Publications

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Thacker, N.A., Manjon, J.A., and Bromiley, P.A. A Statistical Interpretation of Non-local Means. IET Computer Vision, 2009, In Press.

Stivaros, S., Sinclair, D., Bromiley, P.A., Kim, J., Thorne, J., and Jackson, A. Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy: Predicting Outcome with Phase-Contrast MR Imaging. Radiology, 252(3) pp. 825-832, 2009.

Scott, M.L.J., Bromiley, P.A., Thacker, N.A., Hutchinson C.E., and Jackson, A. A Fast, Model-Independent Method for Cerebral Cortical Thickness Estimation using MRI. Medical Image Analysis 13(2) pp. 269-285, 2009.

Bromiley, P.A. and Thacker, N.A. Multi-dimensional Medical Image Segmentation with Partial Volume and Gradient Modelling. Annals of the BMVA 2008 no. 2 pp. 1-22, 2008.

Bromiley, P.A. and Thacker, N.A. Multi-dimensional Medical Image Segmentation with Partial Volume and Gradient Modelling Supplement 1: Mathematical Derivations and Proofs. Annals of the BMVA 2008 no. 2(s1) pp. 1-11, 2008.

Kim, J., Bromiley, P.A., Thacker, N.A., and Jackson, A. Prediction of the Jugular Venous Waveform Using a Model of CSF Dynamics. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 28 pp. 983-989, 2007.

Bromiley, P.A, Thacker, N.A., Scott, M.L.J., Pokric, M., Lacey, A.J., and Cootes, T.F., Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Probabilistic Models for Medical Image Analysis, Image and Vision Computing, 21/10 pp 851-864, 2003.

Bromiley, P.A., Thacker, N.A., and Courtney, P., Non-parametric Image Subtraction using Grey Level Scattergrams, Image and Vision Computing, 20, pp 609-617, 2002.

Bromiley, P.A., Courtney, P., and Thacker, N.A., Design of a Visual System for Detecting Natural Events by the use of an Independent Visual Estimate: a Human Fall Detector, in Series on Machine Perception and Artificial Intelligence Vol. 50: Empirical Evaluation Methods in Computer Vision, H.I. Christensen and P.J. Philips (eds.), World Scientific Publishing, 2002, ISBN 981-02-9453-5.

Coupe, S., Thacker, N.A., and Bromiley, P.A. A Methodology for Constructing View-Dependent Wireframe Models. Proc. VIE 2008, Xi'an, China, 29 July - 1 Aug 2008, pp. 227-232.

Thacker, N.A., Manjon, J.V., and Bromiley, P.A. A Statistical Interpretation of Non-Local Means. Proc. VIE 2008, Xi'an, China, 29 July - 1 Aug 2008, pp. 250-255.

Bromiley, P.A., and Thacker, N.A. Improving the Accuracy of MR Image Segmentation through the use of Local Gradient Information. Proc. MIUA 2008, Dundee, Scotland, 2-3 July 2008, pp. 84-88.

Thacker, N.A., Bromiley, P.A., and Manjon, J.V. A Quantitative Theory of the Non-Local Means Algorithm. Proc. MIUA 2008, Dundee, Scotland, 2-3 July 2008, pp. 174-178.

Hou, S., Galata, A., Caillette, F., Thacker, N.A. and Bromiley, P.A. Real-time Body Tracking Using a Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model. Proc Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 14-20, 2007.

Bromiley, P.A., and Thacker, N.A. When Less is More: Improvements in Medical Image Segmentation through Spatial Sub-Sampling. Proc. MIUA 2007.

Bromiley, P.A., and Thacker, N.A. A Model-Independent, Multi-Image Approach to MR Inhomogeneity Correction. Proc. MIUA 2007.

Bromiley, P.A., Scott, M.J.S., and Thacker, N.A. A Comparative Evaluation of Cortical Thickness Measurement Techniques. Proc. MIUA 2006, Manchester, 4-5 July 2006.

Kim, J., Thacker, N.A., Bromiley, P.A., and Jackson, A, A Simple Electrical Equivalence Model of Intracranial Cerebrospinal Fluid Pulsatility: Design and Validation in Healthy Normals. Proc. MIUA 2006, Manchester, 4-5 July 2006.

Bromiley, P.A., Thacker, N.A., and Jackson, A. Trends in Brain Volume Change with Normal Ageing. Proc. MIUA 2005, Bristol, 19-20 July 2005, pp. 247-250.

