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Early and non-intrusive lameness detection in dairy cows using 3-dimensional video (2016)
Journal Article
Abdul Jabbar, K., Hansen, M. F., Smith, M. L., & Smith, L. N. (2017). Early and non-intrusive lameness detection in dairy cows using 3-dimensional video. Biosystems Engineering, 153, 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2016.09.017

© 2016 IAgrE Lameness is a major issue in dairy herds and its early and automated detection offers animal welfare benefits together with potentially high commercial savings for farmers. Current advancements in automated detection have not achieved a... Read More about Early and non-intrusive lameness detection in dairy cows using 3-dimensional video.

Realistic and interactive high-resolution 4D environments for real-time surgeon and patient interaction (2016)
Journal Article
Smith, L. N., Farooq, A. R., Smith, M. L., Ivanov, I. E., & Orlando, A. (2017). Realistic and interactive high-resolution 4D environments for real-time surgeon and patient interaction. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 13(2), Article e1761. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcs.1761

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Background: Remote consultations that are realistic enough to be useful medically offer considerable clinical, logistical and cost benefits. Despite advances in virtual reality and vision hardware and softwa... Read More about Realistic and interactive high-resolution 4D environments for real-time surgeon and patient interaction.

Eye centre localisation: An unsupervised modular approach (2016)
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Zhang, W., Smith, M. L., Smith, L. N., & Farooq, A. R. (2016). Eye centre localisation: An unsupervised modular approach. Sensor Review, 36(3), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1108/SR-06-2015-0098

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - This paper aims to introduce an unsupervised modular approach for eye centre localisation in images and videos following a coarse-to-fine, global-to-regional scheme. The design of the algorithm aims at ex... Read More about Eye centre localisation: An unsupervised modular approach.

Gender and gaze gesture recognition for human-computer interaction (2016)
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Zhang, W., Smith, M. L., Smith, L. N., & Farooq, A. (2016). Gender and gaze gesture recognition for human-computer interaction. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 149, 32-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cviu.2016.03.014

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. The identification of visual cues in facial images has been widely explored in the broad area of computer vision. However theoretical analyses are often not transformed into widespread assistive Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) s... Read More about Gender and gaze gesture recognition for human-computer interaction.

Gender recognition from facial images: Two or three dimensions? (2016)
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Zhang, W., Smith, M. L., Smith, L. N., & Farooq, A. (2016). Gender recognition from facial images: Two or three dimensions?. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 33(3), 333-344. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.33.000333

© 2016 Optical Society of America. This paper seeks to compare encoded features from both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) face images in order to achieve automatic gender recognition with high accuracy and robustness. The Fisher vecto... Read More about Gender recognition from facial images: Two or three dimensions?.

Eye center localization and gaze gesture recognition for human-computer interaction (2016)
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Zhang, W., Smith, M. L., Smith, L. N., & Farooq, A. (2016). Eye center localization and gaze gesture recognition for human-computer interaction. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 33(3), 314-325. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.33.000314

© 2016 Optical Society of America. This paper introduces an unsupervised modular approach for accurate and real-time eye center localization in images and videos, thus allowing a coarse-to-fine, global-to-regional scheme. The trajectories of eye cent... Read More about Eye center localization and gaze gesture recognition for human-computer interaction.

Ptu-024 - photometric stereo reconstruction for surface analysis of mucosal tissue (2015)
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Poullis, A., Groves, C., Slabaugh, G., Emrith, K., & Smith, M. (2015). Ptu-024 - photometric stereo reconstruction for surface analysis of mucosal tissue. BMJ, 64(1), 68-69

This paper provides a novel approach for real-time detection of polyps. Using a photometric stereo sensor for endoscopy imaging in a porcine model, the 3D surface geometry of a porcine gut is recovered. Shape features are extracted from the 3D surfac... Read More about Ptu-024 - photometric stereo reconstruction for surface analysis of mucosal tissue.

A 3D machine vision method for non-invasive assessment of respiratory function (2015)
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Smith, L. N., Smith, M. L., Fletcher, M. E., & Henderson, A. J. (2016). A 3D machine vision method for non-invasive assessment of respiratory function. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 12(2), 179-188. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcs.1669

Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Background: Respiratory function testing is important for detecting and monitoring illness, however, it is difficult for some patients, such as the young and severely ill, to perform conventional tests that... Read More about A 3D machine vision method for non-invasive assessment of respiratory function.

Combination of 3D skin surface texture features and 2D ABCD features for improved melanoma diagnosis (2015)
Journal Article
Ding, Y., John, N. W., Smith, L., Sun, J., & Smith, M. (2015). Combination of 3D skin surface texture features and 2D ABCD features for improved melanoma diagnosis. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 53(10), 961-974. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-015-1281-z

© 2015, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering. Two-dimensional asymmetry, border irregularity, colour variegation and diameter (ABCD) features are important indicators currently used for computer-assisted diagnosis of malign... Read More about Combination of 3D skin surface texture features and 2D ABCD features for improved melanoma diagnosis.

3D reconstruction of concave surfaces using polarisation imaging (2015)
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Sohaib, A., Farooq, A. R., Ahmed, J., Smith, L. N., & Smith, M. N. (2015). 3D reconstruction of concave surfaces using polarisation imaging. Journal of Modern Optics, 62(11), 927-932. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340.2015.1016130

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This paper presents a novel algorithm for improved shape recovery using polarisation-based photometric stereo. The majority of previous research using photometric stereo involves 3D reconstruction using both the diffuse and... Read More about 3D reconstruction of concave surfaces using polarisation imaging.

