Statistical Image Analysis

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

Examiner: Mats Rudemo

Plan for 2016

First and introductory lecture: Monday March 21, 2016, 10.00-11.45 in MVF26.

Course material 2016

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%.

Note the guest lectures by Johan Villyson and Jonathan Ahlstedt Gyllbrandt from Volvo Cars Corporation (Wednesday April 13, 10.00-10.45) on the use of LIDAR to get information on the surroundings of a car:
Johan Villyson: Robust tracking of dynamic objects in Lidar point clouds
Jonathan Ahlstedt Gyllbrandt: Extracting road properties using a Lidar scanner

The course project should preferably be decided on Monday April 18 and not later than Wednesday April 20. Note that there is no teaching in week 13 and 14 from March 29 to April 8. Note also seminars on projects May 20, 25 and 27. Written examination June 1 and delivery of project report before June 3 at 12.00, see details in Schedule below.

Schedule

The schedule below is preliminary and may be somewhat changed.
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 11 Apr
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 IASS Chapter 2, pattern recognition. WACC.
Mon 11 Apr
Exerc. 13.15-15
MVF25 CE - 2
Wed 13 Apr
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 Guest lectures by Johan Villyson and Jonathan Ahlstedt Gyllbrandt, Volvo Cars. IASS Chapter 2, pattern recognition. WACC.
Wed 13 Apr
Exerc. 13.15-15
MVF25 CE - 2
Mon 18 Apr
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 IASS Chapter 3, statistical image modelling.
Mon 18 Apr
Exerc. 13.15-15
MVF25 CE - 3
Wed 20 Apr
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 IASS Chapter 3, statistical image modelling.
IASS Chapter 4, spatial random processes.
Wed 20 Apr
Exerc. 13.15-15
MVF25 CE - 3
Mon 25 Apr
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 IASS Chapter 5, point processes.
Jain et al. (1999) "Data clustering: a review"
Mon 25 Apr
Exerc. 13.15-15
MVF25 CE - 4 and Advice on projects
Wed 27 Apr
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 IASS Chapter 6, marked point processes.
IASS Chapter 7. Warping and matching.
Glasbey and Mardia (1998,2001)
Wed 27 Apr
Exerc. 13.15-15
MVF25CE - 4 and Advice on projects
Mon 2 May
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 IASS Chapter 8. Analysis of microarray data
Huber et al. (2003), Ekstrom et al. (2004, 2005)
IASS Chapter 9. 2D electrophoresis. Gustafsson et al. (2002, 2003)
Mon 2 May
Exerc. 13.15-15
L3098Advice on projects in L3098
Wen 4 May
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 IASS Chapter 10. Aerial photographs of forests,
Dralle and Rudemo (1997)
Larsson and Rudemo (1998)
Wen 4 May
Exerc. 13.15-15
L3098Advice on projects in L3098
Mon 9 May
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 IASS Chapter 10. Aerial photographs of forests,
IASS Chapter 11. Estimation of diffusion coefficients
Mon 9 May
Exerc. 13.15-15
L3098Advice on projects in L3098
Wen 11 May
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 Problems from earlier examination, March 2004.
Wen 11 May
Exerc. 13.15-15
L3098Advice on projects in L3098
Mon 16 May
Lect. 10.00-11.45
MVF26 Problems from earlier examination, August 2004.
Mon 16 May
Exerc. 13.15-15
L3098Advice on projects in L3098
Tue 17 May
16.00
. Delivery of preliminary version of project reports by e-mail.
Wen 18 May
Seminars 10.00-11.45
MVF26 Seminars on projects
Wen 18 May
Exerc. 13.15-15
L3098Advice on projects in L3098
Mon 23 May
Seminars 10.00-11.45
MVF26 Seminars on projects
Mon 23 May
Exerc. 13.15-15
L3098Advice on projects in L3098
Wed 25 May
Seminars 10.00-11.45
MVF31 Seminars on projects
Wed 25 May
Exerc. 13.15-15
L3098Advice on projects in L3098
Written examination Wednesday, June 1, 8.30-12.30 place to be decided.. Precise information on room will be available at house entrance. Literature and notes may be brought for the examination. Neither pocket calculators nor computers are allowed at the exam. (Re-exam in August 2016, see below)
Fri June 3
before 12.00
H3024 Delivery of project reports. Please deliver one paper version in room H3024 and also an electronic version to rudemo@chalmers.se
Wednesday, August 24, 14.00-18. Written examination (Re-exam). House SB, precise information on room will be available at house entrance. Literature and notes may be brought for the examination. Neither pocket calculators nor computers are allowed at the exam.