@article{CMo, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Moisan, L.},
	Title = {Geometric computation of curvature driven plane curve evolution},
	Journal = {SIAM Journal of Numerical Analysis},
	Volume = {39},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {624--646},
	Year = {2001}
} 


@article{Cao1, 
	Author = {Cao, F.},
	Title = {Partial Differential Equations and Mathematical Morphology},
	Journal = {Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées},
	Volume = {77},
	Number = {9},
	Pages = {909--941},
	Year = {1998}
} 


@article{Cao2, 
	Author = {Cao, F.},
	Title = {Absolutely minimizing Lipschitz extension with discontinuous boundary data},
	Journal = {C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris},
	Volume = {327},
	Pages = {563--568},
	Year = {1998}
} 


@PhdThesis{Cao4, 
	Author = {Cao, F.},
	Title = {Approximations d'équations paraboliques par des schémas invariants ; une théorie de l'interpolation ; applications au traitement d'images},
	School = {ENS Cachan},
	Year = {2001}
} 


@InProceedings{CCo, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and B. Collin, B.},
	Title = {Region tracking using level set registration},
	BookTitle = {SPIE Aerosense, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XV},
	Year = {2001}
} 


@InProceedings{CCMS, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Caselles, V. and Morel, J.-M. and Sbert, C.},
	Title = {An axiomatic approach of interpolation},
	BookTitle = {Proceedings of PDE Prague'98, in Partial Differential Equations - Theory and numerical solution},
	Volume = {406},
	Pages = {70--80},
	Series = {Research Notes in Mathematics},
	Year = {1998}
} 


@InProceedings{CMo2, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Moisan, L.},
	Title = {A stable numerical algorithm for generalized curve shortening flow},
	BookTitle = {International conference on free boundary problems: theory and applications, Chiba, Japan},
	editor = {Kenmochi, N.},
	Volume = {14},
	Pages = {61--76},
	Series = {Gaguto Int. Ser, Math. Sci. Appl},
	Publisher = {Gakkotosho, Tokyo},
	Year = {2000}
} 


@InProceedings{Cao5, 
	Author = {Cao, F.},
	Title = {Parabolic degenerate nonlinear equations in image processing},
	BookTitle = {Progress in partial differential equations. Papers from the 3rd European conference on elliptic and parabolic problems, Pont-à-Mousson, France},
	editor = {Amann, H.},
	Volume = {383},
	Pages = {67--77},
	Series = {Pitman Res. Notes Math. Ser},
	Year = {1998}
} 


@article{Cao02b, 
	Author = {Almansa, A. and Cao, F. and Gousseau, Y. and Rougé, B.},
	Title = {Interpolation of digital elevation models using AMLE and related methods},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing},
	Volume = {40},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {314--325},
	Month = {February},
	Year = {2002}
} 


@TechReport{Cao02d, 
	Author = {Cao, F.},
	Title = {Contrast Invariant, Parameterless Detection of Good Continuations, Corners and Terminators},
	Number = {1487},
	Institution = {IRISA},
	Month = {October},
	Year = {2002}
} 


@Book{Cao03a, 
	Author = {Cao, F.},
	Title = {Geometric Curve Evolution and Image Processing},
	Number = {1805},
	Series = {Lecture Notes in Mathematics},
	Publisher = {Springer Verlag},
	Month = {February},
	Year = {2003}
} 


@InProceedings{Cao03b, 
	Author = {Cao, F.},
	Title = {Good continuations in digital image level lines},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Int. Conf. on Computer Vision, ICCV'03},
	Pages = {440--447},
	Address = {Nice, France},
 	Month = {October},
	Year = {2003}
} 


@InProceedings{Muse03a, 
	Author = {Musé, P. and Sur, F. and Cao, F. and Gousseau, Y.},
	Title = {Unsupervised thresholds for shape matching},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing, ICIP 2003},
	Address = {Barcelona, Spain},
 	Month = {September},
	Year = {2003}
} 


@TechReport{Cao04a, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Musé, P. and Sur, F.},
	Title = {Extracting meaningful curves from images},
	Number = {5067},
	Institution = {INRIA},
	Year = {2004}
} 


