
Maliheh Shabanzade1, Morteza Zahedi1 and Seyyed Amin Aghvami2, 1Shahrood University of Technology, Iran and
2Afarinesh University of Applied Science and Technology, Iran

An Unique Edge Preserving Noise Filtering Technique for Impulse Noise Removal
Kartik Sau1, Amitabha Chanda2 and Pabitra Karmakar3, 1Budge Budge Institute of Technology, India, 2University of
Calcutta, India and 3Institute of Engineering and Management, India

Introducing New Parameters to Compare the Accuracy and Reliability of Mean-Shift Based Tracking Algorithms
S. A. Mohammadi and M. R. Mahzoun, IHU University, Iran

Fault Tolerant Matrix Pencil Method for Direction of Arrival Estimation
Yerriswamy T and S. N. Jagadeesha, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India

A Face Recognition Scheme Using Wavelet Based Dominant Features
Hafiz Imtiaz and Shaikh Anowarul Fattah, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

Maxillofacial Pathology Detection Using an Extended a Contrario Approach Combined with Fuzzy Logic
Nedra Nefzi and Nawres Khlifa, University of Tunis ElManar-Tunisia

Feature Based watermarking algorithm for Image Authentication using D4 Wavelet Transform
Kartik Sau1, Amitabha Chanda2 and Milan Pal3,1Budge Budge Institute of technology, India, 2University of Calcutta,
India and 3Institute of Engineering and Management, India

Signal Processing of Radar Echoes Using Wavelets and Hilbert Huang Transform
N. Padmaja1, S. Varadarajan2 and R. Swathi3,1Chadalawada Ramanamma Engineering College, India, 2S. V. University
College of Engineering, India and 3IIT- Kharagpur, India

An Efficient Approach Towards Mitigating Soft Errors Risks
Muhammad Sheikh Sadi1, Md. Mizanur Rahman Khan1, Md. Nazim Uddin1 and Jan Jurjens2, 1Khulna University of
Engineering and Technology (KUET), Bangladesh and 2TU Dortmund, Germany

A Smart Camera Processing Pipeline for Image Applications Utilizing Marching Pixels
Michael Schmidt1, Marc Reichenbach1, Andreas Loos2 and Dietmar Fey1, 1Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany
and 2TES Electronic Solutions GmbH, Germany

A Wavelet Based Hybrid SVD Algorithm for Digital Image Watermarking
S. Ramakrishnan, T. Gopalakrishnan and K. Balasamy, Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, India

Semi-Supervised Method of Multiple Object Segmentation with a Region Labeling and Flood Fill
Uday Pratap Singh1, Kanak Saxena2 and Sanjeev Jain3, 1Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, India,2Samrat Ashok
Technological Institute, India and 3Madhav Institute of Technology & Science, India

June 2011, Volume 2, Number 2

Vehicle Tracking Using Kalman Filter and Features
Amir Salarpour1, Arezoo Salarpour2, Mahmoud Fathi2 and MirHossein Dezfoulian1, 1BuAliSina University, Iran and
2Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran

Sinusoidal Function for Population Size in Quantum Evolutionary Algorithm and its Application in Fractal Image
Compression

Ali Nodehi1, Amin Qorbani1 and Saeed Nodehi2, 1Islamic Azad University, Iran and 2Mirdamad University, Iran

Estimation of Severity of Speech Disability Through Speech Envelope
Anandthirtha B. Gudi1, H. K. Shreedhar1 and H. C. Nagaraj2, 1Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College of Engineering
(SBMJCE), India and 2Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT), India

Digital Audio Watermarking Using Psychoacoustic Model and CDMA Modulation
Wahid Barkouti, Lotfi Salhi and Adnan Cherif, Manar University, Tunisia

An Effective Approach for Chinese Speech Recognition on Small Size of Vocabulary
Feng-Long Huang, National United University, Taiwan

Speaker Identification
Arundhati S. Mehendale and M. R. Dixit, K.I.T.'s College of Engineering, India

Anterior Osteophyte Identification in Cervical Vertebrae
A. T. Chougale and N. B. Sambre, K.I.T.'s College of Engineering, India

External Force for Deformable Models in Medical Image Segmentation: A Survey
Basavaraj Amarapur and P. K. Kulkarni, Poojya Doddappa Appa College of Engineering, India

Extracting Text From Video
Jayshree Ghorpade, Raviraj Palvankar, Ajinkya Patankar and Snehal Rathi, MIT COE, India

