A full publications listing (1991-Present) is also available.

2012

• Anastasiia Aleksandrova, Andras Czirok, Andras Szabo, Michael B. Filla, M. Julius Hossain, Paul F. Whelan, Rusty D. Lansford and Brenda J. Rongish (2012), "Convective tissue movements play a major role in avian endocardial morphogenesis", Developmental Biology 363 (2012) 348–361. [PDF]
• Artzai Picon, Ovidiu Ghita, Aranzazu Bereciartua, Jone Echazarra, Paul F. Whelan and Pedro Iriondo (2012), "Real-time hyperspectral processing for automatic nonferrous material sorting", Journal Of Electronic Imaging 21, 013018 (Apr 04, 2012). [PDF]
• Ovidiu Ghita, Dana Ilea, Antonio Fernandez and Paul F. Whelan (2012), "Local binary patterns versus signal processing texture analysis: a study from a performance evaluation perspective", Sensor Review, Volume 32 issue 2, 149-162. [PDF]

2011

• Dana E. Ilea and Paul F. Whelan (2011), "Image Segmentation based on the Integration of Colour-Texture Descriptors - A Review", Pattern Recognition Volume 44, Issues 10-11, October-November 2011, Pages 2479-2501. [PDF]
• Artzai Picon, Ovidiu Ghita, Sergio Rodriguez-Vaamonde, Pedro Iriondo and Paul F. Whelan (2011), "Biologically-inspired data decorrelation for hyper-spectral imaging", EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2011:66, doi:10.1186/1687-6180-2011-66.
• Stephen O'Brien, Ovidiu Ghita and Paul F. Whelan (2011), "A Novel Model-Based 3D+time Left Ventricular Segmentation Technique", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Vol.30, no.2, pp.461-474, Feb. 2011. doi: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2086465. [PDF]
• Antonio Fernandez, Ovidiu Ghita, Elena Gonzalez, Francesco Bianconi and Paul F. Whelan (2011), "Evaluation of robustness against rotation of LBP, CCR and ILBP features in granite texture classification", Machine Vision and Applications Volume 22, Issue 6 (2011), pp 913-926, doi: 10.1007/s00138-010-0253-4. [PDF]
• P.F. Whelan and B.G. Batchelor (2011), "Basic Image Processing Techniques", in Machine Vision Handbook, Ed. B.G. Batchelor, Springer-Verlag London Limited, ISBN: 978-1-84996-169-1 [Invited book chapter]
• P.F. Whelan, R. Sadleir and O Ghita (2011), "NeatVision: A Development Environment for Machine Vision Engineers", in Machine Vision Handbook, Ed. B.G. Batchelor, Springer-Verlag London Limited, ISBN: 978-1-84996-169-1 [Invited book chapter]
• B.G. Batchelor and P.F. Whelan (2011), "Proverbs", in Machine Vision Handbook, Ed. B.G. Batchelor, Springer-Verlag London Limited, ISBN: 978-1-84996-169-1 [Invited book chapter]
• O Ghita, T Carew and P.F. Whelan (2011), "A machine vision system for quality grading of painted slates", in Machine Vision Handbook, Ed. B.G. Batchelor, Springer-Verlag London Limited, ISBN: 978-1-84996-169-1 [Invited book chapter]
• Julia Dietlmeier, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul Whelan (2011), "A New Anticorrelation-based Spectral Clustering Formulation", Acivs 2011- Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems, Aug. 22-25 2011, Het Pand, Ghent, Belgium [Full Paper]. [PDF]
• J. Dietlmeier, O. Ghita, P.F. Whelan (2011), "Towards Unsupervised Segmentation in High-Resolution Medical Nano-Imaging", Bioengineering...in Ireland 17, 17th Annual Conference of the Bioengineering Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Galway 28-29 January, 2011. [Abstract]
• J.M. Hossain, P.F. Whelan (2011), "Automated Analysis of Cell Migration in Time-lapse Microscopy Image", Bioengineering...in Ireland 17, 17th Annual Conference of the Bioengineering Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Galway 28-29 January, 2011. [Abstract]
