Short biography
Alexander Wong is currently the Canada Research Chair in Medical Imaging Systems and an assistant professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He had previously received his B.A.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada in 2005, his M.A.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada in 2007, and his Ph.D. degree Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, ON, Canada in 2010. He was also a NSERC postdoctoral research fellow at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He has published over 450 refereed journal and conference papers, as well as patents, in various fields such as computational imaging, artificial intelligence, computer vision, and multimedia systems. He has received numerous awards including three Outstanding Performance Awards, a Distinguished Performance Award, an Engineering Research Excellence Award, a Sandford Fleming Teaching Excellence Award, an Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, a Best Paper Award at the NIPS Workshop on NIPS Workshop on Transparent and Interpretable Machine Learning (2017), a Best Paper Award at the NIPS Workshop on Efficient Methods for Deep Neural Networks (2016), two Best Paper Awards by the Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society (CIPPRS) (2009 and 2014), a Distinguished Paper Award by the Society of Information Display (2015), two Best Paper Awards for the Conference of Computer Vision and Imaging Systems (CVIS) (2015,2017), Synaptive Best Medical Imaging Paper Award (2016), two Magna Cum Laude Awards and one Cum Laude Award from the Annual Meeting of the Imaging Network of Ontario, CIX TOP 20 (2017), AquaHacking Challenge First Prize (2017), Best Student Paper at Ottawa Hockey Analytics Conference (2017), and the Alumni Gold Medal.
Research interests
His research interests primarily lie in artificial intelligence and computational imaging. In the area of computational imaging, his focus is on integrative computational imaging systems for biomedical imaging (inventor/co-inventor of Correlated Diffusion Imaging, Compensated Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Spectral Light-field Fusion Micro-tomography, Compensated Ultrasound Imaging, Coded Hemodynamic Imaging, High-throughput Computational Slits, Spectral Demultiplexing Imaging, and Parallel Epi-Spectropolarimetric Imaging). In the area of artificial intelligence, his focus is on operational artificial intelligence (co-inventor/inventor of , generative synthesis, evolutionary deep intelligence, Deep Bayesian Residual Transform, Discovery Radiomics, and random deep intelligence via deep-structured fully-connected graphical models).
Students
Supervision - Current
Linlin Xu (RAP), M. Javad Shafiee (RAP), Ameneh Boroomand (PDF), Shahid Haider (Ph.D.), Devinder Kumar (Ph.D.), Ibrahim Ben Daya (Ph.D.), Jason Deglint (Ph.D.), Audrey Chung (Ph.D.), Kaylen Pfisterer (Ph.D.), Andrew Hryniowski (Ph.D.), Zhilong Zhong (Ph.D.), William McNally (Ph.D.), Rene Bidart (Ph.D.), Salman Khan (Ph.D.), Desmond Lin (M.A.Sc.), Linda Wang (M.A.Sc.), Dino Kabiljagic (M.A.Sc.), Meng Xi Zhu (M.A.Sc.), Sara Greenberg (M.A.Sc.)
Supervision - Completed
RAP: Chao Jin (2018), Farzad Khalvati (2018)
PDF: Keyvan Kasiri (2018), Elnaz Barshan (2016), Hicham Sekkati (2016), Christian Scharfenberger (2014), Parthipan Siva (2013), Amir Shabani (2013)
Ph.D: Robert Amelard (2017), M. Javad Shafiee (2017), Ameneh Boroomand (2017), Daniel S. Cho (2016), Farnoud Kazemzadeh(2016), Fan Li (2016), Chenyi Liu (2013), Shimon Schwartz (2013)
M.A.Sc: Sunny Gurm (2018), Helmut Neher (2018), Amir Karimi (2018), Avery Ma (2018), Audrey Chung (2016), Jason Deglint (2016), Edward Li (2016), Francis Li (2016), Brendan Chwyl (2016), Rafael Medeiros (2016), Fan Li (2015), Shahid Haider (2015), Ibrahim Ben Daya (2015), Andrew Cameron (2014), Dorothy Lui (2014), Robert Amelard (2013), Jeffrey Glaister (2013), Khalil Fergani (2013), Aanchal Jain (2012)
Research topics
Image Segmentation/Classification
Research demos
Bias Field Correction in Endorectal Diffusion Imaging
Enhanced Decoupled Active Contour Using Structural and Textural Variation Energy Functionals
Enhanced Low-dose Computed Tomography
Hybrid Structural and Texture Distinctiveness Vector Field Convolution for Region Segmentation
Statistical Textural Distinctiveness for Salient Region Detection in Natural Images
Stereo Vision for Dimension Estimation
Multiplexed Optical High-coherence Interferometry
Grid Seams: A fast superpixel algorithm for real-time applications
Publications
Books
Wong, A., J. Wallace, A. Lee, X. Wang, V. Cheung, and A. Kumar, Data Structures and Algorithms in a Nutshell, : University of Waterloo, pp. 200, 2012. Details
Journal articles
