Statistical Image Analysis

(7.5 HEC-points)
Mathematical Statistics
(Matematisk statistik, Chalmers/GU)

Examiner: Mats Rudemo

Plan for 2008

First and introductory lecture: Monday March 31, 2008, 10.00-11.45 in MVF26.

Course material 2008

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 April 9 and not later than Monday April 14. Note seminars on projects May 14, 19 and 21, Written examination May 28 and delivery of report before June 3 at 12.00, see details in Schedule below.

Schedule

The schedule below is preliminary and may be somewhat changed.

Wednesday, May 28, 8.30-12.30. Written examination, presumably 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 21 August 2008, see below)
Mon 31 Mar Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS pp 1-20, examples of images, image filtering.
Mon 31 Mar Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 1
Wed 2 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS pp 21-26, histograms, thresholding, segmentation, morphological operations, object feature measurements.
Wed 2 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 1
Mon 7 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 2, pattern recognition. WACC.
Mon 7 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 2
Wed 9 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 2, pattern recognition. WACC.
Wed 9 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 2
Mon 14 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 3, statistical image modelling.
Mon 14 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 3
Wed 16 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 3, statistical image modelling. IASS Chapter 4, spatial random processes.
Wed 16 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 3
Mon 21 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 5, point processes. Jain et al. (1999) "Data clustering: a review"
Mon 21 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4
Wen 23 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 6, marked point processes.
Wen 23 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4. Project work
Mon 28 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 7. Warping and matching.
Mon 28 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4. Project work
Wed 31 Apr 10.00-11.45		OBS OBS! NO LECTURE
Wed 31 Apr 13.15-15		OBS OBS! NO EXERCISE
Mon 5 May Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 8. Analysis of microarray data Huber et al. (2003), Ekstrom et al. (2004, 2005)
Mon 5 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Wed 7 May Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	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)
Wed 7 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Mon 12 May Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 11. Estimation of diffusion coefficients
Mon 12 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Wed 14 May Seminars 10.00-11.45	MVF26	Problems from earlier examination, March 2004.
Wed 14 May 13.15-15		OBS OBS! NO EXERCISE
Sun 18 May 16.00		Delivery of preliminary version of project reports by e-mail.
Mon 19 May Seminars 10.00-11.45	MVF26	Seminars on projects
Mon 19 May Lect. 13.15-15	MVF26	Seminars on projects
Wed 21 May Seminars 10.00-11.45	MVF26	Seminars on projects
Wed 21 May Lect. 13.15-15	MVF23	Problems from earlier examination, August 2004.


Tuesday June 3 before 11.00	H3024	Delivery of project reports. Please deliver one paper version in room H3024 and also an electronic version to rudemo@math.chalmers.se

OBS OBS Thursday, August 21, 8.30-12.30. Written examination (Re-exam), presumably 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.