Doc. RNDr. Barbara Zitová, Ph.D.
head of the department

Biography
Publication list
Barbara Zitová received her PhD degree in software systems from the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, in 2000. She is a head of Department of Image Processing at the Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. She teaches courses on Digital Image Processing and Wavelets in Image Processing. She has authored/coauthored more than 70 research publications in these areas, including the monographs Moments and Moment Invariants in Pattern Recognition (Wiley, 2009) and 2D and 3D Image Analysis by Moments (Wiley, 2016). In 2010 she was awarded by the SCOPUS 1000 Award for receiving more than 1000 citations of a single paper. Barbara Zitová has many editorial and organizational activities. Among others, she has been an Associate Editor of the journal Pattern Recognition.
Ph.D graduates:
- RNDr. Miroslav Beneš, PhD, 2014
- Mgr. Jan Blažek, PhD, 2018
- Mgr. Zuzana Kovaříková, PhD, 2025
Projects:
ALMARVI - Algorithms, Design Methods, and Many-Core Execution Platform for Low-Power Massive Data-Rate Video and Image Processing - 01.04.2014 - 31.03.2017 - head of the ZOI UTIA team
Books and chapters
- 2D and 3D Image Analysis by Moments, John Wiley & Sons (Chichester, 2016) Download DOI: 10.1002/9781119039402 [2016] :
- 模式识别中时矩和矩不变量, John Wiley & Univ. of Science and Technology of China Press (Hefei, 2014) Download [2014] :
- Data a znalosti v biomedicíně a zdravotnictví, Karolinum (Praha, 2010) Download [2010] :
- Moments and Moment Invariants in Pattern Recognition, Wiley & sons (Chichester, 2009) [2009] :
- Image fusion: a powerful tool for object identification, Imaging for Detection 2006. NATO Advance Study Institute, p. 1-20 Download [2006] :
- Invariants to convolution and rotation, Invariants for Pattern Recognition and Classification, p. 23-46, World Scientific (Singapore, 2000) [2000] :
Journal articles
- Videokymogram Analyzer Tool: Human-computer comparison, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control 78 Download Download DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2022.103878 [2022] :
- Complete and Incomplete Sets of Invariants, Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision 63 1 (2021), p. 917-922 Download Download DOI: 10.1007/s10851-021-01039-x [2021] :
- Visual and Automatic Evaluation of Vocal Fold Mucosal Waves Through Sharpness of Lateral Peaks in High-Speed Videokymographic Images, Journal of Voice 34 2 (2020), p. 170-178 Download Download DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2018.08.022 [2020] :
- A computer-assisted system for handheld whole-breast ultrasonography, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 14 3 (2019), p. 509-516 Download Download DOI: 10.1007/s11548-018-01909-7 [2019] :
- Image Restoration in Portable Devices: Algorithms and Optimization, Journal of Signal Processing Systems for Signal Image and Video Technology 91 1 (2019), p. 9-20 Download Download DOI: 10.1007/s11265-018-1410-7 [2019] :
- Improvement of the visibility of concealed features in artwork NIR reflectograms by information separation, Digital Signal Processing 60 1 (2017), p. 140-151 Download DOI: 10.1016/j.dsp.2016.09.007 [2017] :
- PIZZARO: Forensic analysis and restoration of image and video data, Forensic Science International 264 1 (2016), p. 153-166 Download DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.04.027 [2016] :
- Recognition of Images Degraded by Gaussian Blur, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 25 2 (2016), p. 790-806 Download DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2015.2512108 [2016] :
- Performance evaluation of image segmentation algorithms on microscopic image data, Journal of Microscopy 275 1 (2015), p. 65-85 Download DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12186 [2015] :
- Projection Operators and Moment Invariants to Image Blurring, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 37 4 (2015), p. 786-802 Download DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2014.2353644 [2015] :
- Comments on "Weed Recognition using Image Blur Information" by Peng, Z. & Jun, C., Biosystems Engineering 110 (2), p. 198-205”, Biosystems Engineering 2014 126 (2014), p. 104-108 Download DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2014.08.001 [2014] :
- Automatic Determination of the Size of Elliptical Nanoparticles from AFM Images, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 15 8 (2013), p. 1-10 Download DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1842-8 [2013] :
