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      2010  

  1. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, R. Kimmel, M. Mahmoudi and G. Sapiro, A Gromov-Hausdorff framework with diffusion geometry for topologically-robust non-rigid shape matching, International Journal of Computer Vision, submitted

  2. G. Rosman, M. M. Bronstein, A. M. Bronstein, and R. Kimmel, Nonlinear dimensionality reduction by topologically constrained isometric embedding, International Journal of Computer Vision, submitted

  3. R. Kimmel, C. Zhang, A. M. Bronstein, and M. M. Bronstein, Are MSER features really interesting?, IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), submitted.

  4. G. Rosman, L. Dascal, A. Sidi, and R. Kimmel, Efficient Beltrami image filtering via vector extrapolation methods, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences , accepted.

  5. D. Raviv, A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, and R. Kimmel, Symmetries of non-rigid shapes, International Journal of Computer Vision, accepted


    6.   2009  

  6. A. Adam, R. Kimmel, E. Rivlin On scene segmentation and histograms-based curve evolution. IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), 31(9):1708-1714, 2009

  7. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, Y. Carmon and R. Kimmel, Partial similarity of shapes using a statistical significance measure, IPSJ Transactions on Computer Vision and Applications (CVA), 1:105-114, 2009.

  8. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, and R. Kimmel, Topology-invariant similarity of nonrigid shapes, International Journal of Computer Vision, 81(3):281-301, 2009.

  9. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, A. M. Bruckstein, and R. Kimmel, Partial similarity of objects, or how to compare a centaur to a horse, International Journal of Computer Vision, 84(2):163-183, 2009.

    10.   2008  

  10. O. Weber, Y. Devir, A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, and R. Kimmel, Parallel algorithms for approximation of distance maps on parametric surfaces, ACM Transactions on Graphics, 27(4), 2008. Presented in SIGGRAPH 2008 . Resources: SSE2 code | GPU code (by Ofir Weber)

  11. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, A. M. Bruckstein and R. Kimmel, Analysis of two-dimensional non-rigid shapes , International Journal of Computer Vision. 78:67-88, 2008.


    12.   2007  

  12. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, and R. Kimmel, Calculus of non-rigid surfaces for geometry and texture manipulation, IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics 13(5):902-913, 2007.

  13. M. Elad, R. Goldenberg, and R. Kimmel, Low bit-rate compression of facial images, IEEE Trans. Image Processing. 16(9):2379-2383, 2007.

  14. T. Nir, A. M. Bruckstein, and R. Kimmel, Over-parameterized variational optical flow, International Journal of Computer Vision. ISSN 0920-5691 (Print) 1573-1405 (Online), 2007

  15. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, and R. Kimmel, Weighted distance maps computation on parametric three-dimensional manifolds, Journal of Computational Physics. 225(1):771-784, 2007.

  16. I. Blayvas, E. Rivlin, and R. Kimmel, Role of optics in the accuracy of depth from defocus systems, Journal of Optical Society of America A (JOSA). 24(4):967-972, 2007.

  17. A. Spira, and R. Kimmel, Geometric curve flows on parametric manifolds, Journal of Computational Physics. 223:235-249, 2007.

  18. A. Spira, R. Kimmel, and N. Sochen, A short time Beltrami kernel for smoothing images and manifolds, IEEE Trans. Image Processing, 16(6):1628-1636, 2007.

  19. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, and R. Kimmel, Expression-invariant representations of faces, IEEE Trans. Image Processing, 16(1):188-197, 2007.


    20.   2006  

  20. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, and R. Kimmel, Efficient computation of isometry-invariant distances between surfaces, SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing. 28(5):1812-1836, 2006.

  21. M. Aharon and R. Kimmel, Representation analysis and synthesis of lip images using dimensionality reduction, International Journal of Computer Vision, 67(3):297-312, 2006.

  22. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, and R. Kimmel, Generalized multidimensional scaling: a framework for isometry-invariant partial surface matching, Proc. National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 103(5):1168-1172, 2006.

  23. M. M. Bronstein, A. M. Bronstein, R. Kimmel, and I. Yavneh, Multigrid multidimensional scaling, Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications, 13(2-3):149-171, 2006.

  24. M. Holtzman-Gazit, R. Kimmel, N. Peled, and D. Goldsher, Segmentation of thin structures in volumetric medical images, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 15(2):354-363, 2006.

