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   Welcome to SIBGRAPI 2008, the XXI edition of the Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image
Processing, held 12-15 October 2008 in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. SIBGRAPI is the most important
Brazilian meeting in the areas of Computer Graphics, Image Processing, and Computer Vision. It is held yearly with
the sponsorship of the Brazilian Computer Society, since the first meeting in 1988. Since 1997, the proceedings have
been published by IEEE Computer Society.    
                We received 107 paper submissions, and each paper was evaluated, double-blind, by at least three reviewers.
We accepted 38 high-quality papers, representing a 35% acceptance rate. It should be mentioned that the overall
quality of submissions was very good this year, leading to the nonacceptance of some good quality papers in the
borderline region.    
                The richness of this volume can be mainly credited to the authors, who have chosen SIBGRAPI to present their
work, to the Program Committee members, who helped to guide the reviewing process, and to the reviewers, who
dedicated their valuable time to read carefully and evaluate each one of the 107 papers submitted to the conference.    
               We also would like to thank the local organization committee, the several committees in charge for the different
technical activities, the invited speakers, the session chairs, and the tutorial instructors. Finally, we are grateful to
several institutions which were involved directly or indirectly in the organization of SIBGRAPI 2008: Universidade
do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Universidade Federal do
Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB), and the Brazilian Computer Society
(SBC).    
                We wish all attendees a great stay in Campo Grande during SIBGRAPI 2008!  
 Cláudio Rosito Jung and Marcelo Walter
 Campo Grande, October 2008
 
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            | Accepted Work
        
        
          | Pattern Recognition |  
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Automatic Produce Classification from Images Using Color, Texture
and Appearance Cues
                           
                        Anderson Rocha, Daniel C. Hauagge, Jacques Wainer, and
Siome Goldenstein
 
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Face Recognition Aiding Historical Photographs Indexing Using a Two-Stage
Training Scheme and an Enhanced Distance Measure
                           
                        Ana Paula Brandão Lopes, Camillo Jorge Santos Oliveira, and
Arnaldo de Albuquerque Araújo
 
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A New Training Algorithm for Pattern Recognition Technique Based on
Straight Line Segments
                           
                        João Henrique Burckas Ribeiro and Ronaldo Fumio Hashimoto
 
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Crop Type Recognition Based on Hidden Markov Models of Plant Phenology
                           
                        P. B. C. Leite, R. Q. Feitosa, A. R. Formaggio, G. A. O. P. da Costa,
K. Pakzad, and I. D. A. Sanches
 
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                  | Object Tracking |  
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Synchronizing Video Cameras with Non-overlapping Fields of View
                           
                        Darlan N. Brito, Flávio L. C. Pádua, Rodrigo L. Carceroni,
and Guilherme A. S. Pereira
 
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A Backmapping Approach for Graph-Based Object Tracking
                           
                        Thiago Meireles Paixão, Ana Beatriz V. Graciano, Roberto M. Cesar Jr.,
and Roberto Hirata Jr.
 
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People Detection under Occlusion in Multiple Camera Views
                           
                        Thiago T. Santos and Carlos H. Morimoto
 
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Occlusion Handling for Object Tracking Using a Fast Level Set Method
                           
                        Juliana Gambini, Damian Rozichner, María E. Buemi, Marta Mejail,
and Julio Jacobo Berllés
 
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                  | Image Analysis |  
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Structural Matching of 2D Electrophoresis Gels Using Graph Models
                           
                        Alexandre Noma, Alvaro Pardo, and Roberto M. Cesar Jr.
 
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Efficient Text Color Modulation for Printed Side Communications and
Data Hiding
                           
                        Paulo Vinicius Koerich Borges, Ebroul Izquierdo, and Joceli Mayer
 
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Estimating the Skew Angle of Scanned Document through Background Area
Information
                           
                        Angélica A. Mascaro and George D. C. Cavalcanti
 
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Benchmark for Quantitative Evaluation of Assisted Object Segmentation Methods
to Image Sequences
                           
                        Franklin César Flores and Roberto de Alencar Lotufo
 
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VSUMM: An Approach for Automatic Video Summarization and Quantitative
Evaluation
                           
                        Sandra E. F. de Avila, Antonio da Luz Jr., Arnaldo de A. Araújo,
and Matthieu Cord
 
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                  | Biomedical Image Analysis |  
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Can Bilateral Asymmetry Analysis of Breast MR Images Provide Additional
Information for Detection of Breast Diseases?
                           
