VAVlabPUBLICATIONS & PATENTS
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COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY COLONOGRAPHY
Journals:
Polyp Enhancing Level Set Evolution of Colon Wall: Method and Pilot Study
Konukoglu E., Acar B., Paik D.S., Beaulieu CF,Rosenberg J., Napel S.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, December 2007, Vol. 26-12, pp. 1649-1656. pdf / Ask for a preprint
HDF: Heat Diffusion Fields for Polyp Detection in CT Colonography
Konukoglu E., Acar B.
Signal Processing (Elsevier), October 2007, Vol. 87, Issue: 10, pp. 2407-2416.
Online DOI link/pdf/Ask for a preprint
Registration of Central Paths and Colonic Polyps between Supine and Prone Scans in CT Colonography
Li P., Napel S., Acar B., Paik D.S., Jeffrey, Jr. R.B., Beaulieu C.F.
Medical Physics, October 2004, Vol. 31, Issue: 10, pp. 2912-2923 pdf /Ask for a preprint
Surface Normal Overlap: A Computer-Aided Detection Algorithm With Application to Colonic Polyps and Lung Nodules in Helical CT
Paik D.S., Beaulieu C.F., Rubin G.D., Acar B., Jeffrey Jr R.B., Yee J., Dey J., Napel S.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, June 2004, Vol. 23-6, pp. 661-675
pdf / Ask
for a preprint
Edge Displacement Field Based-Classification for Improved Detection of Polyps in CT Colonography
Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Paik D.S., Jeffrey, Jr. R,B,, Yee J., Napel S.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, December 2002, Vol. 21-12, pp. 1461-1467 pdf / Ask for a preprint
A statistical 3D pattern processing method for computer aided detection of polyps in CT colonography
Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Paik D.S., Jeffrey R.B., Jr., Yee J., Napel S.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, December 2001, Vol. 20-12, pp. 1251-1260 pdf / Ask for a preprint
Conferences:
Polyp Enhancement Scheme for Improved Detection of Colonic Polyps in CT Colonography
Konukoglu E., Acar B., Paik D.S., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.
In Proceedings of RSNA 2005, Chicago, IL, USA (Supplement of Radiology) pdf
Registration of Supine and Prone CT Colonography Data Using Dynamic Time Warping: Method and Evaluation
Balci S.K., Acar B., Paik D.S., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.
In Proceedings of RSNA 2005, Chicago, IL, USA (Supplement of Radiology) pdf
Heat Diffusion Based Detection Of Colonic Polyps In CT Colonography
Konukoglu E., Acar B., Paik D.S., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.
In Proceedings of EUSIPCO 2005, European Signal Processing Conference, Antalya, Turkey pdf
3rd place in EUSIPCO2005 student paper contest
Computer Aided Detection Of Polyps In Virtual Colonoscopy Using 3D Heat Diffusion Fields
Konukoglu E., Acar B., Paik D., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.
In Proceedings of.The 5th Int. Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, Boston, MA, USA, 2004 pdf
3D Differential Descriptors for Computer Aided Diagnosis of Colonic Polyps in CTC
Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Paik D.S., Yee J., Jeffrey, Jr. R.B., Napel S.
Radiology, December 2002, Vol. 225(P), pp. 405 (88th Annual Meeting of Radiological Society
of North America (RSNA 2002), Chicago, USA, 1-6 December 2002).
pdf
Using Optical Flow Fields For Polyp Detection In Virtual Colonoscopy
Acar B., Napel S., Paik D., Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Beaulieu C.F.
In Medical Image Computing
and Computer-Assisted Intervention MICCAI 2001 Utrecht,
The Netherlands, 14-17
October 2001, W.J. Niessen and M.A. Viergever editors, LNCS 2208, Springer-Verlag,
pp. 637-644.
pdf
A Learning Method For Automated Polyp Detection
Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Acar B., Paik D., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.