- A Comment on a Novel Approach for the Registration of Weak Affine Images, Pattern Recognition Letters 34 12 (2013), p. 1381-1385 Download DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2013.04.024 [2013] :
- On the Recognition of Wood Slices by Means of Blur Invariants, Sensors and Actuators A - Physical 198 1 (2013), p. 113-118 Download DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2013.04.035 [2013] :
- Nephele – Smart Digital Memory of Artwork Conservation, ERCIM News 86, p. 47-48 Download [2011] :
- An application of image processing in the medieval mosaic conservation, Pattern Analysis and Applications 7 1 (2004), p. 18-25 Download [2004] :
- Weighted thin-plate spline image denoising, Pattern Recognition 36 12 (2003), p. 3027-3030 [2003] :
- Image registration methods: a survey, Image and Vision Computing 21 11 (2003), p. 977-1000 Download [2003] :
- Digital image processing in art conservation, ERCIM News, p. 44-45 [2003] :
- Moment forms invariant to rotation and blur in arbitrary number of dimensions, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 25 2 (2003), p. 234-246 Download [2003] :
- A new wavelet-based measure of image focus, Pattern Recognition Letters 23 14 (2002), p. 1785-1794 Download [2002] :
- How to measure the pose robustness of object views, Image and Vision Computing 20 4 (2002), p. 249-256 Download [2002] :
- Invariants to convolution in arbitrary dimensions, Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision 13 2 (2000), p. 101-113 Download [2000] :
- Combined invariants to linear filtering and rotation, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 13 8 (1999), p. 1123-1136 Download [1999] :
- Landmark recognition using invariant features, Pattern Recognition Letters 20 5 (1999), p. 541-547 Download [1999] :
- Robust detection of significant points in multiframe images, Pattern Recognition Letters 20 2 (1999), p. 199-206 Download [1999] :
Other publications
- STAR: Screen Time and Actor Recognition in Video Content, Pattern Recognition : 46th DAGM German Conference, DAGM GCPR 2024, p. 270-284 Download Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-85187-2_17 [2025] :
- Real-Time Wheel Detection and Rim Classification in Automotive Production, Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), p. 1410-1414 Download DOI: 10.1109/ICIP49359.2023.10223161 [2023] :
- Video Superresolution in Real Forensic Cases, Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics - IWBF2023 Download [2023] :
- Automatic Estimation of Mucosal Waves Lateral Peak Sharpness – Modern Approach, IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging 2023 Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems XXI Download DOI: 10.2352/EI.2023.35.9.IPAS-300 [2023] :
- System Software Extension (2022) Download [2022] :
- Monitoring of Varroa Infestation rate in Beehives: A Simple AI Approach, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing 2022 : Proceedings, p. 3341-3345 Download DOI: 10.1109/ICIP46576.2022.9897809 [2022] :
- ASSISLT: Computer-aided speech therapy tool, Signal Processing : A publication of the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP), p. 598-602 Download DOI: 10.23919/EUSIPCO55093.2022.9909627 [2022] :
- Jak to v těch datech najít?, České uživatelské fórum Copernicus 2021 Download Download [2022] :
- Multimodal data fusion in remote sensing, České uživatelské fórum Copernicus 2021 Download [2021] :
- System Software Stack (2020) Download [2020] :
- Subpixel precision in registration of multimodal datasets, International Conference Florence Heri-tech: the Future of Heritage Science and Technologies 2020, Online Edition, IOP Publishing (2020) Download DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/949/1/012007 [2020] :
- Automated Object Labeling For CNN-Based Image Segmentation, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), p. 2036-2040 Download DOI: 10.1109/ICIP40778.2020.9191320 [2020] :
- Human Computer Interface Based on Tongue and Lips Movements and its Application for Speech Therapy System, Electronic Imaging, Visualization and Data Analysis 2020 Download DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.1.VDA-389 [2020] :
- What can AI see in artworks?, 2019 Fifth International Conference on Image Information Processing Proceedings Download [2019] :
- Seeing the unseen, 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) Download [2019] :
- Multi-source data analysis Download [2019] :