Shafiee, M. J., P. Siva, and A. Wong, "StochasticNet: Forming Deep Neural networks via Stochastic Connectivity", IEEE Access Journal, vol. 4, 04/2016. Details
Haider, S., A. Cameron, P. Siva, N. Haider, A. Boroomand, D. Lui, M. J. Shafiee, and A. Wong,"Noise-compensated fluoroscopy imaging using a stochastically-connected random field model",Nature Scientific Reports, 2016. Details
Xu, L., J. M. Shafiee, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Fully-Connected Continuous Conditional Random Field With Stochastic Cliques for Dark-spot Detection In SAR Imagery", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2016. Details
Scharfenberger, C., A. Chung, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Salient Region Detection Using Self-Guided Statistical Non-Redundancy in Natural Images", IEEE Access, vol. 4, pp. 48-60, 2016. Details
Chung, A., F. Khalvati, M. J. Shafiee, M. Haider, and A. Wong, "Prostate Cancer Detection via a Quantitative Radiomics-Driven Conditional Random Field Framework", IEEE Access Journal, 2015. Details
Ben Daya, I., A. Chen, J. Yeow, and A. Wong,"Compensated Row-Column Ultrasound Imaging System Using Fisher Tippett Multilayered Conditional Random Field Model", PLoS ONE, 2015. Details
Cameron, A., F. Khalvati, A. Wong, and M. Haider,"MAPS: A Quantitative Radiomics Approach for Prostate Cancer Detection", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2015. Details
Amelard, R., C. Scharfenberger, F. Kazemzadeh, K. J. Pfisterer, B. S. Lin, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Non-contact transmittance photoplethysmographic imaging (PPGI) for long-distance cardiovascular monitoring", Nature Scientific Reports, vol. 6, no. 5, October, 2015. Details
Lui, D., A. Modhafar, A. Wong, and M. Haider, "Monte Carlo-based Noise Compensation in Coil Intensity Corrected Endorectal MRI", BMC Medical Imaging, 2015. Details
Amelard, R., C. Scharfenberger, F. Kazemzadeh, K. J. Pfisterer, B. Lin, D. Clausi, and A. Wong, "Feasibility of long-distance heart rate monitoring using transmittance photoplethysmographicimgaing (PPGI)", Nature Scientific Reports, 2015. Details
Kazemzadeh, F., C. Jin, S. Molladavoodi, M. Emelko, M. Gorbet, and A. Wong, "Lensfree Spectral Light-field Fusion Microscopy for Contrast- and Resolution-enhanced Imaging of Biological Specimens", Optics Letters, 2015. Details
Shafiee, M. J., Z. Azimifar, and A. Wong, "A Deep-structured Conditional Random Field Model for Object Silhouette Tracking", PLoS ONE, 2015. Details
Li, F., L. Xu, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Feature Extraction for Hyperspectral Imagery via Ensemble Localized Manifold Learning
", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 12, issue 12, 2015. Details
Xu, L., A. Wong, F. Li, and D. A. Clausi, "Intrinsic Representation of Hyperspectral Imagery for Unsupervised Feature Extraction", IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing, vol. 54, issue 2: IEEE, 2015. Details
Xu, L., A. Wong, F. Li, and D. A. Clausi, "Extraction of Endmembers From Hyperspectral Images Using A Weighted Fuzzy Purified-Means Clustering Model", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 9, issue 2, 2015. Details
Haider, S., A. Cameron, P. Siva, D. Lui, M. J. Shafiee, A. Boroomand, N. Haider, and A. Wong, "Fluorescence microscopy image noise reduction using a stochastically-connected random field model", Nature Scientific Reports, Submitted. Details
Schwartz, S., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Optimized sampling distribution based on nonparametric learning for improved compressive sensing performance", Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 31, pp. 26-40, May, 2015. Details
Khalvati, F., A. Wong, and M. Haider, "Automated Prostate Cancer Detection via Comprehensive Multi-Parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Texture Feature Models", BMC Medical Imaging, 2015. Details
Li, F., D. A. Clausi, and A. Wong, "Comparative study of classification methods for surficial materials in the Umiujalik Lake region using RADARSAT-2 polarimetric, Landsat-7 imagery and DEM Data", Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, February, 2015. Details
Scharfenberger, C., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Structure-guided Statistical Textural Distinctiveness for Salient Region Detection in Natural Images", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 457-470, January, 2015. Details
Li, F., L. Xu, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "QMCTLS: Quasi Monte Carlo Texture Likelihood Sampling for Despeckling of Complex Polarimetric SAR Images", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 12, issue 7, February, 2015. Details
