1. Guest Editorial

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 1 - 3

2. Color Image Segmentation for Multimedia Applications

   • N. Ikonomakis
   • K. N. Plataniotis
   • A. N. Venetsanopoulos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 20

3. Image Segmentation via Iterative Fuzzy Clustering Based on Local Space-Frequency Multi-Feature Coherence Criteria

   • Spyros G. Tzafestas
   • Sotiris N. Raptis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 37

4. Lossy Image Compression Using Wavelets

   • Nick D. Panagiotacopulos
   • Ken Friesen
   • Sukit Lertsuntivit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 59

5. Image Data Compression using Zonal Sampling and Piecewise-Linear Transforms

   • A. Dziech
   • F. Belgassem
   • H. J. Nern

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 68

6. Transformations between Pictures from 2D to 3D

   • Milan Sigmund
   • Pavel Novotny

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 84

7. Real-Time Feature Matching in Image Sequences for Non-Structured Environments. Applications to Vehicle Guidance

   • Joaquín Ferruz
   • Aníbal Ollero

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 123

8. Invariant Representation and Matching of Space Curves

   • Chong-Huah Lo
   • Hon-Son Don

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 149

9. Gesture Recognition: The Gesture Segmentation Problem

   • M. K. Viblis
   • K. J. Kyriakopoulos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 158

10. Face Recognition by Using Feature Orientation and Feature Geometry Matching

    • Ching-Liang Su

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 169

11. An Efficient Algorithm for Ray Tracing

    • J. S. Pantazopoulos
    • S. G. Tzafestas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 180

12. A Color Coordinate Normalizer Chip

    • I. Andreadis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 196