4.8.4 Grouping, Figure-Ground, Background, Foreground

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Human Vision. Grouping, Perceptual. Perceptual Grouping. Background. Foreground. See also Background Detection, Background Model. See also Moving Object Extraction, Using Models or Analysis of Regions.

Herault, L., and Horaud, R.,
Figure-Ground Discrimination: A Combinatorial Approach,
PAMI(15), No. 9, September 1993, pp. 899-914.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. BibRef 9309
Earlier:
Figure-Ground Discrimination by Mean Field Annealing,
ECCV92(58-66).
WWW Version. Finding lines and curves in noisy edge images. BibRef

Spann, M.,
Figure/Ground Separation Using Stochastic Pyramid Relinking,
PR(24), No. 10, 1991, pp. 993-1002.
WWW Version. BibRef 9100

Everson, R., Knight, B.W., Sirovich, L.,
Separating Spatially Distributed Response to Stimulation from Background I: Optical Imaging,
BioCyber(77), No. 6, December 1997, pp. 407-417. 9801 BibRef

Amir, A.[Arnon], Lindenbaum, M.[Michael],
Ground from Figure Discrimination,
CVIU(76), No. 1, October 1999, pp. 7-18. BibRef 9910
Earlier: CVPR98(521-527).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. See also Comments on ground from figure discrimination. BibRef

Zhang, J., Gao, J., Liu, J.,
Figure-Ground Separation by a Dynamical System,
IP(8), No. 1, January 1999, pp. 115-122.
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. BibRef 9901

Zhang, J.[Jun], Lin, J.H.[Jian-Hua],
Figure-ground separation by a neural dynamical system,
ICIP95(II: 615-618).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 9510 BibRef

Beyerer, J., Leon, F.P.,
Adaptive Separation of Random Lines and Background,
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Caselles, V.[Vicent], Coll, B.[Bartomeu], Morel, J.M.[Jean-Michel],
Topographic Maps and Local Contrast Changes in Natural Images,
IJCV(33), No. 1, September 1999, pp. 5-27.
WWW Version. Topographic map: contrast invariant representation of the image. Occlusion/Transparency analysis of the image formation and analysis. BibRef 9909

Coll, B.[Bartomeu], Froment, J.[Jacques],
Topographic Maps of Color Images,
ICPR00(Vol III: 609-612).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0009Way to represent an image -- segmentation. BibRef

Carvalho, B.M.[Bruno M.], Gau, C.J.[C. Jose], Herman, G.T.[Gabor T.], Kong, T.Y.[T. Yung],
Algorithms for Fuzzy Segmentation,
PAA(2), No. 1, 1999, pp. 73-81. BibRef 9900

Herman, G.T.[Gabor T.], Carvalho, B.M.[Bruno M.],
Multiseeded Segmentation Using Fuzzy Connectedness,
PAMI(23), No. 5, May 2001, pp. 460-474.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. 0105Segment an object from the background with noise. BibRef

Vernon, D.[David],
Fourier Vision: Segmentation and Velocity Measurement Using the Fourier Transform,
KluwerBoston, June 2001. ISBN 0-7923-7413-4.
WWW Version. BibRef 0106

Robles-Kelly, A.[Antonio], Hancock, E.R.[Edwin R.],
An Expectation-Maximisation Framework for Segmentation and Grouping,
IVC(20), No. 9-10, August 2002, pp. 725-738.
WWW Version. 0208 BibRef
Earlier: PercOrg01(xx-yy). 0106 Motion Segmentation. BibRef

Robles-Kelly, A.[Antonio], Hancock, E.R.[Edwin R.],
A Maximum Likelihood Framework for Grouping and Segmentation,
EMMCVPR02(251 ff.).
HTML Version. 0205 BibRef

Robles-Kelly, A., Hancock, E.R.,
Maximum likelihood motion segmentation using eigen-decomposition,
CIAP01(63-68).
IEEE Top Reference. 0210 BibRef