Li, F., L. Xu, P. Siva, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Hyperspectral Image Classification with Limited Labeled Training Samples Using Enhanced Ensemble Learning and Conditional Random Fields", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 8, issue 6, February, 2015. Details
Xu, L., F. Li, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Hyperspectral Image Denoising Using a Spatial–Spectral Monte Carlo Sampling Approach", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics on Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 8, issue 6: IEEE, 2015. Details
Amelard, R., J. Glaister, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "High-level intuitive features (HLIFs) for intuitive skin lesion description", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 62, issue 3, pp. 820-831, October, 2015.Details
Shafiee, M. J., S. Haider, A. Wong, D. Lui, A. Cameron, A. Modhafar, P. Fieguth, and M. A. Haider, "Apparent Ultra-High b-value Diffusion-Weighted Image Reconstruction via Hidden Conditional Random Fields", TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, vol. 34, no. 5: IEEE, 2015. Details
R Medeiros, S., J. Scharcanski, and A. Wong, "Image Segmentation via Stochastic Regional Texture Appearance Models", Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 2015. Details
Wong, A., and X. Wang, "Bayesian Residual Transform for Signal Processing", IEEE Access Journal, 2015. Details
Wong, A., X. Wang, and M. Gorbet, "Bayesian-based deconvolution fluorescence microscopy using dynamically updated nonparametric nonstationary expectation estimates", Nature Scientific Reports, 2015. Details
Wong, A., F. Kazemzadeh, C. Jin, and Z. Wang,"Bayesian-based aberration corection and numerical diffraction for improved lensfree on-chip microscopy of biological specimens", Optics Letters, 2015. Details
Wang, C., L. Xu, D. A. Clausi, and A. Wong, "A Bayesian Joint Decorrelation and Despeckling approach for speckle reduction of SAR Images", Vision Letters, vol. 1, issue 1, 2015. Details
Scott, A. K., E. Li, and A. Wong, "Sea ice surface temperature estimation using MODIS and AMSR-E data within a guided variational model along the Labrador Coast", IEEE Journal of Special Topics in Remote Sensing, 2014. Details
Glaister, J., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Automatic segmentation of skin lesions from dermatological photographs using a joint probabilistic texture distinctiveness approach", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2014.Details
Liu, C., A. Wong, A. A. Moayed, P. Fieguth, H. Bie, and K. Bizheva, "Automatic tracking of pupillary dynamics from in-vivo functional optical coherence tomography images", Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, 2014. Details
Cho, D., A. Wong, D. A. Clausi, J. Callaghan, and J. Yates, "Markov-Chain Monte Carlo based Image Reconstruction for Streak Artifact Reduction on Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography", Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, 2014. Details
Kazemzadeh, F., S. Haider, C. Scharfenberger, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Multispectral Stereoscopic Imaging Device: Simultaneous Multiview Imaging from the Visible to the Near-Infrared", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT, vol. 63, issue 7: IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, pp. 1871-1873, July 2014. Details
Lui, D., C. Scharfenberger, K. Fergani, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Enhanced Decoupled Active Contour Using Structural and Textural Variation Energy Functionals", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 855 - 869, February, 2014. Details
Fergani, K., D. Lui, C. Scharfenberger, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Hybrid Structural and Texture Distinctiveness Vector Field Convolution for Region Segmentation", Computer Vision And Image Understanding (CVIU), vol. 125, pp. 85 – 96, March, 2014. Details
Xu, L., J. Li, A. Wong, and J. Peng, "K-P-Means: A Clustering Algorithm of K 'Purified' Means for Hyperspectral Endmember Estimation", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 11, issue 10, pp. 1787-1791, 2014. Details
Glaister, J., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Despeckling of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images using Monte Carlo Texture Likelihood Sampling", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2014. Details
Xu, L., J. Li, A. Wong, and C. Wang, "A kernel PCA texture feature for efficient segmentation of Radarsat-2 SAR sea ice imagery", International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 35, issue 14, pp. 5053-5072, 2014. Details
