Graphics enhanced version of this site

MERIT publications

Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

• Classification-Driven Pathological Neuroimage Retrieval Using Statistical Asymmetry Measures
  Y. Liu, F. Dellaert, W.E. Rothfus, A. Moore, J. Schneider, and T. Kanade
  Proceedings of the Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Conference (MICCAI 2001), Utrecht, The Netherlands, October, 2001.

• Robust Midsagittal Plane Extraction from Normal and Pathological 3D Neuroradiology Images
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and W.E. Rothfus
  IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 20, No. 3, March, 2001, pp. 175 - 192.
  Download: pdf [853 KB] copyrighted

• Design of Life-size Haptic Environments
  Y. Matsuoka and W.T. Townsend
  Experimental Robotics VII, Rus and Singh, ed., 2001, pp. 461 - 470.

• Solid Freeform Fabrication of Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
  L. Weiss
  Science & Medicine, 2001.

• Real Time Tomographic Reflection with Ultrasound: Stationary and Hand-Held Implementations.
  G.D. Stetten and V.S. Chib
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-00-28, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, November, 2000. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [318 KB] copyrighted

• An Active Hand-held Instrument for Enhanced Microsurgical Accuracy
  W. Ang, C. Riviere, and P. Khosla
  Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Springer, October, 2000, pp. 878-886. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [260 KB] copyrighted

• Evaluation of a Robust Midsagittal Plane Extraction Algorithm for Coarse, Pathological 3D Images
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and W.E. Rothfus
  Proceedings of the Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Conference (MICCAI 2000), Pittsburgh, PA, October, 2000.
  Download: pdf [688 KB], ps.gz [1300 KB] copyrighted

• A Study of Instrument Motion in Vitreoretinal Microsurgery
  C. Riviere and P. Jensen
  Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, July, 2000. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [22 KB] copyrighted

• Computational Model of DIC Microscopy: From Observations to Measurements
  F. Kagalwala, F. Lanni, and T. Kanade
  tech. report TR-00-10, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2000. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [919 KB], ps.gz [1893 KB] copyrighted

• Computational Model of DIC Microscopy for Reconstructing 3-D Specimens
  F. Kagalwala, F. Lanni, and T. Kanade
  Methods of Information in Medicine, Vol. 39, February, 2000, pp. 105-109.

• Characterization of osteoblast-like behavior of cultured bone marrow stromal cells on various polymer surfaces
  J.W. Calvert, K.G. Marra, L. Cook, P.N. Kumta, P.A. DiMilla, and L. Weiss
  J. Biomed. Mat. Res., Vol. 52, No. 2, 2000, pp. 279 - 284.

• Hand Impedance Change during Learning of a Novel Contact Task
  Y. Matsuoka and R.D. Howe
  World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 2000.

• Intraoperative tremor monitoring for vitreoretinal microsurgery
  M. Gomez-Blanco, C. Riviere, and P. Khosla
  Proc. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 8, 2000.

• Modification of the Degradation of Polymer/Ceramic Scaffolds
  A.S. Dunn, P.G. Campbell, L. Weiss, and K.G. Marra
  J. Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 2000.

• Stent-Based Gene Therapy
  M.D. Feldman, B. Sun, B.J. Koci, C.C. Wu, J.R. Kneller, H.S. Borovetz, S. Watkings, A. Nadeem, L. Weiss, M.L. Reed, A.J.C. Smith, and W. Rosenblum
  Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants, Vol. 10, No. 1-2, 2000, pp. 47 - 68.

• Tomographic Reflection to Merge Ultrasound Images with Direct Vision
  G.D. Stetten, V. Chib, and R. Tamburo
  IEEE Proceedings of the 2000 Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition (AIPR) Annual Workshop, 2000.
  Download: pdf [458 KB] copyrighted

• Sensing Hand Tremor in a Vitreoretinal Microsurgical Instrument
  M. Gomez-Blanco, C. Riviere, and P. Khosla
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-99-39, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 1999. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [172 KB] copyrighted

• Computational model of DIC microscopy for reconstructing specimens
  F. Kagalwala, F. Lanni, and T. Kanade
  Proceedings of the First Joint BMES / EMBS Conference, Vol. 2, October, 1999, pp. 823. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [64 KB] copyrighted

• Intraoperative instrument motion sensing for microsurgery
  M. Gomez-Blanco, C. Riviere, and P. Khosla
  Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vol. 2, October, 1999, pp. 864. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [63 KB] copyrighted

• Computational Model of DIC Microscopy for Reconstructing 3-D Specimens
  F. Kagalwala, F. Lanni, and T. Kanade
  Proceedings of Workshop on Bio-Signal Analysis, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, June, 1999, pp. 334-337. [Abstract]

• Simulating DIC Microscope Images: From Physical Principles to Computational Model.
  F. Kagalwala and T. Kanade
  Proceedings of Workshop on Photometric Modelling in Computer Vision and Graphics, IEEE, June, 1999, pp. 48 - 55. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [268 KB] copyrighted

• Asymmetric bi-manual skill transfer during visually guided arm movement
  J. Sadr, Y. Matsuoka, and E. Bizzi
  29th Annual Meeting Society For Neuroscience, Vol. 25, 1999, pp. 2176.

