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Image Analysis and Shape Representation by Nets of Medial Primitives and Cores : Selected References

Last update: 09 November 2000


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Overview and Definitions

Burbeck, C.A., Pizer, S. M. (1994). Object representation by cores: Identifying and representing primitive spatial regions. University of North Carolina Computer Science Department technical report TR94-048. Vision Research, 35,13:1917-1930, 1995.

Morse, B. S., Pizer, S. M., Burbeck, C. A. (1994). General shape and specific detail: Context-dependent use of scale in determining visual form. Proc. Second International Workshop on Visual Form, 374-383, World Scientific, Singapore.

Pizer, S. M., Burbeck, C. A., Fritsch, D. S. (1993). Human perception and computer image analysis of objects in images. Proc. Conference of the Australia Pattern Recognition Society (DICTA) , I:19-26.


Mathematics and Algorithms

Pizer SM, A Thall, D Chen (1999). M-Reps: A New Object Representation for Graphics. Submitted to ACM TOG.

Stetten G, Pizer SM (1999). Medial Node Models to identify and Measure Objects in Real-Time 3D Echocardiography. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 18: (10) 1025-1034.

Furst JD, SM Pizer (2000). Optimal Parameter Height Ridges, To appear in: SPECIAL ISSUE ON PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS IN IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER VISION, AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation.

Aylward S, E Bullitt (2001).  A Comparison of Methods for Tubular Object Centerline Extraction.  Submitted to TMI.

Eberly, D (1994), A differential approach to anisotropic diffusion, Chapter 14 in B. M. ter Haar Romeny, ed., Geometry-Driven Diffusion in Computer Vision, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, NL.

Morse BS, SM Pizer, DT Puff, C Gu (1996). Zoom-Invariant Vision of Figural Shape: Effects on Cores of Image Disturbances. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 69: 72-86. University of North Carolina Computer Science technical report TR96-005.

Pizer SM, D Eberly, BS Morse, DS Fritsch (1996). Zoom-Invariant Figural Shape: The Mathematics of Cores. Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU '98) 69: 55-71. University of North Carolina Computer Science Department technical report TR96-004.

Pizer SM, CA Burbeck, JM Coggins, DS Fritsch, BS Morse (1994). Object shape before boundary shape: scale-space medial axes. Presented at Shape in Picture, (NATO Advanced Research Workshop), Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 4:303-313.


Planning Radiotherapy

Fritsch DS, SM Pizer, L Yu, V Johnson, EL Chaney (1997). Localiation and Segmentation of Medical Image objects using Deformable Shape Loci. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Radiation Oncology technical report. Information Processing in Medical Imaging 1997 (IPMI '97). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer 1230: 127-140.


Verification of Radiotherapy

Fritsch, DS, EL Chaney, A Boxwala, MJ McAuliffe, S Raghavan, A Thall, JRD Earnhart (1995). Core-based portal image registration for automatic radiotherapy treatment verification. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Radiation Oncology technical report International Journal of Radiation, Oncology, Biology, Physics. (special issue on Conformal Therapy), 33 (5): 1287-1300.

Fritsch, DS, EL Chaney, S Raghavan, A Boxwala, M. J. McAuliffe, JD Earnhart (1995). Evaluation of the accuracy of an automatic portal image registration method. Proc. ASTRO '95.


Neurosurgery

Aylward S, E Bullitt (2001).  A Comparison of Methods for Tubular Object Centerline Extraction.  Submitted to TMI.

Bullitt E, S Aylward, A Liu, J Stone, SK Mukherji C Coffey, G Gerig, SM Pizer (1999). 3D Graph Description of Intracerebral Vasculature from Segmented MRA and Tests of accuracy by Comparison with X-ray Angiograms. Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI '99), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer 1613: 308-321.

Bullitt E, Liu A, Aylward S, Coffey C, Stone J, Mukherji S, Muller K, Pizer S (1999). Registration of 3D cerebral vessels with 2D digital angiograms: Clinical evaluation. Academic Radiology 6: 539-546.


Model-based Segmentation

Pizer SM, DS Fritsch, P Yushkevich, V Johnson, E Chaney (1996). Segmentation, Registration, and Measurement of shape Variation via Image Object Shape.  IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 18: (10) 851-865.

Pizer SM, PT Fletcher, Y Fridman, DS Fritsch, AG Gash, JM Glotzer, S Joshi, A Thall, G Tracton, P Yushkevich, EL Chaney, (2000). Deformable M-Reps for 3D Medical Image Segmentation. Submitted for publication to MedIA.

Joshi S, SM Pizer, PT Flecther, A Thall, G Tracton (2001).  Multi-scale 3-D Deformable Model Segmentation Based on Medial Description.  IPMI 2000 submission.


Registration

Fritsch, DS, SM Pizer, B Morse, DH Eberly, A Liu (1994). The multiscale medial axis and its applications in image registration. University of North Carolina Computer Science Department technical report TR93-058, Pattern Recognition Letters, 15:445-452.

Fritsch, DS, EL Chaney, A Boxwala, MJ McAuliffe, S Raghavan, A Thall, JRD Earnhart (1995). Core-based portal image registration for automatic radiotherapy treatment verification. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Radiation Oncology technical report International Journal of Radiation, Oncology, Biology, Physics (special issue on Conformal Therapy), 33 (5): 1287-1300.


Shape Measurement

Pizer SMDS Fritsch, P Yushkevich, V Johnson, E Chaney, G Gerig (1996). Segmentation, Registration, and Measurement of shape Variation via Image Object Shape. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 18: (10) 851-865.

Yushkevich P, SM Pizer, S Joshi, JS Marron (2001).  Intuitive, Localized Analysis of Shape Variability.  IPMI 2000 submission.

Styner M, G Gerig (2001).  Medial models incorporating object variability for 3D shape analysis.  IPMI 2000 submission.


Human Vision

Burbeck CA, SM Pizer (1994). Object representation by cores: Identifying and representing primitive spatial regions. University of North Carolina Computer Science Department technical report TR94-048. Vision Research, 35,13:1917-1930, 1995.

Burbeck CA, SM Pizer, BS Morse, D Ariely, G Zauberman, J Rolland (1994). Linking object boundaries at scale: a common mechanism for size and shape judgments. University of North Carolina Computer Science Department technical report TR94-041. Vision Research., 36, 3:361-372, 1996.


Graphics

Chen D, SM Pizer, T Whitted (1998). Using Multiscale Medial Models to Guide Volume Visualization. University of North Carolina Computer Science technical report TR99-014. Submitted to IEEE Visualization.

Pizer SM, A Thall, Chen DT, (1997). Volume Rendering by Multiscale Methods. TR #-xx. Submitted to ACM TOG.