Zoltan Kato
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Publications

Articles in journal or book chapters
  1. Csaba Domokos, Jozsef Nemeth, and Zoltan Kato. Nonlinear Shape Registration without Correspondences. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, in press, 2011.


  2. Csaba Domokos and Zoltan Kato. Parametric Estimation of Affine Deformations of Planar Shapes. Pattern Recognition, 43(3):569--578, March 2010.


  3. Csaba Benedek, Tamas Sziranyi, Zoltan Kato, and Josiane Zerubia. Detection of Object Motion Regions in Aerial Image Pairs With a Multilayer Markovian Model. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 18(10):2303--2315, October 2009.


  4. Peter Horvath, Ian Jermyn, Zoltan Kato, and Josiane Zerubia. A higher-order active contour model of a `gas of circles' and its application to tree crown extraction. Pattern Recognition, 42(5):699--709, May 2009.


  5. Zoltan Kato. Segmentation of Color Images via Reversible Jump MCMC Sampling. Image and Vision Computing, 26(3):361--371, March 2008.


  6. Zoltan Kato and Ting Chuen Pong. A Markov Random Field Image Segmentation Model for Color Textured Images. Image and Vision Computing, 24(10):1103--1114, October 2006.


  7. Josiane Zerubia, André Jalobeanu, and Zoltan Kato. Markov random fields in image processing, application to remote sensing and astrophysics. Journal de Physique, EDP Sciences, IV(12):117--136, 2002.


  8. Zoltan Kato, Ting Chuen Pong, and John Chung Mong Lee. Color Image Segmentation and Parameter Estimation in a Markovian Framework. Pattern Recognition Letters, 22(3-4):309--321, March 2001. Keyword(s): Unsupervised image segmentation, Color, Markov random fields, Pixel classification, Parameter estimation.


  9. Tamas Sziranyi, Josiane Zerubia, Laszlo Czuni, David Geldreich, and Zoltan Kato. Image Segmentation Using Markov Random Field Model in Fully Parallel Cellular Network Architectures. Real Time Imaging, 6(3):195--211, June 2000.


  10. Zoltan Kato, Josiane Zerubia, and Mark Berthod. Unsupervised Parallel Image Classification Using Markovian Models. Pattern Recognition, 32(4):591--604, April 1999. Keyword(s): Markov random field model, Hierarchical model, Parameter estimation, Parallel unsupervised image classification.


  11. Mark Berthod, Zoltan Kato, Shan Yu, and Josiane Zerubia. Bayesian Image Classification Using Markov Random Fields. Image and Vision Computing, 14:285--295, 1996. Keyword(s): Bayesian image classification, Markov random fields, Optimisation.


  12. Zoltan Kato, Mark Berthod, and Josiane Zerubia. A Hierarchical Markov Random Field Model and Multi-Temperature Annealing for Parallel Image Classification. Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing: Graphical Models and Image Processing, 58(1):18--37, January 1996.


  13. Mark Berthod, Zoltan Kato, and Josiane Zerubia. DPA: A Deterministic Approach to the MAP. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 4(9):1312--1314, September 1995.


  14. Zoltan Kato, Josiane Zerubia, and Mark Berthod. Bayesian Image Classification Using Markov Random Fields. In Ali Mohammad-Djafari and Guy Demoment, editors, Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods, pages 375--382. Kluwer Academic Publisher, 1993.


Conference articles
  1. Jhimli Mitra, Zoltan Kato, Robert Marti, Arnau Oliver, Xavier Llado, Soumya Ghose, Joan C. Vilanova, and Fabrice Meriaudeau. A Non-linear Diffeomorphic Framework for Prostate Multimodal Registration. In Proceedings of International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA), Noosa, Queensland, Australia, pages 31--36, December 2011. IEEE.


  2. Attila Tanacs and Zoltan Kato. Fast Linear Registration of 3D Objects Segmented from Medical Images. In Proceedings of International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), Shanghai, China, pages 299--303, October 2011. IEEE.


