William E. Higgins

Orcid: 0000-0003-4781-9374

According to our database1, William E. Higgins authored at least 128 papers between 1984 and 2023.

Collaborative distances:
  • Dijkstra number2 of five.
  • Erdős number3 of four.

Awards

IEEE Fellow

IEEE Fellow 2004, "For contributions to three-dimensional medical imaging and processing.".

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Bibliography

2023
Endobronchial Ultrasound Image Simulation for Image-Guided Bronchoscopy.
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 2023

Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy Video Analysis for Lesion Frame Detection.
CoRR, 2023

Image-guided radial-probe EBUS bronchoscopy system: live study validation.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2023: Image-Guided Procedures, 2023

Extemporaneous airway route computation during live bronchoscopic procedures.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2023: Image-Guided Procedures, 2023

Vascular pattern recognition for narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2023: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, 2023

ESFPNet: efficient deep learning architecture for real-time lesion segmentation in autofluorescence bronchoscopic video.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2023: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, 2023

2022
Multimodal Registration for Image-Guided EBUS Bronchoscopy.
J. Imaging, 2022

Image-guided system for radial-probe endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2022: Image-Guided Procedures, 2022

Image-guided bronchoscopy for comprehensive lymph node staging.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2022: Image-Guided Procedures, 2022

Video analysis framework for lesion detection in narrow band imaging bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2022: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, 2022

2021
Super-resolution and deblurring enhancement for narrow band imaging bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2021: Image Processing, Online, February 15-19, 2021, 2021

Autonomous planning and guidance for convex-probe endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2021: Image-Guided Procedures, 2021

Bronchoscopic video synchronization for interactive multimodal inspection of bronchial lesions.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2021: Image-Guided Procedures, 2021

Blood vessel segmentation in narrow band imaging bronchoscopic video.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2021: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, 2021

2020
Virtual radial-probe endobronchial ultrasound for image-guided bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2020: Image-Guided Procedures, 2020

Multi-destination procedure planning for comprehensive lymph node staging bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2020: Image-Guided Procedures, 2020

MULTI-FRAME CT-VIDEO REGISTRATION FOR 3D AIRWAY-WALL ANALYSIS.
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, 2020

Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy Video Analysis for Lesion Frame Detection<sup>*</sup>.
Proceedings of the 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 2020

2019
Efficient Bronchoscopic Video Summarization.
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 2019

Optimal route planning for image-guided EBUS bronchoscopy.
Comput. Biol. Medicine, 2019

Guidance system development for radial-probe endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, 2019

Robust video-frame classification for bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, 2019

Bronchoscopic procedure planning for systematic lymph node analysis.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, 2019

2018
Optimal multimodal virtual bronchoscopy for convex-probe endobronchial ultrasound.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2018: Image-Guided Procedures, 2018

2017
A system for endobronchial video analysis.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2017: Image-Guided Procedures, 2017

2016
Methods for 2-D and 3-D Endobronchial Ultrasound Image Segmentation.
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 2016

Deformable image registration for multimodal lung-cancer staging.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2016: Image Processing, 2016

Image-guided endobronchial ultrasound.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2016: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, San Diego, California, United States, 27 February, 2016

Method for endobronchial video parsing.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2016: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, San Diego, California, United States, 27 February, 2016

2015
Hands-Free System for Bronchoscopy Planning and Guidance.
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 2015

Thoracic cavity definition for 3D PET/CT analysis and visualization.
Comput. Biol. Medicine, 2015

Multimodal system for the planning and guidance of bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2015: Image-Guided Procedures, 2015

2014
Optimal Procedure Planning and Guidance System for Peripheral Bronchoscopy.
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 2014

Construction of a multimodal CT-video chest model.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2014: Image-Guided Procedures, 2014

3D intrathoracic region definition and its application to PET-CT analysis.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2014: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 2014

2013
Interactive CT-Video Registration for the Continuous Guidance of Bronchoscopy.
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 2013

Technician-free system for image-guided bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2013: Image-Guided Procedures, 2013

Multimodal 3D PET/CT system for bronchoscopic procedure planning.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2013: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 2013

2012
Computer-Based Route-Definition System for Peripheral Bronchoscopy.
J. Digit. Imaging, 2012

Optimization of CT-video registration for image-guided bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2012: Image-Guided Procedures, 2012

Planning and visualization methods for effective bronchoscopic target localization.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2012: Image-Guided Procedures, 2012

