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Weidong (Tom) Cai

PhD
Associate Professor
Member, Research Committee
Multimedia Computing Research Laboratory

SIT Building J12, Room 3E-344
(Cnr Cleveland St and City Rd)
P: +61 2 9351 3271
F: +61 2 9351 3838
E: tom DOT cai AT sydney DOT edu DOT au

Research interests

Biomedical and Multimedia Data Coding and Retrieval; Medical Image Processing and Analysis; Fast Algorithms for Functional Imaging; Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Mixed and Augmented Reality; Digital Interactive Media.

Selected publications

The following list is a selection from over 100 publications:

Refereed Journal Articles:

  • Y Song, W Cai, Y Zhou, and D Feng, “A Feature-based Image Patch Approximation for Lung Tissue Classification”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Accepted to appear.
  • Y Song, W Cai, J Kim, and D Feng, “A Multi-Stage Discriminative Model for Tumor and Lymph Node Detection in Thoracic Images”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol.31, No.5, pp1061-1075, 2012.
  • W Deng, J Hu, J Guo, W Cai and D Feng, “Emulating Biological Strategies for Uncontrolled Face Recognition”, Pattern Recognition, Vol. 43, Issue 6, pp2210-2223, 2010.
  • H K Cheung, W C Siu, D Feng and W Cai, “New Block-based Motion Estimation for Sequences with Brightness Variation and its Application to Static Sprite Generation for Video Compression”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp522-527, 2008.
  • L Wen, S Eberl, D Feng, W Cai and J Bai, “Fast and Reliable Estimation of Multiple Parametric Images using an Integrated Method for Dynamic SPECT”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp179-189, 2007.
  • J Kim, W Cai, D Feng and S Eberl, “Segmentation of Volume of Interest from Multi-Dimensional Dynamic PET Images by Integrating Spatial and Temporal Features”, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp637-646, 2006.
  • J Kim, W Cai, D Feng and H Wu, “A New Way for Multi-Dimensional Medical Data Management: Volume of Interest (VOI) Based Retrieval of Medical Images with Visual and Functional Features”, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp598-607, 2006.
  • Z Chen, D Feng, W Cai and R Fulton, “Performance Evaluation of Functional Medical Imaging Compression via Optimal Sampling Schedule Designs and Cluster Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp943-945, 2005.
  • D Feng, W Cai and R Fulton, "Dynamic Image Data Compression in Spatial and Temporal Domains: Clinical Issues and Assessment", IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp262-268, 2002.
  • W Cai, D Feng and R Fulton, “Content-Based Retrieval of Dynamic PET Functional Images”, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol.4, No.2, pp152-158, 2000.

Refereed Conference Papers:

  • Y Song, W Cai, Y Zhou, and D Feng, “Thoracic Abnormality Detection with Data Adaptive Structure Estimation”, The 15th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2012), Nice, France, 1-5 Oct 2012.
  • Y Song, W Cai, H Huang, Y Wang, and D Feng, “Object Localization in Medical Images based on Graphical Model with Contrast and Interest-Region Terms”, The 25th IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2012) Workshop on Medical Computer Vision, Providence, RI, USA, 16-21 Jun 2012.
  • W Cai, Y Song, and D Feng, “Regression and Classification based Distance Metric Learning for Medical Image Retrieval”, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2012), pp1775-1778, Barcelona, Spain, 2 - 5 May 2012.
  • Y Song, W Cai, Y Wang, and D Feng, “Location Classification of Lung Nodules with Optimized Graph Construction”, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2012), pp1439-1442Barcelona, Spain, 2 - 5 May 2012.
  • Y Song, W Cai, and D Feng, “Global Context Inference for Adaptive Abnormality Detection in PET-CT Images”, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2012), pp482-485 Barcelona, Spain, 2 - 5 May 2012.
  • S Liu, W Cai, L Wen, and D Feng, "Multiscale and Multiorientation Feature Extraction with Degenerative Patterns for 3D Neuroimaging Retrieval", The 19th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2012), Orlando, Florida, USA, 30 Sep - 3 Oct 2012.
  • Y Song, W Cai, and D Feng, “Hierarchical Spatial Matching for Medical Image Retrieval”, The Annual ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACMMM2011) Workshop on Medical Multimedia Analysis and Retrieval (MMAR), pp1-6, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, 28 Nov – 1 Dec 2011.
  • Y Song, W Cai, S Eberl, M Fulham, and D Feng, "Discriminative Pathological Context Detection in Thoracic Images based on Multi-level Inference", The 14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2011), Toronto, Canada, 18-22 Sep 2011, LNCS6893, pp191-198, 2011.
  • S Liu, W Cai, L Wen, S Eberl, M Fulham, and D Feng, "Localized Functional Neuroimaging Retrieval using 3D Discrete Curvelet Transform", IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI 2011), pp1877-1880, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 30 Mar - 2 Apr 2011.
  • Y Song, W Cai, S Eberl, M Fulham, and D Feng, "Thoracic Image Case Retrieval with Spatial and Contextual Information", IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI 2011), pp1885-1888, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 30 Mar - 2 Apr 2011.

Units of study taught

Digital Media; Digital Multimedia Fundamentals; Graphics and Multimedia; Information Technology in Biomedicine; IT Research Methods; Java Programming; Major Development Project; Multimedia Authoring and Production; Multimedia Computing and Processing; Object-Oriented Systems; Scientific Visualization; Software Development; Software Development Project; Software Engineering Project.