Gallagher, K., A. Wong, and J. Callaghan, "Possible mechanisms for the reduction of low back pain associated with standing on a sloped surface", Gait and Posture, 2013. Details
Boroomand, A., A. Wong, E. Li, D. Cho, B. Ni, and K. Bizheva, "Multi-penalty conditional random field approach to super-resolved reconstruction of optical coherence tomography images", Biomedical Optics Express, 2013.Details
Lui, D., A. Cameron, A. Modhafar, D. Cho, and A. Wong, "Low-dose computed tomography via Spatially-adaptive Monte Carlo reconstruction", Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 37, issue 7-8, pp. 438 - 449, October, 2013. Details
Cameron, A., D. Lui, A. Boroomand, J. Glaister, A. Wong, and K. Bizheva, "Stochastic speckle noise compensation in optical coherence tomography using non-stationary spline-based speckle noise modelling", Biomedical Optics Express, vol. 4, no. 9, August, 2013. Details
Lui, D., A. Modhafar, J. Glaister, A. Wong, and M. A. Haider, "Monte Carlo Bias Field Correction in Endorectal Diffusion Imaging", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 61, issue 2, pp. 368 - 380, August, 2013. Details
Wong, A., J. Glaister, A. Cameron, and M. A. Haider, "Correlated Diffusion Imaging", BMC Medical Imaging, 2013.Details
Wong, A., K. Gallagher, and J. Callaghan, "Computerized System for Measurement of Muscle Thickness Based on Ultrasonography", Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2013. Details
Glaister, J., R. Amelard, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "MSIM: Multi-Stage Illumination Modeling of Dermatological Photographs for Illumination-Corrected Skin Lesion Analysis", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 60, issue 7, pp. 1873 - 1883, November, 2013. Details
Wong, A., A. Mishra, P. Fieguth, and D. A. Clausi, "Sparse reconstruction of breast MRI using homotopic L0 minimization in a regional sparsified domain", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 743 - 52, 2013. Details
Kumar, A., F. Tung, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "A decoupled approach to illumination-robust optical flow estimation",IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2013. Details
Schwartz, S., C. Liu, A. Wong, D. A. Clausi, P. Fieguth, and K. Bizheva, "Energy-guided learning approach to compressive FD-OCT", Optics Express, vol. 21, issue 1, pp. 329-344, 2013. Details
Wang, X., and A. Wong, "Multi-parametric Clustering for Sensor Node Coordination in Cognitive Wireless Sensor Networks", Public Library of Science ONE, 2013. Details
Eichel, J. A., A. Wong, P. Fieguth, and D. A. Clausi, "Robust Spectral Clustering using Statistical Sub-graph Affinity Model", Public Library of Science ONE, e82722, vol. 8, no. 12, 2013. Details
Wong, A., and J. Scharcanski, "Monte Carlo Despeckling of Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS) Images of the Prostate",Digital Signal Processing, 2012. Details
Schwartz, S., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Saliency-guided compressive sensing approach to efficient laser range measurement", Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 160-170, March, 2012. Details
Liu, C., A. Wong, K. Bizheva, P. Fieguth, and H. Bie, "Homotopic, non-local sparse reconstruction of optical coherence tomography imagery", Optics Express, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 10200-10211, April, 2012. Details
Schwartz, S., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Compressive fluorescence microscopy using saliency-guided sparse reconstruction ensemble fusion", Optics Express, vol. 20, issue 16, pp. 17281–17296, July, 2012. Details
Karimi, A., A. Wong, and K. Bizheva, "Automated detection and cell density assessment of keratocytes in the human corneal stroma from ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomograms", Biomedical Optics Express, 2012. Details
Wong, A., S. Hariri, and K. Bizheva, "Tensor total variation approach to optical coherence tomography reconstruction",Biomedical Optics Express, 2012. Details
Moayed, A. A., S. Hariri, C. Liu, A. Wong, V. Choh, and K. Bizheva, "Stimulus Specific Pupil Dynamics Measured In-vivo in Birds (Gallus Gallus Domesticus) with Ultrahigh Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography", Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 11, vol. 53, issue 6869, 2012. Details
Wong, A., and X. Wang, "Monte Carlo Cluster Refinement for Noise Robust Image Segmentation", Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 2012. Details
Wong, A., M. J. Shafiee, and Z. Azimifar, "Statistical Conditional Sampling for Variable-Resolution Video Compression",Public Library of Science ONE, 2012. Details
Wong, A., E. Irving, R. Genest, V. Choh, and N. Chandrashekar, "Automatic three-dimensional reconstruction of the chick eye based on high resolution photographic images", Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2011. Details