                        Ricardo J. Ferrari, Kimberley A. Hill, Donald B. Plewes, and Anne L. Martel
 
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A Fast and Automatic Method for 3D Rigid Registration of MR Images
of the Human Brain
                           
                        Fernanda O. Favretto, Felipe P. G. Bergo, and Alexandre X. Falcão
 
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Bayesian Estimation of Hyperparameters in MRI through the Maximum
Evidence Method
                           
                        Damián E. Oliva, Roberto A. Isoardi, and Germán Mato
 
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Evaluation of Five Algorithms for Mapping Brain Cortical Surfaces
                           
                        Simon Fristed Eskildsen and Lasse Riis Østergaard
 
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                  | Applications |  
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Three-Dimensional Transforms and Entropy Coders for a Fast Embedded
Color Video Codec
                           
                        Vanessa Testoni and Max H. M. Costa
 
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A Genetic Programming Approach for Relevance Feedback in Region-Based
Image Retrieval Systems
                           
                        Jefersson Alex dos Santos, Cristiano Dalmaschio Ferreira, and
Ricardo da Silva Torres
 
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Color Descriptors for Web Image Retrieval: A Comparative Study
                           
                        Otávio Augusto Bizetto Penatti and Ricardo da Silva Torres
 
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Regularized Simultaneous Super-Resolution with Automatic Determination
of the Parameters
                           
                        Marcelo V. W. Zibetti, Joceli Mayer, and Fermín S. V. Bazan
 
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Matching Photometric Observation Vectors with Shadows and
Variable Albedo
                           
                        Helena Cristina G. Leitão, Rafael Felipe V. Saracchini, and Jorge Stolfi
 
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                  | Mathematical Morphology |  
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A General Self-Dual Adaptative Filtering Toggle Operator
                           
                        Leyza Baldo Dorini and Neucimar Jerônimo Leite
 
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Diffusion Tensor Imaging Segmentation by Watershed Transform
on Tensorial Morphological Gradient
                           
                        Leticia Rittner and Roberto Lotufo
 
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New Extinction Values from Efficient Construction and Analysis of Extended
Attribute Component Tree
                           
                        Alexandre Gonçalves Silva and Roberto de Alencar Lotufo
 
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New Higher-Resolution Discrete Euclidean Medial Axis in nD with Linear Time
Parallel Algorithm
                           
                        André Vital Saúde
 
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                  | Computational Geometry |  
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Projective Estimators for Point/Tangent Representations of Planar Curves
                           
                        Thomas Lewiner and Marcos Craizer
 
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Approximations by Smooth Transitions in Binary Space Partitions
                           
                        Marcos Lage, Alex Bordignon, Fabiano Petronetto, Álvaro Veiga,
Geovan Tavares, Thomas Lewiner, and Hélio Lopes
 
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Tradeoffs in Approximate Range Searching Made Simpler
                           
                        Sunil Arya, Guilherme D. da Fonseca, and David M. Mount
 
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An Automatic Crude Registration of Two Partially Overlapping Range Images
                           
                        Mercedes R. Gonzales Márquez and Shin-Ting Wu
 
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                  | Rendering and Geometric Modeling |  
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Using Multi-agent Systems for Sampling and Rendering Implicit Surfaces
                           
                        Pauline Jepp, Jörg Denzinger, Brian Wyvill, and Mario Costa Sousa
 
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Simulation and Rendering of Opus Palladium 3D Mosaics
                           
                        Vladimir Alves dos Passos and Marcelo Walter
 
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A Parallel Multi-view Rendering Architecture
                           
                        Wallace Santos Lages, Carlúcio Cordeiro, and Dorgival Guedes
 
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Shape Aware Deformation Using a Skeleton-Guided Scheme
                           
                        Alvaro Cuno, Claudio Esperança, and Antonio Oliveira
 
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                  | Visualization and Reconstruction |  
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Multidimensional Visualization to Support Analysis of Image Collections
                           
                        Danilo M. Eler, Marcel Y. Nakazaki, Fernando V. Paulovich,
Davi P. Santos, M. Cristina F. Oliveira, João E. S. Batista Neto,
and Rosane Minghi
 
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High Quality Image Reconstruction of Point Models
                           
                        Ricardo Marroquim, Antonio Oliveira, and Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
 
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Exploratory Visualization of RFLP-PCR Genomic Data
Using Multidimensional Scaling
                           
                        S. Espezua-Llerena and C. D. Maciel
 
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PCA-Based 3D Face Photography
                           
                        Jesús P. Mena-Chalco, Ives Macêdo, Luiz Velho, and Roberto M. Cesar Jr.
 
