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.