• Michele Peporte, Dana E. Ilea Ghita and Paul F. Whelan (2011),"A Hybrid Approach to Brain Extraction from Premature Infant MRI", SCIA 2011, Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis, Ystad Saltsjöbad, Sweden 23-27 May 2011 [Paper/Poster]. [PDF]
• M. Julius Hossain, Paul F. Whelan, Andras Czirok and Ovidiu Ghita (2011), "An Active Particle-based Tracking Framework for 2D + 3D Timelapse Microscopy Images", 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’11). Boston Aug 30-Sep 3 2011. (Full paper review). [PDF]
• F.M. Sukno, T.A. Chowdhury, J.L. Waddington and Paul F. Whelan (2011), "A quantitative assessment of 3D facial key point localization", Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing (IMVIP) Conference 8-9th Sept. 2011, DCU Ireland. [PDF]
• B.P. Byrne, J. Mallon and Paul F. Whelan (2011), "Capturing Optimal Image Networks for Planar Camera Calibration", Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing (IMVIP) Conference 8-9th Sept. 2011, DCU Ireland. (IPRCS Jonathan G. Campbell best student paper award). [PDF]
• T.A. Chowdhury and Paul F. Whelan (2011), "A Fast and Accurate Method for Automatic Segmentation of Colons at CT Colonography based on Colon Geometrical Features", Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing (IMVIP) Conference 8-9th Sept. 2011, DCU Ireland. [PDF]
• Adesina A. and Molloy D. Proceedings of the Red-Conference: A BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT BASED VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: The Human Interaction Management System (Ascona, Switzerland,7-10 March 2011), Lugano (Switzerland): Universita della Svizzera italiana, 2011 [ISBN: 978-88-6101-010-9] 2011 Conference
• Adesina A. and Molloy D. A BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT BASED VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: Customised Learning Paths. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2011), 6-9 May 2011, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands.2011 Conference
• Sha Yu, Molloy Derek Optic flow providing external force for active contours in visually tracking dense cell population, Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference 2011, Dublin City University, Sept. 8th and 9th, 2011 2011 Conference
• D. Molloy, O. Ghita and R. Sadleir (Eds.) Proceedings of the Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, 2011, Dublin City University, Sept. 8th and 9th, 2011 2011 Edited Book
• Molloy D. Google Tools: Enabling Independent Learning Experiments, Poster at the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, May 2011 2011 Poster
• Molloy D. Google Tools: Enabling Independent Learning Experiments, Realizing Bologna Conference, June 7th and 8th, Dublin City University 2011 Poster
• Molloy D. Google Tools: Enabling Independent Learning Experiments, DCU Staff Student Engagement Conference, September 2011 2011 Poster
• Xiong Ye, Molloy D. R.J.T.Sadleir A Web-based Training System for Remote Access Mammography Screening, Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference 2011, Dublin City University, Sept. 8th and 9th, 2011 pp 126.127. 2011 Poster
• Sha Yu, Molloy Derek Automated Vision-based Tracking of Cell Movement and Deformation in Image Sequences, 2010 China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies (CIICT2010), Oct. 10-11, Wuhan, China. 2010 Conference

