Visual Informatics: Bridging Research and Practice

1. Front Matter

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2. Keynotes

   1. Detecting Emotions from Connected Action Sequences

      • Daniel Bernhardt, Peter Robinson

      Pages 1-11

   2. High Performance Computing for Visualisation and Image Analysis

      • Heiko Schröder

      Pages 12-21

   3. CCTV Video Analytics: Recent Advances and Limitations

      • Sergio A. Velastin

      Pages 22-34

   4. Video Forgery and Special Effect Production

      • Timothy K. Shih, Joseph C. Tsai, Nick C. Tang, Shih-Ming Chang, Yaurice Y. Lin

      Pages 35-37

3. Virtual Technologies and Systems

   1. Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Using Active Shape Model

      • Wooi-Haw Tan, Rosli Besar

      Pages 38-49

   2. Hierarchical Approach for Fast and Efficient Collision Detection in Urban Simulation

      • Hamzah Asyrani Sulaiman, Abdullah Bade, Daut Daman, Norhaida Mohd. Suaib

      Pages 50-57

   3. Generating 3D Visual Expression Using Semantic Simplification Description Based on Logical Representation

      • A. K. Rabiah, T. M. T. Sembok, B. Z. Halimah

      Pages 58-65

   4. Optimal Discrete Wavelet Frames Features for Texture-Based Image Retrieval Applications

      • Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi

      Pages 66-77

   5. Design Architecture for IMPlayer as a Tool for Supporting Visual Education Presentation

      • Rustam Asnawi, Wan Fatimah Bt Wan Ahmad, Dayang Rohaya Bt Awang Rambli

      Pages 78-89

   6. Vision-Based Mobile Robot Navigation Using Image Processing and Cell Decomposition

      • Shahed Shojaeipour, Sallehuddin Mohamed Haris, Muhammad Ihsan Khairir

      Pages 90-96

   7. Automated Segmentation and Retrieval System for CT Head Images

      • Hau-Lee Tong, Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi, Ryoichi Komiya

      Pages 97-109

   8. Real-Time Object-Based Video Segmentation Using Colour Segmentation and Connected Component Labeling

      • U. L. Jau, C. S. Teh

      Pages 110-121

   9. Automatic Vertebral Fracture Assessment System (AVFAS) for Spinal Pathologies Diagnosis Based on Radiograph X-Ray Images

      • Aouache Mustapha, Aini Hussain, Salina Abd Samad, Hamzaini bin Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Kamal Ariffin

      Pages 122-135

   10. Quasi-Gaussian DCT Filter for Speckle Reduction of Ultrasound Images

       • Slamet Riyadi, Mohd. Marzuki Mustafa, Aini Hussain, Oteh Maskon, Ika Faizura Mohd. Noh

       Pages 136-147

   11. Additional Cues Derived from Three Dimensional Image Processing to Aid Customised Reconstruction for Medical Applications

       • Tan Su Tung, Alwin Kumar Rathinam, Yuwaraj Kumar, Zainal Ariff Abdul Rahman

       Pages 148-155

   12. A New Approach of Skull Fracture Detection in CT Brain Images

       • Wan Mimi Diyana Wan Zaki, Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi, Rosli Besar

       Pages 156-167

   13. Application of Information Visualization Techniques in Representing Patients’ Temporal Personal History Data

       • Shahrul Azman Noah, Suraya Yaakob, Suzana Shahar

       Pages 168-179

   14. Development of Total Knee Replacement Digital Templating Software

       • Siti Fairuz Yusof, Riza Sulaiman, Lee Thian Seng, Abdul Yazid Mohd. Kassim, Suhail Abdullah, Shahril Yusof et al.

       Pages 180-190

   15. Inter-frame Enhancement of Ultrasound Images Using Optical Flow

       • Balza Achmad, Mohd. Marzuki Mustafa, Aini Hussain

       Pages 191-201

Visual informatics is a field of interest not just among the information technology and computer science community, but also other related fields such as engineering, me- cal and health informatics and education starting in the early 1990s. Recently, the field is gaining more attention from researchers and industry. It has become a mul- disciplinary and trans-disciplinary field related to research areas such as computer vision, visualization, information visualization, real-time image processing, medical image processing, image information retrieval, virtual reality, augmented reality, - pressive visual mathematics, 3D graphics, multimedia-fusion, visual data mining, visual ontology, as well as services and visual culture. Various efforts has been - vested in different research, but operationally, many of these systems are not pro- nent in the mass market and thus knowledge and research on these phenomena within the mentioned areas need to be shared and disseminated. It is for this reason that the Visual Informatics Research Group from Universiti - bangsaan Malaysia (UKM) decided to spearhead this initiative to bring together experts in this very diversified but important research area so that more concerted efforts can be undertaken not just within the visual informatics community in Malaysia but from other parts of the world, namely, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and USA. This first International Visual Informatics Conference (IVIC 2009) was conducted collaboratively, by the visual informatics research community from the various public and private institutions of higher learning in Malaysia, and hosted by UKM.

• 3D modeling
• artificial neural network
• augmented reality
• biometrics
• classification
• clustering
• collaborative computing
• computer graphics
• courseware
• data visualization
• evolutionary algorithms
• filtering
• health information syste
• simulation
• visualization
• algorithm analysis and problem complexity

• Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

  Halimah Badioze Zaman

• Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  Peter Robinson

• Communications and Signal Processing Group, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Imperial College, London, UK

  Maria Petrou

• School of Computing Science, Culture Lab, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  Patrick Olivier

• School of Computer Science and Information Technology, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

  Heiko Schröder

• Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamkang University,, Taiwan

  Timothy K. Shih

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