• Domestic Rehabilitation and Learning of Task-Specific Movements
  Y. Matsuoka and L.C. Miller
  Sixth International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 1999, pp. 177 - 182.

• In Vitro analysis of biodegradable polymer blend/hydroxyapatite composites for bone tissue engineering
  K.G. Marra, J.W. Szem, P.N. Kumta, P.A. DiMilla, and L. Weiss
  J. Biomed. Mat. Res., Vol. 47, 1999, pp. 324 - 335.

• Robotics for Surgery
  R.D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka
  Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 1, 1999, pp. 211 - 240.

• The Use of Microfabricated Probes to Penetrate the Internal Elastic Lamina and Intimal Hyperplasia
  J.R. Kneller, C.C. Wu, D.A. Vorp, M.L. Reed, L. Weiss, H.S. Borovetz, S. Watkins, and M.D. Feldman
  Journal of Cardiovascular Diagnosis & Procedures, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1999, pp. 37 - 50.

• Novel Three Dimensional Biodegradable Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
  K. Marra, P.G. Campbell, P.A. DiMilla, P. Kumta, M.P. Mooney, J. Szem, and L. Weiss
  Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, December, 1998. [Abstract]

• Adaptive canceling of physiological tremor for improved precision in microsurgery
  C. Riviere, R.S. Rader, and N.V. Thakor
  IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 45, No. 7, July, 1998, pp. 839 - 846. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [193 KB] copyrighted

• A Classification Based Similarity Metric for 3D Image Retrieval
  Y. Liu and F. Dellaert
  CVPR'98, June, 1998. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [327 KB], ps.gz [422 KB] copyrighted

• Automatic Bilateral Symmetry (Midsagittal) Plane Extraction from Pathological 3D Neuroradiological Images
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and W.E. Rothfus, M.D.
  SPIE International Symposium on Medical Imaging, February, 1998.
  Download: pdf [581 KB], ps.gz [1093 KB] copyrighted

• Microfabricated Device for Intravascular Delivery
  M. Feldman, J. Kneller, C. Wu, S. Watkins, L. Weiss, and M.L. Reed
  Journal OfThe American College Of Cardiology, No. 31(2), February, 1998, pp. 351A - 351A.

• Computational Model of Image Formation Process in DIC Microscopy
  F. Kagalwala and T. Kanade
  Proceedings of Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy V, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, Vol. 3261, January, 1998, pp. 193-204. [Abstract]

• Content-based 3D Neuroradiologic Image Retrieval: Preliminary Results
  Y. Liu, W.E. Rothfus, M.D., and T. Kanade
  IEEE International Workshop on Content-based Access of Image and Video Databases, January, 1998, pp. 91 - 100. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1031 KB], ps.gz [1528 KB] copyrighted

• Adaptation and Generalization in Motor Control of the Limb
  Y. Matsuoka and E. Bizzi
  8th Annual Meeting Neural Control of Movement, 1998.

• An Image Guided Navigation System for Accurate Alignment in Total Hip Replacement Surgery
  A.M. DiGioia, III, B. Jaramaz, M. Blackwell, D. Simon, F. Morgan, J. Moody, C. Nikou, B. Colgan, C. Aston, R. LaBarca, E. Kischell, and T. Kanade
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-98-18, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [836 KB], ps.gz [2471 KB] copyrighted

• Classification Driven Medical Image Retrieval
  Y. Liu and F. Dellaert
  Proc. of the Image Understanding Workshop, 1998.
  Download: pdf [546 KB], ps.gz [748 KB] copyrighted

• Classification Driven Semantic Based Medical Image Indexing and Retrieval
  Y. Liu, F. Dellaert, and W.E. Rothfus
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-98-25, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1093 KB], ps.gz [1804 KB] copyrighted

• Content­based 3D Neuroradiologic Image Indexing and Retrieval: Preliminary Results
  Y. Liu, W.E. Rothfus, and T. Kanade
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-98-04, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [934 KB], ps.gz [1508 KB] copyrighted

• Error recognition for rehabilitation and microsurgery
  C. Riviere and P. Khosla
  Proc. Sixth ACM International Multimedia Conference: Workshop on Face and Gesture Recognition and its Applications, 1998.

• Microfabricated Probes Can be Used to Administer Gene Therapy
  M.D. Feldman, B. Sun, B.J. Koci, C. Wu, S.L. Castilla, A. Nadeem, L. Weiss, M.L. Reed, A.J.C. Smith, and W. Rosenblum
  American Journal of Cardiology, No. 82(7A), 1998, pp. 28S - 29S.

