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Publications, Computational Symmetry

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

• Quantified Brain Asymmetry for Age Estimation of Normal and Alzheimer's Disease/Mild Cognitive Impairment Subjects
  L. Teverovskiy, J. Becker, O. Lopez, and Y. Liu
  5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, May, 2008.

• Application of Computational Symmetry to Histology Images
  B. Canada and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-08-08, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, January, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [4192 KB] copyrighted

• A Quantitative Evaluation of Symmetry Detection Algorithms
  P. Chen, J.H. Hays, S. Lee, M. Park, and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-07-36, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, September, 2007. [Abstract]
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• Shape Variation-based Frieze Pattern for Robust Gait Recognition
  S. Lee, Y. Liu, and R. Collins
  Proceedings of CVPR 2007, June, 2007.

• A Lattice-based MRF Model for Dynamic Near-regular Texture Tracking
  W. Lin and Y. Liu
  IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 29, No. 5, May, 2007, pp. 777 - 792. [Abstract]
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• Discovery of "Biomarkers" for Alzheimer's Disease Prediction from Structural MR Images
  Y. Liu, L. Teverovskiy, O. Lopez, H. Aizenstein, C. Meltzer, and J. Becker
  2007 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, April, 2007.

• Feature-based vs. Intensity-based Neuroimage Registration: Comprehensive Comparison Using Mutual Information
  L. Teverovskiy, O. Carmichael, H. Aizenstein, N. Lazar, and Y. Liu
  2007 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, April, 2007.

• Two-level Method for 3D Non-rigid Registration: with an Application to Statistical Atlases Construction
  C. Wu, P.E. Murtha, A. Mor, and B. Jaramaz
  2nd International Conference on Computer Vision Theory (VISAPP2007), Insticc Press, Barcelona, Vol. 1, March, 2007. [Abstract]
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• Understanding the Role of Facial Asymmetry in Human Face Identification
  S. Mitra, N. Lazar, and Y. Liu
  Statistics and Computing, Vol. 17, January, 2007, pp. 57 - 70. [Abstract]
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• Quantitative Evaluation on Near Regular Texture Synthesis
  W. Lin, J.H. Hays, C. Wu, V. Kwatra, and Y. Liu
  Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR '06), Vol. 1, June, 2006, pp. 427 - 434. [Abstract]
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• Discovering Texture Regularity as a Higher-Order Correspondence Problem
  J.H. Hays, M. Leordeanu, A.A. Efros, and Y. Liu
  9th European Conference on Computer Vision, May, 2006.
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• Tracking Dynamic Near-regular Textures under Occlusion and Rapid Movements
  W. Lin and Y. Liu
  9th European Conference on Computer Vision, May, 2006.
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• Expression Classification using Wavelet Packet Method on Asymmetry Faces
  K. Teng and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-06-03, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, January, 2006. [Abstract]
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• A Lattice-based MRF model for Dynamic Near-regular Texture Tracking and Manipulation
  W. Lin
  doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-58, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 2005. [Abstract]
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• On Improving the Performance of the Wallpaper Symmetry Group Classification Algorithm
  S. Reddy and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-49, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, November, 2005. [Abstract]
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• Motion Texture
  H. Pashley, J.H. Hays, and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-61, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, September, 2005.
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• The Promise and Perils of Near-Regular Texture [pre-publication color version]
  Y. Liu, Y. Tsin, and W. Lin
  International Journal of Computer Vision, Vol. 62, No. 1-2, April, 2005, pp. 145 - 159. [Abstract]
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• The Promise and Perils of Near-Regular Texture [publication grayscale version]
  Y. Liu, Y. Tsin, and W. Lin
  International Journal of Computer Vision, Vol. 62, No. 1-2, April, 2005, pp. 145 - 159. [Abstract]
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• Digital Papercutting
  Y. Liu, J.H. Hays, Y. Xu, and H. Shum
  Technical Sketch, SIGGRAPH, 2005. [Abstract]
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• Learning-based Neuroimage Registration
  L. Teverovskiy and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-04-59, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, October, 2004. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [321 KB], ps.gz [1798 KB] copyrighted

