Statistical Image Analysis

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

Examiner: Mats Rudemo

Plan for 2010

First and introductory lecture: Monday March 15, 2010, 10.00-11.45 in MVF26.

Course material 2010

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
Exam 2010

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 March 24 and not later than Monday April 12. (Note there is no teaching in week 13 and 14 from March 29 April 9.) Note also seminars on projects May 17 and 19. Written examination May 26 and delivery of report before June 3 at 17.00, see details in Schedule below.

Schedule

The schedule below is preliminary and may be somewhat changed.

Written examination Wednesday, May 26, 8.30-12.30 in house V (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 19 August 2010, see below)
Mon 15 Mar Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS pp 1-20, examples of images, image filtering.
Mon 15 Mar Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 1
Wed 17 Mar Lect. 10.00-11.45	Pascal	IASS pp 21-26, histograms, thresholding, segmentation, morphological operations, object feature measurements.
Wed 17 Mar Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 1
Mon 22 Mar Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF33	IASS Chapter 2, pattern recognition. WACC.
Mon 22 Mar Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 2
Wed 24 Mar Lect. 10.00-11.45	Pascal	IASS Chapter 2, pattern recognition. WACC.
Wed 24 Mar Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 2
Mon 12 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF33	IASS Chapter 3, statistical image modelling.
Mon 12 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 3
Wed 14 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	Pascal	IASS Chapter 3, statistical image modelling. IASS Chapter 4, spatial random processes.
Wed 14 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 3
Mon 19 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF33	IASS Chapter 5, point processes. Jain et al. (1999) "Data clustering: a review"
Mon 19 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4
Wen 21 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	Pascal	IASS Chapter 6, marked point processes.
Wen 21 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4. Project work
Mon 26 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF33	IASS Chapter 7. Warping and matching. Glasbey and Mardia (1998,2001)
Mon 26 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4. Project work
Wed 28 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	Pascal	IASS Chapter 8. Analysis of microarray data Huber et al. (2003), Ekstrom et al. (2004, 2005)
Wed 28 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Mon 3 May Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF33	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)
Mon 3 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Wen 5 May Lect. 10.00-11.45	Pascal	IASS Chapter 11. Estimation of diffusion coefficients
Wen 5 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Mon 10 May Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF33	Problems from earlier examination, March 2004.
Mon 10 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Wen 12 May Lect. 10-11.45	Pascal	Problems from earlier examination, August 2004.
Wen 12 May Lect. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Sun 16 May 16.00	.	Delivery of preliminary version of project reports by e-mail.
Mon 17 May Seminars 10.00-11.45	MVF33	Seminars on projects
Mon 17 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Wen 19 May Seminars 10.00-11.45	Pascal	Seminars on projects
Wen 19 May Seminars 13.15-15	Pascal	Seminars on projects


Wednesday June 3 before 10.00	H3024	Delivery of project reports. Please deliver one paper version in room H3024 and also an electronic version to rudemo@chalmers.se

Thursday, August 19, 8.30-12.30. Written examination (Re-exam) in house V (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.