Recently Published Journal and Conference Papers

Journal Publications

 


K.H. Liang, T. Tjahjadi, and Y.H. Yang, "Bounded Diffusion for Multiscale Edge Detection Using Regularized Cubic B-Spline Fitting," IEEE Trans. On Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 29, No. 2, 1999, pp. 291-297.


L. Zhao and Y.H. Yang, "Theoretical Analysis of Illumination in PCA-Based Vision Systems," Pattern Recognition, Vol. 32, No. 4, 1999, pp. 547-564


L. Zhao and Y.H. Yang, "Mosaic Image Method," Pattern Recognition, Vol. 32, 1999, pp. 851-864.


B.M.A. Genswein and Y.H. Yang, "A. Fast Rule-Based Parameter Free Discrete Hough Transform," Int. Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 13, No. 5, 1999, pp. 615-640.


T. Grigorishin and Y.H. Yang, "Skeletonization: An Electrostatic Field-Based Approach," Pattern Analysis and Applications, Vol. 1, 1998, pp. 163-177.


J. Shen and Y.H. Yang, "Deformable Object Modeling using the Time-Dependent Finite Element Method," Graphical Models and Image Processing, Vol. 60, 1998, pp. 461-487 .


L. Zhao and Y.H. Yang, "An Efficient Algorithm to Compute Eigenimages in PCA-Based Vision System," Pattern Recognition, Vol. 32, 1998, pp. 851-864.


Muzzolini, R., Y.H. Yang, and R. Pierson, ``Classifier design with incomplete knowledge,'' Pattern Recognition,  Vol. 31, No. 4, 1998, pp. 345-369. 

This paper won the Honourable Mention Award of the Pattern Recognition Society for the year 1998.


D. Mould and Y.H. Yang, ``Water modeling for computer graphics,'' Computers and Graphics, Vol. 21, No. 6, 1997, pp. 801-814.


N. Weng, Y.H. Yang, and R. Pierson, ``3D surface reconstruction using optical flow for medical imaging,'' IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging,  Vol. 16, No. 5, 1997, pp. 630-641.


S. Bakshi and Y.H. Yang, ``Towards developing a practical system to recover light, reflectance, and shape,'' Int. Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence,  Vol. 11, No. 6, 1997, pp. 991-1022.


Liang, K.H., T. Tjahjadi, and Y.H. Yang, ``Roof edge detection using regularized cubic B-spline,'' Pattern Recognition,  Vol 30, No. 5, May, 1997, pp 719-728.


Tjahjadi, T., D. Litwin, and Y.H. Yang, ``A physics-based approach to identifying interreflection,'' Optica Applicata, Vol. 26, No. 3, 1996, pp. 201-216.


Leung, M.K. and Y.H. Yang, ``First Sight: A human body outline labeling system,'' IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1995, pp. 359-377.


Chen, G. and Y.H. Yang, ``Edge detection by regularized cubic B-spline fitting,'' IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 25, No. 4, 1995, pp. 636-643.


Vega, O. and Y.H. Yang, ``Default shape theory: With application to the computation of the direction of the light source,'' CVGIP: Image Understanding, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 285-299, 1994.


Liu, J. and Y.H. Yang, ``Multiresolution color image segmentation,'' IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 16, No. 7, 1994, pp. 689-700.


Muzzolini, R., Y.H. Yang and R.A. Pierson, ``Texture characterization using robust statistics,'' Pattern Recognition, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1994, pp. 119-134.


Muzzolini, R., Y.H. Yang and R.A. Pierson, ``A multiresolution texture segmentation approach with application to diagnostic ultrasound images,'' IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1993, pp. 108-123.

An abridged version of this paper was presented at the IEEE Conf. on Medical Imaging, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 7-9, 1991.


Vega, O. and Y.H. Yang, ``Shading logic: a heuristic approach to recover shape from shading,'' IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 15, No. 6, 1993, pp. 592-597.


Yang, Y.H. and M.D. Levine, ``The background primal sketch: An approach for tracking moving objects,'' Machine Vision and Applications, Vol. 5, 1992, pp. 17-34.


Long, W. and Y.H. Yang, ``Log-tracker: An attribute based approach to human body motion analysis,'' The Int. J. on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, Vol.5, 1991, pp. 439-458.


Willick, D. and Y.H. Yang, ``Experimental evaluation of three motion constraint equations,'' Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing: Image Understanding, Vol. 54, No. 2, 1991, pp. 206-214.


Long, W. and Y.H. Yang, ``Stationary background generation: An alternative to the difference of two picture,'' Pattern Recognition, Vol. 23, 1990, pp. 1351-1359.


Xu, J. and Y.H. Yang, ``Generalized orthogonal polynomials for shape analysis,'' IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 12, 1990, pp. 906-913.