• Near Regular Texture Analysis and Manipulation
  Y. Liu, W. Lin, and J.H. Hays
  ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2004), Vol. 23, No. 3, August, 2004, pp. 368 - 376. [Abstract]
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• Local Facial Asymmetry for Expression Classification
  S. Mitra and Y. Liu
  Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'04), Vol. 2, June, 2004, pp. 889 - 894.
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• A Computational Model for Periodic Pattern Perception Based on Frieze and Wallpaper Groups
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and Y. Tsin
  IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 26, No. 3, March, 2004, pp. 354 - 371. [Abstract]
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• Truly 3D Midsagittal Plane Extraction for Robust Neuroimage Registration
  L. Teverovskiy and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-04-21, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2004. [Abstract]
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• Semantic based Biomedical Image Indexing and Retrieval
  Y. Liu, N. Lazar, W.E. Rothfus, F. Dellaert, A. Moore, J. Schneider, and T. Kanade
  Trends and Advances in Content-Based Image and Video Retrieval, Shapiro, Kriegel, and Veltkamp, ed., February, 2004. [Abstract]
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• A Comparison Study of Four Texture Synthesis Algorithms on Regular and Near-regular Textures
  W. Lin, J.H. Hays, C. Wu, V. Kwatra, and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-04-01, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, January, 2004. [Abstract]
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• Using Classical and Resampling Methods for Face Recognition based on Quantified Asymmetry Measures
  S. Mitra, N.A. Lazar, and Y. Liu
  tech. report 790, Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 2003. [Abstract]
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• A Quantified Study of Facial Asymmetry in 3D Faces
  Y. Liu and J. Palmer
  Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Workshop on Analysis and Modeling of Faces and Gestures, in conjunction with the 2003 International Conference of Computer Vision (ICCV '03), October, 2003. [Abstract]
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• Deformable Texture: the Irregular-Regular-Irregular Cycle
  Y. Liu and W. Lin
  Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Texture Analysis and Synthesis (Texture 2003), October, 2003, pp. 65 - 70. [Abstract]
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• Deformable Texture: the Irregular-Regular-Irregular Cycle
  Y. Liu and W. Lin
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-03-26, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 2003. [Abstract]
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• Facial Asymmetry Quantification for Expression Invariant Human Identification
  Y. Liu, K. Schmidt, J. Cohn, and S. Mitra
  Computer Vision and Image Understanding Journal, Vol. 91, No. 1/2, July, 2003, pp. 138 - 159. [Abstract]
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• A Quantified Study of Facial Asymmetry in 3D Faces
  Y. Liu and J. Palmer
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-03-21, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, June, 2003. [Abstract]
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• A Quantified Study of Facial Asymmetry and Gender Difference
  Y. Liu and S. Mitra
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-03-09, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2003.

• Human Identification versus Expression Classification via Bagging on Facial Asymmetry
  Y. Liu and S. Mitra
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-03-08, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2003. [Abstract]
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• Experiments with Quantified Facial Asymmetry for Human Identification
  Y. Liu and S. Mitra
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-02-24, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, September, 2002.
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• Semantic-based Biomedical Image Indexing and Retrieval
  Y. Liu, N. Lazar, and W. Rothfus
  International Conference on Diagnostic Imaging and Analysis (ICDIA 2002), August, 2002.
  Download: pdf [539 KB], ps.gz [901 KB] copyrighted

• Measurement of Asymmetry in Persons with Facial Paralysis
  G.S. Wachtman, Y. Liu, T. Zhao, J. Cohn, K. Schmidt, T.C. Henkelmann, J.M. VanSwearingen, and E.K. Manders
  Combined Annual Conference of the Robert H. Ivy and Ohio Valley societies of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, June, 2002.

• Facial Asymmetry Quantification for Expression Invariant Human Identification
  Y. Liu, K. Schmidt, J. Cohn, and R.L. Weaver
  Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG'02), May, 2002, pp. 198 - 204. [Abstract]
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• Gait Sequence Analysis using Frieze Patterns
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and Y. Tsin
  Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV'02), May, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Human facial asymmetry for expression-invariant facial identification
  Y. Liu, K. Schmidt, J. Cohn, and R.L. Weaver
  Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG'02), May, 2002.
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• The Promise and Perils of Near-Regular Texture
  Y. Liu and Y. Tsin
  Texture 2002, the 2nd International Workshop on Texture Analysis and Synthesis, associated with the European Conference on Computer Vision 2002 (ECCV'02), 2002. [Abstract]
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• Gait Sequence Analysis using Frieze Patterns
  Y. Liu, R. Collins, and Y. Tsin
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-01-38, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 2001. [Abstract]
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• Skewed Symmetry Groups
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Vol. 1, December, 2001, pp. 872 - 879. [Abstract]
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• Texture Replacement in Real Images
  Y. Tsin, Y. Liu, and V. Ramesh
  IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Vol. 2, December, 2001, pp. 539 = 544. [Abstract]
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• 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 2001 Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Conference (MICCAI '01), Utrecht, The Netherlands, October, 2001.
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• Facial Asymmetry: A New Biometric
  Y. Liu, R.L. Weaver, K. Schmidt, N. Serban, and J. Cohn
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-01-23, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 2001. [Abstract]
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• 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. [Abstract]
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• 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.
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• A Computational Model for Repeated Pattern Perception using Frieze and Wallpaper Groups
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  2000 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2000), Vol. 1, June, 2000, pp. 537 - 544. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [979 KB], ps.gz [1433 KB], ps.z [1654 KB] copyrighted

• A Computational Model for Repeated Pattern Perception using Frieze and Wallpaper Groups
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-00-08, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2000. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [907 KB], ps.gz [1467 KB], ps.z [1693 KB] copyrighted

• Periodic Pattern Analysis Under Affine Distortions Using Wallpaper Groups
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  2nd International Workshop on Algebraic Frames for the Perception Action Cycle (AFPAC), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1888, Springer-Verlag Belin, Heidelberg, 2000, pp. 241 - 250.
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• Frieze and Wallpaper Symmetry Groups Classification under Affine and Perspective Distortion
  Y. Liu and R. Collins
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-98-37, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 1998. [Abstract]
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• A Classification Based Similarity Metric for 3D Image Retrieval
  Y. Liu and F. Dellaert
  CVPR'98, June, 1998, pp. 800 - 805. [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.
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• 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]
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• 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]
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• 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]
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• 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]
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