Zhang, W., A. Wong, A. Mishra, P. Fieguth, and D. A. Clausi, "Efficient globally optimal registration of remote sensing imagery via quasi-random scale-space structural correlation energy functional", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 8, issue 5, pp. 997-1001, 2011. Details
Wang, X., A. Wong, and P-H. Ho, "Stochastic medium access for cognitive radio ad hoc networks", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 29, pp. 770 - 783, 2011. Details
Frankovich, M., and A. Wong, "Enhanced seam carving via integration of energy gradient functionals", IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 375 - 378, 2011. Details
Wong, A., and A. Mishra, "Quasi-Monte Carlo estimation approach for denoising MRI data based on regional statistics", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 1076 - 1083, 2011. Details
Liu, Y., A. Wong, and P. Fieguth, "Synthesis of remote sensing label fields using a tree-structured hierarchical model",IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 2060-2070, 2011. Details
Wong, A., "A Bayesian theoretic approach to multi-scale complex phase order representations", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2011. Details
Wong, A., J. Scharcanski, and P. Fieguth, "Automatic skin lesion segmentation via iterative stochastic region merging", IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, vol. 15, issue 6, pp. 929 - 936, 2011. Details
Wong, A., and J. Scharcanski, "Dynamic Fisher-Tippett Region Merging Approach to Transrectal Ultrasound Prostate Lesion Segmentation", IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in BioMedicine, 2011. Details
Wong, A., A. Mishra, W. Zhang, P. Fieguth, and D. A. Clausi, "Stochastic image denoising based on Markov-chain Monte Carlo sampling", Signal Processing, vol. 91, issue 8, pp. 2112 - 2120, 2011. Details
Wang, X., A. Wong, and P-H. Ho, "Spectrum sensing in cognitive radio using a Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo scheme",IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 14, pp. 830 - 832, 2010. Details
Wong, A., P. Yu, W. Zhang, and D. A. Clausi, "Icesynth II: Synthesis of SAR sea-ice imagery using region-based posterior sampling", IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 348 – 351, 2010.Details
Mishra, A., and A. Wong, "KPAC: A kernel-based parametric active contour method for fast image segmentation",IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 312 - 315, 2010. Details
Wong, A., and A. Mishra, "Generalized probabilistic scale space for image restoration", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 2774 - 2780, 2010. Details
Wong, A., and J. Scharcanski, "Phase-adaptive superresolution of mammographic images using complex wavelets",IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 18, no. 15, pp. 1140–1146, 2010. Details
Wong, A., "An adaptive Monte Carlo approach to phase-based multimodal image registration", IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, vol. 14, pp. 173 - 179, 2010. Details
Wang, X., A. Wong, and P-H. Ho, "Extended knowledge-based reasoning approach to spectrum sensing for cognitive radio", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 465 - 478, 2010. Details
Koff, D., J. Scharcanski, L. da Silva, and A. Wong, "Interactive modeling and evaluation of tumor growth", Journal of Digital Imaging, vol. 23, pp. 755 - 768, 2010. Details
Wong, A., D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "CPOL: Complex phase order likelihood as a similarity measure for MR-CT registration", Medical Image Analysis, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 50 - 57, 2010. Details
Wong, A., A. Mishra, K. Bizheva, and D. A. Clausi, "General Bayesian estimation for speckle noise reduction in optical coherence tomography retinal imagery", Optics Express, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 8338–8352, 2010. Details
Tung, F., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Enabling scalable spectral clustering for image segmentation", Pattern Recognition, vol. 43, New York, NY, USA, Elsevier Science Inc., pp. 4069–4076, 2010. Details
Wong, A., and D. A. Clausi, "AISIR: Automated inter-sensor/inter-band satellite image registration using robust complex wavelet feature representations", Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 31, no. 10, pp. 1160 - 1167, 2010.Details
Mishra, A., A. Wong, D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Quasi-random nonlinear scale space", Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 31, issue 13, pp. 1850 - 1859, 2010. Details