Tandri, S. and Y.H. Yang, ``Comparison of two shape-from-shading algorithms,'' Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 11, 1990, pp. 637-642.


Leung, M.K. and Y.H. Yang, ``Dynamic two-strip algorithm in curve fitting,'' Pattern Recognition, Vol. 23, 1990, pp. 69-79.


Leung, M.K. and Y.H. Yang, ``Dynamic strip algorithm in curve fitting,'' Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, Vol. 51, 1990, pp. 146-165.


Brockelbank, D.C. and Y.H. Yang, ``An experimental investigation in the use of color in computational stereopsis,'' IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, a special issue on Computer Vision, Vol. 19, 1989, pp. 1365-1383.

Papers in Conference Proceedings


Y. Zhang and Y.H. Yang, "Illuminant direction determination for multiple light sources," Proc. IEEE Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June 13-15, 2000, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, pp. 269-276.


B.M.A. Genswein and Y.H. Yang, "A Fast Rule-Based Parameter Free Digital Hough Transform," Vision Interface'98, Vancouver, B.C., pp. 157-164.


Y.H. Yang, "An Experimental Study of Light Source Determination for Computer Graphics," Vision Interface'98, Vancouver, B.C., pp. 271-278.


T. Grigorishin and Y.H. Yang, "Image Segmentation: An Electrostatic Field Based Approach," Vision Interface'98, Vancouver, B.C., pp. 279-286.


Weng, N., Y.H. Yang, and R. Pierson, ``3D surface reconstruction using optical flow for medical imaging,'' Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Anaheim, CA, Nov. 3-9, 1996.


Liang, K.H., T. Tjahjadi, and Y.H. Yang, ``Multiscale texture segmentation based on image spectrum,'' Proc.1996 IEEE NORDIC Signal Processing Symposium, Espoo, Finland, Sept. 24-27, 1996, pp. 239-242.


Tjahjadi, T., D. Litwin, and Y.H. Yang, ``A modified dichromatic reflection model for an analysis of interreflection,'' Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Washington, DC, Oct. 22-25, 1995.


Liang, K.H., T. Tjahjadi, and Y.H. Yang, ``A regularized multiscale edge detection scheme using cubic B-spline,'' Proc. U.K. Symposium of Applications of Time-Frequency and Time-Scale Methods,'' University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K., Aug. 30-31, 1995, pp. 58-65.


Leung, M.K. and Y.H. Yang, ``A model based approach to labeling human body outlines,'' IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Motion of Non-Rigid and Articulated Objects, Nov. 11-12, 1994, Austin, Texas, pp. 57-62.


Muzzolini, R., Y.H. Yang, and R. Pierson, ``Three-dimensional segmentation of volume data,'' Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Nov. 13-16, 1994, Austin, Texas, Vol. III, pp. 488-492.


Bakshi, S. and Y.H. Yang, ``Shape from shading for non-Lambertian surfaces,'' Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Nov. 13-16, 1994, Austin, Texas, Vol. II, pp. 130-134.


Abdel-Hamid, G. and Y.H. Yang, ``Multiscale skeletonization: An electrostatic field-based approach,'' Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing Nov. 13-16, 1994, Austin, Texas, Vol. I, pp. 949-953.


Abdel-Hamid, G.H. and Y.H. Yang, ``Electrostatic field-based detection of corners of planar curves,'' Proc. 1993 Canadian Conf. on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, September 14-17, 1993, pp. 767-770.


Muzzolini, R., Y.H. Yang and R.A. Pierson, ``A framework for the evaluation of feature detectors with application to diagnostic ultrasound images,'' Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 2-9, 1991, pp. 2201-2204.


Muzzolini, R., Y.H. Yang and R.A. Pierson, ``A multiresolution texture segmentation approach with application to diagnostic ultrasound images,'' Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 2-9, 1991, pp. 2205-2209.

Abstracts in Conferences

R.A. Pierson, J.J. Deptuch, G.P. Adams, D.R. Chizen, R.E. Muzzolini, and Y.H. Yang, ``Three dimensional ovarian ultrasonography in an in vitro model system,'' Prco. XIV World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 24-30, 1994.


Muzzolini, R., Y.H. Yang and R.A. Pierson, ``Three dimensional reconstruction of ovarian follicles,'' Proc. of the 6th World Congress on Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Copenhagen, Denmark, September, 1991, I:8077.

Book and Book Chapter

Pierson, R.A., H.K. Brown, W.R. Lees, J.M. Rubin, Y.H. Yang, and R. Jaffe, ``New Directions in Imaging in Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology,'' in Imaging in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, R. Jaffe and R.A. Pierson, editors, Lippincott, Philadelphia, USA, 1994, pp. 389-398.

Chiriet, M. and Y.H. Yang, Vision Interface - Real World Applications of Computer Vision, World Scientific, 1999.

