PICS 2001: Image Processing, Image Quality, Image Capture Systems Conference

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
April 2001 , Volume 4 
ISBN / ISSN: 0-89208-232-1
428 pages

© 2001 The Society for Imaging Science and Technology

The following papers are included in this publication. 

Plenary Session

• Technology Trends Pointing to Growth in Imaging
  James Stoffel; Eastman Kodak Company ( Rochester, New York) pages 1-1.
• The Evolution of Electronic Photography
  Carver Mead; Caltech (Pasadena, California) pages 2-2.
• Imaging at the MIT Media Laboratory
  V. Michael Bove, Jr.; MIT Media Laboratory (Cambridge, MA) pages 3-3.

Image Perception

• Discriminating Material From Illumination Changes in Complex Scenes
  Fred Kingdom and Reza Kasrai; McGill Vision Research Unit (Montreal, PQ, Canada) pages 5-8.
• Gestalt Vision Experiments from an Image Processing Perspective 
  John J. McCann; McCann Imaging (Belmont, MA) pages 9-14.
• What Do Complex Backgrounds Integrate To?
  Sze M. M. Lee and Ján Morovic; Colour & Imaging Institute, University of Derby (Derby, United Kingdom) pages 15-18.

3-D Imaging

• Autostereoscopic Photos - Old and New
  Stephen A. Benton; Spatial Imaging Group, MIT Media Lab pages 19-21.
• Personalized Hologram
  Nobuhiro Kihara and Akira Shirakura; Sony Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) pages 22-25.
• Scalable Digital Holographic Displays
  Michael A. Klug; Zebra Imaging, Inc. (Austin, TX) pages 26-32.

Digital Photofinishing & Printing I

• Modelling Light Fading of Hard Copy Media
  Ralph E. Jacobson and Arthur E. Saunders; Imaging Technology Research Group, University of Westminster (UK) *Visiting Researcher, Exchequer Printing pty pages 33-38.
• Special Aspects of Quality Control and Color Management in an Ink Jet Minilab
  Armin Kuendig; Gretag The Imaging Company (Regensdorf, Switzerland)pages 39-41.
• Border Enhanced Screening Technology (BEST)
  Hwai-Tzuu Tai and Yee Ng; NexPress Solutions LLC (Rochester, New York)pages 42-45.
• Inkjet Printing System for Textile Using Hi-fi Colors 
  Po-Chieh Hung, Taku Mitsuhashi* and Takashi Saito*; Central Research Laboratory, Konica Corporation *Ink-jet Business Development Department, Konica Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) pages 46-50.

Digital Photofinishing & Printing II

• Multilevel Halftoning using Bilevel Quantization
  Faraz Faheem, Daniel L. Lau, Gonzalo R. Arce; Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware (Newark, DE) pages 51-54.
• Color Image Processing in Fujifilm's Digital Imaging Services
  Akira Yoda, Fumito Takemoto, Akito Ohkubo, and Nobuyoshi Nakajima; Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Ashigarakami-gun, Kanagawa, Japan) pages 55-58.
• Penetrating Ink and Halftone Reflectance
  Geoffrey Rogers; Fashion Institute of Technology/ SUNY (New York, NY pages 59-63.
• Influence of Light Scattering in Colorant Layers on Reflection Spectrum of Tertiary Color Images
  Osamu Ide; Research & Development Center, DPC, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. pages 64-67.

Hardcopy Image Quality I

• Dot Placement Analysis Using a Line Scan Camera and Rigid Body Rotation
  Yair Kipman and Kate Johnson; ImageXpert Inc. pages 68-71.
• Image Evaluation and Analysis of Ink Jet Printing System (II) - Measurement MTF of Paper by Micro-Digital Camera
  C. Koopipat*, N. Tsumura*, M. Fujino**, and Y. Miyake*; * Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan ** Seiko-Epson Corporation, Shiojiri, Japan pages 72-75.
• Color Calibration Techniques for Print Quality Measurements
  Wencheng Wu and Rene Rasmussen; Xerox Corporation (Webster, NY) pages 76-79.

Hardcopy Image Quality II

• Measurement of Electrophotographic Ghosting
  Paul Jeran and Norman Burningham; Hewlett Packard Company (Boise, ID)pages 80-83.
• Measuring Visual Threshold of Inkjet Banding
  Chengwu Cui, Dingcai Cao, Shaun Love; Lexmark International (Lexington, KY) pages 84-89.
• Measurement of Macro-uniformity: Streaks, Bands, Mottle and Chromatic Variations
  D. Rene Rasmussen, Edul N. Dalal and Kristen M. Natale-Hoffman; Xerox Corporation (Webster, NY) pages 90-95.
• Stochastic Moiré
  Daniel L. Lau, Arif Khan and Gonzalo R. Arce; Lau Imaging Technologies (Cambridge, MA) and Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware (Newark, DE) pages 96-100.

Image Quality: Psychometric Scaling

• Psychometric Scaling: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Hazards
  Peter G. Engeldrum; Imcotek (Winchester, MA) pages 101-107.
• Comparative Analysis of Bradley-Terry and Thurstone-Mosteller Paired Comparison Models for Image Quality Assessment
  John C. Handley; Xerox Corporation, Digital Imaging Technology Center (Webster, NY) pages 108-112.
• On the Repeatability of Paired Comparison Based Scaling Methods
  Chengwu Cui; Lexmark International, Inc. (Lexington, KY) pages 113-118.
• Visual Significance of Digital Artifacts
  K. MacLennan-Brown and R.E. Jacobson; University of Westminster, Imaging Technology Research Group (UK) pages 119-123.

Image Quality: Modeling and Metrics

• Image Processing Opportunities in Digital Photography
  Rodney Shaw; Hewlett Packard Research Laboratories (Palo Alto, CA) pages 124-127.
• The Virtual Image Chain: A Powerful Tool for the Evaluation of the Perceived Image Quality as a Function of Imaging System Parameters
  J. Jung#, R. Geelen*, D. Vandenbroucke*; Agfa-Gevaert A.G. (Leverkusen, Germany) and *Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (Mortsel, Belgium) pages 128-131.
• Distilling Noise Sources for Digital Image Capture
  Peter D. Burns and Don R. Williams; Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) pages 132-135.
• Influence of Resolution on Scanner Noise Perceptibility
  Gaurav Sharma and Keith Knox; Xerox Corporation (Webster, NY) pages 137-141.

Image Quality: Vision

• Subjective Evaluation of Retinal-Dependent Image Degradations
  Jian Yang, Terry Coia and Michael E. Miller; Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) pages 142-147.
• Color Image Fidelity Assessor
  Wencheng Wu, Zygmunt Pizlo and Jan P. Allebach; Xerox Corporation (Webster, NY), * Purdue University, Dept. of Psychological Sciences (W. Lafayette, IN), ** Purdue University, School of ECE (W. Lafayette, IN) pages 148-152.
• The Perceptual Impact of ATM Cell Loss Errors
  Philip Corriveau, Kathleen Myles, Philip Blanchfield, Gilles Gagnon, Ron Renaud, and André Vincent; Communications Research Centre (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) pages 153-159.

Multispectral, Library and Museum Imaging I

• A Simple Approach to Digitising a Photographic Collection
  S.Triantaphillidou and R.E. Jacobson; Imaging Technology Research Group, University of Westminster, UK pages 160-165.
• Developing Specifications for Archival Digital Still Images
  Franziska S. Frey and Stephen Chapman; Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY) and Harvard University Library (Cambridge, MA) pages 166-171.
• A Bookscanner for Fragile Books
  Steve Ready, Lars Swartz and Bob Street; Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (Palo Alto, CA) pages 172-176.
• Reduction of Bleed-Through in Scanned Manuscript Documents
  Eric Dubois and Anita Pathak; University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)pages 177-180.

Multispectral, Library and Museum Imaging II

• Evaluating the Effect of Varnishes on the Color and Spatial Image Quality of Paintings
  Roy S. Berns and René de la Rie*; RIT Center for Imaging Science (Rochester, NY) and *National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) pages 181-184.
• Multi-spectral Imaging of a van Gogh Painting at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
  Francisco H. Imai, Mitchell R. Rosen and Roy S. Berns; Munsell Color Science Laboratory, Rochester Institute of Technology pages 185-189.
• Improving Quality of Digital Images of Art in Museum Collections
  Alejandro Jaimes* and Fred Mintzer; Columbia University and *IBM TJ Watson Research Center pages 190-194.
• The Petra Scrolls
  Douglas M. Chabries, Steven W. Booras, Pierre Bikai, and Patricia Bikai; Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) pages 195-198.

Multispectral, Library and Museum Imaging III

• The Archimedes Palimpsest: Old Science Meets New Science
  William Noel; The Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, MD) pages 199-201.
• Imaging the Third Dimension of the Archimedes Palimpsest
  William A. Christens-Barry, Johanna R. Bernstein and Mark Blackburn; Johns Hopkins University, Equipoise Imaging LLC and Microcosm Inc. (Baltimore, MD, USA) pages 202-205.
• Multispectral Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest
  Keith Knox, Charles Dickinson, Lichao Wei, Roger Easton, Jr. and Robert Johnston; Xerox Corporateion and Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochster, NY) pages 206-210.
• Multispectral Imaging and Spectral Classification of Naj Tunich Pigments
  Gene A. Ware, James E. Brady and Curtis E. Martin; Brigham Young University (Provo,Utah), California State University at Los Angeles (Los Angeles,California) and United States Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs,Colorado) pages 211-214.
• The Herculaneum Scrolls
  Steven W. Booras and Douglas M. Chabries; Brigham Young University (Provo, UT) pages 215-218.

Adaptive Optics

• Adaptive Optics in Imaging
  Chris Dainty; Imperial College (London, UK) pages 219-221.
• Industrial Application of Adaptive Optics
  Martin Levine; Adaptive Optics Associates (Cambridge, MA) pages 222-222.

Digital Image Capture I

• Digital Photography: Towards Ultimate Performance
  Rodney Shaw; Hewlett Packard Research Labs (Palo Alto, CA) pages 223-226.
• Diagnostics for Digital Capture using MTF
  Don Williams and Peter Burns; Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY)pages 227-232.
• Partial Determination Non-Linear MTF via the Volterra and Wiener Theories of Non-Linear Systems.
  Robin Jenkin, Ralph Jacobson and N. Axford; University of Westminster (Harrow, UK) pages 233-238.

Digital Image Capture II

• Image Sampling with the Bayer Color Filter Array
  Russ Palum; Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) pages 239-245.
• Practical Camera Characterisation for Colour Measurement
  Michael R. Pointer, Geoffrey G. Attridge and Ralph E. Jacobson; Imaging Technology Research Group, University of Westminster (Harrow, UK) pages 246-251.
• Practical Scanner Tests Based on OECF and SFR Measurements
  Dietmar Wueller and Christian Loebich; Image Engineering Dietmar Wueller (Cologne, Germany) pages 252-256.
• Three Years of Practical Experience in Using ISO Standards for Testing Digital Still Cameras
  Christian Loebich and Dietmar Wueller; Image Engineering Dietmar Wueller (Cologne, Germany) pages 257-261.

Image Processing I

• Specification of Colorspace in JPEG 2000 Balances Flexibility with Interoperability
  J. Scott Houchin; Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) pages 262-266.
• On the Efficiency of the Wavelet Based Compression Techniques
  B. Smolka, M. Szlezak & K. Plataniotis, A. Venetsanopoulos; Silesian University of Technology and University of Toronto pages 267-270.
• Generating Scene-Referred Data in a Digital Still Camera
  L. R. Hanlon, P. M. Hubel and R. L. Baer; *Hewlett Packard Laboratories and **Agilent Laboratories (Palo Alto, CA pages 271-276.
• Fabrication Tolerance and Optimal Design of Spectral Sensitivities for Color Imaging Devices
  Shuxue Quan and Noboru Ohta; *Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY) and **Sony Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) pages 277-282.

Image Processing II

• Red Eye Removal using Digital Color Image Processing
  Jon Y. Hardeberg; Conexant Systems, Inc. (Redmond, WA) pages 283-287.
• Image-dependent Gamut Compression and Extension 
  Hiroaki Kotera, Toraji Mita, Chen Hung-Shing, and Ryoichi Saito; Chiba University (Chiba, Japan pages 288-292.
• Entropy-Based Dark Frame Subtraction
  Michael Goesele, Wolfgang Heidrich and Hans-Peter Seidel; *Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik (Saarbrüken, Germany) and the **University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) pages 293-298.
• Applying Mixed Adaptation to Various Chromatic Adaptation Transformation (CAT) Models
  Naoya Katoh and Kiyotaka Nakabayashi; PNC Development Center, Sony Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) pages 299-305.

Image Processing III

• Adaptive Visibility Improvement Method for Color Digital Image
  Shingo Ando, Satoko Imai and Masato Nakajima; Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University (Yokohama, Japan) pages 306-309.
• VLLCVD Subjective Image Fidelity Criteria and Its Application
  Day-Fann Shen; Yunlin University of Science and Technology (Douleo,Yunlin,Taiwan) pages 310-315.
• An Autosophy Image Content-Based Television System
  Klaus Holtz and Eric Holtz; Autosophy (San Francisco, CA) pages 316-319.
• High Quality MRC Document Coding
  Guotong Feng, Hui Cheng* and Charles A. Bouman; *Perdue University (West Lafayette, IN) and **Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, NJ) pages 320-325.

