The Multidimensional Image Processing Lab
Conference and Journal Publications, 1993-Present
"Image-based Reporting for Bronchoscopy," Journal of Digital Imaging, in press, 2008
 
Kun-Chang Yu, Jason D. Gibbs, Michael W. Graham, and William E. Higgins.
   
"Image-Guided Bronchoscopy of Peripheral Lung Lesions: A Phantom Study," Chest, vol. 134, no. 5, pp. 1017-1026, Nov. 2008, doi:10.1378/chest.08-0603
Scott A. Merritt, Jason D. Gibbs, Kun-Chang Yu, Viral Patel, Lav Rai, Duane C. Cornish, Rebecca Bascom, and William E. Higgins
   
"Combined Video Tracking and Image-Video Registration for Continuous Bronchoscopic Guidance," International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 3, no. 3-4, pp. 315-329, Sept. 2008, doi:10.1007/s11548-008-0241-6.
 
  Lav Rai, James P. Helferty, and William E. Higgins
   
"Virtual Navigation System (VNS) Chest Computerized Tomography (CT) Repository for Training in Bronchoscopy Pathway Selection," American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 177, abstracts issue, pp. A554, April 2008.
 
  L. Simonyants, Jason D. Gibbs, William E. Higgins, and Rebecca Bascom
   
"Image-Guided Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Nodule Biopsy: A Human Feasibility Study," American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 177, abstracts issue, pp. A893, April 2008.
 
  Michael W. Graham, Jason D. Gibbs, Kun-Chang Yu, Duane C. Cornish, Muhammad S. Khan, Rebecca Bascom, and William E. Higgins
   
"Interactive Graphical Report Enables off-line 3D Endobronchial Route Planning Prior to Bronchoscopy," American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 177, abstracts issue, pp. A893, April 2008.
 
Kun-Chang Yu, Jason D. Gibbs, Michael W. Graham, Rebecca Bascom, and William E. Higgins
   
"Interbronchoscopist Variability in Endobronchial Path Selection: A Simulation Study," Chest, vol. 133, no. 4, pp. 897 - 905, April 2008, doi: 10.1378/chest.07-2540.
 
  Marina Y. Dolina, Duane C. Cornish, Scott A. Merritt, Lav Rai, Rickhesvar Mahraj, William E. Higgins, and Rebecca Bascom
   
"3D CT-Video Fusion for Image-Guided Bronchoscopy," Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 32, issue 3, pp. 159-173, April 2008, doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2007.11.001.
 
  William E. Higgins, James P. Helferty, Kongkuo Lu, Scott A. Merritt,
Lav Rai, and Kun-Chang Yu
Paper
 
"Extraction and Visualization of the Central Chest Lymph-Node Stations," SPIE Medical Imaging 2008: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, M. L. Giger and N. Karssemeijer, eds., vol. 6915, pp. 69151B-1 - 69151B-15, 2008, doi: 10.1117/12.768691.
 
  Kongkuo Lu, Scott A. Merritt, and William E. Higgins
   
"Method for Radiometric Calibration of an Endoscope's Camera and Light Source," SPIE Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Modeling, M. I. Miga and K. R. Cleary, eds., vol. 6918, pp. 691813-1 - 691813-16, 2008, doi 10.1117/12.768687.
 
  Lav Rai and William E. Higgins
   
"Continuous Endoscopic Guidance via Interleaved Video Tracking and Image-Video Registration," SPIE Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Modeling, M. I. Miga and K. R. Cleary, eds., vol. 6918, pp. 69182R-1 - 69182R-14, 2008, doi 10.1117/12.768702.
 
  Lav Rai and William E. Higgins
   
"Integrated System for Planning Peripheral Bronchoscopic Procedures," SPIE Medical Imaging 2008: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, X. P. Hu and A. V. Clough, eds., vol. 6916, pp. 69160H-1 - 69160H-15, 2008, doi 10.1117/12.768707.
 
  Jason D. Gibbs, Michael W. Graham, Kun-Chang Yu, and William E. Higgins
   
"Robust System for Human Airway-Tree Segmentation," SPIE Medical Imaging 2008: Image Processing, J. Pluim and J. Reinhardt, eds., vol. 6914, pp. 69141J-1 - 69141J-18, 2008, doi: 10.1117/12.768706.
 
  Michael W. Graham, Jason D. Gibbs, Kun-Chang Yu and William E. Higgins
   
"Interactive Segmentation based on the Live Wire for 3D CT Chest Image Analysis," Int. J. Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 2, no. 3-4, pp. 151-167, Dec. 2007, doi: 10.1007/s11548-007-0129-x.
 