Wang, X., A. Wong, and P-H. Ho, "Dynamically optimized spatiotemporal prioritization for spectrum sensing in cooperative cognitive radio.", Wireless Networks, 2010. Details
Wong, A., N. M. Dunk, and J. Callaghan, "A systematic approach to feature tracking of lumbar spine vertebrae from fluoroscopic images using complex-valued wavelets", Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, vol. 12, pp. 607 - 616, 2009. Details
Wong, A., "Alignment of confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy photoreceptor images at different polarizations using complex phase relationships", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 1831 - 1837, 2009. Details
Wong, A., A. Mishra, J. Yates, P. Fieguth, D. A. Clausi, and J. Callaghan, "Intervertebral disc segmentation and volumetric reconstruction from peripheral quantitative computed tomography imaging", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 2748-2751, 2009. Details
Wong, A., "PECSI: a Practical Perceptually-Enhanced Compression Framework for Still Images", International Journal of Image and Graphics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 511 - 529, 2009. Details
Wong, A., and J. Orchard, "Robust multimodal registration using local phase-coherence representations", Journal of Signal Processing Systems, vol. 54, pp. 89 - 100, 2009. Details
Bizheva, K., A. Mishra, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Intra-retinal layer segmentation in optical coherence tomography images", Optics Express, vol. 17, no. 26: OSA, pp. 23719–23728, 2009. Details
Wong, A., and P. Fieguth, "Fast phase-based registration of multimodal image data", Signal Processing, vol. 89, no. 5, pp. 724–737, 2009. Details
Wong, A., and J. Orchard, "Efficient FFT-accelerated approach to invariant optical-LIDAR registration", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 3917 - 3925, 2008. Details
Wong, A., "A visual-inertial hybrid controller approach to improving immersion in 3D video games.", Journal of Canadian Game Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, 2008. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Efficient least squares fusion of MRI and CT images using a phase congruency model",Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 173 - 180, 2008. Details
Wong, A., "Adaptive bilateral filtering of image signals using local phase characteristics", Signal Processing, vol. 88, no. 6, pp. 1615–1619, 2008. Details
Wong, A., and D. A. Clausi, "ARRSI: Automatic registration of remote-sensing images", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1483 - 1493, 2007. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Practical perceptually adaptive texture map compression for 3D Video Games", Journal of Game Development, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 5 - 23, 2007. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Perceptually-adaptive image super-resolution using statistical methods", WSEAS Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 3, pp. 44 - 47, 2007. Details
Kazemzadeh, F., A. Wong, B. B. Behr, and A. R. Hajian, "Depth Profilometry via Multiplexed Optical High-Coherence Interferometry", PLoS ONE: PLoS. Details
Conference papers
Boroomand, A., E. Li, M. J. Shafiee, M. A. Haider, F. Khalvati, and A. Wong, "A Unified Bayesian-Based Compensated Magnetic Resonance Imaging",International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2016. Details
Khalvati, F., J. Zhang, M. Haider, and A. Wong, "Enhanced Dual-Stage Correlated Diffusion Imaging", Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBC), 2016. Details
Karimi, A-H., J. M. Shafiee, C. Scharfenberger, I. B. Daya, S. Haider, N. Talukdar, D. A. Clausi, and A. Wong, "Spatio-Temporal Saliency Detection Using Abstracted Fully-Connected Graphical Models", International Conference on Image Processing, 09/2016. Details
Chung, A., M. J. Shafiee, and A. Wong, "Random feature maps via a layered random projection (LARP) framework for classification", IEEE Conference on Image Processing (IEEE ICIP), 2016. Details
Chwyl, B., A. Chung, R. Amelard, J. Deglint, D. A. Clausi, and A. Wong, "SAPPHIRE: Stochastically acquired photoplethysmogram for heart rate inference in realistic environments.", International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Phoenix, AZ, 2016. Details
Boroomand, A., H. Sekkati, M. Lamm, D. A. Clausi, and A. Wong, "Saliency-guided projection geometric correction using a projector-camera system",International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Phoenix, AZ, 09/2016. Details
Shafiee, M. J., P. Siva, P. Fieguth, and A. Wong, "Embedded Motion Detection via Neural Response Mixture Background Modeling", IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (IEEE CVPRW), 2016. Details