- Evaluation of Mucosal Waves Through Sharpness of Lateral Peaks in Videokymographic Images, PAN-EUROPEAN VOICE CONFERENCE 2019 Voicing Science and Experience, p. 90-90, Eds: Iwarsson Jenny, Thorsen Stine Løvind Download [2019] :
- ASSISLT - Automated Software System in Speech-language Therapy, PAN-EUROPEAN VOICE CONFERENCE 2019 Voicing Science and Experience, p. 13-13, Eds: Iwarsson Jenny, Thorsen Stine Løvind Download [2019] :
- Automatic Evaluation of Speech Therapy Exercises Based on Image Data, Image Analysis and Recognition : 16th International Conference, ICIAR 2019, Waterloo, ON, Canada, August 27–29, 2019, p. 397-404, Eds: Karray Fakhri , Campilho Aurélio, Yu Alfred Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27202-9_36 [2019] :
- Inverse problems in image restoration: from basic principles to current deep-learning trends (TUTORIAL), International Conference on Acoustics, Speech,and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2019) Download [2019] :
- Digital image processing for objective videokymography, World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering 2018, Book of Abstracts, p. 229-229, Eds: Lhotska Lenka, Sukupova Lucie Download [2018] :
- ASSISLT - Automatizovaný softwarový systém pro logopedickou terapii, XXVI. konference AKL : Poruchy orofaciální motoriky a hlasu v praxi klinické logopedie [2018] :
- Automatizovaný softwarový systém pro logopedickou terapii, Pražský logopedický den 2018 Download [2018] :
- Restoration and Recognition of Blurred Images, IEEE (Piscataway, 2018) Download Download [2018] :
- Information separation in art investigation - a survey, PROCEEDINGS of the sixth International workshop on Image Processing for Art Investigation (IP4AI 2018), p. 18-20 Download [2018] :
- Improvement of the visibility of concealed features in misregistered NIR reflectograms by deep learning, Florence Heri-Tech - The Future of Heritage Science and Technologies Download DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/364/1/012058 [2018] :
- QUANTIFYING KYMOGRAPIC WAVEFORM WITH BEZIER CURVES, The 12th International Conference on Advances in Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research, p. 21-21 Download [2017] :
- Automatické hodnocení videokymografických záznamů pro časnou diagnostiku a prevenci nádorových onemocnění hlasivek (2017) Download [2017] :
- Metodika ultrazvukového vyšetření prsou (2017) Download [2017] :
- METODIKA HODNOCENÍ PORUCH HLASU Z VIDEOKYMOGRAFICKÝCH ZÁZNAMŮ (2017) Download [2017] :
- Software pro sledování pohybu UZ sondy (2017) Download [2017] :
- VKGanalyzer: objective analysis of vocal fold vibrations, Proceedings of the AIMed 2017 (2017) Download [2017] :
- Breast ultrasound examination: 3D-enhanced tool for precise analysis, Proceedings of the AIMed 2017 Download [2017] :
- Evaluating Spatial Coverage of Breast Examination with Free-hand Ultrasound Transducer, BISTEC 2017 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, p. 128-133, Eds: Silveira Margarida, Fred Ana, Gamboa Hugo, Vaz Mário Download DOI: 10.5220/0006249101280133 [2017] :
- HANDLING BLUR (Tutorial), Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Download [2016] :
- Variational Bayesian Image Reconstruction with an Uncertainty Model for Measurement Localization, Proc. 2016 24th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), p. 723-727 Download DOI: 10.1109/EUSIPCO.2016.7760343 [2016] :
- Imaging device identification and detection of image tampering, Abstract book of 7th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference Download [2015] :
- PSF accuracy measure for evaluation of blur estimation algorithms, Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2015, p. 2080-2084 Download DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2015.7351167 [2015] :
- Forensics image and video restoration, Abstract book of 7th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference Download [2015] :
- Image Analysis of Videokymographic Data, Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2015, p. 78-82 Download DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2015.7350763 [2015] :
- Softwarový modul projektu SONO (2014) Download [2014] :
- PIZZARO - Prostředky pro identifikaci obrazového záznamového zařízení, autentifikaci a rekonstrukci obrazu (2014) Download [2014] :
- Optical properties of historical paint pigments under near infrared (NIR) radiation, ACTA ARTIS ACADEMICA 2014, p. 35-41, Eds: Hradil David, Hradilová Janka Download [2014] :
- M3art: A Database of Models of Canvas Paintings, Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2014, p. 176-185 Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13695-0_17 [2014] :
