Integration of digital watermarking technique into medical imaging systems (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Qasim, A., Aspin, R., & Meziane, F. (2019, June). Integration of digital watermarking technique into medical imaging systems. Presented at 10th International Conference Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies (DESSERT’2019), Leeds, UK

This paper presents the process of integrating digital watermarking technique into medical imaging workflow to evaluate, validate and verify its applicability and appropriateness to medical domains. This is significant to ensure the ability of the pr... Read More about Integration of digital watermarking technique into medical imaging systems.

A computer-aided diagnosis system for glioma grading using three dimensional texture analysis and machine learning in MRI brain tumour (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Zurfi, A., Meziane, F., & Aspin, R. (2019, April). A computer-aided diagnosis system for glioma grading using three dimensional texture analysis and machine learning in MRI brain tumour. Presented at 3rd IEEE International Conference on Bio-Engineering for Smart Technologies (BioSMART 2019), Paris, France

Glioma grading is vital for therapeutic planning where the higher level of glioma is associated with high mortality. It is a challenging task as different glioma grades have mixed morphological characteristics of brain tumour. A computer-aided diagno... Read More about A computer-aided diagnosis system for glioma grading using three dimensional texture analysis and machine learning in MRI brain tumour.

ROI-based reversible watermarking scheme for ensuring the integrity and authenticity of DICOM MR images (2018)
Journal Article
Qasim, A., Aspin, R., Meziane, F., & Hogg, P. (2019). ROI-based reversible watermarking scheme for ensuring the integrity and authenticity of DICOM MR images. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 78(12), 16433-16463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-018-7029-7

Reversible and imperceptible watermarking is recognized as a robust approach to confirm the integrity and authenticity of medical images and to verify that alterations can be detected and tracked back. In this paper, a novel blind reversible watermar... Read More about ROI-based reversible watermarking scheme for ensuring the integrity and authenticity of DICOM MR images.

Assessment of perceptual distortion boundary through applying reversible watermarking to brain MR images (2018)
Journal Article
Qasim, A., Aspin, R., Meziane, F., & Hogg, P. (2019). Assessment of perceptual distortion boundary through applying reversible watermarking to brain MR images. Signal Processing: Image Communication, 70, 246-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.image.2018.10.007

The digital medical workflow faces many circumstances in which the images can be manipulated during viewing, extracting and exchanging. Reversible and imperceptible watermarking approaches have the potential to enhance trust within the medical imagin... Read More about Assessment of perceptual distortion boundary through applying reversible watermarking to brain MR images.

Automated glioma grading based on an efficient ensemble design of a multiple classifier system using deep iteration neural networks matrix (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Zurfi, A., Meziane, F., & Aspin, R. (2018, September). Automated glioma grading based on an efficient ensemble design of a multiple classifier system using deep iteration neural networks matrix. Presented at The 24th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC'18), Newcastle, UK

The preoperative diagnosis of brain Glioma grades is crucial for therapeutic planning as it impacts on the tumour’s prognosis. The development of machine learning methods that can accurately evaluate Glioma grades is of great interest since it is a... Read More about Automated glioma grading based on an efficient ensemble design of a multiple classifier system using deep iteration neural networks matrix.

A reversible and imperceptible watermarking scheme for MR images authentication (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Qasim, A., Meziane, F., & Aspin, R. (2018, September). A reversible and imperceptible watermarking scheme for MR images authentication. Presented at The 24th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC'18), Newcastle, UK

This paper presents a novel reversible and imperceptible watermarking technique to detect intentional and accidental alterations within brain Magnetic Resonance (MR) images. Authentication data is embedded into the informative part of the medical i... Read More about A reversible and imperceptible watermarking scheme for MR images authentication.

Digital watermarking : applicability for developing trust in medical imaging workflows state of the art review (2017)
Journal Article
Qasim, A., Meziane, F., & Aspin, R. (2017). Digital watermarking : applicability for developing trust in medical imaging workflows state of the art review. Computer Science Review, 27, 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosrev.2017.11.003

Medical images can be intentionally or unintentionally manipulated both within the secure medical system environment and outside, as images are viewed, extracted and transmitted. Many organisations have invested heavily in Picture Archiving and Commu... Read More about Digital watermarking : applicability for developing trust in medical imaging workflows state of the art review.

MRI brain scan classification using novel 3-D statistical features (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hasan, A., Meziane, F., Aspin, R., & Jalab, H. (2017, March). MRI brain scan classification using novel 3-D statistical features. Presented at The Second International Conference on Internet of Things, Data and Cloud Computing (ICC 2017), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

The paper presents an automated algorithm for detecting and classifying magnetic resonance brain slices into normal and abnormal based on a novel three-dimensional modified grey level co-occurrence matrix approach that is used for extracting texture... Read More about MRI brain scan classification using novel 3-D statistical features.

Segmentation of brain tumors in MRI images using three-dimensional active contour without edge (2016)
Journal Article
Hasan, A., Meziane, F., Aspin, R., & Jalab, H. (2016). Segmentation of brain tumors in MRI images using three-dimensional active contour without edge. Symmetry, 8(11), 132. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym8110132

Brain tumor segmentation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is considered a complex procedure because of the variability of tumor shapes and the complexity of determining the tumor location, size, and texture. Manual tumor segmentation is a time-con... Read More about Segmentation of brain tumors in MRI images using three-dimensional active contour without edge.

Mining the crime survey to support crime profiling (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Wu, J., Meziane, F., Saraee, M., Aspin, R., & Hope, T. (2016, October). Mining the crime survey to support crime profiling. Presented at 2016 International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Understanding (IWCIM), Reggio Calabria, Italy

Crime surveys are conducted to record crimes by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the United Kingdom every year. They contain rich information about crime. They record the crimes that are not reported to the police. However, their exploitat... Read More about Mining the crime survey to support crime profiling.

With you – an experimental end-to-end telepresence system using video-based reconstruction (2015)
Journal Article
Roberts, D., O'Hare, J., Fairchild, A., Campion, S., Moore, C., Aspin, R., …Tecchia, F. (2015). With you – an experimental end-to-end telepresence system using video-based reconstruction. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 9(3), 562-574. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTSP.2015.2402635

We introduce withyou, our telepresence research platform. A systematic explanation of the theory brings together the linked nature of non-verbal communication and how it is influenced by technology. This leads to functional requirements for teleprese... Read More about With you – an experimental end-to-end telepresence system using video-based reconstruction.

Cloud storage forensic : HubiC as a case-study (2015)
Book Chapter
Blakele, B., Cooney, C., Dehghantanha, A., & Aspin, R. (2015). Cloud storage forensic : HubiC as a case-study. In 2015 IEEE 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom) (536-541). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CloudCom.2015.24

In today’s society where we live in a world of constant connectivity, many people are now looking to cloud services in order to store their files so they can have access to them wherever they are. By using cloud services, users can access files a... Read More about Cloud storage forensic : HubiC as a case-study.

Projective multi-texturing for integrated real-time 3D reconstruction and rendering of a person (2012)
Presentation / Conference
reconstruction and rendering of a person. Presented at IEEE VR 2012 conference, Orange County, CA, USA

The ability to capture and reconstruct a person in real-time 3D environments, offers significant improvements to fidelity and empathetic engagement in real-time visual communication/collaboration systems, provided it can be achieved at a fast enough... Read More about Projective multi-texturing for integrated real-time 3D reconstruction and rendering of a person.

An exploration of non-tessellated 3D space carving for real-time 3D reconstruction of a person through a simulated process (2011)
Journal Article
Aspin, R., & Roberts, D. An exploration of non-tessellated 3D space carving for real-time 3D reconstruction of a person through a simulated process. Manuscript submitted for publication

Real-time 3D reconstruction of people promises to combine the winning characteristics of video conferencing and immersive collaborative virtual environments. However, it remains difficult to obtain a reconstruction of a person with recognisable facia... Read More about An exploration of non-tessellated 3D space carving for real-time 3D reconstruction of a person through a simulated process.