Siva, P., M. Shafiee, M. Jamieson, and A. Wong,"Scene Invariant Crowd Segmentation and Counting Using Scale-Normalized Histogram of Moving Gradients (HoMG)", IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops IEEE CVPRW, 2016. Details
Shafiee, M. J., P. Siva, P. Fieguth, and A. Wong,"Efficient Feature Learning and Extraction via StochasticNets", IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops, 2016. Details
Chung, A., M. Shafiee, and A. Wong, "Image Restoration via Deep-Structured Stochastically Fully-Connected Conditional Random Fields (DSFCRFs) for Very Low-Light Conditions",Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), 2016. Details
Chwyl, B., A. Chung, R. Amelard, J. Deglint, D. A. Clausi, and A. Wong, "Time-Frequency Domain Analysis via Pulselets for Non-Contact Heart Rate Estimation from Remotely Acquired Photoplethysmograms", Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), 2016. Details
Greenberg, S., A. Chung, B. Chwyl, and A. Wong, "TIGGER: A Texture-Illumination Guided Global Energy Response Model for Illumination Robust Object Saliency", Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), 2016. Details
Li, F., J. Zelek, and A. Wong, "Hierarchical Grouping Approach for Fast Approximate RGBD Scene Flow", Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), 2016. Details
Wang, L., A. Wong, D. A. Clausi, A. K. Scott, L. Xu, M. J. Shafiee, and F. Li, "Sea ice concentration estimation from satellite SAR imagery using convolutional neural network and stochastic fully connected connected conditional random field",CVPR 2015 Earthvision Workshop, 2016. Details
Karimi, A-H., J. M. Shafiee, C. Scharfenberger, I. B. Daya, S. Haider, N. Talukdar, D. A. Clausi, and A. Wong,"Spatio-Temporal Saliency Detection Using Abstracted Fully-Connected Graphical Models", International Conference on Image Processing, September, 2016. Details
Karimi, A-H., J. M. Shafiee, C. Scharfenberger, I B. Daya, S. Haider, N. Talukar, D. A. Clausi, and A. Wong, "Spatio-Temporal Saliency Detection Using Abstracted Fully-Connected Graphical Models", International Conference on Image Processing, September, 2016. Details
Gawish, A., C. Scharfenberger, H. Bi, A. Wong, P. Fieguth, and D. A. Clausi, "Robust Non-Saliency Guided Watermarking", Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, March, 2016. Details
Chung, A., M. J. Shafiee, D. Kumar, F. Khalvati, M. A. Haider, and A. Wong, "Discovery Radiomics via Layered Random Projection (LaRP) Sequencers for Prostate Cancer Classification", Annual Meeting of the Imaging Network of Ontario, 2016. Details
Li, E., M. J. Shafiee, F. Kazemzadeh, and A. Wong, "Sparse Reconstruction of Compressed Sensing Multi-spectral Data using Cross-Spectral Multi-layered Conditional Random Field Model", SPIE optics and photonics 2015, San Diego, SPIE , May, 2015. Details
Li, F., E. Li, M. J. Shafiee, A. Wong, and J. S. Zelek, "Dense Depth Map Reconstruction from Sparse Measurements Using a Multilayer Conditional Random Field Model", Computer and Robot Vision, March, 2015. Details
Xu, L., M. J. Shafiee, A. Wong, F. Li, L. Wang, and D. A. Clausi, "Oil Spill Candidate Detection from SAR Imagery Using a Thresholding-Guided Stochastic Fully-Connected Conditional Random Field Model", CVPR 2015 Earthvision Workshop, 2015. Details
Shafiee, M. J., A. Chung, A. Wong, and P. Fieguth, "IMPROVED FINE STRUCTURE MODELING VIA GUIDED STOCHASTIC CLIQUE FORMATION IN FULLY CONNECTED CONDITIONAL RANDOM FIELDS", IEEE Conference on Image Processing, 2015. Details
Chwyl, B., A. Chung, F. Li, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "TIGER: A Texture-Illumination Guided Energy Response Model for Illumination Robust Local Saliency", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Accepted. Details
Chwyl, B., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Illumination Robust Facial Feature Detection via Decoupled Illumination and Texture Features", International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition 2015, 2015. Details
Chwyl, B., A. Chung, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Specular Reflectance Suppression in Endoscopic Imagery via Stochastic Bayesian Estimation", International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition 2015, 2015. Details
Li, F., M. J. Shafiee, A. Chung, B. Chwyl, F. Kazemzadeh, A. Wong, and J. S. Zelek, "HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE MAP ESTIMATION VIA FULLY CONNECTED RANDOM FIELDS WITH STOCHASTIC CLIQUES", International Conference on Image Processing, April, 2015. Details
Glaister, J., S. Haider, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Restoration of block-transform compressed images via homotopic regularized sparse reconstruction", SPIE Electronic Imaging: Visual Information Processing and Communication VI, San Francisco, California, United States, October, 2015. Details
