Statistical Image Analysis

(5.0 credit units)
Mathematical Statistics
(Matematisk statistik, CTH/GU)

Examiner: Mats Rudemo

Plan for 2007

First and introductory lecture: Monday January 22, 2007, 10.00-11.45 in FL71.

Course material 2007

Image analysis and spatial statistics (called IASS in Schedule), notes by Mats Rudemo. Will become available from the Internet (see Notes below).
Computer exercises (called CE 1 - 4) by Mats Kvarnström. Available from the Internet (see Computer exercises below).
Some papers, in particular the master thesis by Mattias Andersson (called WACC in Schedule) will be used in Lectures 3 and 4. The papers are available from the Internet (see Literature below).
Highly useful is also Glasbey and Horgan (1995), currently available on the Internet (see Literature below).

Notes
Computer exercises
Literature
Projects
Images
Data
Computer programmes
Exam 2000
Exam 2001 with solutions
Exam 2002
Exam 2003 with solutions
Exams 2004
Exam 2005 with solutions

Examination

Examination consists of a written examination and approval of a project report, including giving a seminar on the project. The written examination counts 50% and the project counts 50%.

The course project should preferably be decided on Wednesday January 31 and not later than Monday February 5. Note seminars on projects March 5 and March 7 and delivery of report before March 19 at 16.00, see details in Schedule below.

Schedule

The schedule below is preliminary and may be somewhat changed.

Wednesday, March 14, 8.30--12.30. Written examination, in Civil Engineering house (Väg och Vatten). Precise information on room will be available at house entrance. Literature and notes may be brought for the examination. All types of pocket calculators are allowed but not computers. (Re-exam 23 August 2007, see below)
Mond 22 Jan Lect. 10.00-11.45	FL71	IASS pp 1-20, examples of images, image filtering.
Mond 22 Jan Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 1
Wed 24 Jan Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS pp 21-26, histograms, thresholding, segmentation, morphological operations, object feature measurements.
Wed 24 Jan Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 1
Mond 29 Jan Lect. 10.00-11.45	FL71	IASS Chapter 2, pattern recognition. WACC.
Mond 29 Jan Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 2
Wed 31 Jan Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 2, pattern recognition. WACC.
Wed 31 Jan Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 2
Mond 5 Feb Lect. 10.00-11.45	FL71	IASS Chapter 3, statistical image modelling.
Mond 5 Feb Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 3
Wed 7 Feb Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 3, statistical image modelling. IASS Chapter 4, spatial random processes.
Wed 7 Feb Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 3
Mond 12 Feb Lect. 10.00-11.45	FL71	IASS Chapter 5, point processes. Jain et al. (1999) "Data clustering: a review"
Mond 12 Feb Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4
Wed 14 Feb 10.00-11.45		OBS OBS! NO LECT. (because of CHARM-days)
Wed 14 Feb 13.15-15		OBS OBS! NO EXERCISE
Mond 19 Feb Lect. 10.00-11.45	FL71	IASS Chapter 6, marked point processes. IASS Chapter 7. Warping and matching.
Mond 19 Feb Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4.Project work
Wed 21 Feb Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 8. Analysis of microarray data Huber et al. (2003), Ekstrom et al. (2004, 2005)
Wed 21 Feb Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Mo 26 Feb Lect. 10.00-11.45	FL71	IASS Chapter 9. 2D electrophoresis. Gustafsson et al. (2002, 2003) IASS Chapter 10. Aerial photographs of forests, Dralle and Rudemo (1997), Larsson and Rudemo (1998)
Mo 26 Feb Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Wed 28 Feb Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	Problems from earlier examination, March 2004.
Wed 28 Feb Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Sund 4 Mar 16.00		Delivery of preliminary version of project reports by e-mail.
Mo 5 Mar Seminars 10.00-11.45	FL71	Seminars on projects
Mo 5 Mar Seminars 13.15-15	MVF31	Seminars on projects
Wed 7 March Seminars 10.00-11.45	MVF26	Seminars on projects
Wed 7 March Lect. 13.15-15	MVF26	Problems from earlier examination, August 2004.


Monday 19 March before 16.00	H3024	Delivery of project reports. Please deliver one paper version in room H3024 and also an electronic version to rudemo@math.chalmers.se

Thursday, August 23, 8.30-12.30. Written examination (Re-exam), perhaps in Civil Engineering house (Väg och Vatten)???. Precise information on room will be available at house entrance. Literature and notes may be brought for the examination. All types of pocket calculators are allowed but not computers.