ICIAR 2005, the International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, was the second ICIAR conference, and was held in Toronto, Canada. ICIAR is organized annually, and alternates between Europe and North America. ICIAR 2004 was held in Porto, Portugal. The idea of o?ering these conferences came as a result of discussion between researchers in Portugal and Canada to encourage collaboration and exchange, mainly between these two countries, but also with the open participation of other countries, addressing recent advances in theory, methodology and applications. TheresponsetothecallforpapersforICIAR2005wasencouraging.From295 full papers submitted, 153 were ?nally accepted (80 oral presentations, and 73 posters). The review process was carried out by the Program Committee m- bersandotherreviewers;allareexpertsinvariousimageanalysisandrecognition areas. Each paper was reviewed by at least two reviewers, and also checked by the conference co-chairs. The high quality of the papers in these proceedings is attributed ?rst to the authors,and second to the quality of the reviews provided by the experts. We would like to thank the authors for responding to our call, andwewholeheartedlythankthe reviewersfor theirexcellentwork,andfortheir timely response. It is this collective e?ort that resulted in the strong conference program and high-quality proceedings in your hands.

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Image Segmentation.- Localization Scale Selection for Scale-Space Segmentation.- Image Segmentation for the Application of the Neugebauer Colour Prediction Model on Inkjet Printed Ceramic Tiles.- FCM with Spatial and Multiresolution Constraints for Image Segmentation.- Combined Color and Texture Segmentation Based on Fibonacci Lattice Sampling and Mean Shift.- Unsupervised Image Segmentation Using Contourlet Domain Hidden Markov Trees Model.- A Novel Color C-V Method and Its Application.- SAR Image Segmentation Using Kernel Based Spatial FCM.- Segmentation of Nanocolumnar Crystals from Microscopic Images.- Image and Video Processing and Analysis.- Mutual Information-Based Methods to Improve Local Region-of-Interest Image Registration.- Image Denoising Using Complex Wavelets and Markov Prior Models.- A New Vector Median Filter Based on Fuzzy Metrics.- Image Denoising Using Neighbor and Level Dependency.- Time Oriented Video Summarization.- Shadow Removal in Gradient Domain.- Efficient Global Weighted Least-Squares Translation Registration in the Frequency Domain.- Isotropic Blur Identification for Fully Digital Auto-focusing.- Edge Detection Models.- Video Stabilization Using Kalman Filter and Phase Correlation Matching.- Wavelet Image Denoising Using Localized Thresholding Operators.- Type-2 Fuzzy Image Enhancement.- A Multi-level Framework for Video Shot Structuring.- All-in-Focus Imaging Using a Series of Images on Different Focal Planes.- Skew Estimation and Correction for Form Documents Using Wavelet Decomposition.- Scalable e-Learning Multimedia Adaptation Architecture.- Highlight Detection and Removal Based on Chromaticity.- Digital Video Scrambling Using Motion Vector and Slice Relocation.- Weighted Information Entropy: A Method for Estimating the Complex Degree of Infrared Images' Backgrounds.- Neural Network Adaptive Switching Median Filter for the Restoration of Impulse Noise Corrupted Images.- A Shot Boundary Detection Method for News Video Based on Rough Sets and Fuzzy Clustering.- Image Enhancement via Fusion Based on Laplacian Pyramid Directional Filter Banks.- Wavelet-Based Methods for Improving Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Phase Images.- Image Evaluation Factors.- Monoscale Dual Ridgelet Frame.- Description Selection Scheme for Intermediate Frame Based Multiple Description Video Streaming.- Background Removal of Document Images Acquired Using Portable Digital Cameras.- Comparison of the Image Distortion Correction Methods for an X-Ray Digital Tomosynthesis System.- Image and Video Coding.