This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Image and Signal Processing, ICISP 2008, held in Cherbourg-Octeville, France, in July 2008. The 48 revised full papers and 22 revised poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 193 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on image filtering, image segmentation, computer vision, feature extraction, pattern recognition, graph-based representations, motion detection and estimation, new interfaces, document processing, and signal processing.

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Image Filtering.- Discrete Pulse Transform of Images.- Constrained Unsharp Masking for Image Enhancement.- Discrete Wavelet Diffusion for Image Denoising.- Dynamic Color Texture Modeling and Color Video Decomposition Using Bounded Variation and Oscillatory Functions.- Reinstating Floyd-Steinberg: Improved Metrics for Quality Assessment of Error Diffusion Algorithms.- A Neuro Fuzzy Model for Image Compression in Wavelet Domain.- Image Segmentation.- A People Counting System Based on Dense and Close Stereovision.- Topology-Preserving Discrete Deformable Model: Application to Multi-segmentation of Brain MRI.- A Real Time Human Detection System Based on Far Infrared Vision.- Computer Vision.- Uniqueness Filtering for Local Feature Descriptors in Urban Building Recognition.- Dynamic Human Fatigue Detection Using Feature-Level Fusion.- Real Time Monocular Depth from Defocus.- Dynamic Skin Detection in Color Images for Sign Language Recognition.- Depth Estimation by Finding Best Focused Points Using Line Fitting.- Improved Phase Correlation Matching.- A New Approach to Estimate Fractal Dimension of Texture Images.- Biomedical Applications.- Digital Signal Processing Techniques for Gene Finding in Eukaryotes.- A CAD System for Long-Bone Segmentation and Fracture Detection.- Comparison of Image Restoration Methods for Bioluminescence Imaging.- Texture-Based Multiscale Segmentation: Application to Stromal Compartment Characterization on Ovarian Carcinoma Virtual Slides.- Combination of Image Registration Algorithms for Patient Alignement in Proton Beam Therapy.- Speech Signal Processing Based on Wavelets and SVM for Vocal Tract Pathology Detection.- Feature Extraction.- Pair Correlation Integral for Fractal Characterization of Three-Dimensional Histograms from Color Images.- Accelerating Integral Histograms Using an Adaptive Approach.- Volume Estimation of Small Particles Using Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from Multiple Views.- A Multivariate Hit-or-Miss Transform for Conjoint Spatial and Spectral Template Matching.- Blur Insensitive Texture Classification Using Local Phase Quantization.- An Algorithm to Determine the Chromaticity Under Non-uniform Illuminant.- Transients Detection in the Time-Scale Domain.- SIFT Based Ball Recognition in Soccer Images.- Evaluation Protocol for Localization Metrics.- Pattern Recognition.- Classification of Proteomic Signals by Block Kriging Error Matching.- Grip-Pattern Recognition in Smart Gun Based on Likelihood-Ratio Classifier and Support Vector Machine.- Chirplet Transform Applied to Simulated and Real Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Calls.- Illumination Invariant Face Recognition under Various Facial Expressions and Occlusions.- A Version of the FastICA Algorithm Based on the Secant Method Combined with Simple Iterations Method.- SVM-Based Face Recognition Using Genetic Search for Frequency-Feature Subset Selection.- Graph-Based Representations.- A Path Following Algorithm for Graph Matching.- Statistically Valid Graph Representations of Scale-Space Geometry.- Hierarchical Matching Using Combinatorial Pyramid Framework.- Motion Detection and Estimation.- Multi-cue Facial Feature Detection and Tracking.- Body Language Based Individual Identification in Video Using Gait and Actions.- Human Hand Gesture Recognition Using Motion Orientation Histogram for Interaction of Handicapped Persons with Computer.- 3D Human Motion Reconstruction Using Video Processing.- New Interfaces.- Personal Recognition Using Single-Sensor Multimodal Hand Biometrics.- Face Tracking for Spatially Aware Mobile User Interfaces.- Markerless Augmented Reality Using Image Mosaics.- Retracted: A Novel Text-Independent Speaker Verification System Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm.- Image Retrieval: Color and Texture Combining Based on Query-Image.- Markerless Outdoor Localisation Based on SIFT Descriptors for Mobile Applications.- Document Processing.- Off-Line Arabic Handwritten Characters Recognition Based on a HiddenMarkov Models.- Watermarking Based on the Density Coefficients of Faber-Schauder Wavelets.- Arabic Handwritten Characters Classification Using Learning Vector Quantization Algorithm.- A Complete Pyramidal Geometrical Scheme for Text Based Image Description and Retrieval.- Local Orientation Extraction for Wordspotting in Syriac Manuscripts.- Signal Processing.- A Procedure for Efficient Generation of 1/f ? Noise Sequences.- Design and Implementation of an Image CoProcessor.- Wavelet-Packet Identification of Dynamic Systems with Coloured Measurement Noise.- Comparison of the Cross Deleted Wigner Representation and the Matching Pursuit Distribution (Via Adaptive Signal Decomposition).- Mean Weight Behavior of Coupled LMS Adaptive Systems Applied to Acoustic Feedback Cancellation in Hearing Aids.- Sound Localization Based on Excitation Source Information for Intelligent Home Service Robots.- Voicing Detection in Noisy Speech Signal.- Coherent Synchronization of a Chaotic Communication System Based on a QAM-4 Transmitter.- Joint Multiple Target Tracking and Classification Using Controlled Based Cheap JPDA-Multiple Model Particle Filter in Cluttered Environment.- Correlation, Independance and Inverse Modeling.- A New Approach for Reducing Embedding Noise in Multiple Bit Plane Steganography.- Region-Based Wavelet-Packet Adaptive Algorithm for Sparse Response Identification.- Simulation Method of SAR Raw Echo for Urban Scene.- Underwater Passive Location Technology Using Dummy Time-Reversal Mirror.- Multifractal Analysis on the Sphere.- Erratum.- Erratum: A Novel Text-Independent Speaker Verification System Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm.