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Author Francesco Ciompi; A. Palaioroutas; M. Loeve; Oriol Pujol; Petia Radeva; H. Tiddens; M. de Bruijne
Title Lung Tissue Classification in Severe Advanced Cystic Fibrosis from CT Scans Type Conference Article
Year 2011 Publication In MICCAI 2011 4th International Workshop on Pulmonary Image Analysis Abbreviated Journal
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Address Toronto, Canada
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Area Expedition Conference PIA
Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ CPL2011 Serial 1798
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Author Carlo Gatta; Eloi Puertas; Oriol Pujol
Title Multi-Scale Stacked Sequential Learning Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Pattern Recognition Abbreviated Journal PR
Volume 44 Issue 10-11 Pages 2414-2416
Keywords Stacked sequential learning; Multiscale; Multiresolution; Contextual classification
Abstract One of the most widely used assumptions in supervised learning is that data is independent and identically distributed. This assumption does not hold true in many real cases. Sequential learning is the discipline of machine learning that deals with dependent data such that neighboring examples exhibit some kind of relationship. In the literature, there are different approaches that try to capture and exploit this correlation, by means of different methodologies. In this paper we focus on meta-learning strategies and, in particular, the stacked sequential learning approach. The main contribution of this work is two-fold: first, we generalize the stacked sequential learning. This generalization reflects the key role of neighboring interactions modeling. Second, we propose an effective and efficient way of capturing and exploiting sequential correlations that takes into account long-range interactions by means of a multi-scale pyramidal decomposition of the predicted labels. Additionally, this new method subsumes the standard stacked sequential learning approach. We tested the proposed method on two different classification tasks: text lines classification in a FAQ data set and image classification. Results on these tasks clearly show that our approach outperforms the standard stacked sequential learning. Moreover, we show that the proposed method allows to control the trade-off between the detail and the desired range of the interactions.
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Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
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Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ GPP2011 Serial 1802
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Author Antonio Hernandez; Nadezhda Zlateva; Alexander Marinov; Miguel Reyes; Petia Radeva; Dimo Dimov; Sergio Escalera
Title Graph Cuts Optimization for Multi-Limb Human Segmentation in Depth Maps Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication 25th IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 726-732
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Abstract We present a generic framework for object segmentation using depth maps based on Random Forest and Graph-cuts theory, and apply it to the segmentation of human limbs in depth maps. First, from a set of random depth features, Random Forest is used to infer a set of label probabilities for each data sample. This vector of probabilities is used as unary term in α-β swap Graph-cuts algorithm. Moreover, depth of spatio-temporal neighboring data points are used as boundary potentials. Results on a new multi-label human depth data set show high performance in terms of segmentation overlapping of the novel methodology compared to classical approaches.
Address Portland; Oregon; June 2013
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Publisher IEEE Xplore Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 1063-6919 ISBN 978-1-4673-1226-4 Medium
Area Expedition Conference CVPR
Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ HZM2012b Serial 2046
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Author Laura Igual; Joan Carles Soliva; Antonio Hernandez; Sergio Escalera; Xavier Jimenez ; Oscar Vilarroya; Petia Radeva
Title A fully-automatic caudate nucleus segmentation of brain MRI: Application in volumetric analysis of pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication BioMedical Engineering Online Abbreviated Journal BEO
Volume 10 Issue 105 Pages 1-23
Keywords Brain caudate nucleus; segmentation; MRI; atlas-based strategy; Graph Cut framework
Abstract Background
Accurate automatic segmentation of the caudate nucleus in magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the brain is of great interest in the analysis of developmental disorders. Segmentation methods based on a single atlas or on multiple atlases have been shown to suitably localize caudate structure. However, the atlas prior information may not represent the structure of interest correctly. It may therefore be useful to introduce a more flexible technique for accurate segmentations.

Method
We present Cau-dateCut: a new fully-automatic method of segmenting the caudate nucleus in MRI. CaudateCut combines an atlas-based segmentation strategy with the Graph Cut energy-minimization framework. We adapt the Graph Cut model to make it suitable for segmenting small, low-contrast structures, such as the caudate nucleus, by defining new energy function data and boundary potentials. In particular, we exploit information concerning the intensity and geometry, and we add supervised energies based on contextual brain structures. Furthermore, we reinforce boundary detection using a new multi-scale edgeness measure.

Results
We apply the novel CaudateCut method to the segmentation of the caudate nucleus to a new set of 39 pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) patients and 40 control children, as well as to a public database of 18 subjects. We evaluate the quality of the segmentation using several volumetric and voxel by voxel measures. Our results show improved performance in terms of segmentation compared to state-of-the-art approaches, obtaining a mean overlap of 80.75%. Moreover, we present a quantitative volumetric analysis of caudate abnormalities in pediatric ADHD, the results of which show strong correlation with expert manual analysis.