Poster Session

• Validation of Multiband Color Signatures
  Jerome R. Noss; The Boeing Company and Autometric, Inc. (Springfield, VA)pages 326-329.
• A Two-dimensional Adjustment Tool for Color Image Enhancement
  Pekka Laihanen; Helsinki University of Technology (Helsinki, Finland) pages 330-333.
• Implementation of Digital Still Camera ICC Profile Generator
  Yi-Ching Liao, Jyh-Jiun Lee, Chih-Yuan Yang; Opto-Electronics & Systems Laboratory, Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan) pages 334-338.
• Postprocessing Algorithm for Quantization Noise Reduction Using Block Classification and Adaptive Filtering
  Seung-Jin Lee, Sug-Hwan Lee, Seoug-Geun Kwon, Jong-Won Lee, Kuhn-Il Lee; Kyungpook National University (Taegu, Korea) pages 339-343.
• A New Wavelet-Based Digital Watermarking Using Human Visual System and Subband Adaptive Threshold
  In-Sung Ha, Seong-Geun Kwon, Seung-Jin Lee, Ki-Ryong Kwon, Kuhn-Il Lee; *Kyungpook National University (Taegu, Korea) and **Pusan University of Foreign Studies (Pusan, Korea) pages 344-348.
• Selective Multi-Resolution Motion Estimation Using Half-pixel Accuracy and Characteristics of Motion Vectors
  Seong Geun Kwon, Suk Hwan Lee, Seung Jin Lee, Jong Won Lee, In Sung Ha, Kuhn Il Lee; Kyungpook National University (Taegu, Korea) pages 349-353.
• A New Bocking Artifact Reduction Algorithm Using Adaptive Filter based on Classification of Block Boundary Area
  Jong Won Lee, Gun Woo Lee, Sug Hwan Lee, Seong Geun Kwon, Seung Jin Lee, Kuhn Il Lee; Kyungpook National University (Taegu, Korea) pages 354-358.
• Error Concealment Scheme for H.263 Coded Video Transmissions
  Dong-Hwan Choi, Sang-Hak Lee, Chan-Sik Hwang; *Kyungpook National University (Taegu, Korea) and** Dongyang University (Kyoungsangbukdo, Korea) pages 359-362.
• The Influence of Image Histograms on Cross-Media Colour Image Reproduction
  Pei-Li Sun, Ján Morovic; Colour & Imaging Institute, University of Derby (Derby, UK) pages 363-367.
• Evaluation of Image Quality on Reflective-type LCD ¯Calibration Based on the PCA¯
  T. Ishii*, N. Tamura*, N. Tsumura*, Y. Yoshida**, Y. Yamamoto**, Y. Miyake*; * Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University (Chiba, Japan) and ** LCD System Devices Development Center, SHARP Corporation pages 368-371.
• Application of SY JND Model to SPIHT LLCVD
  Day-Fann Shen, Jen-Hsing Sung; Yunlin University of Science and Technology (Yunlin, Taiwan) pages 372-375.
• Symmetric Key Encryption using Wavelet Transformation
  R.Srikumar, C.S.Malarvizhi; Anna Universit (Chennai, India) pages 376-376.
• Sharpness Enhancement through Spatial Frequency Decomposition
  Samira Bouzit, Lindsay MacDonald; Colour & Imaging Institute, University of Derby (Derby, UK) pages 377-381.
• The 'Two Steps" Skeleton - A New Morphological Algorithm for Image Representation
  N. D. Vizireanu, C. Pirnog, V. Lazarescu; University Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania (Bucharest, Romania) pages 382-386.
• Utilizing Flatbet Scanners to Measure Printer Motion Quality Error
  Michael Mongeon, Edul Dalal and Rene Rasmussen; Xerox Corporation (Rochester, NY) pages 387-391.
• Hi-volume Digital Photofinishing System Using Elcography® Technology
  Pierre Castegnier; Elcorsy Technology Inc pages 392-394.
• Framework of Trustworthy Digital Photo Management System
  Norishige Morimoto, Kohichi Kamijoh, Akio Koide; Tokyo Research Laboratory, IBM (Kanagawa, Japan) pages 395-398.
• Skin Color Based Lightness Correction Method for Digital Color Images
  Satoshi Semba, Masayoshi Shimizu, Shoji Suzuki; Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan) pages 399-402.
• ICC Profiles Compensating the Color Reproductions of Liquid Crystal Display Panel
  Yukio Okano and Nozomu Shiotani; Sharp Corporation (Yamatokoriyama, Nara, Japan) pages 403-406.
• Evaluation Method of Fatigue Caused by Video Data Terminal Operations
  Tetsuya Muraoka, Noboru Nakashima* and Hiroaki Ikeda**; *Gunma Polytechnic College (Gunma, Japan), **Politechnic University at Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) and ***Shizuoka University (retired) and Ikeda Technologies, Inc, (Tokyo, Japan) pages 407-411.
• Algorithm for Improving the Performance of JPEG Image Coding
  Demin Wang; Communications Research Centre of Canada (Ottawa, Canada)pages 412-415.
• A Comparative Study of Facial Emotion Classification
  Tianming Hu and L.C. De Silva; Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore (Singapore pages 416-420.
• The Role of Visual Input in Seting up Spatial Filters in the Human Visual System
  Dave Ellemberg, Terri L. Lewis, Daphne Maurer, and Henry P. Brent; McMaster University, Hamiliton Ontario; Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec; The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario (Canada) pages 421-425.