Statistical Image Analysis

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

Examiner: Mats Rudemo

Plan for 2011

First and introductory lecture: Monday March 21, 2011, 10.00-11.45 in MVF26.

Course material 2011

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 30 and not later than Monday April 4. (Note there is no teaching in week 16 and 17 from April 18-29.) Note also seminars on projects May 16 and 18. Written examination May 25 and delivery of project report before May 31 at 14.00, see details in Schedule below.

Schedule

The schedule below is preliminary and may be somewhat changed.

Written examination Wednesday, May 25, 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 2011, see below)
Mon 21 Mar Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS pp 1-20, examples of images, image filtering.
Mon 21 Mar Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 1
Wed 23 Mar Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS pp 21-26, histograms, thresholding, segmentation, morphological operations, object feature measurements.
Wed 23 Mar Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 1
Mon 28 Mar Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 2, pattern recognition. WACC.
Mon 28 Mar Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 2
Wed 30 Mar Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 2, pattern recognition. WACC.
Wed 230 Mar Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 2
Mon 4 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 3, statistical image modelling.
Mon 4 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 3
Wed 6 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 3, statistical image modelling. IASS Chapter 4, spatial random processes.
Wed 6 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 3
Mon 11 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 5, point processes. Jain et al. (1999) "Data clustering: a review"
Mon 11 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4
Wen 13 Apr Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 6, marked point processes.
Wen 13 Apr Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4. Project work
Mon 2 May Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 7. Warping and matching. Glasbey and Mardia (1998,2001)
Mon 2 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	CE - 4. Project work
Wed 4 May Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 8. Analysis of microarray data Huber et al. (2003), Ekstrom et al. (2004, 2005)
Wed 4 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Mon 9 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)
Mon 9 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Wen 11 May Lect. 10.00-11.45	MVF26	IASS Chapter 11. Estimation of diffusion coefficients
Wen 11 May Exerc. 13.15-15	MVF25	Project work
Sun 15 May 16.00	.	Delivery of preliminary version of project reports by e-mail.
Mon 16 May Seminars 10.00-11.45	MVF26	Seminars on projects
Mon 16 May Seminars 13.15-15	MVF31	Seminars on projects
Wen 18 May Seminars 10-11.45	MVF26	Seminars on projects
Wen 18 May Lect. 13.15-15	MVF26	Problems from earlier examination, March 2004, August 2004.


Tue May 31 before 14.00	H3024	Delivery of project reports. Please deliver one paper version in room H3024 and also an electronic version to rudemo@chalmers.se

Thursday, August 18, 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.