  Kongkuo Lu and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"System for the Analysis and Visualization of Large 3D Anatomical Trees," Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 37, issue 12, pp. 1802-1820, Dec. 2007, doi: 10.1016/ j.compbiomed.2007.06.005.
 
  Kun-Chang Yu, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"Computer-based System for the Virtual-Endoscopic Guidance of Bronchoscopy," Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Special Issue on Vision for Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 108, no. 1-2, pp. 171-187, Oct.-Nov. 2007, doi: 10.1016/ j.cviu.2006.10.010.
 
  James P. Helferty, Anthony J. Sherbondy, Atilla P. Kiraly, and William
E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"Real-Time Image-Guided Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Lesion Biopsy: a Phantom Study," Radiologic Society of N. America (RSNA) 2007, pg. 741.
 
  William E. Higgins, Scott A. Merritt, Kun-Chang Yu, Viral Patel,
Rebecca Bascom, Duane Cornish, Jason Gibbs, and Lav Rai
   
"Automated Analysis of the Mediastinal and Hilar Lymph Nodes from 3D MDCT Chest Images," Radiologic Society of N. America (RSNA) 2007, pp.405-406.
 
  William E. Higgins, Kongkuo Lu, and Rebecca Bascom
   
"Graphics-Based Computer System for the Anatomical Labeling of the Major Airways: Initial Development," presented at American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2007, Am. J. Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 175, abstracts issue, pg. A333, April 2007.
 
  Michael W. Graham, Marina Y. Dolina, Rebecca Bascom, and William E. Higgins
   
"Endobronchial path selection skill improves with use of a Virtual Navigation System during simulated bronchoscopy," presented at American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2007, Am. J. Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 175, abstracts issue, pg. A619, April 2007.
 
  Marina Y. Dolina, Viral P. Patel, Duane C. Cornish, Jason D. Gibbs, William E. Higgins, and Rebecca Bascom
   
"Image-Guided Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Nodule Biopsy: A Phantom Study," presented at American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2007, Am. J. Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 175, abstracts issue, pg. A814, April 2007.
 
  William E. Higgins, K.C. Yu, Scott A. Merritt, Lav Rai, Jason D. Gibbs, Michael W. Graham, Kongkuo Lu, Duane C. Cornish, Viral P. Patel, and Rebecca Bascom
   
"Virtual Navigation System for Bronchoscopic Sampling of Central Chest Lymph Nodes: A Human Feasibility Study," presented at American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2007, Am. J. Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 175, abstracts issue, pg. A814, April 2007.
 
  William E. Higgins, Scott A. Merritt, Jason D. Gibbs, Michael W. Graham, Kongkuo Lu, Lav Rai, K.C. Yu, Duane C. Cornish , Marina Y. Dolina, Rickhesvar P. Mahraj, Jenn W. Toth, Milos Tucakovic, and Rebecca Bascom
   
"Method for Continuous Guidance of Endoscopy ," SPIE Medical Imaging 2007: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, A. Manduca and X.P. Hu, eds, SPIE Proceedings vol. 6511, Feb. 2007, doi: 10.1117/12.708532
 
  Scott A. Merritt, Lav Rai, Jason D. Gibbs, Kun-Chang Yu, and William E. Higgins
   
"Method for Extracting the Aorta from 3D CT Images ," SPIE Medical Imaging 2007: Image Processing, J.P.W. Pluim and J.M. Reinhardt, eds, SPIE Proceedings vol. 6512, Feb. 2007, doi: 10.1117/12.708522
 
  Pinyo Taeprasartsit and William E. Higgins
   
"3D Path Planning and Extension for Endoscopic Guidance," SPIE Medical Imaging 2007: Visualization and Image-Guided Procedures, K.R. Cleary and M.I. Miga, eds, SPIE Proceedings vol. 6509, Feb. 2007, doi: 10.1117/12.708513
 
  Jason D. Gibbs and William E. Higgins
   
"Endoscopes Push Imaging Boundaries," Advanced Imaging, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 30-35, Jan. 2007.
 
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"Real-Time Image-Based Guidance Method for Lung-Cancer Assessment," IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2006), vol. 2, pp. 2437-2444, June 2006, doi: 10.1109/CVPR.2006.238
 
  Lav Rai, Scott A. Merritt, and William E. Higgins
   
"Comparison of Transverse Chest CT Images and a Virtual Navigation Endoluminal Image for Bronchoscopy Path Selection to Endoluminal Pulmonary Nodules," ATS 2006, Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, vol. 3, abstracts issue, pg. A541, April 2006.
 
