Implementation of a Force-Feedback Interface for Fixed-Access Point Interventions with real time MRI guidance Nick V. Sternberg, Atilla Kilicarslan, Nikhil Navkar, Zhigang Deng, Karolos Grigoriadis, and Nikos V. Tsekos Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2013 , Karlsruhe, Germany, May 2013. [pdf]
Visual Force-Feedback Interfacing for Image-Guided Telemanipulated Robotic Surgical System Nikhil V. Navkar PhD Dissertation , Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, 2013 [More Information]
A Framework for Integrating real-time MRI with Robot Control: Application to Simulated Transapical Cardiac Interventions Nikhil Navkar, Zhigang Deng, Dipan J. Shah, and Nikos V. Tsekos IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME) , April 2013, 60(4), pp. 1023-1033. [pdf]
Generating Freestyle Group Formation in Agent-based Crowd Simulation Qin Gu, and Zhigang Deng IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A) , 33(1), Jan/Feb 2013, pp. 14-25. [Featured Cover Article ] [Video] [pdf]
Characterizing the Performance and Power Consumption of 3D Mobile Games Xiaohan Ma, Zhigang Deng, Mian Dong, and Lin Zhong IEEE Computer , 46(4), April 2013, pp. 72-78 [pdf]
A Robust High Capacity Affine-Transformation-Invariant Scheme for Watermarking 3D Geometric Models Xifeng Gao, Caiming Zhang, Yan Huang, and Zhigang Deng ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMCCAP) , volume 8, number 2S, Article 34, pages 1-21, September 2012 [pdf]
A Statistical Quality Model for Data-Driven Speech Animation Xiaohan Ma, and Zhigang Deng IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) , 18(11), Nov 2012, pp. 1915-1927 [Video] [pdf]
A Surface-based 3D Dendritic Spine Detection Approach from Confocal Microscopy Images Qing Li, and Zhigang Deng IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP) , March 2012, 21(3), pp. 1223-1230 [pdf] [source code]
Intraoperative Registration of Preoperative 4D Cardiac Anatomy with real-time MR images Xifeng Gao, Nikhil Navkar, Dipan J. Shah, Nikos V. Tsekos, and Zhigang Deng Proc. of IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering (BIBE) 2012 , Larnaca, Cyprus, Nov 11-13, 2012, pp. 583-588. [pdf]
Live Speech Driven Head-and-Eye Motion Generators Binh H. Le, Xiaohan Ma, and Zhigang Deng IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) , 18(11), Nov 2012, pp. 1902-1914 [Video] [pdf] [Errata Correction and Appendix for COA Calculation]