Publications

2013-Computer-MobileGameAnalysis-preprint

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

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2012-TOMCCAP-watermarking

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

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2012_TVCG_dataDrivenSpeechQualityModel

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]

2011-TIP-SpineDetectionSegmentation

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]

2012_BIBE_MRIntraoperativeRegistration

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.

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2012-TVCG-headEyeMotionGenerator-preprint

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]

2012–PhD Dissertation Xiaohan Ma

Perceptual Analysis and Modeling of Facial Animation

Xiaohan Ma

PhD Dissertation , Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, 2012

2012-SCA-QSSD-motionCompressionRetrieval

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]

2012_SiggraphAsia_SSDR

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]

2012-ICRA-visualForcebackGuidance

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 Runner-up Award]

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2012-BioRob-Robot-assisted registration

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]

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2011_TMI_dentriteTracking

A Global Spatial Similarity Optimization Scheme to Track Large Numbers of Dendritic Spines in Time-lapse Confocal Microscopy

Qing Li, Zhigang Deng, Yong Zhang, Xiaobo Zhou, U. Valntin Nagerl, and Stephen T. C. Wong

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI) , 30(3), March 2011, pp. 632-641

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2011_MMVR_VRCardiacPlanning_preprint

A Novel Virtual Reality Environment for Preoperative Planning and Simulation of Image Guided Intracardiac Surgeries with Robotic Manipulators

Erol Yeniaras, Zhigang Deng, Mushabbar A. Syed, Mark Davies, and Nikos V. Tsekos

Proc. of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2011 Conference(MMVR) , Long Beach, CA, Feb 2011, pp. 716-722

[pdf]

2011–PhD Dissertation Qin Gu

Agent-based Approaches for Stylizing Motion Variations and Formations in Crowd Simulation

Qin Gu

PhD Dissertation , Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, 2011

2011–PhD Dissertation Qing Li

Algorithms for Dendritic Spine Detection and Tracking in Time-Lapse Microscopy Neuron Images

Qing Li

PhD Dissertation , Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, 2011

2011_BIOENG_bioSensing

An approach for robot-assisted biosensing: Demonstration with MRI-guided MR spectroscopy

Ahmet Onmez, Yousef Hedayati, Andrew G. Webb, Zhigang Deng, and Nikos V. Tsekos

Proc. of 10th IEEE International Workshop on Biomedical Engineering (BIOENG) 2011 , Kos, Greece, Oct 2011, pp. 1-4

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2011_MMVR_ComparisonOfReachingKinematics

Comparison of Reaching Kinematics during Mirror and Parallel Robot Assisted Movements

Zahra Kadivar, Cynthia Sung, Zachary Thompson, Marcia O'Malley, Michael Liebschner, and Zhigang Deng

Proc. of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2011 Conference(MMVR) , Long Beach, CA, Feb 2011, pp. 247-253

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2011_CGA_CrowdDiversity

Context-Aware Motion Diversification for Crowd Simulation

Qin Gu, and Zhigang Deng

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A) , Sept/Oct 2011, pp. 14-25

[Video] [pdf]

2011_ISBI_extractGeometricFeaturesfromHeart

Extracting Geometric Features of Aortic-Valve Annulus Motion from Dynamic Cardiac MRI for Guiding Interventions

Nikhil Navkar, Erol Yeniaras, Dipan J. Shah, Nikos V. Tsekos, and Zhigang Deng

Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2011 , Chicago, IL, March 2011, pp. 1302-1305

[pdf]

2011-GI_formationSketching_preprint

Formation Sketching: An Approach to Stylize Groups in Crowd Simulation

Qin Gu, and Zhigang Deng

Proc. of Graphics Interface (GI) 2011 , St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, May 2011, pp. 1-8

[Video] [pdf]