  Marina Y. Dolina, Larisa V. Buyantseva, Scott A. Merritt, Lav Rai,
Kongkuo Lu, Chris R. Cope, William E. Higgins, Rickhesvar Mahraj, Milos Tucakovic, and Rebecca Bascom
   
"Virtual-Bronchoscopic Analysis of Peripheral Nodules," ATS 2006, Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, vol. 3, abstracts issue, pg. A539, April 2006.
 
  William E. Higgins, Kongkuo Lu, Scott A. Merritt, Lav Rai, Kun-Chang Yu,
Jason D. Gibbs, Marina Dolina, Jen W. Toth, Milos Tucakovic, Larisa V.
Buyantseva, and Rebecca Bascom
   
"Real-Time Image-Based Guidance of Mediastinal Lymph-Node Biopsy," ATS 2006, Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, vol. 3, abstracts issue, pg. A609, April 2006.
 
  William E. Higgins, Scott A. Merritt, Lav Rai, Kongkuo Lu, Kun-Chang Yu,
Rickhesvar P. Mahraj, Jen W. Toth, Milos Tucakovic, Larisa V.
Buyantseva, and Rebecca Bascom
   
"Optimal Graph-Theoretic Approach to 3D Anatomical Tree Matching," IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), pp. 109-112, April 2006, doi: 10.1109/ISBI.2006.1624864
 
  Michael Graham and William E. Higgins
   
"Improved 3D Live-Wire Method with Application to 3D CT Chest Image Analysis," SPIE Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, J.M. Reinhardt and J.P.W. Pluim, eds, SPIE Proceedings vol. 6144, pp 189-203, Feb. 2006, doi: 10.1117/12.651723
 
  Kong-Kuo Lu and William E. Higgins
   
"Globally Optimal Model-Based Matching of Anatomical Trees," SPIE Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, J.M. Reinhardt and J.P.W. Pluim, eds, SPIE Proceedings vol. 6144, pp 373-388, Feb. 2006, doi: 10.1117/12.651719
 
  Michael Graham and William E. Higgins
   
"Real-Time CT-Video Registration for Continuous Endoscopic Guidance," SPIE Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, A. Manduca and A.A. Amini, eds, SPIE Proceedings vol. 6143, pp. 370-384, Feb. 2006, doi: 10.1117/12.651695
 
  Scott Merritt, Lav Rai, and William E. Higgins
   
"Image-Based Rendering Method for Mapping Endoscopic Video Onto CT-Based Endoluminal Views," SPIE Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display, K.R. Cleary and R.L. Galloway Jr., eds, SPIE Proceedings vol. 6141, pp. 1-12, Feb. 2006, doi: 10.1117/12.651717
 
  Lav Rai and William E. Higgins
   
"Exact Depth-based Thin-Slab Visualization for 3D MDCT Analysis," Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA) 2005, Nov. 2005.
 
  William E. Higgins, Janice Turlington, Scott A. Merritt, Lav Rai,
Kongkuo Lu, and Kun-Chang Yu
   
"System for 3D Visualization and Data Mining of Large Vascular Trees," SPIE Optics East 2005: Three-Dimensional TV, Video, and Display IV, B. Javidi, F. Okano, and J. Son, eds, SPIE Proceedings vol. 6016, pp. 60160B-1 - 60160B-15, Nov. 2005
 
  Kun-Chang Yu, Erik L. Ritman, William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"3D Image Fusion and Guidance for Computer-Assisted Bronchoscopy," SPIE Optics East 2005: Three-Dimensional TV, Video, and Display IV, B. Javidi, F. Okano, and J. Son, eds, SPIE Proceedings vol. 6016, pp. 60160A-1 - 60160A-15, Nov. 2005, doi: 10.1117/12.629909
 
  William E. Higgins, Lav Rai, Scott A. Merritt, Kong-Kuo Lu, Nicholas T. Linger, and Kun-Chang Yu
   
"System for Live Virtual-Endoscopic Guidance of Bronchoscopy," IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2005: Workshop on Vision for Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 68-75, vol. 3, June 2005.
 
  James P. Helferty, Anthony J. Sherbondy, Atilla P. Kiraly, and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"Virtual Bronchoscopy for Quantitative Airway Analysis,'' SPIE Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, A. Amini and A. Manduca, eds,  SPIE Proceedings vol. 5746, Feb, 2005.
 
  Atilla P. Kiraly, Joseph M. Reinhardt, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey  McLennan, and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
Chapter 10.3, "Cardiac Image Processing,'' for The Image and Video Processing Handbook, 2nd. Edition, A.C. Bovik, Ed., pp. 1175-1194, Academic Press, 2005.
 
