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Publications, Biomedical Image Analysis

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.

• Acceleration of cerebral ventricular expansion in the Cardiovascular Health Study
  O. Carmichael, L.H. Kuller, O.L. Lopez, P.M. Thompson, R.A. Dutton, A. Lu, S.E. Lee, J.Y. Lee, H.J. Aizenstein, C.C. Meltzer, Y. Liu, A.W. Toga, and J.T. Becker
  Neurobiology of Aging, Vol. 28, No. 9, September, 2007, pp. 1316 - 1321.

• 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.

• Ventricular volume and dementia progression in the Cardiovascular Health Study
  O. Carmichael, L.H. Kuller, O.L. Lopez, P.M. Thompson, A. Lu, S.E. Lee, J.Y. Lee, H.J. Aizenstein, C.C. Meltzer, Y. Liu, A.W. Toga, and J.T. Becker
  Neurobiology of Aging, Vol. 28, No. 3, February, 2007, pp. 389 - 397.

• Cerebral Ventricular Changes Associated With Transitions Between Normal Cognitive Function, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia
  O. Carmichael, L.H. Kuller, O. Lopez, P.M. Thompson, R.A. Dutton, A. Lu, S.E. Lee, J.Y. Lee, H. Aizenstein, C. Meltzer, Y. Liu, A.W. Toga, and J. Becker
  Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders, Vol. 21, No. 1, January, 2007, pp. 14 - 24.

• 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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• Quantified Symmetry for Entorhinal Spatial Maps
  E. Chastain and Y. Liu
  Fifteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS 2006), July, 2006. [Abstract]
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• Mapping Ventricular Changes Related to Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Large Community-Based Cohort
  O. Carmichael, P.M. Thompson, R.A. Dutton, A. Lu, S.E. Lee, J.Y. Lee, L.H. Kuller, O. Lopez, H. Aizenstein, C. CidisMeltzer, Y. Liu, A.W. Toga, and J. Becker
  3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano, 2006, April, 2006, pp. 315 - 318.
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• Truly 3D Midsagittal Plane Extraction for Robust Neuroimage Registration
  L. Teverovskiy and Y. Liu
  3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano, 2006, April, 2006, pp. 860 - 863.
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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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• Firing Fields of Dorsocaudal Medial Entorhinal Cortex as a Context-Independent Spatial Map
  E. Chastain and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-06-02, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, January, 2006. [Abstract]
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• Computer Vision for Biomedical Image Applications
  Y. Liu
  Springer, November, 2005.

• SVM Decision Boundary Based Discriminative Subspace Induction
  J. Zhang and Y. Liu
  Pattern Recognition, Vol. 38, No. 10, October, 2005, pp. 1746 - 1758. [Abstract]
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• Atlas-Based Hippocampus Segmentation In Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment
  O. Carmichael, H. Aizenstein, S.W. Davis, J. Becker, P.M. Thompson, C. Meltzer, and Y. Liu
  NeuroImage, No. 27, June, 2005, pp. 979 - 990. [Abstract]
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• Atlas-Based Hippocampus Segmentation In Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment
  O. Carmichael, H. Aizenstein, S.W. Davis, J. Becker, P.M. Thompson, C. Meltzer, and Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-04-53, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 2004. [Abstract]
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• Discriminative MR Image Feature Analysis for Automatic Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease Classification
  Y. Liu, L. Teverovskiy, O. Carmichael, R. Kikinis, M. Shenton, C.S. Carter, V.A. Stenger, S. Davis, H. Aizenstein, J. Becker, O. Lopez, and C. Meltzer
  Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on MedicalImage Computing and Computer Aided Intervention (MICCAI '04), October, 2004, pp. 393 - 401. [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]
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• Cervical Cancer Detection Using SVM Based Feature Screening
  J. Zhang and Y. Liu
  Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Aided Intervention (MICCAI '04), Vol. II, September, 2004, pp. 873 - 880.
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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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• Representation and Matching of Articulated Shapes
  J. Zhang, R. Collins, and Y. Liu
  Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'04), Vol. II, June, 2004, pp. 342 - 349. [Abstract]
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• Discriminative MR Image Feature Analysis for Automatic Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease Classification
  Y. Liu, L. Teverovskiy, O. Carmichael, R. Kikinis, M. Shenton, C.S. Carter, V.A. Stenger, S. Davis, H. Aizenstein, J. Becker, O. Lopez, and C. Meltzer
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-04-15, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2004.
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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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• 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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• 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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• Does Multispectral Texture Features Really Improve Cervical Cancer Detection?
  T. Zhao, J. Zhang, and Y. Liu
  International Conference on Diagnostic Imaging and Analysis (ICDIA 2002), August, 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

• SVM Based Feature Screening Applied to Hierarchical Cervial Cancer Detection
  J. Zhang, Y. Liu, and T. Zhao
  International Conference on Diagnostic Imaging and Analysis (ICDIA 2002), August, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Learning Multispectral Texture Features for Cervical Cancer Detection
  Y. Liu, T. Zhao, and J. Zhang
  Proceedings of 2002 IEEE International Symposium on BiomedicalImaging: Macro to Nano, July, 2002, pp. 169 - 172. [Abstract]
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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Learning Discriminant Features in Multispectral Biological images
  Y. Liu
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-01-24, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001.

• 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 Classification Based Similarity Metric for 3D Image Retrieval
  Y. Liu and F. Dellaert
  CVPR'98, June, 1998, pp. 800 - 805. [Abstract]
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• 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.
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• 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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