In Medical Image Computing
and Computer-Assisted Intervention MICCAI 2001 Utrecht,
The Netherlands, 14-17
October 2001, W.J. Niessen and M.A. Viergever editors, LNCS 2208, Springer-Verlag,
pp. 85-93. pdf
Registration of Supine and Prone CT Colonography Data: Method and Evaluation
Acar B., Napel S., Paik D.S., Li P., Yee J., Beaulieu C.F., Jeffrey Jr. R.B.
Radiology, November 2001, Vol. 221(P), pp. 332 (87th Annual
Meeting of Radiological Society of
North America (RSNA 2001), Chicago, USA,
25-30 November 2001). pdf
Medial axis registration of supine and prone CT colonography data
Acar B., Napel S., Paik D.S., Li P., Yee J., Jeffrey Jr. R.B., Beaulieu C.F.
In Proceedings of EMBC 2001, Istanbul, Turkey, 25-28 October 2001. pdf
Assessment of an optical flow field-based polyp detector for CT colonography
Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Paik D.S., Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Yee J., Napel S.
In Proceedings of 23rd
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society
(EMBC 2001), Istanbul, Turkey, 25-28 October 2001.
pdf
Theses:
PELS: Polyp Enhancing Level-Sets for CT Colonography
Ender Konukoglu
Bogazici University, Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Turkey
June 2005 pdf / Ask for a reprint
Patents and Patent Applications:
Method for matching and registering medical image data.
Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Paik D.S., Napel S.A., Jeffrey R.B.Jr.
US Patent Office: US7224827 29/05/2007
Method for detecting and classifying a structure of interest in medical images.
Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Paik D.S., Jeffrey R.B.Jr., Napel S.A.
US Patent Office: US7272251 18/09/2007
Three-dimensional pattern recognition method to detect shapes in medical images.
Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.A., Paik D.S.
US Patent Office: US7346209 18/03/2008
Heat diffusion based detection of structures of interest in medical images.
Acar B., Konukoglu E., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.A., Paik D.S.
Published US Patent Application: 20050149286 07/07/2005
DIFFUSION TENSOR MRI ANALYSIS & VISUALIZATION
Journals:
Characterizing Non-Gaussian Diffusion by Using Generalized Diffusion Tensors
Liu C., Bammer R., Acar B., Moseley M.E.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, May 2004, Vol. 51, pp. 924-937. pdf / Ask for a preprin
Analysis and generalized correction of the effect of spatial gradient field distortions in diffusion-weighted imaging
Bammer R., Markl M., Barnett A., Acar B., Alley M.T., Pelc N.J., Glover G.H., Moseley M.E.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, September 2003, Vol. 50-3, pp. 560-569. pdf / Ask for a preprint
In vivo MR Tractography Using Diffusion Imaging
Bammer R., Acar B., Moseley M.E.
European J. of Radiology, Vol. 45-3, pp.223-234 pdf / Ask for a preprint
Conferences:
SMT: Split & Merge Fiber Tractography for DT-MRI
Bozkaya U., Acar B.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4792, pp.153-160 ; Springer, 2007 (MICCAI 2007, Brisbane, Australia) pdf
DT-MRI Connectivity And/Or Tractography?: Two New Algorithms
Acar B.
SIMILAR NoE, WP10, Workshop on Tensor Toolboxes, 15-17 November, 2006, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.
pdf
SMT: Split/Merge Fiber Tractography for MR-DTI
Bozkaya U., Acar B.
Presented at European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) meeting
September 21-23 2006, Warsaw, Poland
pdf
A Physical Model for MR-DTI Based Connectivity Map Computation
Yoruk E., Acar B., Bammer R.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3749 / Part 1, pp. 213-220, Springer, 2005 (MICCAI 2005, Palm Springs, CA) pdf
Structure Preserving Regularization Of DT-MRI Vector Fields by Nonlinear Anisotropic Diffusion Filtering
Yoruk E., Acar B.