  J.M. Reinhardt and W.E. Higgins
   
"Introduction to the Special Issue on Virtual Endoscopy," vol. 23, no. 11, IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, pp. 1333-1334, Nov. 2004.
 
  Jerome Liang, William E. Higgins, Ronald M. Summers and Hiro Yoshida, guest editors.
Paper Paper
   
"3D Path Planning for Virtual Bronchoscopy," invited paper, for the Special Issue on Virtual Endoscopy, vol. 23, no. 11, IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Nov. 2004.
 
  Attila P. Kiraly, James P. Helferty, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan, and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"CT-Video Registration Accuracy for Virtual Guidance of Bronchoscopy,'' SPIE Medical Imaging 2004: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, A. Amini and A. Manduca, eds,  SPIE Proceedings vol. 5369.
 
  James P. Helferty, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan, and William E. Higgins
   
"Graphical Tools for Accurate Definition of 3D Arterial Trees,'' SPIE Medical Imaging 2004: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, vol. 5369, A. Amini and A. Manduca, eds.
 
  K.C. Yu, E.L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins
   
"Three Dimensional True Color Topographical Analysis of the Pulmonary Airways,'' SPIE Medical Imaging 2004: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, vol. 5369, A. Amini and A. Manduca, eds.
 
  Melissa Suter, Joseph Reinhardt, Milan Sonka, William Higgins, Eric Hoffman, and Geoffrey McLennan
   
"3D Model-Based Vasculature Analysis Using Differential Geometry," IEEE Int. Symp. on Biomedical Imaging, pp. 177-180, Arlington, VA, 15-18 April 2004.
 
  Kun-Chang Yu, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins
   
"Symmetric Region Growing," IEEE Trans. Image Processing, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 1007-1015, September 2003.
 
  Shu-Yen Wan and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"Progress Toward Virtual-Bronchoscopic Guidance of Peripheral Nodule Biopsy," Am. J. Respiratory and Critical Care, May 2003.
 
  William Higgins, Scott Ferguson, Karl Thomas, James Helferty, Atilla Kiraly, Anthony Sherbondy, Janice Turlington, Eric Hoffman, and Geoffrey McLennan
   
"Toward Reliable Multi-Generational Analysis of Anatomical Trees in 3D High-Resolution CT Images," in SPIE Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function --- Methods, Systems, and Applications, SPIE Proc. vol. 5031, A. Clough and A. Amini, eds., pp. 178-186.
 
  K.C. Yu, E.L. Ritman, A.P. Kiraly, S.W. Wan, Mair Zamir, and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"Integrated Bronchoscopic Video Tracking and 3D CT Registration for Virtual Bronchoscopy," in SPIE Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function --- Methods, Systems, and Applications, SPIE Proc. vol. 5031, A. Clough and A. Amini, eds., pp. 80-89.
 
  William E. Higgins, James P. Helferty, and Dirk R. Padfield
Paper Paper
   
"Live Guidance of Mediastinal Lymph Node Biopsy Using Virtual Bronchoscopy," Radiology, vol. 225(P), pp. 147-147, Nov. 2002.
 
  William E. Higgins, James P. Helferty, Atilla P. Kiraly, Janice Z Turlington, Anthony J. Sherbondy, Eric A. Hoffman, and Geoffrey McLennan
   
"3D Human Airway Segmentation Methods for Virtual Bronchoscopy," Academic Radiology, vol. 9, No. 10, pp. 1153-1168, Oct. 2002.
 
  A. Kiraly, W. Higgins, E. Hoffman, G. McLennan, and J. Reinhardt
Paper Paper
   
"Analysis of Branching Tubular Structures in 3D Digital Images," IEEE Int. Conference on Image Processing, Rochester, NY, 22-25 Sept. 2002.
Atilla P. Kiraly and William E. Higgins
   
"Combined Endoscopic Video Tracking and Virtual 3D CT Registration for Surgical Guidance," IEEE Int. Conference on Image Processing, pp. II-961 --- II-964, Rochester, NY, 22-25 Sept. 2002.
 
  James P. Helferty and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"Automatic Axes-Generation for Virtual Bronchoscopic Assessment of Major Airway Obstructions,'' Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics,vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 103-118, March-April 2002.
 
  R.D. Swift, A.P. Kiraly, A.J. Sherbondy, A.L. Austin, E.A. Hoffman, G. McLennan, and W.E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"Virtual Image Guidance of Mediastinal Lymph Node Fine Needle Biopsy," Am. J. Respiratory and Critical Care,vol. 165, no. 8, pp. A142-A142, April 2002.
 