Technical Reports

T. Grigorishin and Y.H. Yang, ``Form Segmentation: An Electrostatic Field-Based Approach'' technical report, June 23, 1997. (308K)


L. Zhao and Y.H. Yang, ``Mosaic Image Method: a Local and Global Method'' technical report, June 23, 1997. (1.8MB)


L. Zhao and Y.H. Yang, ``On Illumination Effects in PCA-based Vision Systems'' technical report, June 23, 1997. (3MB) (to appear in Pattern Recognition).


R. Muzzolini, Y.H. Yang and R.A. Pierson, ``Classifier Design With Incomplete Knowledge,'' technical report, September 16, 1996. (Appears in Pattern Recognition)


David Mould and Yee-Hong Yang, ``Water Modeling for Computer Graphics,'' technical report, May 3, 1996. (Full paper in Computers and Graphics)


Nan Weng, Yee-Hong Yang, and Roger Pierson, ``3D Surface Reconstruction using Optical Flow for Medical Imaging,'' technical report, May 3, 1996. (to appear in IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging)


T. Grigorishin, G. Abdel-Hamid and Y.H. Yang ``Skeletonization: An Electrostatic Field-Based Approach,'' technical report, Feb. 1, 1996. (191K) (Revised paper to appear in Pattern Analysis and Applications.)


G. Abdel-Hamid and Y.H. Yang ``Multiscale Skeletonization: An Electrostatic Field-Based Approach,'' technical report, December 14, 1994. (468K)


G. Abdel-Hamid and Y.H. Yang ``Electrostatic Field-Based Multiscale Corner Detection: A Physics-Motivated Approach,'' technical report, December 14, 1994. (518K)


R. Muzzolini, Y.H. Yang and R.A. Pierson, ``Multidimensional Texture Characterization,'' technical report, December 2, 1994. (280K) (Revised paper appears in Pattern Recognition.)


M.K. Leung and Y.H. Yang ``An Empirical Approach to Human Body Motion Analysis,'' technical report, February 22, 1994. (325K) (Revised paper appears in PAMI).

Theses

Qin, X., Texture Analysis/Synthesis using a Genetic-based Approach, M.Sc. September, 2000.


Shen, J., Collision Response Analysis and Fracture Simulation of Deformable Objects for Computer Graphics, Ph.D. thesis, August, 2000.


Ayinde, O., Face Detection and Recognition, M.Sc. thesis, August, 2000.


Zhang, Y., Illumination Determination and its Application, M.Sc. thesis, May, 2000.


Harrington, D., Physically Based Fog and Cloud Modelling for Computer Graphics, Spring, 2000.


Bashforth, B., Physics-Based Explosion Modelling for Computer Graphics, December, 1998.


Genswein, B., Recognition of Complex Two-Dimensional Shapes using Geometric Primitives and the Hough Transform, February, 1998.


Shen,J., Deformable Object Modelling for Computer Graphics Using Time-Dependent Finite Element Method, M.Sc. thesis, September, 1997.


Grigorishin, T., Image Segmentation, Form Segmentation, Image Skeletonization: An Electrostatic Field Theory-Based Approach, M.Sc. thesis, July, 1997.


Zhao, L., A Study of Occlusion, Multi-Scale Methods and Illumination Effects in PCA-Based Vision Systems, M.Sc. thesis, May 20, 1997. (81K) Part1 (3.8MB) and Part2 (3MB)


Muzzolini, R., A Volumetric Approach to Segmentation and Texture Characterisation of Ultrasound Images, Ph.D. thesis (co-supervisor: Dr. R.A. Pierson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology), Fall, 1996. (5.2MB)


Mould, D., Water Modelling for Computer Graphics, M.Sc. thesis, June, 1996.


Weng, N., Recovery of Three Dimensional Models From Sequences of Ultrasound Images, M.Sc. thesis, April 1996.


Bakshi, S., Shape From Shading for Non-Lambertian Surfaces, M.Sc. thesis, July, 1994. (4MB)


Wu, Z., An Experimental Investigation in the Use of Robust Statistics in Edge Detection , M.Sc. thesis, August, 1993. (2.3MB)


Liu, J., Multiresolution Colour Image Segmentation, M.Sc. thesis, January, 1993. (500KB)


Leung, M.K., First Sight: Towards A System In Human Body Motion Recognition And Understanding, Ph.D. thesis, June, 1992.


Vega, O., Default Shape Theory: With Applications To The Recovery Of Shape And Light Source From Shading, M.Sc. thesis, October 1991.


Muzzolini, R., Segmentation Of Ultrasound Images Using Texture Discrimination, M.Sc. thesis (co-supervisor: Dr. R.A. Pierson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology), October, 1991. (3MB)


Chen, G., Edge Detection By Regularized Cubic B-Spline Fitting, M.Sc. thesis, August, 1991.