Communicating eye-gaze across a distance : comparing an eye-gaze enabled immersive collaborative virtual environment, aligned video conferencing, and being together (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Roberts, D., Wolff, R., Rea, J., Steed, A., Aspin, R., McIntyre, M., …Steptoe, W. (2009, March). Communicating eye-gaze across a distance : comparing an eye-gaze enabled immersive collaborative virtual environment, aligned video conferencing, and being together. Presented at IEEE Virtual Reality, Lafayette, Louisiana USA

Eye gaze is an important and widely studied non-verbal resource in co-located social interaction. When we attempt to support tele-presence between people, there are two main technologies that can be used today: video-conferencing (VC) and collaborati... Read More about Communicating eye-gaze across a distance : comparing an eye-gaze enabled immersive collaborative virtual environment, aligned video conferencing, and being together.

Bounding inconsistency using a novel threshold metric for dead reckoning update packet generation (2008)
Journal Article
Roberts, D., Marshall, D., McLoone, S., Delaney, D., Ward, T., & Aspin, R. (2008). Bounding inconsistency using a novel threshold metric for dead reckoning update packet generation. SIMULATION, 84(5), 239-256. https://doi.org/10.1177/0037549708092221

Human-to-human interaction across distributed applications requires that sufficient consistency be maintained among participants in the face of network characteristics such as latency and limited bandwidth. The level of inconsistency arising from the... Read More about Bounding inconsistency using a novel threshold metric for dead reckoning update packet generation.

An initial study into augmented inward looking exploration and navigation in CAVE-like IPT systems (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Aspin, R. (2008, March). An initial study into augmented inward looking exploration and navigation in CAVE-like IPT systems. Poster presented at Virtual Reality Conference - VR '08, Nevada, USA

This research presents and evaluates a CAVE-like IPT system in which a Tracked Display and Interaction Device (TDID), based on a Tablet PC, is used to display an augmented viewing system for detailed examination of a close focused objects. This maint... Read More about An initial study into augmented inward looking exploration and navigation in CAVE-like IPT systems.

Supporting collaboration, in colocated 3D visualization, through the use of remote personal interfaces (2007)
Journal Article
Aspin, R. (2007). Supporting collaboration, in colocated 3D visualization, through the use of remote personal interfaces. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 21(6), 393-401. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290887-3801%282007%2921%3A6%28393%29

Interactive three-dimensional visualization of urban models presents a powerful platform for communication and collaboration between project stakeholders in evaluating and exploring urban planning issues. One of the most common applications of this i... Read More about Supporting collaboration, in colocated 3D visualization, through the use of remote personal interfaces.

A conceptual framework for multi-modal interactive virtual workspace (2001)
Journal Article
Aspin, R., DaDalto, L., Fernando, T., Gobbetti, E., Marache, M., Shelbourn, M., & Soubra, S. (2001). A conceptual framework for multi-modal interactive virtual workspace

Construction projects involve a large number of both direct stakeholders (clients, professional teams, contractors, etc.) and indirect stakeholders (local authorities, residents, workers, etc.). Current methods of communicating building design inform... Read More about A conceptual framework for multi-modal interactive virtual workspace.

Visual, spatial and temporal quality in video-based reconstruction of people : achieving, prototyping and evaluating
Thesis
Aspin, R. Visual, spatial and temporal quality in video-based reconstruction of people : achieving, prototyping and evaluating. (Thesis). University of Salford

Capturing, recreating and representing a high fidelity virtual representation of the dynamic human form has long been a target for a diverse range of applications including tele-presence, games, film and TV special effects. The complexity of the chal... Read More about Visual, spatial and temporal quality in video-based reconstruction of people : achieving, prototyping and evaluating.