2010

• Ovidiu Ghita, Paul F. Whelan (2010), "A new GVF-based image enhancement formulation for use in the presence of mixed noise", Pattern Recognition 2010 August 43 (8) pp 2646-2658. [PDF]
• Aubrey K Dunne, John Mallon and Paul F Whelan (2010), "Efficient generic calibration method for general cameras with single centre of projection", Computer Vision and Image Understanding Volume 114, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 220-233 [Special issue on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-conventional Cameras]. [PDF]
• Padmapriya Nammalwar, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul Whelan (2010), "A Generic Framework for Colour Texture Segmentation", Sensor Review Volume: 30 Issue: 1 Page: 69 - 79. Outstanding Paper Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011. [PDF]
• Dahai Yu, Ovidiu Ghita, Alistair Sutherland, Paul Whelan (2010), "A Novel Visual Speech Representation and HMM Classification for Visual Speech Recognition", IPSJ Transactions on Computer Vision and Applications, Vol. 2 (2010) No. 0 pp.25-38. [PDF]
• Padmapriya Nammalwar, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul Whelan (2009), "Integration of Colour and Texture Distributions for Skin Cancer Image Segmentation", International Journal of Imaging (IJI) 2010 Autumn, Volume 4, Number A10
• Yu Sha and Derek Molloy (2010), "Automated Image-based Cell Tracking in Dense Cell Datasets", IMVIP 2010 International Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, 8-10th September 2010, University of Limerick. Best Paper Award
• Artzai Picon, Ovidiu Ghita,Pedro Mª Iriondo,Aranzazu Bereciartua1 and Paul F. Whelan (2010), "Automation of waste recycling using hyperspectral image analysis", 15th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2010), 13-16 Sept 2010, Bilbao, Spain.
• Ketheesan Thirusittampalam, M. Julius Hossain, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul Whelan (2010), "A Novel Framework for Tracking In-vitro Cells in Time-lapse Phase Contrast Data", British Machine Vision Conference 2010 Aberystwyth (Wales, UK), 30 August - 2 September 2010 (Poster).
• Julia Dietlmeier and Paul F. Whelan (2010), "Structural Methods in Subcellular Image Analysis", 5th European Molecular Imaging Meeting, Warsaw 26-29 May 2010 [Abstract/Poster])
• Dana E. Ilea Ghita, Paul F. Whelan and Ovidiu Ghita (2010), "Unsupervised Image Segmentation Based On The Multi-Resolution Integration Of Adaptive Local Texture Descriptors", 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP 2010), 17-21 May 2010, Angers France
• Qiusha Min, Robert J.T. Sadleir, "A Hybrid Lossless Compression Scheme for Efficient Delivery of Medical Image Data over the Internet," Computer Modeling and Simulation, International Conference on, pp. 319-323, 2010 Second International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation, 2010
• Dana E. Ilea, Paul F. Whelan, Catherine Brown and Alice Stanton (2010), "Automatic detection and measurement of the IMT in longitudinal sections of ultrasound images of the CCA, The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2010, 4-8 March, Vienna, Austria
• M. Julius Hossain and Paul F. Whelan (2010), "Automated Tracking of Embryonic Cells in Time-lapse Images", The 3rd Annual Conference of the Nordic Network on Imaging in Biology and Medicine 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 22-23, 2010 [Abstract/Presentation]
• Tarik A. Chowdhury and Paul F. Whelan (2010), "Automatic Lung Nodule Detection from Chest CT Data Using Geometrical Features: Initial Results", 14th Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing conference (IMVIP 2010), September 8th-10th, 2010, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Jiao Tian and Derek Molloy, “3D Reconstruction and Texturing using Affine SIFT on Uncalibrated Sparse Image Sets”, China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies, Wuhan, China, October 10-12, 2010.
• Ayodeji Adesina and Derek Molloy, “Capturing and monitoring of learning process through a Business Process Management (BPM) framework”, 3rd International Symposium for Engineering Education, 2010, University College Cork, Ireland.
• Qiusha Min, Robert J.T. Sadleir, “A real-time software-based volume rendering technique for virtual endoscopy,” China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies, Wuhan, China, October 10-12, 2010.
• Tony Marrero, John Mallon and Paul F Whelan (2010), "Towards Real-Time Stereoscopic Image Rectification for 3D Visualization", ACCV 2010 Workshop on Application of Computer Vision for Mixed and Augmented Reality (ACVMAR), Queenstown, New Zealand, Nov. 9th, 2010 (Poster)
• Paul F Whelan (2010), "Computer Aided Detection for Biomedical (Cellular) Applications", BioPhotonics and Imaging Conference (BioPIC) 2010, Dunboyne Castle Hotel, Meath, 18th October - 20th October 2010 (Invited Speaker)