• Micromechanical Devices for Intravascular Drug Delivery
  M.L. Reed, C.C. Wu, J.R. Kneller, S. Watkins, D.A. Vorp, A. Nadeem, L. Weiss, K. Rebello, M. Mescher, A.J.C. Smith, W. Rosenblum, and M.D. Feldman
  Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 87, No. 11, 1998, pp. 1387 - 1394.

• Active handheld instrument for error compensation in microsurgery
  C. Riviere and P. Khosla
  Intelligent Systems and Advanced Manufacturing: Technical Conference on Microrobotics and Microsystem Fabrication, October, 1997, pp. 86-95.
  Download: pdf [107 KB], ps.gz [78 KB] copyrighted

• Characteristics of hand motion of eye surgeons
  C. Riviere, R.S. Rader, and P. Khosla
  19th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vol. 4, October, 1997, pp. 1690 - 1693. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [98 KB], ps.gz [53 KB] copyrighted

• Augmenting the human-machine interface: improving manual accuracy
  C. Riviere and P. Khosla
  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 4, April, 1997, pp. 3546 - 3550. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [25 KB], ps.gz [36 KB] copyrighted

• Adaptive Fourier modeling for quantification of tremor
  C. Riviere, S.G. Reich, and N.V. Thakor
  Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Vol. 74, No. 1, 1997, pp. 77-87.

• The Mechanisms in a Humanoid Robot Hand
  Y. Matsuoka
  Autonomous Robots, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1997, pp. 1 - 11.

• Automatic Extraction of the Central Symmetry Plane from Neuroradiology Images
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-96-40, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 1996. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [637 KB], ps.gz [1199 KB] copyrighted

• On-line canceling of pathological tremor for computer interface
  D.S. Hsu, C. Riviere, and N.V. Thakor
  Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vol. 2, October, 1996, pp. 521 - 522. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [184 KB] copyrighted

• Modeling and canceling tremor in human-machine interfaces
  C. Riviere and N.V. Thakor
  IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 3, June, 1996, pp. 29 - 36. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1240 KB] copyrighted

• Simulation, Planning, and Execution of Computer-Assisted Surgery
  T. Kanade, A.M. DiGioia, III, O. Ghattas, B. Jaramaz, M. Blackwell, L. Kallivokas, F. Morgan, S. Shah, and D. Simon
  Proceedings of the NSF Grand Challenges Workshop, March, 1996.
  Download: pdf [108 KB], ps.gz [27 KB] copyrighted

• Effects of age and disability on tracking tasks with a computer mouse: accuracy and linearity
  C. Riviere and N.V. Thakor
  Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Vol. 33, No. 1, February, 1996, pp. 6-15.

• Primitive Manipulation Learning with Connectionism
  Y. Matsuoka
  Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 8, David S. Touretzky, Michael C. Mozer, and Michael E. Hasselmo, ed., MIT Press, 1996, pp. 889 - 895.

• Adaptive real-time canceling of physiological tremor for microsurgery
  C. Riviere, R.S. Rader, and N.V. Thakor
  Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, November, 1995, pp. 89-96.

• Adaptive human-machine interface for persons with tremor
  C. Riviere and N.V. Thakor
  Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vol. 2, September, 1995, pp. 1193 - 1194. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [211 KB] copyrighted

• Suppressing pathological tremor during dextrous teleoperation
  C. Riviere and N.V. Thakor
  Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vol. 2, September, 1995, pp. 1195 - 1196. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [18 KB] copyrighted

• Towards More Capable and Less Invasive Robotic Surgery in Orthopaedics
  R. O'Toole, D. Simon, B. Jaramaz, O. Ghattas, M. Blackwell, L. Kallivokas, F. Morgan, C. Visnic, A.M. DiGioia, III, and T. Kanade
  Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision, Virtual Reality, and Robotics in Medicine (CVRMed '95), April, 1995.
  Download: pdf [103 KB], ps.gz [30 KB] copyrighted

• Finite Element Pre-operative Simulation Of Cementless Hip Replacement
  C.D. Visnic, R.H. Reid, O. Ghattas, A.M. DiGioia, III, and B. Jaramaz
  Proceedings Simulation Conference, December, 1994, pp. 856 - 860. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [432 KB] copyrighted

• Linearity of human commands for telerobotics
  C. Riviere and N.V. Thakor
  Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vol. 2, November, 1994, pp. 1039 - 1040. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [126 KB] copyrighted

• Teleoperation of a dextrous robotic hand using vibrotactile feedback
  I.Z. Amanat, C. Riviere, and N.V. Thakor
  Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vol. 2, November, 1994, pp. 1059 - 1060. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [133 KB] copyrighted