Proceedings of EUSIPCO 2005, European Signal Processing Conference, Antalya, Turkey pdf
SNR Dependence of DTI Fiber Tracking Protocols
Aksoy M., Acar B., Bammer R.
ISMRM Workshop on Methods for Quantitative Diffusion MRI of Human Brain,
13-16 March 2005, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada pdf
Comparative Assessment Of DT-MRI Fiber Tractography Algorithms
Acar B., Bammer R., Moseley M.E.
Proceedings of ISMRM 2003, July 2003, Toronto, Canada. pdf
Book Chapters/Sections:
DT-MRI Connectivity and/or Tractography?: Two New Algorithms
Acar, B., Yoruk, E.
Tensors in Image Processing and Computer Vision, Aja-Fernández, S.; de Luis García, R.; Tao, D.; Li, X. (Eds.), Series: Advances in Pattern Recognition, ISBN: 978-1-84882-298-6, Springer, 2009
Similar Tensor Arrays – A Framework for Storage of Tensor Array Data
Brun, A., Martin-Fernandez, M., Acar, B., Munoz-Moreno, E., Cammoun, L., Sigfridsson, A., Sosa-Cabrera, D., Svensson, B., Herberthson, M., Knutsson, H.
Tensors in Image Processing and Computer Vision, Aja-Fernández, S.; de Luis García, R.; Tao, D.; Li, X. (Eds.), Series: Advances in Pattern Recognition, ISBN: 978-1-84882-298-6, Springer, 2009.
Theses:
SMT: Split/Merge Fiber Tractography
Ugur Bozkaya
Bogazici University, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Turkey
May 2006 pdf / Ask for a reprint
Diffusion Tensor Field Visualization
Sila Girgin
Bogazici University, Computer Engineering, Turkey
January 2008.Ask for a reprint
Patents and Patent Applications:
Characterization and Correction of Spatial Gradient Field Nonuniformities.
Bammer R., Markl M., Acar B., Pelc N., Moseley M.E.
US Patent Office: US6969991 17/06/2004 (Licensed by GE)
VISUALIZATION AND HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
Journals:
Masterpiece: Physical Interaction and 3D Content-Based Search in VR Applications
Moustakas K., Tzovaras D., Strintzis M. G., Carbini S., Bernier O., Viallet J.E., Raidt S., Mancas M., Dimiccoli M., Yagci E., Balci S., Leon E.I.
IEEE Multimedia Magazine, Vol 13/3, pp. 92-100, June 2006 pdf
Conferences:
DTI Application with Haptic Interfaces
M. Aksoy, N. Avcu, S. Merino-Caviedes, D. Diktas, M.A. Martin-Fernandez, S. Girgin, I. Marras, E. Munoz-Moreno, E. Tekeli, B. Acar, R. Bammer, M. Martin-Fernandez, A.V. Sahiner, S. Uskudarli
Proceedings of Enterface 2007 Workshop, EU 6th Framework Programme SIMILAR NoE, Istanbul, Turkey, July-August 2007 pdf
A Stereo Tracking System For Arbitrary Slicing Of Volumetric Radiological Data
Yagci E., Acar B.
Sinyal Isleme ve Uygulamalari Kurultayi, SIU 2007, Eskisehir, Turkey, June 2007
pdf
VAVframe: A New Concept in Platform Design
Durusut E., Bozkaya U., Yagci E., Acar B.
EUROCON 2005, Serbia & Montenegro, Belgrade, November 22-24, 2005
pdf
Theses:
VAVframe: Volumetric Analysis and Visualization Framework
Erhan Durusut
Bogazici University, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Turkey
April 2005. pdf / Ask for a reprint
3D Stylus: A Human Computer Interface For 3D Environment
Enver Yagci
Bogazici University, System & Control Engineering, Turkey
June 2007. pdf /Ask for a reprint