- An Efficient Video Watermarking Scheme Using Adaptive Threshold and Minimum Modification on Motion Vectors.- Lossless Compression of Correlated Images/Data with Low Complexity Encoder Using Distributed Source Coding Techniques.- Automatically Detecting Symmetries in Decorative Tiles.- A Fast Video Mixing Method for Multiparty Video Conference.- Grayscale Two-Dimensional Lempel-Ziv Encoding.- Unequal Error Protection Using Convolutional Codes for PCA-Coded Images.- Design of Tree Filter Algorithm for Random Number Generator in Crypto Module.- Layer Based Multiple Description Packetized Coding.- Extended Application of Scalable Video Coding Methods.- Accelerated Motion Estimation of H.264 on Imagine Stream Processor.- MPEG-2 Test Stream with Static Test Patterns in DTV System.- Speed Optimization of a MPEG-4 Software Decoder Based on ARM Family Cores.- Shape and Matching.- Marrying Level Lines for Stereo or Motion.- Envelope Detection of Multi-object Shapes.- Affine Invariant, Model-Based Object Recognition Using Robust Metrics and Bayesian Statistics.- Efficient Multiscale Shape-Based Representation and Retrieval.- Robust Matching Area Selection for Terrain Matching Using Level Set Method.- Shape Similarity Measurement for Boundary Based Features.- Image Description and Recognition.- Image Deformation Using Velocity Fields: An Exact Solution.- Estimating the Natural Number of Classes on Hierarchically Clustered Multi-spectral Images.- Image Space I 3 and Eigen Curvature for Illumination Insensitive Face Detection.- Object Shape Extraction Based on the Piecewise Linear Skeletal Representation.- A Generic Shape Matching with Anchoring of Knowledge Primitives of Object Ontology.- Statistical Object Recognition Including Color Modeling.- Determining Multiscale Image Feature Angles from Complex Wavelet Phases.- Cylinder Rotational Orientation Based on Circle Detection.- Lip Reading Based on Sampled Active Contour Model.- Fast Viseme Recognition for Talking Head Application.- Image Analysis by Discrete Orthogonal Hahn Moments.- On Object Classification: Artificial vs. Natural.- Recognition of Passports Using a Hybrid Intelligent System.- Description of Digital Images by Region-Based Contour Trees.- Compressing 2-D Shapes Using Concavity Trees.- Image Retrieval and Indexing.- Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Perceptual Shape Features.- Compressed Telesurveillance Video Database Retrieval Using Fuzzy Classification System.- Machine-Learning-Based Image Categorization.- Improving Shape-Based CBIR for Natural Image Content Using a Modified GFD.- Probabilistic Similarity Measures in Image Databases with SVM Based Categorization and Relevance Feedback.- 3D Imaging.- 3D Geometry Reconstruction from a Stereoscopic Video Sequence.- Three-Dimensional Planar Profile Registration in 3D Scanning.- Text-Pose Estimation in 3D Using Edge-Direction Distributions.- A Neural Network-Based Algorithm for 3D Multispectral Scanning Applied to Multimedia.- A Novel Stereo Matching Method for Wide Disparity Range Detection.- Three-Dimensional Structure Detection from Anisotropic Alpha-Shapes.- Morphology.- A Morphological Edge Detector for Gray-Level Image Thresholding.- Vector Morphological Operators for Colour Images.- Decomposition of 3D Convex Structuring Element in Morphological Operation for Parallel Processing Architectures.- Colour Analysis.- Soft-Switching Adaptive Technique of Impulsive Noise Removal in Color Images.- Color Indexing by Nonparametric Statistics.- High Order Extrapolation Using Taylor Series for Color Filter Array Demosaicing.- Adaptive Colorimetric Characterization of Digital Camera with White Balance.- A New Color Constancy Algorithm Based on the Histogram of Feasible Mappings.- A Comparative Study of Skin-Color Models.- Texture Analysis.- Hermite Filter-Based Texture Analysis with Application to Handwriting Document Indexing.- Rotation-Invariant Texture Classification Using Steerable Gabor Filter Bank.- Multiresolution Histograms for SVM-Based Texture Classification.- …