@InProceedings{Cao04b, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Fablet, R.},
	Title = {Automatic morphological detection of otolith nucleus},
	BookTitle = {Proc. Int. Con. Pattern Recognition (ICPR'04)},
	Address = {Cambridge, UK},
 	Month = {August},
	Year = {2004}
} 


@article{Cao4c, 
	Author = {Cao, F.},
	Title = {Application of the {G}estalt principles to the detection of good continuations and corners in image level lines},
	Journal = {Computing and Visualisation in Science},
	Volume = {7},
	Pages = {3--13},
	Year = {2004}
} 


@PhdThesis{Cao04h, 
	Author = {Cao, F.},
	Title = {Sur quelques problèmes mathématiques de l'analyse des formes},
	School = {Université de Paris Dauphine},
	Month = {December},
	Year = {2004}
	type = {Habilitation à diriger les recherches}, 
 } 


@TechReport{Muse04a, 
	Author = {Musé, P. and Sur, F. and Cao, F. and Gousseau, Y. and Morel, J.-M.},
	Title = {Accurate estimates of false alarm number in shape recognition},
	Number = {5086},
	Institution = {INRIA},
	Year = {2004}
} 


@InProceedings{Veit04a, 
	Author = {Veit, T. and Cao, F. and Bouthemy, P.},
	Title = {Probabilistic parameter-free motion detection},
	BookTitle = {Conf. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR'04},
	Address = {Washington, DC},
 	Month = {June},
	Year = {2004}
} 


@TechReport{Veit04b, 
	Author = {Veit, T. and Cao, F. and Bouthemy, P.},
	Title = {An {a contrario} framework for motion detection},
	Number = {5313},
	Institution = {INRIA},
	Year = {2004}
} 


@TechReport{cao05b, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Delon, J. and Desolneux, A. and Musé, P. and Sur, F.},
	Title = {A unified framework for detecting groups and application to shape recognition},
	Number = {1746},
	Institution = {IRISA},
	Month = {September},
	Year = {2005}
} 


@TechReport{cao05c, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Bouthemy, P.},
	Title = {A general criterion for image similarity detection},
	Number = {1732},
	Institution = {IRISA},
	Year = {2005}
} 


@InCollection{cao05d, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Veit, Th. and Bouthemy, P.},
	Title = {Image comparison and motion detection by {a contrario} methods},
	BookTitle = {Computational Vision in Neural and Machine Systems},
	editor = {Harris, Laurence and Jenkin, Michael},
	Publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
	Year = {2005}
} 


@article{Cao05a, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Musé, P. and Sur, F.},
	Title = {Extracting meaningful curves from images},
	Journal = {J. Math. Image and Vison},
	Volume = {22},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {159--181},
	Year = {2005}
} 


@TechReport{Muse05b, 
	Author = {Musé, P. and Sur, F. and Cao, F. and Lisani, J.-L. and Morel, J.-M.},
	Title = {A Theory of Shape Identification},
	Number = {5766},
	Institution = {INRIA},
	Month = {November},
	Year = {2005}
} 


@InProceedings{Papadakis05a, 
	Author = {Papadakis, N. and Mémin, E. and Cao, F.},
	Title = {A variational approach for object contour tracking},
	BookTitle = {Proc. ICCV'05 Workshop on Variational, Geometric and Level Set Methods in Computer Vision},
	Pages = {259--270},
	Address = {Beijing, China},
 	Month = {October},
	Year = {2005}
} 


@InProceedings{Veit05a, 
	Author = {Veit, Th. and Cao, F. and Bouthemy, P.},
	Title = {A maximality principle applied to a contrario motion detection},
	BookTitle = {Proc Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP'05)},
	Volume = {2},
	Pages = {426--429},
	Address = {Genova, Italy},
 	Month = {September},
	Year = {2005}
} 


@article{Cao06a, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Fablet, R.},
	Title = {Automatic morphological detection of otolith nucleus},
	Journal = {Pattern Recognition Letters},
	Volume = {27},
	Number = {6},
	Pages = {658--666},
	Year = {2006}
} 


@InProceedings{Cao06b, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Bouthemy, P},
	Title = {A general principled method for image similarity validation},
	BookTitle = {Proc. Int. Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval (AMR'2006)},
	Volume = {4398 (LNCS)},
	Pages = {57--70},
	Address = {Geneva, Switzerland},
 	Month = {July},
	Year = {2006}
} 