Conclusion
CaudateCut generates segmentation results that are comparable to gold-standard segmentations and which are reliable in the analysis of differentiating neuroanatomical abnormalities between healthy controls and pediatric ADHD.
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ISSN 1475-925X ISBN Medium
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Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ ISH2011 Serial 1882
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Author Sergio Escalera; Josep Moya; Laura Igual; Veronica Violant; Maria Teresa Anguera
Title Automatic Human Behavior Analysis in ADHD Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication Eunethydis 2nd International ADHD Conference Abbreviated Journal
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Area Expedition Conference EUNETHYDIS
Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ EMI2012a Serial 2058
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Author Francesco Ciompi; Oriol Pujol; Carlo Gatta; Marina Alberti; Simone Balocco; Xavier Carrillo; J. Mauri; Petia Radeva
Title HoliMab: A Holistic Approach for Media-Adventitia Border Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Medical Image Analysis Abbreviated Journal MIA
Volume 16 Issue 6 Pages 1085-1100
Keywords Media–Adventitia border detection; Intravascular ultrasound; Multi-Scale Stacked Sequential Learning; Error-correcting output codes; Holistic segmentation
Abstract We present a fully automatic methodology for the detection of the Media-Adventitia border (MAb) in human coronary artery in Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) images. A robust border detection is achieved by means of a holistic interpretation of the detection problem where the target object, i.e. the media layer, is considered as part of the whole vessel in the image and all the relationships between tissues are learnt. A fairly general framework exploiting multi-class tissue characterization as well as contextual information on the morphology and the appearance of the tissues is presented. The methodology is (i) validated through an exhaustive comparison with both Inter-observer variability on two challenging databases and (ii) compared with state-of-the-art methods for the detection of the MAb in IVUS. The obtained averaged values for the mean radial distance and the percentage of area difference are 0.211 mm and 10.1%, respectively. The applicability of the proposed methodology to clinical practice is also discussed.
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Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ CPG2012 Serial 1995
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Author Marina Alberti; Simone Balocco; Carlo Gatta; Francesco Ciompi; Oriol Pujol; Joana Silva; Xavier Carrillo; Petia Radeva
Title Automatic Bifurcation Detection in Coronary IVUS Sequences Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Abbreviated Journal TBME
Volume 59 Issue 4 Pages 1022-2031
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Abstract In this paper, we present a fully automatic method which identifies every bifurcation in an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) sequence, the corresponding frames, the angular orientation with respect to the IVUS acquisition, and the extension. This goal is reached using a two-level classification scheme: first, a classifier is applied to a set of textural features extracted from each image of a sequence. A comparison among three state-of-the-art discriminative classifiers (AdaBoost, random forest, and support vector machine) is performed to identify the most suitable method for the branching detection task. Second, the results are improved by exploiting contextual information using a multiscale stacked sequential learning scheme. The results are then successively refined using a-priori information about branching dimensions and geometry. The proposed approach provides a robust tool for the quick review of pullback sequences, facilitating the evaluation of the lesion at bifurcation sites. The proposed method reaches an F-Measure score of 86.35%, while the F-Measure scores for inter- and intraobserver variability are 71.63% and 76.18%, respectively. The obtained results are positive. Especially, considering the branching detection task is very challenging, due to high variability in bifurcation dimensions and appearance.
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ISSN 0018-9294 ISBN Medium
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Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ ABG2012 Serial 1996
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Author Antonio Hernandez; Nadezhda Zlateva; Alexander Marinov; Miguel Reyes; Petia Radeva; Dimo Dimov; Sergio Escalera
Title Human Limb Segmentation in Depth Maps based on Spatio-Temporal Graph Cuts Optimization Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments Abbreviated Journal JAISE
Volume 4 Issue 6 Pages 535-546
Keywords Multi-modal vision processing; Random Forest; Graph-cuts; multi-label segmentation; human body segmentation
Abstract We present a framework for object segmentation using depth maps based on Random Forest and Graph-cuts theory, and apply it to the segmentation of human limbs. First, from a set of random depth features, Random Forest is used to infer a set of label probabilities for each data sample. This vector of probabilities is used as unary term in α−β swap Graph-cuts algorithm. Moreover, depth values of spatio-temporal neighboring data points are used as boundary potentials. Results on a new multi-label human depth data set show high performance in terms of segmentation overlapping of the novel methodology compared to classical approaches.
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ISSN 1876-1364 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ HZM2012a Serial 2006
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Author Laura Igual; Joan Carles Soliva; Antonio Hernandez; Sergio Escalera; Oscar Vilarroya; Petia Radeva
Title Supervised Brain Segmentation and Classification in Diagnostic of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication High Performance Computing and Simulation, International Conference on Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 182-187
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Abstract This paper presents an automatic method for external and internal segmentation of the caudate nucleus in Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) based on statistical and structural machine learning approaches. This method is applied in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis. The external segmentation method adapts the Graph Cut energy-minimization model to make it suitable for segmenting small, low-contrast structures, such as the caudate nucleus. In particular, new energy function data and boundary potentials are defined and a supervised energy term based on contextual brain structures is added. Furthermore, the internal segmentation method learns a classifier based on shape features of the Region of Interest (ROI) in MRI slices. The results show accurate external and internal caudate segmentation in a real data set and similar performance of ADHD diagnostic test to manual annotation.