Robles-Kelly, A., Hancock, E.R.,
An EM-like Algorithm for Motion Segmentation via Eigendecomposition,
BMVC01(Poster Session 1).
HTML Version. University of York 0110 BibRef

Robles-Kelly, A., Bors, A.G., Hancock, E.R.,
Hierarchical Iterative Eigen Decomposition for Motion Segmentation,
ICIP01(II: 363-366).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0108 BibRef

Robles-Kelly, A.[Antonio], Hancock, E.R.[Edwin R.],
An Expectation-Maximisation Framework for Perceptual Grouping,
VF01(594 ff.).
HTML Version. 0209 BibRef

Kelly, A.R.[Antonio Robles], Hancock, E.R.[Edwin R.],
Perceptual Grouping using Eigendecomposition and the EM Algorithm,
SCIA01(O-Th1). 0206 BibRef

Robles-Kelly, A.[Antonio], Hancock, E.R.[Edwin R.],
A Maximum Likelihood Framework for Iterative Eigendecomposition,
ICCV01(I: 654-661).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0106 BibRef

Robles-Kelly, A.A., Hancock, E.R.,
Grouping Line-segments using Eigenclustering,
BMVC00(xx-yy).
PDF Version. 0009 BibRef

Robles-Kelly, A.[Antonio], Hancock, E.R.[Edwin R.],
A probabilistic spectral framework for grouping and segmentation,
PR(37), No. 7, July 2004, pp. 1387-1405.
WWW Version. 0405Pairwise clustering and perceptual grouping. Model expressed in terms of two sets of parameters: cluster memberships which represent the affinity of objects to clusters and a matrix of link weights for pairs of tokens. BibRef

Rosin, P.L.[Paul L.],
Comments on 'ground from figure discrimination',
PRL(24), No. 15, November 2003, pp. 2761-2766.
WWW Version. 0308 See also Ground from Figure Discrimination. BibRef

Pavlidis, G.P.[George P.], Chamzas, C.[Christodoulos],
Compressing the background layer in compound images, using JPEG and data filling,
SP:IC(20), No. 5, June 2005, pp. 487-502.
WWW Version. 0506 BibRef

Pavlidis, G.P., Tsekeridou, S., Chamzas, C.,
JPEG-matched data filling of sparse images,
ICIP04(I: 493-496).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0505 BibRef

Aguiar, P.M.Q., Moura, J.M.F.,
Figure-ground segmentation from occlusion,
IP(14), No. 8, August 2005, pp. 1109-1124.
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0508 BibRef

Chalmond, B., Francesconi, B., Herbin, S.,
Using Hidden Scale for Salient Object Detection,
IP(15), No. 9, August 2006, pp. 2644-2656.
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0608Scale and contrast interaction. First, spatial and contrast. BibRef

Koenderink, J.J.[Jan J.], van Doorn, A.[Andrea], Pont, S.[Sylvia], Richards, W.[Whitman],
Gestalt and phenomenal transparency,
JOSA-A(25), No. 1, January 2008, pp. 190-202.
WWW Version. 0801 BibRef

Burgess, A.E.[Arthur E.], Judy, P.F.[Philip F.],
Signal detection in power-law noise: effect of spectrum exponents,
JOSA-A(24), No. 12, December 2007, pp. B52-B60.
WWW Version. 0801Analyze backgrounds. BibRef

Levin, A.[Anat], Rav-Acha, A.[Alex], Lischinski, D.[Dani],
Spectral Matting,
PAMI(30), No. 10, October 2008, pp. 1699-1712.
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0810 BibRef
Earlier: CVPR07(1-8).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0706 Award, CVPR, HM. Background/foreground. BibRef

Rhemann, C.[Christoph], Rother, C.[Carsten], Rav-Acha, A.[Alex], Sharp, T.[Toby],
High resolution matting via interactive trimap segmentation,
CVPR08(1-8).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0806 BibRef

Zhang, L.[Li],
In Situ Image Segmentation Using the Convexity of Illumination Distribution of the Light Sources,
PAMI(30), No. 10, October 2008, pp. 1786-1799.
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0810Use light source analysis to separate background pixels. BibRef