  Karl Thomas, James Helferty, William Higgins, Eric Hoffman, Scott Ferguson, Angela Delsing, Janice Cook-Granroth, Kurt Wolf, Atilla Kiraly, and Geoffrey McLennan
   
"Virtual Endoscopic Guidance for the Management of Major Airway Obstruction," Am. J. Respiratory and Critical Care, vol. 165, no. 8, pp. A142-A142, April 2002.
 
  Scott Ferguson, James Helferty, William Higgins, Eric Hoffman, Joseph Reinhardt, Karl Thomas, Angela Delsing, Janice Cook-Granroth, Allan Ross, Kurt Wolf, Janice Turlington, and Geoffrey McLenna
 
"3D Human Airway Segmentation for Virtual Bronchoscopy," SPIE Medical Imaging 2002: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, SPIE Proceedings vol. 4683, A. Clough and C.T. Chen, eds., pp. 16-29.
 
Atilla P. Kiraly, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan, William E. Higgins, and Joseph M. Reinhardt
Paper Paper
Presentation Presentation
 
"Dynamic Depth-Based Techniques for Sliding Thin-Slab Volume Visualization: Demonstration with Multi-Slice Spiral CT of the Chest," Radiology, vol. 221(P), pp. 355-356, Nov. 2001.
 
  J. Z Turlington, B.F. Mullan, E.A. Hoffman, G. McLennan, and W.E. Higgins
   
"Use of Integrated Virtual Bronchoscopic Analysis During Live Bronchoscopy," Radiology, vol. 221(P), pp. 719-719, Nov. 2001.
 
  W.E. Higgins, A.P. Kiraly, A.J. Sherbondy, J. Z Turlington, E.A. Hoffman, and G. McLennan
Presentation Presentation
   
"Technique for Registering 3D Virtual CT Images to Endoscopic Video," 2001 IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, vol. II, pp. 893-896, Thessaloniki, Greece, 7-10 October 2001.
 
  James P. Helferty and W. E. Higgins
   
"Image-Guided Endoscopy for Lung-Cancer Assessment," 2001 IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, vol. II, pp. 307-310, Thessaloniki, Greece, 7-10 October 2001.
 
  James P. Helferty, Anthony J. Sherbondy, Atilla P. Kiraly, Janice Z Turlington, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan, and W. E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"Multi-Generational Analysis and Visualization of the Vascular Tree in 3D Micro-CT Images," submitted 13 July 2001, accepted 10 Sept. 2001, Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol.32, no. 2,  pp. 55 71, Feb. 2002.
 
  Shu-Yen Wan, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
Presentation Presentation
 
"Multigenerational Analysis and Visualization of Large 3D Vascular Images," SPIE Medical Imaging 2001: Image Processing, SPIE Proceedings vol. 4322, Milan Sonka and Kenneth Hanson, Eds.
 
  Shu-Yen Wan, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins
Presentation Presentation
   
"New Techniques for Efficient Sliding Thin-Slab Volume Visualization," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 823-835, August 2001.
 
  Janice Z Turlington and W. E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"Videoendoscopic Distortion Correction and its Application to Virtual Guidance of Endoscopy," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, pp. 605-617, vol. 20, no. 7, July 2001.
 
  James P. Helferty, Chao Zhang, Geoffrey McLennan, and W. E. Higgins
Paper Paper
 
"Experiments in Virtual Endoscopic Guidance of Bronchoscopy," SPIE Medical Imaging 2001: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, SPIE Proceedings vol. 4321, pp. 111-121, A. Clough and C.T. Chen, eds.
 
  James P. Helferty, Anthony J. Sherbondy, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan, and William E. Higgins
Presentation Presentation
   
Book Chapter on "Pulmonary Imaging and Analysis," for Handbook of Medical Imaging, vol. 2, M. Sonka and J.M. Fitzpatrick, eds, pp. 1005-1060.
 
  J. Reinhardt, R. Uppaluri, W. Higgins, and E. Hoffman
   
"Virtual Bronchoscopy for 3D CT Assessment and Endoscopic Guidance," infoRAD2000, Radiology, vol. 217(P), pp. 706-706, Nov. 2000.
 
  W.E. Higgins, A.J. Sherbondy, J.P. Helferty, A.P. Kiraly, G. McLennan, E.A. Hoffman, J. Z Turlington
Presentation Presentation
   
Chapter 10.3, "Cardiac Image Processing," for The Image and Video Processing Handbook, A.C. Bovik, ed., pp. 789-804 and C-46 -- C-51, Academic Press, 2000.
 
  J.M. Reinhardt and W.E. Higgins
   
"Exploration of Extracted Geometrical Information from 3D Vascular Images," winner, Best Paper Award, Medical Informatics Symposium in Taiwan 2000 (MIST2000), pp. 181-185, 26-29 October 2000.
 
