International Conference on 'Image Processing and its Applications' Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK: 3 - 6 July 1995 This conference is the fifth in the successful series on image processing organised by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and aims to provide a forum for the exchange of new results in the area of image processing. The conference will consist of 3 days of parallel sessions and will be preceeded by a day of tutorials, details of which follows. If you would like to register for the tutorial or would like to receive a copy of the full conference programme please contact: IPA95 Secretariat IEE Conference Dept Savoy Place, London WC2R OBL Tel: + 44 (0)171 344 5477/8 Fax: + 44 (0)171 240 8830 email conference@iee.org.uk (mention IPA95 in message) TUTORIAL PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION MONDAY, 3 JULY 1995 Session 1 09.00 hrs Introduction to Concepts of Mathematical Morphology Lecturer: S Marshall University of Strathclyde Scotland This tutorial lecture will cover the basic concepts of morphology, erosion dilation, opening and closing. The following aspects of mathematical morphology will be described: hit or miss transform; rolling ball; properties of morphology extensivisty, increasing, idempodence; connectivity, skeletons; multiscale problems; pyramids and pattern spectrum; grey scale morphology. Reference will be made to applications involving medical image processing, segmentation and multimodality data fusion. 10.30 hrs Coffee Break Session 2 11.00 hrs Neural Networks for Image Processing Applications Lecturer: G Qiu University of Derby England This tutorial lecture will present an overview of some neural network image processing applications. The following will be presented: o An overview of three neural network models: Hopfield network, Backpropagation network and the Kohonen network. o A block truncation coding technique based on Hopfield neural networks. o Image compression based on backpropagation networks. o Self-organising visual pattern generation with application to image coding. 12.30 hrs Lunch Break Session 3 13.30 hrs Approaches to Image Segmentation Lecturer: D Telfer University of Central Lancashire England The topics to be covered by this tutorial lecture are: Segmentation by intensity: binary and grey-level images. Edge detection. Region growing. Feature detection and clustering. Texture-based segmentation. Digital and optical Fourier filtering. 15.00 hrs Tea Break Session 4 15.30 hrs Image Processing and Restoration Lecturers: D M Holburn and W O Saxton Cambridge University, UK This tutorial lecture will cover the use of digital computers in the acquisition, enhancement, analysis and general manipulation of image data, and concepts will be illustrated using a case study involving scanning electron microscopy. This will also include measurement and 3-D reconstruction. 17.00 hrs Comfort Break Session 5 17.15 hrs ITU and ISO Standards for Video Compression Coding Lecturer: G Morrison Manager, Video Processing BT Laboratories, UK This tutorial lecture will introduce the ITU and ISO standards which are key enablers for the economic inclusion of pictures in mass market storage and transmission applications. The basic principles behind them will be explained first, followed by more detailed illustrations of the specific standards intended to meet different requirements and operating conditions. 18.45 hrs End of Tutorial Programme Tutorial Registration The fee for the tutorial sessions is L 90.00 (including L13.40 VAT). This includes lunch, morning and afternoon refreshments and a set of tutorial notes. Those wishing to participate should complete and return the registration form. Tutorial notes will be available for collection from the secretariat between 08.15 and 09.00 hrs prior to the first session.