Fan, S., Ferrie, F.P.,
Structure Guided Salient Region Detector,
BMVC08(xx-yy).
PDF Version. 0809 BibRef

Yin, Z., Collins, R.T.,
Online Figure-ground Segmentation with Edge Pixel Classification,
BMVC08(xx-yy).
PDF Version. 0809 BibRef

Lee, Y.J., Grauman, K.,
Foreground Focus: Finding Meaningful Features in Unlabeled Images,
BMVC08(xx-yy).
PDF Version. 0809 BibRef

Reynolds, J.[Jordan], Murphy, K.[Kevin],
Figure-ground segmentation using a hierarchical conditional random field,
CRV07(175-182).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0705 BibRef

Sun, J.[Jian], Zhang, W.W.[Wei-Wei], Tang, X.[Xiaoou], Shum, H.Y.[Heung-Yeung],
Background Cut,
ECCV06(II: 628-641).
WWW Version. 0608Real-time foreground layer extraction. Attenuate background contrast, leave foreground. BibRef

Ren, X.F.[Xiao-Feng], Fowlkes, C.C.[Charless C.], Malik, J.[Jitendra],
Figure/Ground Assignment in Natural Images,
ECCV06(II: 614-627).
WWW Version. 0608 BibRef

Bjorkman, M., Eklundh, J.O.,
Foveated Figure-Ground Segmentation and Its Role in Recognition,
BMVC05(xx-yy).
HTML Version. 0509 BibRef

Wang, J.[Jue], Cohen, M.F.[Michael F.],
Simultaneous Matting and Compositing,
CVPR07(1-8).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0706 BibRef
Earlier:
An Iterative Optimization Approach for Unified Image Segmentation and Matting,
ICCV05(II: 936-943).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0510foreground/background with partial pixels. BibRef

Cohen, S.[Scott],
Background Estimation as a Labeling Problem,
ICCV05(II: 1034-1041).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0510 BibRef

Lee, W.[Woobeom], Kim, W.[Wookhyun],
Illusory Surface Perception Using a Hierarchical Neural Network Model of the Visual Pathways,
CAIP05(709).
WWW Version. 0509 BibRef

Cheng, J.[Jian], Yang, J.[Jie], Zhou, Y.[Yue],
A Novel Adaptive Gaussian Mixture Model for Background Subtraction,
IbPRIA05(I:587).
WWW Version. 0509 BibRef

Sakai, T.[Tomoya], Imiya, A.[Atsushi],
Figure Field Analysis of Linear Scale-Space Image,
ScaleSpace05(374-385).
WWW Version. 0505 BibRef

Kottow, D.[Daniel], Köppen, M.[Mario], Ruiz-del-Solar, J.[Javier],
A Background Maintenance Model in the Spatial-Range Domain,
SMVP04(141-152).
WWW Version. 0505Foreground/Background codebook descriptions. BibRef

Porikli, F.M.[Fatih M.],
Multiplicative Background-Foreground Estimation Under Uncontrolled Illumination using Intrinsic Images,
Motion05(II: 20-27).
WWW Version. 0502 BibRef

Stein, A.[Andrew], Hebert, M.[Martial],
Incorporating Background Invariance into Feature-Based Object Recognition,
WACV05(I: 37-44).
WWW Version. 0502Features from patches, how to exclude the background. BibRef

Al-Mazeed, A.H., Nixon, M.S., Gunn, S.R.,
Fusing Complementary Operators to Enhance Foreground/Background Segmentation,
BMVC03(xx-yy).
HTML Version. 0409 BibRef

Zhao, L.[Liang], Davis, L.S.,
Iterative figure-ground discrimination,
ICPR04(I: 67-70).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0409 BibRef

Zivkovic, Z.,
Improved adaptive gaussian mixture model for background subtraction,
ICPR04(II: 28-31).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0409 BibRef