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           | Program Committee
             
               
                 | Workshop Co-Chairs: | Cláudio Rosito Jung and Marcelo Walter |  
 
 
             
 
               
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 General Organization |  
                 | Hemerson Pistori, UCDB, Brazil Marcelo Siqueira, UFMS, Brazil
 
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 Program |  
                 | Cláudio Rosito Jung, UNISINOS, Brazil Marcelo Walter, UFPE, Brazil
 
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 Tutorials |  
                 | Anselmo Montenegro, UFF, Brazil Siome Klein Goldstein, UNICAMP, Brazil
 
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 Posters |  
                 | Célia Zorzo Barcelos, UFU, Brazil Maria Andreia F. Rodrigues, UNIFOR, Brazil
 
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 Workshop of Theses and Dissertations |  
                 | Claudio Esperança, UFRJ, Brazil Herman M. Gomes, UFCG, Brazil
 
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 Workshop of Undergraduate Work |  
                 | José Pinheiro, CEFET/AM, Brazil Soraia Raupp Musse, PUC/RS, Brazil
 
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 Video Festival |  
                 | Alessandro de Lima Bicho, FURG, Brazil Valguima Odakura, UFMS, Brazil
 
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 Workshop on Applications of Graphics
to Agribusiness and Environment Chairs |  
                 | Milton Romero, UFMS, Brazil Paulo Cruvinel, EMBRAPA, Brazil
 
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 Program Committee |  
                 | Adelailson Peixoto da Silva, UFAL, Brazil Alejandro Frery, UFAL, Brazil
 Alexandre Xavier Falcão, UNICAMP, Brazil
 Alvado Pardo, UCU, Uruguay
 Andrea Salgian, College of New Jersey, USA
 Anselmo Montenegro, UFF, Brazil
 Aparecido Nilceu Marana, UNESP, Brazil
 Arnaldo Albuquerque, UFMG, Brazil
 Aura Conci, UFF, Brazil
 Bruno Motta de Carvalho, UFRN, Brazil
 Carla Freitas, UFRGS, Brazil
 Celia Barcelos, UFU, Brazil
 Christian Hofsetz, Microsoft, USA
 Christopher Healey, North Carolina State University, USA
 Chun-Fa Chang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
 Claudio Esperança, UFRJ, Brazil
 Claudio Silva, University of Utah, USA
 Daniel Aliaga, Purdue Unversity, USA
 Ducan Gilles, Imperial College of London, UK
 Edwin Hancock, University of York, UK
 Flavio Bortolossi, PUC/PR, Brazil
 Gilson Giraldi, LNCC, Brazil
 Gladimir Baranoski, University of Waterloo, Canada
 Gustavo Rohde, CMU, USA
 Helio Cortes Vieira Lopes, PUC/RJ, Brazil
 Helio Pedrini, UNICAMP, Brazil
 Hemerson Pistori, UCDB, Brazil
 Herman M. Gomes, UFCG, Brazil
 Jacob Scharkanski, UFRGS, Brazil
 Jacques Facon, PUC/PR, Brazil
 Joao Comba, UFRGS, Brazil
 Jos Stam, Autodesk, Canada
 José Pinheiro, CEFET-AM, Brazil
 Juliana Gambini, UBA, Argentina
 Konrad Polthier, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
 Laurent Najman, ESIEE, France
 Leif Kobbelt, RWTH, Germany
 Luciana Nedel, UFRGS, Brazil
 
 | Luciano Costa, USP/SC, Brazil Luciano Silva, UFPR, Brazil
 Luis Gustavo Nonato, USP/SC, Brazil
 Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, IMPA, Brazil
 Luiz Velho, IMPA, Brazil
 M. Gopi, University of California, Irvine, USA
 Manuel Oliveira, UFRGS, Brazil
 Marcelo Siqueira, UFMS, Brazil
 Marco Olano, University of Maryland, USA
 Maria Andréia Formico Rodrigues, UNIFOR, Brazil
 Maria Cristina de Oliveira, USP/SC, Brazil
 Nelson Mascarenhas, UFSCar, Brazil
 Olga Bellon, UFPR, Brazil
 Pedro Sander, HKUST, China
 Pierre Poulin, Université de Montréal, Canada
 Ricardo Torres, UNICAMP, Brazil
 Richard Parent, Ohio State University, USA
 Robert Fischer, University of Edinburgh, UK
 Roberto Cesar, USP, Brazil
 Roberto Hirata Jr., USP, Brazil
 Roberto Lotufo, UNICAMP, Brazil
 Rodrigo Carceroni, UFMG/Google, USA
 Rui Bastos, Nvidia, USA
 Ruigang Yang, University of Kentucky, USA
 Sergio Furuie, InCor, Brazil
 Silvia Olabarriaga, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Silvio Jamil F. Guimarães, PUC/MG, Brazil
 Silvio Melo, UFPE, Brazil
 Siome K. Goldstein, UNICAMP, Brazil
 Soraia R. Musse, PUC/RS, Brazil
 Thomas Lewiner, PUC/RJ, Brazil
 Tiberio Caetano, NICTA, Australia
 Voicu Popescu, Purdue University, USA
 Waldemar Celes, PUC/RJ, Brazil
 William Pratt, Pixelsoft, USA
 Wu Shin Ting, Unicamp, Brazil
 Xiaoyi Jiang, University of Münster, Germany
 Yoichi Sato, University of Tokyo, Japan
 