  Shu-Yen Wan, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins
   
"Nonlinear Distortion Correction in Endoscopic Video Images," 2000 IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, pp. II-439 -- II-442, Vancouver, BC, 10-13 September 2000.
 
  Chao Zhang, James P. Helferty, Geoffrey McLennan, and W. E. Higgins
Paper Paper
 
"Symmetric Region Growing," 2000 IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, pp. II-96 -- II-99, Vancouver, BC, 10-13 September 2000.
 
  Shu-Yen Wan and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
 
"Extraction of the Hepatic Vasculature in Rats using 3D Micro-CT Images," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 964-971, Sept. 2000.
 
  Shu-Yen Wan, Atilla P. Kiraly, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins
Paper Paper
 
"Virtual Bronchoscopic Approach for Combining 3D CT and Endoscopic Video," in SPIE Medical Imaging 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, A. Clough and C.T. Chen, eds., SPIE Proceedings vol. 3978, 2000
 
  Anthony J. Sherbondy, Atilla P. Kiraly, Allen L. Austin, James P. Helferty, Shu-Yen Wan Janice Z Turlington, Tao Yang, Chao Zhang, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan, and W. E. Higgins
Paper Paper
Presentation Presentation
 
"(New) Improved Techniques for Fast Sliding Thin-Slab Volume Visualization," in SPIE Medical Imaging 2000: Image Display and Visualization, S. K. Mun, editor, SPIE Proceedings vol. 3976, 2000
 
  Janice Z Turlington and W. E. Higgins
Paper Paper: gzipped postscript
Presentation Presentation
 
"Heterogeneity of Coronary Arterial Branching Geometry," SPIE Medical Imaging 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, A. Clough and C.T. Chen, eds., SPIE Proceedings vol. 3978, 515-520, 2000.
 
  Shu-Yen Wan, Patricia E. Lund, Denise A. Reyes, Catherine A. Seaman, William E. Higgins, and Erik L. Ritman
 
"4D Analysis of Cardiac Image Sequences," in Computer Vision and Image Understanding, special issue on analysis of volumetric images, vol. 77, pp 251-262, Feb. 2000.
 
  J.M. Reinhardt, A.J. Wang, T.P. Weldon, and W. E. Higgins
 
"Designing Multiple Gabor Filters for Segmenting Multi-textured Images," Optical Engineering, vol. 38, no. 9, pp. 1478-1489, Sept. 1999
 
 

T.P. Weldon and W.E. Higgins
   
"Extraction and Analysis of Large Vascular Networks in 3D Micro-CT Images," in SPIE Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, A. Clough and C.T. Chen, eds., SPIE Proceedings vol. 3660, pp 322-334, 1999.
 
  S. Wan, E. L. Ritman, and W. E. Higgins
   
"Dynamic Template-Based Method for 3D Virtual-endoscopy Exploration,'' Optical Engineering, 1999.
 
 

M.L. Brady, K. Ramaswamy, R. Srinivasan, and W.E. Higgins

Presentation Presentation: gzipped postscript
   
"Interactive Dynamic Navigation for Virtual Endoscopy,'' Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 303-331, 1999.
 
  K. Ramaswamy and W.E. Higgins
Presentation Presentation: postscript
   
"Virtual Bronchoscopic Assessment of Major-Airway Obstructions,'' in SPIE Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, A. Clough and C.T. Chen, eds., SPIE Proceedings vol. 3660, 1999.
 
  G. McLennan, E.A. Hoffman, R.D. Swift, and W.E. Higgins
 
"Template-Based Approach for Virtual-Endoscopic Navigation,'' in SPIE Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, A. Clough and C.T. Chen, eds., SPIE Proceedings vol. 3660, 1999.
 
  M.L. Brady, W.E. Higgins, and K. Ramaswamy
 
"Watershed-based Maximum-homogeneity Filtering," IEEE Trans. Image Processing, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 982-988, July 1999.
 
 

M.W. Hansen and W.E. Higgins

Paper Paper
   
"An Algorithm for Designing Multiple Gabor Filters for Segmenting Multi-Textured Images," 1998 IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, Chicago, IL, 4-7 October 1998.
 
  T.P. Weldon and W.E. Higgins
Paper Paper
   
"A Virtual-Endoscopic System for Interactive Navigation and Detailed Quantitation," invited paper, Radiographics, May 1998.
 