  3. Jozsef Nemeth, Zoltan Kato, and Ian Jermyn. A Multi-Layer 'Gas of Circles' Markov Random Field Model for the Extraction of Overlapping Near-Circular Objects . In Proceedings of Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems (ACIVS), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Ghent, Belgium, pages 171--182, August 2011. Springer.


  4. Csaba Domokos and Zoltan Kato. Affine puzzle: Realigning deformed object fragments without correspondences. In Proceedings of European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Crete, Greece, pages 777--790, September 2010. Springer.


  5. Attila Tanács, Natasa Sladoje, Joakim Lindblad, and Zoltan Kato. Estimation of linear deformations of 3D objects. In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Hong Kong, China, pages 153--156, September 2010. IEEE.


  6. Milán Leskó, Zoltan Kato, Antal Nagy, Imre Gombos, Zsolt Török, László Vígh Jr and László Vígh. Live Cell Segmentation in Fluorescence Microscopy via Graph Cut. In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Istambul, Turkey, pages 1485--1488, August 2010. IEEE.


  7. Tamas Blaskovics, Zoltan Kato, and Ian Jermyn. A Markov Random Field Model for Extracting Near-Circular Shapes. In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Cairo, Egypt, pages 1073--1076, November 2009. IEEE.


  8. Csaba Domokos and Zoltan Kato. Affine Alignment of Compound Objects: A Direct Approach. In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Cairo, Egypt, pages 169--172, November 2009. IEEE.


  9. Jozsef Nemeth, Csaba Domokos, and Zoltan Kato. Nonlinear Registration of Binary Shapes. In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Cairo, Egypt, pages 1001--1004, November 2009. IEEE.


  10. Jozsef Nemeth, Csaba Domokos, and Zoltan Kato. Recovering Planar Homographies between 2D Shapes. In Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Kyoto, Japan, pages 2170--2176, September 2009. IEEE.


  11. Attila Tanács, Csaba Domokos, Natasa Sladoje, Joakim Lindblad, and Zoltan Kato. Recovering Affine Deformations of Fuzzy Shapes. In A.-B. Salberg, J. Y. Hardeberg and R. Jenssen, editors, Proceedings of Scandinavian Conferences on Image Analysis (SCIA), volume 5575 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Oslo, Norway, pages 735--744, June 2009. Springer.


  12. Csaba Domokos and Zoltan Kato. Binary Image Registration Using Covariant Gaussian Densities. In A. Campilho and M. Kamel, editors, Proceedings of International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR), volume 5112 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, pages 455-464, June 2008. Springer.


  13. Csaba Domokos, Zoltan Kato, and Joseph M. Francos. Parametric Estimation of Affine Deformations of Binary Images. In Proceedings of International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, pages 889--892, April 2008. IEEE.


  14. Csaba Benedek, Tamas Sziranyi, Zoltan Kato, and Josiane Zerubia. A Multi-Layer MRF Model for Object-Motion Detection in Uregistered Airborne Image-Pairs. In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), volume VI, San Antonio, Texas, USA, pages 141--144, September 2007. IEEE.


  15. Peter Horvath, Ian Jermyn, Zoltan Kato, and Josiane Zerubia. An Improved `Gas of Circles' Higher-Order Active Contour Model and its Application to Tree Crown Extraction. In Prem Kalra and Shmuel Peleg, editors, Proceedings of Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP), volume 4338 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Madurai, India, pages 152-161, December 2006. Springer.


  16. Peter Horvath, Ian Jermyn, Zoltan Kato, and Josiane Zerubia. A Higher-Order Active Contour Model for Tree Detection. In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Hong Kong, China, pages 130-133, August 2006. IAPR, IEEE.


