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
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
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
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.
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
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_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. ]
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]
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]
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
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
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
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
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