  W.E. Higgins, K. Ramaswamy, G. McLennan, E.A. Hoffman, and R. D. Swift
Presentation Presentation: Virtual Bronchoscopy for 3D Pulmonary Image Assessment
 
"Automatic Axis Generation for 3D Virtual-Bronchoscopic Image Assessment," SPIE Medical Imaging 1998: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, E. Hoffman, ed., SPIE Proceedings vol. 3337, 1998.
 
  R. D. Swift, W.E. Higgins, E.A. Hoffman, G. McLennan, and J.M. Reinhardt
 
"Coherence-Based Dynamic Navigation for Virtual Endoscopy," SPIE Medical Imaging 1998: Image Display, Y. Kim and S.K. Mun, eds., SPIE Proceedings vol. 3335, 1998.
 
  K. Ramaswamy and W.E. Higgins
 
"Strategy for Shape-based Image analysis," Optical Engineering, vol. 37, no. 2, Feb. 1998.
 
  J.M. Reinhardt and W.E. Higgins
 
"Automatic Image Analysis for Efficient Virtual-Bronchoscopic Assessment,"   Radiology, vol. 205 (P), pp. 358-358, Nov. 1997.
 
  W.E. Higgins, E.A. Hoffman, G. McLennan, R. D. Swift, and J.M. Reinhardt
 
"Quantitative and Visual Approach to CT-Based Virtual Bronchoscopic Exploration," Radiology, vol. 205 (P), pp. 691-691, Nov. 1997.
 
  E.A. Hoffman, W.E. Higgins, G. McLennan, R. D. Swift, and J.M. Reinhardt
 
"Adaptive Axes-Generation Algorithm for 3D Tubular Structures," 1997 IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, vol. II, Santa Barbara, CA, pp. 136-139, 26-29 Oct. 1997.
 
  R. D. Swift, K. Ramaswamy, and W.E. Higgins
 
"Relaxation Methods for Supervised Image Segmentation," IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 949-962, Sept. 1997.
 
  M.W. Hansen and W.E. Higgins
 
"Distributed System for Processing 3D Medical Images," Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 97-116, March/April 1997.
 
  W.E. Higgins and R. D. Swift
 
"Extracting Halftones From Printed Documents Using Texture Analysis," Optical Engineering, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 1044-1052, April 1997.
 
  D.F. Dunn, T.P. Weldon, and W.E. Higgins
   
"Efficient Gabor-Filter Design for Texture Segmentation," Pattern Recognition, vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 2005-2016Dec. 1996.
 
  Tom Weldon, William E. Higgins, and D. F. Dunn
   
"QUICKSEE: A Virtual-Endoscopic System for Interactive Navigation and Detailed Quantitation," presented at RSNA infoRAD '96, Radiology, vol. 201 (P), pg. 552, Nov. 1996.
 
 

W.E. Higgins, K. Ramaswamy, G. McLennan, E.A. Hoffman, and R. D. Swift
   
"Gabor Filter Design for Multiple Texture Segmentation," Optical Engineering, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 2852-2863, October 1996.
 
  Tom Weldon, William E. Higgins, and D. F. Dunn
   
"Extracting Halftones from Printed Documents Using Texture Analysis," 1996 IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, Lausanne, Switzerland, vol. II, pp. 225-228, 16-19 Sept. 1996.
 
  D. F. Dunn, Tom Weldon,and William E. Higgins
   
"Integrated Approach to Texture Segmentation Using Multiple Gabor Filters," 1996 IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing Lausanne, Switzerland, vol. II, pp. 225-228, 16-19 Sept. 1996.
 
  Tom Weldon and William E. Higgins
   
"Methods for 3D Cardiopulmonary Image Analysis," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 24, suppl. 1, pg. S65, Sept.-Oct. 1996.
 
  P. Americus, R. Boreda, W.E. Higgins, K. Ramaswamy, and R.D. Swift
 
"Comparison Between the Morphological Skeleton and Morphological Shape Decomposition," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 951-957, Sept. 1996.
 
  J.M. Reinhardt and W.E. Higgins
   
"Nonlinear Filtering Approach to 3D Grayscale Image interpolation," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 15, no. 4, August 1996.
 
  W.E. Higgins, C. Orlick, and B.E. Ledell
   
"System for Analyzing True Three-Dimensional Angiograms," IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 377-385, June 1996.
 
  W.E. Higgins, R.A. Karwoski, W.J.T. Spyra, and E.L. Ritman
   
"Design of Multiple Gabor Filters for Texture Segmentation," IEEE 1996 Int. Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Atlanta, GA, 7-10 May 1996.
 
  Tom Weldon and William E. Higgins
   
"Endoscopic Exploration and Measurement in 3D Radiological Images,"  SPIE Conf. Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing, vol. 2710, Newport Beach, CA, pp. 511-523, Feb. 1996.
 