  25. I. Blayvas, A.M. Bruckstein and R. Kimmel, Efficient computation of adaptive threshold surfaces for image binarization, Pattern Recognition. 39(1):89-101, 2006.


    26.   2005  

  26. A. M. Bronstein, M. M. Bronstein, and R. Kimmel. Three-dimensional face recognition, International Journal of Computer Vision. 64(1):5-30, 2005.

  27. R. Kimmel, D. Shaked, M. Elad, and I. Sobel. Space dependent color gamut mapping: A variational approach, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing 14(6):796-804, 2005.

  28. R. Goldenberg, R. Kimmel, E. Rivlin, and M. Rudzsky. Behavior classification by eigendecomposition of periodic motions, Pattern Recognition. 23:1033-1043, 2005


    29.   2004  

  29. A. Spira and R. Kimmel. An efficient solution to the eikonal equation on parametric manifolds, Interfaces and Free Boundaries. 6(3): 315-327, Sep. 2004. (PDF)

  30. N. A. Sochen, C. Sagiv, and R. Kimmel. Stereographic combing a procupine or studies on direction diffusion in image processing, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. 64(5):1477-1508, 2004.


    31.   2003  

  31. D. Barash, T. Schlick, M. Israeli, and R. Kimmel. Multiplicative operator splittings in non-linear diffusion: from spatial splitting to multiplicative timesteps, Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 19:33-48, 2003.

  32. M. Elad, R. Kimmel, D. Shaked, and R. Keshet. Reduced complexity Retinex algorithm via the variational approach, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 14(4):369-545, 2003.

  33. A. Elad (Elbaz) and R. Kimmel. On bending invariant signatures for surfaces, IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), 25(10):1285-1295, 2003.

  34. A.M. Bruckstein, M. Elad, and R. Kimmel. Downscaling for better transform compression, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing. 12(9):1132-1144, 2003.

  35. I. Blayvas and R. Kimmel. Machine learning via multi-resolution approximation, Invited paper, Special issue on multi-resolution analysis, IEICE Trans. Inf.&Syst. E86-D(7):1172-1180, July, 2003.

  36. R. Kimmel and A.M. Bruckstein. On regularized Laplacian zero crossings and other optimal edge integrators, International Journal of Computer Vision, 53(3):225-243, 2003.

  37. R. Kimmel, M. Elad, D. Shaked, R. Keshet, and I. Sobel. A variational framework for Retinex, International Journal of Computer Vision, 52(1):7-23, 2003.

  38. A. Brook, R. Kimmel, and N. Sochen. Variational restoration and edge detection for color images, Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 18:247-268, 2003.

  39. R. Kimmel and I. Yavneh. An algebraic multigrid approach for image analysis, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 24(4):1218-1231, 2003.


    40.   2002  

  40. R. Goldenberg, R. Kimmel, E. Rivlin, M. Rudzsky, Cortex Segmentation - A fast variational geometric approach, IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, 21(2):1544-1551, Dec. 2002.

  41. J. Gil and R. Kimmel. Efficient dilation, erosion, opening and closing algorithms. IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), 4(12):1606-1617, 2002.

  42. R. Grossmann, N. Kiryati, and R. Kimmel. Computational surface flattening: A voxel-based approach. IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), 24(4):433-441, 2002.

  43. G. Zigelman, R. Kimmel, and N. Kiryati, Texture mapping using surface flattening via multi-dimensional scaling, (ps.gz) IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 8(2):198-207, 2002. (PDF).

  44. R. Kimmel. 3D Shape Reconstruction from Autostereograms and Stereo. special issue on PDEs in Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Computer Graphics, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 13:324-333, 2002.

  45. R. Kimmel and N. Sochen. Orientation diffusion or how to comb a porcupine? special issue on PDEs in Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Computer Graphics, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 13:238-248, 2002.


    46.   2001  

  46. R. Kimmel and J. A. Sethian. Optimal algorithm for shape from shading and path planning. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 14(3):237-244, 2001.

  47. N. Sochen, R. Kimmel, and A.M. Bruckstein. Diffusions and confusions in signal and image processing, Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 14(3):195-209, 2001.

  48. R. Goldenberg, R. Kimmel, E. Rivlin, and M. Rudzsky. Fast Geodesic Active Contours. IEEE Tran. on Image Processing, 10(10):1467-1475, 2001.