2009

• Artzai Picon, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul F. Whelan and Pedro M Iriondo (2009), "Fuzzy Spectral and Spatial Feature Integration for Classification of Non-ferrous Materials in Hyper-spectral Data", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Volume: 5 Issue: 4, Pages: 483-494, Published: NOV 2009. [PDF]
• Ovidiu Ghita, Dana E Ilea and Paul F Whelan (2009), "Image feature enhancement based on the time-controlled total variation flow formulation", Pattern Recognition Letters Volume 30, Issue 3, 1 February 2009, pp. 314-320. [PDF]
• C.M. Brown, C. Duffy, D. Ilea, P.F. Whelan, A.V. Stanton (2009), "Carotid artery stiffness is only one tenth that of aortic artery stiffness as assessed by pulse wave velocity ", Journal of Human Hypertension , Volume: 23 Issue: 10, Pages: 698-699 Published: OCT 2009
• Dana E. Ilea, Paul F. Whelan, Catherine Brown, and Alice Stanton (2009), "An Automatic 2D CAD Algorithm for the Segmentation of the IMT in Ultrasound Carotid Artery Images", 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'09), September, 2-6, 2009 Minnesota, USA (full paper-accepted)
• Brendan P. Byrne, John Mallon, Paul F. Whelan (2009), "Efficient Planar Camera Calibration via Automatic Image Selection", 4th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, FEB 05-08, 2009 Lisbon, PORTUGAL. VISAPP 2009: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, VOL 1 Pages: 90-94 Published: 2009
• Dahai Yu, Ovidiu Ghita, Alistair Sutherland, Paul Whelan (2009), "A Novel Visual Speech Representation and HMM Classification for Visual Speech Recognition", The 3rd Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology (PSIVT2009), Tokyo, Japan, January 13th-16th, 2009. ADVANCES IN IMAGE AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS Book Series: LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Volume: 5414 Pages: 398-409 Published: 2009 [Best Paper Award]
• Padmapriya Nammalwar, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul Whelan (2009), "Segmentation of Skin Cancer Images", ISSSIS 2009, Coimbatore, India, 8-10 Jan, 2009 [PDF]
• K. Thirusittampalam, M.J. Hossain, O. Ghita, and Paul F. Whelan (2009), "Cellular Tracking in Time-lapse Phase Contrast Images ", 13th Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing conference (IMVIP 2009) September 2nd-4th, 2009, Dublin, Ireland
• Dana E. Ilea and Paul F. Whelan (2009), "Colour Saliency-Based Parameter Optimisation For Adaptive Colour Segmentation", 2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing [ICIP 2009], Cairo, Egypt November 7-11, 2009
• Paul F Whelan (2009), "How active is machine vision research in Ireland? An overview of the academic state of play in 2009", 7th European Machine Vision Business Conference May 15th and May 16th 2009. [Keynote Presentation]
• Paul F Whelan (2009), "ITC1: Cellular Computer Vision". National Biophotonics and Imaging Platform (NBIP) Ireland Inaugural Conference March 27, 2009, RCSI, Dublin, Ireland [Invited Talk]
• K. Thirusittampalam, M.J. Hossain, O. Ghita and Paul F. Whelan (2009), "Automatic Cellular Segmentation in Time-lapse Phase Contrast Images", Bioengineering09, Oxford 24-25 September 2009 (abstract accepted)
• Julia Dietlmeier and Paul F. Whelan (2009), "Computer-Guided Recognition of Mitochondria in Densely Cluttered Subcellular Environments", Bioengineering09, Oxford 24-25 September 2009 (abstract accepted)
• Stephen O'Brien, Ovidiu Ghita and Paul F. Whelan (2009), "Morphological-Based 3D Segmentation Method of Cardiac MRI Data", Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering (SSBE) Annual Meeting, University of Bern August 27th/28th 2009 [Abstract/Presentation]
• Stephen O'Brien, Ovidiu Ghita, and Paul F. Whelan, "Segmenting the Left Ventricle in 3D Using a Coupled ASM and a Learned Non-Rigid Spatial Model", 3D Segmentation in the Clinic: A Grand Challenge III [Workshop], MICCAI 2009, the 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, 20th to 24th September 2009, London, UK.
• C.M. Brown, C. Duffy, D. Ilea, P.F. Whelan, A.V. Stanton (2009), "Carotid artery stiffness is only one tenth that of aortic artery stiffness as assessed by pulse wave velocity", British Hypertension Society / Nurses Hypertension Association Annual Scientific Meetings, St. Johns College, Cambridge, 14-16 September 2009 (abstract/poster)