  17. Zoltan Kato and Ting Chuen Pong. A Multi-Layer MRF Model for Video Object Segmentation. In P. J. Narayanan, Shree K. Nayar, and Heung-Yeung Shum, editors, Proceedings of Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), volume 3852 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Hyderabad, India, pages 953-962, January 2006. Springer.


  18. Zoltan Kato. Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo for Unsupervised MRF Color Image Segmentation. In Andreas Hoppe, Sarah Barman, and Tim Ellis, editors, Proceedings of Brithish Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), volume 1, Kingston, UK, pages 37--46, September 2004. BMVA.


  19. Xiaowen Ji, Zoltan Kato, and Zhiyong Huang. Non-Photorealistic Rendering and Content-Based Image Retrieval. In Proceedings of Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (PG), Canmore, Canada, pages 153--162, October 2003. IEEE.


  20. Zoltan Kato, Ting Chuen Pong, and Guo Qiang Song. Unsupervised segmentation of color textured images using a multi-layer MRF model. In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), volume I, Barcelona, Spain, pages 961--964, September 2003. IEEE.


  21. Zoltan Kato, Xiaowen Ji, Tamas Sziranyi, Zoltan Toth, and Laszlo Czuni. Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Stochastic Paintbrush Transformation. In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), volume 1, New York, USA, pages 944-947, September 2002. IEEE.


  22. Zoltan Kato, Ting Chuen Pong, and Guo Qiang Song. Multicue MRF Image Segmentation: Combining Texture and Color. In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), volume 1, Quebec, Canada, pages 660-663, August 2002. IEEE-IAPR.


  23. Zoltan Kato and Ting Chuen Pong. A Markov Random Field Image Segmentation Model Using Combined Color and Texture Features. In Wladyslaw Skarbek, editor, Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP), volume 2124 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Warsaw, Poland, pages 547--554, September 2001. Springer. Keyword(s): image segmentation, Markov random field model.


  24. Zoltan Kato, Ting Chuen Pong, and John Chung Mong Lee. Motion Compensated Color Video Classification Using Markov Random Fields. In Roland Chin and Ting Chuen Pong, editors, Proceedings of Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), volume 1351 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Hong Kong, China, pages 738--745, January 1998. Springer.


  25. Zoltan Kato, Ting Chuen Pong, and John Chung Mong Lee. Color Image Classification and Parameter Estimation in a Markovian Framework. In Hung Tat Tsui and Chi Kit Ronald Chung, editors, Proceedings of Workshop on 3D Computer Vision, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, pages 75--79, May 1997.


  26. Tamas Sziranyi, Josiane Zerubia, David Geldreich, and Zoltan Kato. Cellular Neural Network in Markov Random Field Image Segmentation. In Proceedings of International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and their Applications, Seville, Spain, pages 139--144, June 1996. IEEE.


  27. Zoltan Kato, Mark Berthod, Josiane Zerubia, and Wojciech Pieczynski. Unsupervised Adaptive Image Segmentation. In Proceedings of International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), volume 4, Detroit, Michigan, USA, pages 2399--2402, May 1995. IEEE.


  28. Zoltan Kato, Josiane Zerubia, and Mark Berthod. Unsupervised Parallel Image Classification Using a Hierarchical Markovian Model. In Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Cambridge, MA, USA, pages 169--174, June 1995. IEEE.


  29. Josiane Zerubia, Zoltan Kato, and Mark Berthod. Multi-Temperature Annealing: A New Approach for the Energy-Minimization of Hierarchical Markov Random Field Models. In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), volume 1, Jerusalem, Israel, pages 520-522, October 1994. IEEE-IAPR.


  30. Zoltan Kato, Mark Berthod, and Josiane Zerubia. A Hierarchical Markov Random Field Model for Image Classification. In Proceedings of International Workshop on Image and Multidimensional Digital Signal Processing, Cannes, France, September 1993. IEEE.


  31. Zoltan Kato, Mark Berthod, and Josiane Zerubia. Multiscale Markov Random Field Models for Parallel Image Classification. In Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Berlin, Germany, pages 253-257, May 1993. IEEE.