    49.   2000  

  49. R. Kimmel, R. Malladi, and N. Sochen. Images as Embedded Maps and Minimal Surfaces: Movies, Color, Texture, and Volumetric Medical Images. International Journal of Computer Vision, 39(2):111-129, Sept. 2000. some color results


    50.   1999  

  50. R. Kimmel. Demosaicing: Image reconstruction from color CCD samples. IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 8(9):1221-8, Sept. 1999 (PDF) and some color results


    51.   1998  

  51. R. Kimmel and J. A. Sethian. Computing Geodesic Paths on Manifolds in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 95(15):8431-8435, July, 1998.

  52. R. Kimmel, N. Kiryati, and A. M. Bruckstein. Multi-valued distance maps in finding shortest paths between moving obstacles. IEEE Trans. on Robotics & Automation, 14(3):427-436, 1998.

  53. N. Sochen, R. Kimmel and R. Malladi. A Geometrical Framework for Low Level Vision IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, Special Issue on PDE based Image Processing , 7(3):310-318, 1998.

  54. A. Steiner, R. Kimmel, and A. M. Bruckstein. Shape enhancement and exaggeration. Graphical Models and Image Processing 60(2): 1112-124, 1998.


    55.   1997  

  55. R. Kimmel. Intrinsic scale space for images on surfaces: The geodesic curvature flow. Graphical Models and Image Processing, 59(5):365-372, 1997.

  56. V. Caselles, R. Kimmel, G. Sapiro, and C. Sbert. Minimal surfaces based object segmentation. IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), 19(4):394-398, 1997.

  57. V. Caselles, R. Kimmel, G. Sapiro, and C. Sbert. Minimal surfaces: A geometric three dimensional segmentation approach. Numerische Mathematik, 77(4):423-451, 1997.

  58. L. Cohen and R. Kimmel. Global minimum for active contours models: A minimal path approach. International Journal of Computer Vision, 24(1):57-78, 1997.

  59. R. Kimmel, N. Kiryati, and A. M. Bruckstein. Analyzing and synthesizing images by evolving curves with the Osher-Sethian method. International Journal of Computer Vision, 24(1):37-56, 1997.

  60. V. Caselles, R. Kimmel, and G. Sapiro. Geodesic active contours. International Journal of Computer Vision, 22(1):61-79, 1997.


    61.   1996  

  61. I. Shimshoni, R. Kimmel, and A. M. Bruckstein. DIALOGUE: Global shape from shading. Comp. Vision and Image Understanding, 64(1):188-189, 1996.

  62. R. Kimmel and N. Kiryati. Finding shortest paths on surfaces by fast global approximation and precise local refinement. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, 10(6):643-656, 1996.

  63. R. Kimmel, N. Kiryati, and A. M. Bruckstein. Distance maps and weighted distance transforms. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, Special Issue on Topology and Geometry in Computer Vision, 6:223-233, 1996.


    64.   1995  

  64. R. Kimmel, D. Shaked, N. Kiryati, and A. M. Bruckstein. Skeletonization via distance maps and level sets. Comp. Vision and Image Understanding, 62(3):382-391, 1995.

  65. R. Kimmel, K. Siddiqi, B. B. Kimia, and A. M. Bruckstein. Shape from shading: Level set propagation and viscosity solutions. International Journal of Computer Vision, 16:107-133, 1995.

  66. R. Kimmel and G. Sapiro. Shortening three dimensional curves via two dimensional flows. International Journal: Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 29(3):49-62, 1995.

  67. R. Kimmel and A. M. Bruckstein. Global shape from shading. Comp. Vision and Image Understanding, 62(3):360-369, 1995.

  68. R. Kimmel and A. M. Bruckstein. Tracking level sets by level sets: A method for solving the shape from shading problem. Comp. Vision and Image Understanding, 62(2):47-58, 1995.

  69. R. Kimmel, A. Amir, and A. M. Bruckstein. Finding shortest paths on surfaces using level sets propagation. IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), 17(6):635-640, 1995.

    70.   1993  

  70. G. Sapiro, R. Kimmel, D. Shaked, B. Kimia, and A. M. Bruckstein. Implementing continuous-scale morphology via curve evolution. Pattern Recognition, 26(9):1363-1372, 1993.

  71. R. Kimmel and A. M. Bruckstein. Shape offsets via level sets. CAD (Computer Aided Design), 25(3):154-162, 1993.



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