2008

• Dana. E. Ilea and Paul F. Whelan(2008), "CTex - An adaptive unsupervised segmentation algorithm based on colour-texture coherence", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 17(10), pp. 1926-1939, OCTOBER 2008. [PDF]
• Tarik A. Chowdhury, Paul F. Whelan and Ovidiu Ghita (2008), "A Fully Automatic CAD-CTC System Based on Curvature Analysis for Standard and Low Dose CT Data", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 55(3), pp. 888-901, March 2008. [PDF]
• Michael Lynch, Ovidiu Ghita and Paul F. Whelan (2008), "Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in 3D+t MRI Data Using an Optimised Non-Rigid Temporal Model", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 27(2), pp. 195-203, Feb 2008. [PDF]
• P.F. Whelan and O Ghita (2008), "Chapter 5: Color Texture Analysis" in Handbook of Texture Recognition, edited by Majid Mirmehdi, Xianghua Xie and Jasjit Suri, ISBN 978-1-84816-115-3 / 1-84816-115-8 [LINK], Imperial College Press, Nov 2008.


• John Mallon and Paul F Whelan (2008), "Correction of Optical lateral Chromatic Aberration in Digitial Imaging Systems", UK Patent Filed GB0809154.8
• Artzai Picon, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul F. Whelan, Pedro M Iriondo (2008), "Methodology for modeling electromagnetic spectra", EU Patent Filed PTC-Patent: 08380314
• Artzai Picon, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul F. Whelan, Pedro M Iriondo (2008), "Methodology for integration of spectral and spatial features for material classification", EU Patent Filed PTC-Patent: 08380315
• Mark Sugrue, Paul F. Whelan, Kevin Robinson (2008), "Electronic Cleansing of Digital Data Sets", UK Patent Filed GB0809616.6


• Sean Begley and Paul F. Whelan (2008), "Removing Pose from Face Images", 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC08), December 1-3, 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. ADVANCES IN VISUAL COMPUTING, PT II, PROCEEDINGS Book Series: LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Volume: 5359 Pages: 692-702 Published: 2008[PDF]
• Ovidiu Ghita, Paul F. Whelan, Dana E. Ilea (2008), "Multi-resolution texture classification based on local image orientation", ICIAR 2008 The International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, Portugal. IMAGE ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION, PROCEEDINGS Book Series: LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Volume: 5112 Pages: 688-696 Published: 2008
• Dana Elena Ilea and Paul F. Whelan (2008), "Evaluation Of Local Orientation For Texture Classification" VISAPP 2008 - 3rd International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, 22 - 25 January, 2008 Funchal, Madeira - Portugal. VISAPP 2008: PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, VOL 1 Pages: 357-364
• Julia Dietlmeier, Sean Begley and Paul F. Whelan (2008), "Cost-Effective HPC Clustering For Computer Vision Applications", Proceedings of the International Machine Vision & Image Processing Conference 2008 (IMVIP08), IEEE Computer Society Press. 2008 INTERNATIONAL MACHINE VISION AND IMAGE PROCESSING CONFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS Pages: 97-102 Published: 2008 [PDF]
• Aubrey K Dunne, John Mallon, Paul F Whelan (2008), "Towards Dynamic Camera Calibration for Constrained Flexible Mirror Imaging", Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-Classical Cameras, Marseille, France, 2008
• Moore, P., Molloy D.: “Active Contour Models For Computer Graphics Shape Modelling and Deformation”. In Proc. Vision, Graphics, And Visualisation 2008, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

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