Kim, J., Bromiley, P.A., and Thacker, N.A. Complexity analysis for normal cerebral blood and CSF flow. Proc. MIUA 2005, Bristol, 19-20 July 2005, pp. 67-70.

Bromiley, P.A., Pokric, M., and Thacker, N.A., Empirical Evaluation of Covariance Estimates for Mutual Information Coregistration. Proc. MICCAI 2004, Rennes/Saint-Malo, France, 26-30 September 2004, pp. 607-614.

Bromiley, P.A., Pokric, M., and Thacker, N.A., Calculating Covariances for Mutual Information Coregistration. Proc. MIUA 2004, London, 23-24 September 2004, pp. 77-80.

Kim, J., Thacker, N.A., Bromiley, P.A., and Beatty, P.C.W., An Electrical Equivalence Model for CSF Pulsatility Proc. 17th Biennial International EURASIP Conference Biosignal 2004, Brno, Czech Republic, 23-25 June 2004, pp. 431-433.

Castellano-Smith, A.D., Crum, W.R., Hill, D.L.G., Thacker, N.A., and Bromiley, P.A., Biomechanical Simulation of Atrophy in MR Images, Proc Spie Conference 5032: Image Processing, San Diego, 2003.

Thacker, N.A., Lacey, A.J., and Bromiley, P.A., Validating MRI Field Homogeneity Correction using Image Information Measures, BMVC 2002, Cardiff, 2002.

Bromiley, P.A., Pokric, M., and Thacker, N.A., Identification of Enhancing MS Lesions in MR Images using Non-Parametric Image Subtraction, MIUA 2002, Portsmouth, 2002.

Bromiley, P.A., Thacker, N.A., and Courtney, P., Colour Image Segmentation by Non-Parametric Density Estimation in Feature Space, Proc. BMVC 2001, Manchester, 2001.

Bromiley, P.A., Courtney, P., and Thacker, N.A., A Case Study in the use of ROC curves for Algorithm Design, Proc. BMVC 2001, Manchester, 2001.

Bromiley, P.A., Thacker, N.A., and Courtney, P., Non-parametric Image Subtraction for MRI, Proc. MIUA 2001, Birmingham, 2001.

Bromiley, P.A., Thacker, N.A., and Courtney, P., Non-parametric Image Subtraction using Grey-Level Scattergrams, Proc. British Machine Vision Conference, Bristol, 2000.

Kim, J., Thacker, N.A., Bromiley, P.A., Payne, S.J., and Jackson, A, Cerebrospinal Fluid Pulsatility Model and Its Validation Proc. ISMRM 2006, Seattle, Washington, USA, 6-12 May 2006.

Bromiley, P.A., Scott, M.L.J., Thacker, N.A., and Jackson, A., Genetic Algorithm Optimisation of a Technique for Diagnosing Dementing Diseases through the Distribution of Cerebral Atriophy. ECR 2004, Vienna, Austria, 5-9 March 2004, B-405.

Scott, M.L.J., Thacker, N.A., Bromiley, P.A., Lacey, T., and Jackson, A., Separating Normal and Disease Groups using Vascular Territories. ECR 2004, Vienna, Austria, 5-9 March 2004, B-424.

Bromiley, P.A., Pokric, M., Thacker, N.A., and Jackson, A., Detection of MS Lesions in MRI Scans using Non-Parametric Image Subtraction, ISMRM 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2002.

Pokric, M., Bromiley, P.A., Thacker, N.A., and Jackson, A., Probabilistic Multi-Modality Image Segmentation with Partial Voluming, ISMSM 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2002.

Bromiley, P.A., Hepburn, I.D., and Smith, A., Ultra Low Temperature Cryogen Free Refrigerator, Sixth European Symposium on Space Environmental Control Systems, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 1997.

Bromiley, P.A., Rochford, J.H., Hepburn, I.D., Smith, A., Duncan, W., and Kerley, N., A 10mK Space Refrigerator for Microcalorimeters and Phase Transition Detectors, Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, Munich, 1997.

Bromiley, P.A., and Thacker, N.A., Image Subtraction, International Patent No. WO02/50771, 27th June 2002.

Bromiley, P.A., Development of an Adiabatic Demagnetisation Refrigerator for use in Space, Ph.D. Thesis, University of London, 1999.