Fraundorfer, F.[Friedrich], Bischof, H.[Horst],
Detecting Distinguished Regions by Saliency,
SCIA03(208-215).
WWW Version. 0310 BibRef

Yu, S.X., Shi, J.B.[Jian-Bo],
Object-specific figure-ground segregation,
CVPR03(II: 39-45).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0307 BibRef

Lamarre, M., Clark, J.J.,
Background subtraction using competing models in the block-DCT domain,
ICPR02(I: 299-302).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0211 BibRef

Baek, K.[Kyungim], Draper, B.A.,
Factor analysis for background suppression,
ICPR02(II: 643-646).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0211 BibRef

Yu, S.X.[Stella X.], Lee, T.S.[Tai Sing], Kanade, T.[Takeo],
A Hierarchical Markov Random Field Model for Figure-Ground Segregation,
EMMCVPR02(118 ff.).
HTML Version. 0205 BibRef

Hayman, E.[Eric], Eklundh, J.O.[Jan-Olof],
Probabilistic and Voting Approaches to Cue Integration for Figure-Ground Segmentation,
ECCV02(III: 469 ff.).
HTML Version. 0205 BibRef

Wexler, Y., Fitzgibbon, A.W., Zisserman, A.,
Bayesian Estimation of Layers from Multiple Images,
ECCV02(III: 487 ff.).
HTML Version. 0205To extract the foreground objects. (Blue screen technique.) BibRef

Riesenhuber, M.[Maximilian],
Generalization Over Contrast and Mirror Reversal, But not Figure-ground Reversal, in an Edge-based Model of IT Neurons,
MIT AIM-2001-034, December 2001.
WWW Version. 0205 BibRef

Yu, S.X.[Stella X.], Shi, J.B.[Jian-Bo],
Segmentation with Pairwise Attraction and Repulsion,
ICCV01(I: 52-58).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0106Figure-Ground separation. BibRef

Keuchel, J., Schellewald, C., Cremers, D., Schnörr, C.,
Convex Relaxation for Figure-Ground Discrimination and Perceptual Grouping,
PercOrg01(353-360). 0106 BibRef
And:
Relaxations for Binary Image Partitioning and Perceptual Grouping,
DAGM01(353-360). Award, DAGM.
Postscript Version. BibRef

Andrade-Cetto, J.[Juan], Sanfeliu, A.[Alberto],
Integration of Perceptual Grouping and Depth,
ICPR00(Vol I: 295-298).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work.
HTML Version. 0009 BibRef

Giaccone, P.R., Tsaptsinos, D., Jones, G.A.,
Foreground-background Segmentation by Cellular Neural Networks,
ICPR00(Vol II: 438-441).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work.
HTML Version. 0009 BibRef

Pao, H., Geiger, D., Rubin, N.,
Measuring Convexity for Figure/Ground Separation,
ICCV99(948-955).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. BibRef 9900

Geiger, D.[Davi], Kumaran, K.[Krishnan], Parida, L.[Laxmi],
Visual Organization for Figure/Ground Separation,
CVPR96(155-160).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. BibRef 9600

Geiger, D., Kumaran, K.,
Visual Organization of Illusory Surfaces,
ECCV96(I:413-424).
WWW Version. Use occlusions to find the most salient contours. BibRef 9600

Stricker, M., Leonardis, A.,
Figure-Ground Segmentation Using Tabu Search,
SCV95(605-610).
IEEE Top Reference. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. U. of Ljubljana. Compared with mean field annealing algorithm. BibRef 9500

Huang, Q.[Qian], Dam, B., Steele, D., Ashley, J., Niblack, W.,
Foreground/background segmentation of color images by integration of multiple cues,
ICIP95(I: 246-249).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 9510 BibRef

Heitger, F., and von der Heydt, R.[Rudiger],
A Computational Model of Neural Contour Processing: Figure-Ground Segregation and Illusory Contours,
ICCV93(32-40).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. BibRef 9300

Shimaya, A., Yoroizawa, I.,
A Cognitive Model Of Figure Segregation,
IJCAI91(366-372). BibRef 9100

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