- Comparative evaluation of image segmentation algorithms for microscopic cross-section samples, Proceedings of 18th International Microscopy Congress, p. 4183-4184 Download [2014] :
- Low-cost mobile system for multispectral cultural heritage data acquisition, Digital Heritage International Congress, p. 73-79 Download [2013] :
- Image Fusion for Difference Visualization in Art Analysis, Digital Heritage International Congress, p. 653-656 Download [2013] :
- Computer-Assisted Evaluation of Videokymographic Data, International Journal on Biomedicine and Healthcare 1 1 (2013), p. 49-49 Download [2013] :
- VKFD: Computerized Analysis of Videokymographic Data, PEVOC, p. 293-294 Download [2013] :
- Blur Invariants and Projection Operators, Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications, p. 305-312, Eds: Linsen L., Kampel M. DOI: 10.2316/P.2013.798-018 [2013] :
- Odhalování kopií pomocí matematického zpracování obrazu, část I: teoretická východiska a princip metody, ACTA ARTIS ACADEMICA 2012: KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE FINE ART, p. 141-147 [2012] :
- System Nephele (2012) Download [2012] :
- Measurement of Vocal Fold Features in Videokymography Images, Proc. BioImage Informatics, p. 53 Download [2012] :
- Removing the Artifacts from Artwork Cross-section Images, Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, p. 3598-3601 Download [2011] :
- Detection of Elliptical Particles in Atomic Force Microscopy Images, ICASSP 2011: IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, p. 1233-1236 Download DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2011.5946633 [2011] :
- Contrast preserving color fusion, Color Imaging XVI: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications - Proceedings of the SPIE 2011 DOI: 10.1117/12.872392 [2011] :
- Image fusion for art analysis, Proceedings of SPIE , p. 786908-1-786908-9 Download DOI: 10.1117/12.872420 [2011] :
- A framework for virtual restoration of ancient documents by combination of multispectral and 3D imaging, Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference, p. 1-7, Eds: Puppo E., Brogni A., de Floriani L. Download DOI: 10.2312/LocalChapterEvents/ItalChap/ItalianChapConf2010/001-007 [2010] :
- Quality Improvement of Multispectral Images for Ancient Document Analysis, EUROMED 2010, 3rd International Conference dedicated on Digital Heritage, p. 29-34, Eds: Ioannides M., Fellner D., Georgopoulos A., Hadjimitsis D. Download [2010] :
- Analysis of painting materials on multimodal microscopic level, Proceedings of SPIE IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging 2010, Eds: Stork D. G., Coddington J., Bentkowska-Kafel A. Download DOI: 10.1117/12.838872 [2010] :
- Image Fusion - principles, methods, and applications - tutorial [2010] :
- Moments and Moment Invariants in Pattern Recognition - 6th IASTED Conference on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications (SSPA'09) [2009] :
- Tutorial on Image Fusion for Image and Video Quality Enhancement [2009] :
- Fresco restoration: digital image processing approach, Proceedings of the 17th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2009, p. 1210-1214 Download [2009] :
- The Material Description and Classification in Nephele System for Artwork Restoration, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, p. 63-67, Eds: Ioannides M., Addison A., Georgopoulos A., Kalisperis L. Download [2008] :
- Tutorial: Survey and Recent Advances in Image Registration and Fusion, Abstracts Book of IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, p. 27-27 [2008] :
- Image registration by means of moment invariants, MatGeos 1st Workshop on Mathematical Geosciences, p. 5-5 Download [2008] :
- Fusion in Image Processing (Tutorial), Proc. 11th Int'l. Conf. on Information Fusion, p. 1-4 [2008] :
- Image processing in material analyses of artworks, Proceedings of VISAPP 2008, p. 521-524, Eds: Ranchordas A. K. N., Araujo H. J. [2008] :
- Tutorial: Image Fusion - Principles, Methods, and Applications, Proceedings of the 15th European Signal Processing Conference, p. 1-2 [2007] :
- Methods of Digital Image Processing in Non-photo-realistic Imaging, ÚTIA AV ČR (Praha, 2007) [2007] :
- Nephele:Electronic Database of Materials Research of Paintings, The Future of Heritage, p. 79-79 [2007] :
- Wavelets for Texture Description in Nephele System, WDS'06 Proceedings of Contributed Papers, p. 151-156, Eds: Šafránková J., Pavlů J. [2006] :
- Image Fusion: A Powerful Tool for Object Identification, ÚTIA AV ČR (Praha, 2006) [2006] :