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 Local Organizing Committee |  Gedson Faria, UCDB, Brazil Milton Romero, UFMS, Brazil
 Priscila Martins, UCDB, Brazil
 Valguima Odakura, UFMS, Brazil
 Antonio Paranhos Filho, UFMS, Brazil
 Paulo Pagliosa, UFMS, Brazil
 Mauro Conti, UCDB, Brazil
 
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 Reviewers |  
                 | Adalberto Schuck Júnior Adelailson Peixoto
 Adriano Werhli
 Alejandro Frery
 Alex Bordignon
 Alexandre Gonçalves Silva
 Alexandre Levada
 Alvaro Pardo
 Amit Roy Chowdhury
 Ana Lopes
 Ana Beatriz Graciano
 Anderson Maciel
 Anderson Rocha
 André Saúde
 Andrea Salgian
 Anselmo Montenegro
 Antonio da Luz, Jr
 Aparecido Marana
 Arnaldo de Albuquerque
 Arnaldo Lara
 Aura Conci
 Bruno Brandão
 Bruno Carvalho
 Bruno Costa
 Bruno Macchiavello
 Carla Freitas
 Carlos Santos
 Carlos Thomaz
 Celia Barcelos
 Chauã Queirolo
 Christian Hofsetz
 Christian Schulz
 Christian Vogler
 Christopher Healey
 Chun-Fa Chang
 Claudio Esperança
 Claudio Silva
 Cristina Vasconcelos
 Daniel Aliaga
 Daniel Dantas
 Daniel Welfer
 Dimas Martínez Morera
 Duncan Gillies
 Eanes Pereira
 Eduardo Tejada
 Eduardo Antônio Barros da Silva
 Edwin Hancock
 Fabiano Petronetto do Carmo
 Fabio Cappabianco
 Felipe Bergo
 Fernanda Brandi
 Fernando Cardoso
 Fernando Osório
 Flávio Bortolozzi
 Franklin Flores
 Gabriel Taubin
 Gilson Giraldi
 Gladimir Baranoski
 Glauber Silva
 Guillermo Camara Chavez
 Gustavo Rohde
 Gustavo Sá
 Haim Levkowitz
 Harlen Batagelo
 Helio Lopes
 Helio Pedrini
 Hemerson Pistori
 Herman Gomes
 Jacob Scharcanski
 Jacques Facon
 Jean Cousty
 Joao Paulo Gois
 Joao Paulo Papa
 João Comba
 
 | João do Espírito Santo Batista Neto João Vitor Soares
 Jos Stam
 José Queiroz-Neto
 José Saito
 Jose Bins
 Jose Eustaquio de Queiroz
 Juliana Gambini
 Julio Jacques
 Klaus Hildebrandt
 Laurent Najman
 Leandro Fernandes
 Leif Kobbelt
 Leonardo Claudino
 Leonardo Rocha
 Leticia Rittner
 Leyza Dorini
 Luciana Nedel
 Luciano Costa
 Luciano Silva
 Luis Gustavo Nonato
 Luiz Gonçalves
 Luiz Velho
 Luiz Gonzaga da Silveira Jr.
 Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo
 Meenakshisundaram Gopi
 Manuel M. Oliveira Neto
 Marc Olano
 Marcelo Metello
 Marcelo Siqueira
 Marco Alvarez
 Maria A. Rodrigues
 Maria C. de Oliveira
 Michelle Horta
 Milton Romero
 Murillo Homem
 Nelson Mascarenhas
 Nina Hirata
 Olga Bellon
 Pablo Cavalcanti
 Paulo Miranda
 Paulo Rodrigues
 Pedro Sander
 Pierre Poulin
 Ricardo Marroquim
 Ricardo Torres
 Richard Parent
 Robert Fisher
 Robert Lewis
 Roberto Hirata Jr.
 Roberto Marcondes Junior
 Rodrigo Carceroni
 Rogerio Feris
 Ruigang Yang
 Sérgio Furuie
 Silvia Olabarriaga
 Silvio Guimarães
 Silvio Melo
 Soraia Musse
 Sueli Irene Rodrigues Costa
 Teofilo de Campos
 Thales Vieira
 Thomas Lewiner
 Tibério Caetano
 Tsang Ing Ren
 Ulrich Bauer
 Ulrich Reitebuch
 Victor Haertel
 Vitor Pamplona
 Voicu Popescu
 Waldemar Celes
 William Pratt
 William Schwartz
 Wilson Gavião
 Wu Shin-Ting
 Xiaoyi Jiang
 Yoichi Sato
 
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