Application of Gammachirp Auditory Filter as a Continuous Wavelet Analysis
Lotfi Salhi and Kais Ouni, University of Tunis, Tunisia

A Secure and Robust CDMA Digital Image Watermarking Algorithm Based on DWT2, YIQ Color Space and Arnold
Transform

Mehdi Khalili, National Academy of Science, Armenia

A Modified Algorithm for Thresholding and Detection of Facial Information From Color Images Using Color Centroid Segmentation and Contourlet Transform
Sunish Kumar O S and Akash G Kamal, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, India

Review of Motion Estimation and Video Stabilization Techniques for Hand Held Mobile Video
Paresh Rawat1 and Jyoti Singhai2, 1TRUBA I.E.I.T, India and 2MANIT, India

Digital Signature and Watermark Methods for Image Authentication Using Cryptography Analysis
M. Sreerama Murty, D. Veeraiah and A. Srinivas Rao, Sai Spurthi Institute of Technology, India

Topographic Feature Extraction for Bengali and Hindi Character Images
Soumen Bag and Gaurav Harit, Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, India

March 2011, Volume 2, Number 1

Curriculum Development of an Audio Processing Laboratory Course
Buket D. Barkana, University of Bridgeport, USA

The Design of Reduced Order Controllers for the Stabilization of Large Scale Linear Discrete-Time Control Systems
Sundarapandian Vaidyanathan and Kavitha Madhavan, Vel Tech Dr. RR & Dr. SR Technical University, India

Ubiquitous Positioning: A Taxonomy for Location Determination on Mobile Navigation System
Wan Mohd Yaakob Wan Bejuri, Mohd Murtadha Mohamad and Maimunah Sapri, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

A Frequency Domain Approach to Protein Sequence Similarity Analysis and Functional Classification
Anu Sabarish. R and Tessamma Thomas, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India

Image Encryption Using Differential Evolution Approach in Frequency Domain
Ibrahim S I Abuhaiba and Maaly A S Hassan, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine

Image Interpolation Using 5/3 Lifting Scheme Approach
P. Ashok Babu1 and K. V. S. V. R Prasad2, 1NREC, India and 2D. M. S. S. V. H. College of Engineering, India

Study and Analysis of Impulse Noise Reduction Filters
Geoffrine Judith M. C and N. Kumarasabapathy, Anna University of Technology -Tirunelveli, India

Efficient CBIR Using Color Histogram Processing
Neetu Sharma S1, Paresh Rawat S1 and Jaikaran Singh S2, 1Truba Institute of Engineering and Information Technology,
India and 2Sri Satya Sai Institute of Science and Technology, India

Significance of Complex Group Delay Functions in Spectrum Estimation
K. Nagi Reddy1, S. Narayana Reddy2 and A. S. R. Reddy3, 1N. B. K. R Institute of Science and Technology, India,
2S V U College of Engineering, India and 3Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology, India

Noise Reduction Using Mel-Scale Spectral Subtraction with Perceptually Defined Subtraction Parameters -
A New Scheme

Ch. V. Rama Rao1, M. B. Rama Murthy2 and K. Srinivasa Rao3, 1Gudlavalleru Engineering College, India,
2Jayaprakash Narayan College of Engineering, India and 3TRR College of Engineering, India

Distributed Video Coding: CODEC Architecture and Implementation
Vijay Kumar Kodavalla1 and P. G. Krishna Mohan2, 1Wipro Technologies - Bangalore, India and 2JNTU College of
Engineering, India

Hybrid JPEG Compression Using Edge Based Segmentation
M. Mohamed Sathik1 , K. Senthamarai Kannan2 and Y. Jacob Vetha Raj2, 1Sadakathullah Appa College, India and
2Manonmanium Sundaranar University, India

A Contemporary Approach for ECG Signal Compression Using Wavelet Transforms
Pranob K Charles and Rajendra Prasad K, K. L University, India

New Palm Print Authentication System by Using Wavelet Based Method
Naidu Swathi1, Chemudu Satish1, Vaddi Seshu Satyanarayana1, Pillem Ramesh1, Hanuma kumar1, Naresh Bhuma1 and CH.Himabin du2, 1AGCET, India and 2QIS CET, India
Erratum:Due to a serious case of plagiarism this paper has been retracted.

Object Detection in Image Using Predator-Prey Optimization
Ankit Sharma1 and Nirbhowjap Singh2, 1SVITS, India and 2Thapar University, India