A photometric stereo approach for chronic wound measurement (2015)
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Smith, M. L., Farooq, A. R., Smith, L. N., Sun, J., Xu, X., Farooq, A., …smith, M. (2015). A photometric stereo approach for chronic wound measurement. Sensor Review, 35(4), 419-424. https://doi.org/10.1108/SR-01-2015-0018

© 2015 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose-This paper aims to review state of the art of techniques for dimensioning chronic wounds, and validate the possibilities of employing a new proposed optical imaging approach for general task of wound... Read More about A photometric stereo approach for chronic wound measurement.

Long-range concealed object detection through active covert illumination (2015)
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Williamson, D. R., Hales, I. J., Hansen, M. F., Broadbent, L., & Smith, M. (2015). Long-range concealed object detection through active covert illumination. Proceedings of SPIE, 9648, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190194

© 2015 SPIE. When capturing a scene for surveillance, the addition of rich 3D data can dramatically improve the accuracy of object detection or face recognition. Traditional 3D techniques, such as geometric stereo, only provide a coarse grained recon... Read More about Long-range concealed object detection through active covert illumination.

An improved photometric stereo through distance estimation and light vector optimization from diffused maxima region (2014)
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Ahmad, J., Sun, J., Smith, L., & Smith, M. (2014). An improved photometric stereo through distance estimation and light vector optimization from diffused maxima region. Pattern Recognition Letters, 50, 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2013.09.005

© 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Although photometric stereo offers an attractive technique for acquiring 3D data using low-cost equipment, inherent limitations in the methodology have served to limit its practical application, particularly... Read More about An improved photometric stereo through distance estimation and light vector optimization from diffused maxima region.

A novel photometric stereo imaging sensor for endoscopy imaging: Proof of concept studies on a porcine model (2014)
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Poullis, A., Groves, C., Slabaugh, G., Emrith, K., & Smith, M. (2014). A novel photometric stereo imaging sensor for endoscopy imaging: Proof of concept studies on a porcine model. Gut, 63(S1), A46-A47. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2014-307263.96

The American Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopy led Preservation and Incorporation of Valuable Endoscopy Innovations initiative has identified real time poly diagnosis as one of the next major technology driven changes in endoscopy (1). A number o... Read More about A novel photometric stereo imaging sensor for endoscopy imaging: Proof of concept studies on a porcine model.

Paper type classification based on a new 3D surface texture measure (2014)
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Malekmohamadi, H., Emrith, K., Pollard, S., Adams, G., Smith, M., & Simske, S. (2014). Paper type classification based on a new 3D surface texture measure. Electronics Letters, 50(8), 596-598. https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2013.2687

A novel three-dimensional (3D) surface texture measure (3DSTM) is presented based on the micro-geometry of paper surfaces to classify different paper substrates. This is useful to automatically determine whether a document is printed on the correct p... Read More about Paper type classification based on a new 3D surface texture measure.

Face recognition and verification using photometric stereo: The photoface database and a comprehensive evaluation (2013)
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Smith, L. N., Smith, M. L., Hansen, M. F., Atkinson, G. A., Zafeiriou, S., Atkinson, G., …Smith, L. (2013). Face recognition and verification using photometric stereo: The photoface database and a comprehensive evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 8(1), 121-135. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIFS.2012.2224109

This paper presents a new database suitable for both 2-D and 3-D face recognition based on photometric stereo (PS): the Photoface database. The database was collected using a custom-made four-source PS device designed to enable data capture with mini... Read More about Face recognition and verification using photometric stereo: The photoface database and a comprehensive evaluation.

Real-time recovery of moving 3D faces for emerging applications (2013)
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Molleda, J., Smith, M. L., Smith, L. N., Broadbent, L., Emrith, K., Emrith, K., …Molleda, J. (2013). Real-time recovery of moving 3D faces for emerging applications. Computers in Industry, 64(9), 1390-1398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2013.03.011

Existing face imaging systems are not suitable to meet the face representation and recognition demands for emerging applications in areas such as interactive gaming, enhanced learning environments and directed advertising. This is mainly due to the p... Read More about Real-time recovery of moving 3D faces for emerging applications.

Multidimensional imaging for skin tissue surface characterization (2013)
Journal Article
Sun, J., & Smith, M. (2013). Multidimensional imaging for skin tissue surface characterization. Computers in Industry, 64(9), 1383-1389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2013.06.004

Human skin, the outer and largest organ covering our body, can be described in terms of both its 3D spatial topography and its 2D spectral reflectance. Such a characterization normally requires the application of separate procedures using different k... Read More about Multidimensional imaging for skin tissue surface characterization.

Incorporating clinical metadata with digital image features for automated identification of cutaneous melanoma (2013)
Journal Article
Liu, Z., Sun, J., Smith, M., & Smith, L. (2013). Incorporating clinical metadata with digital image features for automated identification of cutaneous melanoma. British Journal of Dermatology,

Abstract Background Computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) of malignant melanoma (MM) has been advocated to help clinicians in achieving a more objective and reliable assessment. However, conventional CAD systems only examine the features extracted from... Read More about Incorporating clinical metadata with digital image features for automated identification of cutaneous melanoma.

Robust 3D face capture using example-based photometric stereo (2013)
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Smith, M. L., Atkinson, G. A., Leitão, H. C., Saracchini, R. F., Saracchini, R., Stolfi, J., …Smith, M. (2013). Robust 3D face capture using example-based photometric stereo. Computers in Industry, 64(9), 1399-1410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2013.04.003

We show that using example-based photometric stereo, it is possible to achieve realistic reconstructions of the human face. The method can handle non-Lambertian reflectance and attached shadows after a simple calibration step. We use spherical harmon... Read More about Robust 3D face capture using example-based photometric stereo.