Imaging and vision systems : theory assessment and applications Ch. 1. Joint edge preserving and Moiré suppressing image resampling using the discrete Gabor transform D. Van de Ville W. Philips and I. Lemahieu Scanned multiresolution imaging using binary Hadamard masks D. Bone and D. Popescu The application of Markov random field models to wavelet based image denoising A. Pizurica W. Phillips I. Lemahieu and M. Acheroy Characteristic interaction structures in Gibbs texture modelling G. Gimelfarb Multifractal multipermuted multinomial measures for texture characterization and segmentation L. Kam and J. Blanc Talon Performance characterisation in computer vision: the role of statistics in testing and design P. Courtney and N. Thacker Ch. 7. Quantitative assessment of image filtering: comparison of objective metrics D. Coquin and P. Bolon Ch. 8. Progressive image coding for improved perceptual quality and recognition at low bit rates D. Schilling and P. Cosman Ch. 9. On the masking effects in a perceptually based image quality metric A. Saadane N. Bekkat and D. Barba Advanced computer vision and graphics collaboration techniques for image based rendering S. Boivin and A. Gagaloqicz Ch. 10. Adaptive dynamic scene analysis J.F. Haddon and J.F. Boyce Ch. 12. Assessment of image processing algorithms as the keystone of autonomous robot control architectures A. Dalgalarrondo and D. Luzeaux Ch. 13. Parameter optimization for visual obstacle detection using a derandomized evolution strategy T. Bergener C. Bruckhoff and C. Igel Ch. 14. Obstacle tracking in registered range and reflectance image sequences using multivalued template matching K. Sobottka C. Cris P. Zuber and H. Bunke