  32. Zoltan Kato, Mark Berthod, and Josiane Zerubia. Parallel Image Classification using Multiscale Markov Random Fields. In Proceedings of International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), volume 5, Minneapolis, USA, pages 137-140, April 1993. IEEE.


  33. Zoltan Kato, Josiane Zerubia, and Mark Berthod. Satellite Image Classification Using a Modified Metropolis Dynamics. In Proceedings of International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), volume 3, San-Francisco, California, USA, pages 573-576, March 1992. IEEE.


Thesis
  1. Zoltan Kato. Markovian Image Models and their Application in Image Segmentation. Habilitation (short) Thesis, University of Szeged, Hungary, October 2007.


  2. Zoltan Kato. Modélisations markoviennes multirésolutions en vision par ordinateur. Application ŕ la segmentation d'images SPOT. PhD Thesis, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France, December 1994. Note: Available in English and French. Keyword(s): computer vision, early vision, Markovian model, multiscale model, hierarchical model, parallel combinatorial optimization algorithm, multi-temperature annealing, parameter estimation.


  3. Zoltan Kato. Modélisation markovienne en classification d'image. Mise en oeuvre d'algorithmes de relaxation. Rapport de stage de DEA, Université de Nice, Nice, France, September 1991. Note: in French.


Internal reports
  1. Csaba Benedek, Tamás Szirányi, Zoltan Kato, and Josiane Zerubia. A Three-layer MRF model for Object Motion Detection in Airborne Images. Research Report 6208, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France, June 2007. Keyword(s): aerial images, change detection, camera motion, MRF.


  2. Peter Horvath, Ian Jermyn, Zoltan Kato, and Josiane Zerubia. A Higher-Order Active Contour Model of a `Gas of Circles' and its Application to Tree Crown Extraction. Research Report 6026, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France, November 2006. Keyword(s): Tree Crown Extraction, Aerial images, Higher-order, Active contour, Gas of circles, Shape.


  3. Zoltan Kato. Bayesian Color Image Segmentation Using Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo. Research Report 01/99-R055, ERCIM/CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 1999. Note: Also available as a CWI Research Report PNA-R9902, ISSN 1386-3711.


  4. Zoltan Kato, Ting Chuen Pong, and John Chung Mong Lee. Motion Compensated Color Image Classification and Parameter Estimation in a Markovian Framework. Technical Report HKUST-CS97-04, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, July 1997.


  5. Zoltan Kato, Josiane Zerubia, and Mark Berthod. Unsupervised Parallel Image Classification Using a Hierarchical Markovian Model. Research Report 2528, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France, April 1995. Keyword(s): hierarchical Markovian model, parameter estimation, unsupervised image classification.


  6. Mark Berthod, Gerard Giraudon, Shan Liu, Frank Mangin, Zoltan Kato, Sabine Urago, and Josiane Zerubia. Extraction d'information dans les images SPOT. Rapport de contrat CNES/833, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France, January 1993.


  7. Zoltan Kato, Mark Berthod, and Josiane Zerubia. A Hierarchical Markov Random Field Model and Multi-Temperature Annealing for Parallel Image Classification. Research Report 1938, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France, August 1993. Keyword(s): Markov Random Fields, multiscale, hierarchical model, relaxation algorithms, supervised image classification.


  8. Zoltan Kato, Josiane Zerubia, and Mark Berthod. Image Classification Using Markov Random Fields with Two New Relaxation Methods: Deterministic Pseudo Annealing and Modified Metropolis Dynamics. Research Report 1606, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France, February 1992. Keyword(s): image classification, Markov random fields, relaxation algorithms.