Address Madrid
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Publisher IEEE Xplore Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-1-4673-2359-8 Medium
Area Expedition Conference HPCS
Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ ISH2012a Serial 2038
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Author Xavier Perez Sala; Laura Igual; Sergio Escalera; Cecilio Angulo
Title Uniform Sampling of Rotations for Discrete and Continuous Learning of 2D Shape Models Type Book Chapter
Year 2012 Publication Vision Robotics: Technologies for Machine Learning and Vision Applications Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue 2 Pages 23-42
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Abstract Different methodologies of uniform sampling over the rotation group, SO(3), for building unbiased 2D shape models from 3D objects are introduced and reviewed in this chapter. State-of-the-art non uniform sampling approaches are discussed, and uniform sampling methods using Euler angles and quaternions are introduced. Moreover, since presented work is oriented to model building applications, it is not limited to general discrete methods to obtain uniform 3D rotations, but also from a continuous point of view in the case of Procrustes Analysis.
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Publisher IGI-Global Place of Publication Editor
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Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ PIE2012 Serial 2064
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Author Laura Igual; Joan Carles Soliva; Antonio Hernandez; Sergio Escalera; Oscar Vilarroya; Petia Radeva
Title A Supervised Graph-cut Deformable Model for Brain MRI Segmentation. Deformation models: tracking, animation and applications Type Book Chapter
Year 2012 Publication Computational Vision and Biomechanics Abbreviated Journal
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Publisher Springer Netherlands Place of Publication Editor
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-94-007-5445-4 Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ ISH2012b Serial 2066
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Author Antonio Hernandez; Carlo Gatta; Sergio Escalera; Laura Igual; Victoria Martin-Yuste; Manel Sabate; Petia Radeva
Title Accurate coronary centerline extraction, caliber estimation and catheter detection in angiographies Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine Abbreviated Journal TITB
Volume 16 Issue 6 Pages 1332-1340
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Abstract Segmentation of coronary arteries in X-Ray angiography is a fundamental tool to evaluate arterial diseases and choose proper coronary treatment. The accurate segmentation of coronary arteries has become an important topic for the registration of different modalities which allows physicians rapid access to different medical imaging information from Computed Tomography (CT) scans or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). In this paper, we propose an accurate fully automatic algorithm based on Graph-cuts for vessel centerline extraction, caliber estimation, and catheter detection. Vesselness, geodesic paths, and a new multi-scale edgeness map are combined to customize the Graph-cuts approach to the segmentation of tubular structures, by means of a global optimization of the Graph-cuts energy function. Moreover, a novel supervised learning methodology that integrates local and contextual information is proposed for automatic catheter detection. We evaluate the method performance on three datasets coming from different imaging systems. The method performs as good as the expert observer w.r.t. centerline detection and caliber estimation. Moreover, the method discriminates between arteries and catheter with an accuracy of 96.5%, sensitivity of 72%, and precision of 97.4%.
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ISSN 1089-7771 ISBN Medium
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Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ HGE2012 Serial 2141
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Author Rui Hua; Oriol Pujol; Francesco Ciompi; Marina Alberti; Simone Balocco; Josepa Mauri; Petia Radeva
Title Stent Strut Detection by Classifying a Wide Set of IVUS Features Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication Computed Assisted Stenting Workshop Abbreviated Journal
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Address Nice, France
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Area Expedition Conference STENT
Notes (down) MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ HPC2012 Serial 2169
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Author Alicia Fornes; Sergio Escalera; Josep Llados; Gemma Sanchez; Petia Radeva; Oriol Pujol
Title Handwritten Symbol Recognition by a Boosted Blurred Shape Model with Error Correction Type Book Chapter
Year 2007 Publication 3rd Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (IbPRIA 2007), J. Marti et al. (Eds.) LNCS 4477:13–21 Abbreviated Journal
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Address Girona (Spain)
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Notes (down) MILAB;DAG;HUPBA Approved no
Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ FEL2007a Serial 775
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Author Ricardo Toledo; Ramon Baldrich; Ernest Valveny; Petia Radeva
Title Enhancing snakes for vessel detection in angiography images. Type Miscellaneous
Year 2002 Publication Proceedings of the Second IASTED International Conference Visualization, Imaging and Image Proceesing VIIP 2002: 139–144. Abbreviated Journal
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Notes (down) MILAB;DAG;CIC;ADAS Approved no
Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ TBV2002 Serial 300
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