Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns : 9th International Conference CAIP 2001 Warsaw Poland September 5–7 2001 Proceedings This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns CAIP 2001 held in Warsaw Poland in September 2001. The 88 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The book offers topical sections on image indexing image compression pattern recognition medical image processing motion analysis augmented reality industrial applications in various fields image analysis and computer vision