Miscellaneous
  1. Csaba Domokos and Zoltan Kato. Síkbeli alakzatok regisztrációja kovariáns függvények felhasználásával. In Tamas Sziranyi and Dmitrij Chetverikov, editors, Conference of Hungarian Association for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognititon, Budapest, Hungary, 8 pages, January 2009. KEPAF. Note: in Hungarian.


  2. Jozsef Nemeth, Csaba Domokos, and Zoltan Kato. Síkhomográfia paramétereinek becslése bináris képeken. In Tamas Sziranyi and Dmitrij Chetverikov, editors, Conference of Hungarian Association for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognititon, Budapest, Hungary, 8 pages, January 2009. KEPAF. Note: in Hungarian.


  3. Tamas Blaskovics, Ian Jermyn, and Zoltan Kato. Kör alakú objektumok szegmentálása Markov mező segítségével. In Tamas Sziranyi and Dmitrij Chetverikov, editors, Conference of Hungarian Association for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognititon, Budapest, Hungary, 8 pages, January 2009. KEPAF. Note: in Hungarian. Received the Attila Kuba Prize.


  4. Csaba Domokos, Zoltan Kato, and Joseph Francos. Parametric Estimation of Two-Dimensional Affine Transformations of Binary Images. In Attila Fazekas and Andras Hajdu, editors, Conference of Hungarian Association for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognititon, Debrecen, Hungary, pages 257--265, January 2007. KEPAF.


  5. Peter Horvath, Ian Jermyn, Zoltan Kato, and Josiane Zerubia. Kör alakú objektumok szegmentálása magasabb rendű aktív kontúr modellek segítségével. In Attila Fazekas and Andras Hajdu, editors, Conference of Hungarian Association for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognititon, Debrecen, Hungary, pages 133--140, January 2007. KEPAF. Note: in Hungarian.


  6. Peter Horvath, Avik Bhattacharya, Ian Jermyn, Josiane Zerubia, and Zoltan Kato. Shape Moments for Region Based Active Contours. In Dimitry Chetverikov, Laszlo Czuni, and Markus Vincze, editors, Joint Hungarian-Austrian Conference on Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Veszprem, Hungary, pages 187-194, May 2005. KEPAF, OAGM/AAPR, Austrian Computer Society.


  7. Zoltan Kato and Ting Chuen Pong. Video Object Segmentation Using a Multicue Markovian Model. In Dimitry Chetverikov, Laszlo Czuni, and Markus Vincze, editors, Joint Hungarian-Austrian Conference on Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Veszprem, Hungary, pages 111-118, May 2005. KEPAF, OAGM/AAPR, Austrian Computer Society.


  8. Peter Horvath and Zoltan Kato. Color, Texture and Motion Segmentation Using Gradient Vector Flow. In Zoltan Gacsi, Peter Barkoczy, and Gabor Sarkozi, editors, Conference of Hungarian Association for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognititon, Miskolc-Tapolca, Hungary, pages 131-137, January 2004. Note: Non-refereed.


  9. Peter Horvath and Zoltan Kato. Optical Flow Computation Using an Energy Minimization Approach. In Zoltan Gacsi, Peter Barkoczy, and Gabor Sarkozi, editors, Conference of Hungarian Association for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognititon, Miskolc-Tapolca, Hungary, pages 125-130, January 2004. Note: Non-refereed.


  10. Zoltan Kato. Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo for Unsupervised MRF Color Image Segmentation. In Zoltan Gacsi, Peter Barkoczy, and Gabor Sarkozi, editors, Conference of Hungarian Association for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognititon, Miskolc-Tapolca, Hungary, pages 144-151, January 2004. Note: Non-refereed.


  11. Zoltan Kato, Ting Chuen Pong, and Guo Qiang Song. Color textured image segmentation using a multi-layer Markovian model. In Zoltan Gacsi, Peter Barkoczy, and Gabor Sarkozi, editors, Conference of Hungarian Association for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognititon, Miskolc-Tapolca, Hungary, pages 152-158, January 2004. Note: Non-refereed.




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