Bronchoscopy guidance system based on bronchoscope-motion measurements.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2012: Image-Guided Procedures, 2012

2011
Segmentation of the central-chest lymph nodes in 3D MDCT images.
Comput. Biol. Medicine, 2011

Automatic definition of the central-chest lymph-node stations.
Int. J. Comput. Assist. Radiol. Surg., 2011

Robust method for extracting the pulmonary vascular trees from 3D MDCT images.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2011: Image Processing, 2011

Image-based global registration system for bronchoscopy guidance.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2011: Visualization, 2011

System for robust bronchoscopic video distortion correction.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2011: Visualization, 2011

Real-time method for bronchoscope motion measurement and tracking.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2011: Visualization, 2011

2010
Robust 3-D Airway Tree Segmentation for Image-Guided Peripheral Bronchoscopy.
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 2010

Image-Based Reporting for Bronchoscopy.
J. Digit. Imaging, 2010

Robust extraction of the aorta and pulmonary artery from 3D MDCT image data.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2010: Image Processing, 2010

Toward image-based global registration for bronchoscopy guidance.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2010: Visualization, 2010

Semi-automatic central-chest lymph-node definition from 3D MDCT images.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2010: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 2010

2009
3D MDCT-based system for planning peripheral bronchoscopic procedures.
Comput. Biol. Medicine, 2009

System for definition of the central-chest vasculature.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2009: Image Processing, 2009

Fusion of MDCT-based endoluminal renderings and endoscopic video.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2009: Visualization, 2009

Improved navigation for image-guided bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2009: Visualization, 2009

Quantitative analysis of the central-chest lymph nodes based on 3D MDCT image data.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2009: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 2009

2008
Corrigendum to "3D CT-video fusion for image-guided bronchoscopy" [Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 32 (2008) 159-173].
Comput. Medical Imaging Graph., 2008

3D CT-Video Fusion for Image-Guided Bronchoscopy.
Comput. Medical Imaging Graph., 2008

Combined video tracking and image-video registration for continuous bronchoscopic guidance.
Int. J. Comput. Assist. Radiol. Surg., 2008

Robust system for human airway-tree segmentation.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2008: Image Processing, 2008

Continuous endoscopic guidance via interleaved video tracking and image-video registration.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization, 2008

Method for radiometric calibration of an endoscope's camera and light source.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization, 2008

Extraction and visualization of the central chest lymph-node stations.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2008: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 2008

2007
Computer-based system for the virtual-endoscopic guidance of bronchoscopy.
Comput. Vis. Image Underst., 2007

System for the analysis and visualization of large 3D anatomical trees.
Comput. Biol. Medicine, 2007

Interactive segmentation based on the live wire for 3D CT chest image analysis.
Int. J. Comput. Assist. Radiol. Surg., 2007

Method for extracting the aorta from 3D CT images.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2007: Image Processing, 2007

3D path planning and extension for endoscopic guidance.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2007: Visualization and Image-Guided Procedures, 2007

2006
Improved 3D live-wire method with application to 3D CT chest image analysis.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, 2006

Globally optimal model-based matching of anatomical trees.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, 2006

Image-based rendering method for mapping endoscopic video onto CT-based endoluminal views.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, 2006

Optimal graph-theoretic approach to 3D anatomical tree matching.
Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, 2006

Real-time Image-Based Guidance Method for Lung-Cancer Assessment.
Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2006), 2006

2005
System for Live Virtual-Endoscopic Guidance of Bronchoscopy.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2005

2004
Introduction to the special section on virtual endoscopy.
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 2004

Three-dimensional path planning for virtual bronchoscopy.
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 2004

3D Model-Based Vascular Tree Analysis Using Differential Geometry.
Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, 2004

2003
Symmetric region growing.
IEEE Trans. Image Process., 2003

2002
Multi-generational analysis and visualization of the vascular tree in 3D micro-CT images.
Comput. Biol. Medicine, 2002

Analysis of branching tubular structures in 3D digital images.
Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Image Processing, 2002

Combined endoscopic video tracking and virtual 3D CT registration for surgical guidance.
Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Image Processing, 2002

2001
New Techniques for Efficient Sliding Thin-Slab Volume Visualization.
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 2001

Videoendoscopic Distortion Correction and Its Application to Virtual Guidance of Endoscopy.
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 2001

Multigenerational analysis and visualization of large 3D vascular images.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2001: Image Processing, 2001

Technique for registering 3D virtual CT images to endoscopic video.
Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Image Processing, 2001

