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]
Perceptual Analysis and Modeling of Facial Animation Xiaohan Ma PhD Dissertation , Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, 2012
Quaternion Space Sparse Decomposition for Motion Compression and Retrieval Mingyang Zhu, Huaijiang Sun, and Zhigang Deng Proceeding of ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) 2012 , Lausanne, Switzerland, July 2012, pp. 183-192 [Video] [pdf]
Smooth Skinning Decomposition with Rigid Bones Binh H. Le, and Zhigang Deng ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceeding of ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2012) , 31(6), Nov 2012, 199:1-199:10. [Incorporated into mainstream Graphics/Animation packages including Maya, Houdini, and Blender, and used in many game studios including EA. ] [Video] [pdf] [source code] [slides] [Executable Code]
Visual and Force-Feedback Guidance for Robot-Assisted Interventions in the Beating Heart with Real-Time MRI Nikhil Navkar, Zhigang Deng, Dipan J. Shah, Kostas Berkis, and Nikos V. Tsekos Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2012 , St Paul, MN, May 14-18, 2012, pp. 689-694 [Best Medical Robotics Paper Award Runner-up] [pdf]
Robot-Assisted Mechanical Scanning and Co-Registration of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Light-Induced Flurescence Ahmet E. Sonmez, William M. Spees, Alpay Ozcan, Zhigang Deng, Andrew Webb, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos Proc. of Fourth IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob) 2012 Rome, Italy, June 24-28, 2012, pp. 775-780. [Best Student Paper Finalist] [pdf]