  Krishnan Ramaswamy and William E. Higgins
Presentation Presentation: Virtual Bronchoscopy for 3D Pulmonary Image Assessment
 
"Semi-Automatic 4D Analysis of Cardiac Image Sequences," SPIE Medical Imaging 1996: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Newport Beach, CA, vol. 2709, pp. 359-372, 11-13 Feb. 1996.
 
  William E. Higgins, Andrien J. Wang, and Joseph M. Reinhardt
 
"Distributed System for Processing Multidimensional Radiological Images," SPIE Conf. Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing , vol. 2710, Newport Beach, CA, pp. 869-879, Feb. 1996.
 
  William E. Higgins and Roderick D. Swift
 
"Efficient Morphological Shape Representation," IEEE Trans. Image Processing, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 89-101, Jan. 1996.
 
  J.M. Reinhardt and W.E. Higgins
 
"Interactive Navigation Inside 3D Radiological Images," Proc. 1995 BioMedical Visualization, IEEE Visualization 1995 , Atlanta, GA, pp. 33-40 and p. 85 (color plate),Oct. 30 - Nov. 3, 1995.
 
  Martin L. Brady, William E. Higgins, Krishnan Ramaswamy, and R. Srinivasan
Presentation Presentation: Virtual Bronchoscopy for 3D Pulmonary Image Assessment
 
"Look But Don't Touch: Penn State Developing Virtual Endoscopy," UniScience News Net, Focus article #108, 23 October 1995.
 
  G.B. Marsella
 
"Image Enhancement Using Watershed-Based Maximum Homogeneity Filtering," 1995 IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, pp. 482-485, 22-25 Oct. 1995, Washington, D.C.
 
  M.W. Hansen and W.E. Higgins
   
"New Software Lets Doctors Zoom in on Problem Spots," Biophotonics International, vol. 2, no. 5, pg. 22, Sept.-Oct. 1995
 
 
"Strategy for Shape-Based Image Analysis," 1995 IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, pp. 502-505, 22-25 Oct. 1995, Washington, D.C.
 
 
"IMPROMPTU: A System for Automatic 3D Medical Image Analysis," Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 131-143, Jan.-Feb. 1995.
 
  Gopal Sundaramoorthy, John D. Hoford, Eric A. Hoffman, and William E. Higgins
 
"Automatic Generation of Image-Segmentation Processes," First IEEE Int. Conf. Image Processing, Austin, TX, pp. 791-795, 13-16 November 1994.
 
  J.M. Reinhardt and W.E. Higgins
 
"Toward Dynamic Visualization for Endoscopy Simulation," Proc. 16th IEEE EMBS Conference , vol. 1, Baltimore, MD, pp. 700-701, Nov. 3-5, 1994
 
  William E. Higgins and Krishnan Ramaswamy
 
 
"Automatic Construction of 3D Medical Image-Segmentation Processes," Visualization in Biomedical Computing 1994, SPIE Proceedings vol. 2359, Rochester, MN, pp. 59-71, 4-7 October 1994.
 
  W.E. Higgins, J.M. Reinhardt, and W.L. Sharp
 
"A Graphical User Interface System for 3D Medical Image Analysis," SPIE Medical Imaging `94 -- Image Capture, Formatting, and Display, Newport Beach, CA, pp. 95-106, 13-18 February 1994.
 
  W.E. Higgins, W.L. Sharp, M.W. Hansen, and J.M. Reinhardt
 
"Texture Boundary Classification using 2-D Gabor Elementary Functions," IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Machine Intell., vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 130-149, Feb. 1994.
 
  D. Dunn, W. E. Higgins, and J. Wakeley
 
"Edge Detection Using Two-Dimensional Local Structure Information," Pattern Recognition, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 277-294, Feb. 1994.
 
  W.E. Higgins and C. Hsu
   
"Shape-Based Interpolation of Thin Structures in Three-Dimensional Images," IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, pp. 439{--}450, vol. 12, no. 3, Sept. 1993.
 
  W.E. Higgins, C. Morice, and E.L. Ritman
   
"4D Morphological Processing of Cardiac Image Sequences," 15th Annual Int. Conf. IEEE Engin. Medicine Biology Soc., San Diego, CA, pp. 136-137, 28-31 Oct. 1993.
 
  W.E. Higgins and J. Lee
 
"Interactive Morphological Watershed Analysis for 3D Medical Images," Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Special Issue on 3D Advanced Image Processing in Medicine, vol. 17, no. 4-5, pp. 387-396, July-Oct. 1993.
 
  W.E. Higgins and E.J. Ojard