Image-guided endoscopy for lung-cancer assessment.
Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Image Processing, 2001

2000
Extraction of the hepatic vascularture in rats using 3D micro-CT images.
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 2000

Cue-Based Segmentation of 4D Cardiac Image Sequences.
Comput. Vis. Image Underst., 2000

Nonlinear Distortion Correction in Endoscopic Video Images.
Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Image Processing, 2000

1999
Watershed-based maximum-homogeneity filtering.
IEEE Trans. Image Process., 1999

Interactive dynamic navigation for virtual endoscopy.
Comput. Biol. Medicine, 1999

1998
An Algorithm for Designing Multiple Gabor Flters for Segmenting Multi-Textured Images.
Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 1998

1997
Distributed system for processing 3D medical images.
Comput. Biol. Medicine, 1997

Adaptive Axes-Generation Algorithm for 3D Tubular Structures.
Proceedings of the Proceedings 1997 International Conference on Image Processing, 1997

1996
System for analyzing high-resolution three-dimensional coronary angiograms.
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 1996

Nonlinear filtering approach to 3-D gray-scale image interpolation.
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 1996

Efficient morphological shape representation.
IEEE Trans. Image Process., 1996

Efficient Gabor filter design for texture segmentation.
Pattern Recognit., 1996

Comparison Between the Morphological Skeleton and Morphological Shape Decomposition.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell., 1996

Endoscopic exploration and measurement in 3D radiological images.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing, 1996

Distributed system for processing multidimensional radiological images.
Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing, 1996

Integrated approach to texture segmentation using multiple Gabor filters.
Proceedings of the Proceedings 1996 International Conference on Image Processing, 1996

Extracting halftones from printed documents using texture analysis.
Proceedings of the Proceedings 1996 International Conference on Image Processing, 1996

Design of multiple Gabor filters for texture segmentation.
Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 1996

1995
Optimal Gabor filters for texture segmentation.
IEEE Trans. Image Process., 1995

Strategy for shape-based image analysis.
Proceedings of the Proceedings 1995 International Conference on Image Processing, 1995

Image enhancement using watershed-based maximum homogeneity filtering.
Proceedings of the Proceedings 1995 International Conference on Image Processing, 1995

1994
Edge detection using two-dimensional local structure information.
Pattern Recognit., 1994

Texture Segmentation using 2-D Gabor Elementary Functions.
IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell., 1994

Semiautomatic construction of 3D medical image-segmentation processes.
Proceedings of the Visualization in Biomedical Computing 1994, 1994

Efficient Gabor Filter Design Using Rician Output Statistics.
Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 1994, London, England, UK, May 30, 1994

Multiscale Rician Approach to Gabor Filter Design for Texture Segmentation.
Proceedings of the Proceedings 1994 International Conference on Image Processing, 1994

Automatic Generation of Image-Segmentation Processes.
Proceedings of the Proceedings 1994 International Conference on Image Processing, 1994

Shape Representation: Comparison between the Morphological Skeleton and Morphological Shape Decomposition.
Proceedings of the Proceedings 1994 International Conference on Image Processing, 1994

Watershed-Driven Relaxation Labeling for Image Segmentation.
Proceedings of the Proceedings 1994 International Conference on Image Processing, 1994

1993
Shape-based interpolation of tree-like structures in three-dimensional images.
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 1993

Flexible search-based approach for morphological shape decomposition.
Proceedings of the Visual Communications and Image Processing '93, 1993

Toward efficient morphological shape representation.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 1993

Optimal Gabor-filter design for texture segmentation.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 1993

1992
2D analysis of Gabor-filter output signatures for texture segmentation.
Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 1992

Graphical user interface system for automatic 3-D medical image analysis.
Proceedings of the Fifth Annual IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS'92), 1992

1991
A flexible implementation of maximum-homogeneity filtering for 2-D and 3-D images.
IEEE Trans. Signal Process., 1991

Edge detection using 2-D local structural information.
Proceedings of the 1991 International Conference on Acoustics, 1991

1990
New shape-based interpolation technique for three-dimensional images.
Proceedings of the 1990 International Conference on Acoustics, 1990

1987
An algorithm for computing general integer-order Hankel transforms.
IEEE Trans. Acoust. Speech Signal Process., 1987

1984
Tomographic Image Reconstruction via a Hankel Transform Approach and a Low-Noise Digital Filter Structure (Processing, Fourier-Bussel, Roundoff Errors)
PhD thesis, 1984


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