- Projekt elektronické databáze výsledků materiálového průzkumu malířských děl, Technologia Artis, p. 64-69 [2006] :
- The Image Processing System for Art Specimens: Nephele, Proceedings of 14th European Signal Processing Conference. EUSIPCO 2006, p. 1-5 [2006] :
- Cervical cancer detection using colposcopic images: a temporal approach, Proceedings of the Mexican International Conference on Computer Science ENC'05, p. 1-7 [2005] :
- Image registration: A survey and recent advances. Tutorial, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing. ICIP'05, p. 1-2, IEEE (Los Alamitos, 2005) [2005] :
- Microscopic cross-sections of old artworks, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing. ICIP'05, p. 578-581, IEEE (Los Alamitos, 2005) [2005] :
- Zpracování termografických snímků temporomandibulárního kloubu pacientů pomocí metod zpracování obrazu, Digitální zobrazování v biologii a medicíně 2005, p. 2, Entomologický ústav AV ČR (České Budějovice, 2005) [2005] :
- Nephele: Databáze restaurátorských zpráv s možností vyhledávání podle textové a obrazové informace, ÚTIA AV ČR (Praha, 2005) [2005] :
- Image Registration: A Survey and Recent Advances, ÚTIA AV ČR (Praha, 2005) [2005] :
- Invariants to convolution with circularly symmetric PSF, International Conference on Pattern Recognition. ICPR 2004, p. 11-14 Download [2004] :
- Weighted thin-plate spline image denoising, WDS '03 Proceedings of Contributed Papers, p. 132-138, MFF UK (Praha, 2003) [2003] :
- IMARE. Image Registration Toolbox for MATLAB. (Program), ÚTIA AV ČR (Praha, 2003) Download Download [2003] :
- Weighted thin-plate spline image denoising, Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns. Proceedings, p. 730-737, Eds: Petkov N., Westenberg M. A., Springer (Berlin, 2003) [2003] :
- Conservation of "The Last Judgement" mosaic: Image processing, Proceedings of the 8th Computer Vision Winter Workshop. CVWW'03, p. 169-174, Czech Pattern Recognition Society (Prague, 2003) [2003] :
- Application of image processing for the conservation of the medieval mosaic, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing. ICIP'02, p. 993-996, IEEE (Rochester, 2002) Download [2002] :
- Estimation of camera planar motion from blurred images, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing. ICIP'02, p. 329-332, IEEE (Rochester, 2002) Download [2002] :
- The Application of Digital Image Processing in "The Last Judgment" Mosaic Conservation, ÚTIA AV ČR (Praha, 2002) [2002] :
- Metody pro detekování dodatečných manipulací s digitálními obrazy, ÚTIA AV ČR (Praha, 2001) [2001] :
- Registrace obrazů aneb jak využít více různých snímků téhož objektu, Digitální zobrazování v biologii a medicíně 2001, p. 11-16, Entomologický ústav AV ČR (České Budějovice, 2001) [2001] :
- Combined invariants to convolution and rotation and their application to image registration, Advances in Pattern Recognition - ICAPR 2001. Proceedings, p. 359-368, Eds: Singh S., Murshed N., Kropatsch W., Springer (Berlin, 2001) [2001] :
- Combined invariants to convolution and rotation, Workshop on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis, p. 87-92, University of Zagreb (Pula, 2000) [2000] :
- Feature point detection in multiframe images, Proceedings of the Czech Pattern Recognition Workshop 2000, p. 117-122, Czech Pattern Recognition Society (Praha, 2000) Download [2000] :
- Two methods for comparing different views of the same object, Proceedings of the 10th British Machine Vision Conference, p. 1-10, University of Nottingham (Nottingham, 1999) Download [1999] :
- Invariant-based registration of rotated and blurred images, IEEE 1999 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Proceedings, p. 1262-1264, IEEE Computer Society (Los Alamitos, 1999) Download [1999] :
- Recognition of landmarks distorted by fish-eye lens, Simposio Iberoamericano de Reconocimiento de Patrones, p. 611-622, Instituto Politecnico Nacional (Habana, 1999) Download [1999] :
- Feature point detection in blurred images, Image and Vision Computing. Proceedings, p. 103-108, Eds: Klette R., Gimel'farb G., Kakarala R., University of Auckland (Auckland, 1998) [1998] :
- Implementation of a Mammogram Enhancement Algorithm, Flinders University of South Australia (Adelaide, 1997) [1997] :
- Mammogram Project Breast Pair Similarities, Flinders University of South Australia (Adelaide, 1997) [1997] :
- Recognition of Navigation Marks by Robot Vision System, ÚTIA AV ČR (Praha, 1996) [1996] :
- Registration of Radiometrically Deformed Images by Invariant Descriptors. Ph.D. Thesis :