@InProceedings{Chessel06a, 
	Author = {Chessel, A. and Cao, F. and Fablet, R.},
	Title = {Interpolating orientation fields: an axiomatic approach},
	BookTitle = {Proc. European Conf. Comp. Vision (ECCV'06)},
	Volume = {3951 (LNCS)},
	Pages = {241--254},
	Address = {Graz, Austria},
 	Month = {May},
	Year = {2006}
} 


@InProceedings{Chessel06b, 
	Author = {Chessel, A. and Fablet, R. and Cao, F. and Kervrann, Ch.},
	Title = {Orientation interpolation and applications},
	BookTitle = {Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP'06)},
	Pages = {1561--1564},
	Address = {Atlanta, USA},
 	Month = {October},
	Year = {2006}
} 


@InProceedings{Fablet06a, 
	Author = {Fablet, R. and Pujolle, S. and Chessel, A. and Benzinou, A. and Cao, F.},
	Title = {Variational level-set reconstruction of accretionary morphogenesis from images},
	BookTitle = {Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP'06)},
	Pages = {221--224},
	Address = {Atlanta, USA},
 	Month = {October},
	Year = {2006}
} 


@article{Muse06a, 
	Author = {Musé, P. and Sur, F. and Cao, F. and Gousseau, Y. and Morel, J.-M.},
	Title = {An {a contrario} decision method for shape elements recognition},
	Journal = {International Journal of Computer Vision},
	Volume = {69},
	Number = {3},
	Pages = {295--315},
	Year = {2006}
} 


@InCollection{Muse06b, 
	Author = {Musé, P. and Sur, F. and Cao, F. and Gousseau, Y. and Morel, J.-M.},
	Title = {Shape recognition based on an a contrario methodology},
	BookTitle = {Statistics and Analysis of Shapes},
	editor = {Krim, H. and Yezzi, A.},
	Publisher = {Springer Verlag},
	Year = {2006}
} 


@article{Veit06a, 
	Author = {Veit, Th. and Cao, F. and Bouthemy, P.},
	Title = {An {a contrario} decision framework for region-based motion detection},
	Journal = {International Journal on Computer Vision},
	Volume = {68},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {163--178},
	Year = {2006}
} 


@TechReport{Veit06b, 
	Author = {Veit, Th. and Cao, F. and Bouthemy, P.},
	Title = {An a contrario space-time grouping framework for the detection of coherent motions},
	Number = {6061},
	Pages = {1--33},
	Institution = {INRIA},
	Month = {November},
	Year = {2006}
} 


@article{Cao07a, 
	Author = {Cao, F. and Delon, J. and Desolneux, A. and Musé, P. and Sur, F.},
	Title = {A unified framework for detecting groups and application to shape recognition},
	Journal = {Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision},
	Volume = {27},
	Number = {2},
	Pages = {91--119},
	Year = {2007}
} 


@InProceedings{Veit07, 
	Author = {Veit, Th. and Cao, F. and Bouthemy, P.},
	Title = {Space-time {a contrario} clustering for detecting coherent motion},
	BookTitle = {IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, ICRA'07},
	Pages = {33--39},
	Address = {Roma, Italy},
 	Month = {April},
	Year = {2007}
} 


@InProceedings{Chessel08a, 
	Author = {Chessel, A. and Fablet, R. and Kervrann, Ch. and Cao, F.},
	Title = {Otolith image analysis by computer vision: extracting growth rings and recovering shape evolution of accretionnary structures},
	BookTitle = {Proc. Int. Conf. on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS'08)},
	Volume = {2},
	Pages = {490--497},
	Address = {Funchal, Portugal},
 	Month = {January},
	Year = {2008}
} 


@InProceedings{Chessel08b, 
	Author = {Chessel, A. and Fablet, R. and Kervrann, Ch. and Cao, F.},
	Title = {Détection a contrario multi-modale de structures curvilinéaires},
	BookTitle = {Congrès Francophone de Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle (RFIA'08)},
	Pages = {1--8},
	Address = {Amiens},
 	Month = {January},
	Year = {2008}
}