Special Issue: Image Sequence Processing —Scientific Measurement, Modeling and CG-Animation— Preface Hidetoshi Miike Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), p. 255, 1998 [Preface] I. Technical and Methodological Aspects on Image Sequence Processing An Inexpensive Color Image Sequence Acquisition System Using a Personal Computer Kazuki Nakajima and Hajime Hashimoto Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 257-266, 1998 [Abstract] Unsupervised Textured Image Segmentation Using MRF with Mean Field Approximation Hideki Noda and Eiji Kawaguchi Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 267-278, 1998 [Abstract] Determining Motion Vector Fields under Non-Uniform Illumination by the Temporal Optimization Method —A Generalized Gradient Based Approach— Atsushi Nomura Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 279-298, 1998 [Abstract] The Spatio-Temporal Optimization to Determine Optical Flow with Combination of Local and Global Approach L. Zhang, H. Miike and K. Kuriyama Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 299-320, 1998 [Abstract] Shape and Pose Parameter Acquisition of 3D Multi-Part Objects on Multiple Viewpoint Image Sequences Satoshi Yonemoto, Naoyuki Tsuruta and Rin-Ichiro Taniguchi Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 321-337, 1998 [Abstract] Validity and Problems of the "Sketch Continuity" for 3D-CG Animation Making through Experimental Production—In Quest of Establishing a Methodology for Graphic Design— Takeshi Kinoshita and Mitsuyasu Miyazaki Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 339-350, 1998 [Abstract] II. Scientific Visualization, Measurement and Analysis by Image Sequence Processing STM Images of Molecular Alignments in Monolayers of Cyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystals on Graphite and MoS2 Substrates Seiji Taki and Shoichi Kai Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 351-362, 1998 [Abstract] Precise Visualization of the Non-Steady State Concentration Field around a Growing Crystal in Solution Etsuro Yokoyama, Koichi Okada and Katsuo Tsukamoto Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 363-374, 1998 [Abstract] Image Processing Techniques to Analyze Traveling Waves Markus A. Dahlem and Stefan C. Müller Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 375-386, 1998 [Abstract] Characteristic Spatio-Temporal Responses to Chemical Stimuli in an Oil-Water System Satoshi Nakata, Kaori Takemura and Yuko Hayashima Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 387-396, 1998 [Abstract] Optical Trapping of Single DNA Molecule Complexed with Cationic Surfactant Yuichi Yamasaki, Ken Hirano, Keisuke Morishima, Akira Mizuno, Fumihito Arai and Kenichi Yoshikawa Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 397-403, 1998 [Abstract] Changing Shape, Size and Pattern in the Physarum Plasmodium Tetsuo Ueda Forma, Vol. 13 (No. 4), pp. 405-412, 1998 [Abstract]