Siva, P., C. Scharfenberger, I. B. Daya, A. Mishra, and A. Wong, "Return Of Grid Seams: A Superpixel Algorithm Using Discontinuous Multi-Functional Energy Seam Carving", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, September, 2015. Details
Mishra, A., C. Scharfenberger, P. Siva, F. Li, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "DESIRe: Discontinuous Energy Seam Carving for Image Retargeting Via Structural and Textural Energy Functionals", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), September, 2015. Details
Deglint, J., F. Kazemzadeh, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Inference of dense spectral reflectance images from sparse reflectance measurement using non-linear regression modeling", SPIE Optics and Photonics, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXVIII, August, 2015. Details
Deglint, J., F. Kazemzadeh, M. J. Shafiee, E. Li, I. Khodadad, S. S. Saini, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Virtual spectral multiplexing for applications in in-situ imaging microscopy of transient phenomena", SPIE Optics and Photonics, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXVIII, August, 2015. Details
Chung, A., C. Scharfenberger, F. Khalvati, A. Wong, and M. A. Haider, "Statistical Textural Distinctiveness in Multi-Parametric Prostate MRI for Suspicious Region Detection", International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR) , July, 2015. Details
Scharfenberger, C., D. Lui, F. Khalvati, A. Wong, and M. A. Haider, "Semi-Automatic Prostate Segmentation via a Hidden Markov Model with Anatomical and Textural Priors", 23rd Annual Meeting of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), June, 2015. Details
Zhu, M X., C. Scharfenberger, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Simultaneous Scene Reconstruction and Auto-calibration using Constrained Iterative Closest Point for 3D Depth Sensor Array", IEEE Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, June, 2015. Details
Deglint, J., A. Cameron, C. Scharfenberger, M. Lamm, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Auto-Calibration for Screen Correction and Point Cloud Generation", Society for Information Display's Week, June, 2015, Distinguished Paper Award. Details
Chung, A., X. Wang, R. Amelard, C. Scharfenberger, J. Leong, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "High-resolution motion-compensated photoplethysmographic imaging for remote heart rate monitoring", SPIE Photonics West, Multimodal Biomedical Imaging X, February, 2015. Details
Amelard, R., C. Scharfenberger, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Illumination-compensated non-contact imaging photoplethysmography via dual-mode temporally-coded illumination", SPIE Photonics West, Multimodal Biomedical Imaging X, February, 2015. Details
Amelard, R., C. Scharfenberger, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Non-contact assessment of melanin distribution via multispectral temporal illumination coding", SPIE Photonics West, Multimodal Biomedical Imaging X, February, 2015. Details
Kumar, D., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Lung Nodule Classification Using Deep Features in CT Images", 12th Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), Halifax, NS, Canada, IEEE Xplore, April, 2015. Details
Haider, S., C. Scharfenberger, F. Kazemzadeh, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Multi-polarimetric textural distinctiveness for outdoor robotic saliency detection", SPIE Electronic Imaging: Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXXII: Algorithms and Techniques, San Francisco, California, United States, February, 2015. Details
Boroomand, A., B. Tan, A. Wong, and K. Bizheva, "Axial resolution improvement in spectral domain optical coherence tomography using a depth-adaptive maximum-a-posterior framework", SPIE Photonics West (BiOS), San Francisco, USA, 2015. Details
Boroomand, A., M. J. Shafiee, A. Wong, and K. Bizheva, "Lateral resolution enhancement via imbricated spectral domain optical coherence tomography in a maximum-a-posterior reconstruction framework", SPIE Photonics West (BiOS), San Francisco, USA, 2015. Details
Cho, D., S. Haider, R. Amelard, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Physiological Characterization of Skin Lesion using Non-linear Random Forest Regression Model", 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers Chicago, IL, USA, pp. 3349-3352, September, 2014. Details
Haider, S., D. Cho, R. Amelard, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Enhanced classification of malignant melanoma lesions via the integration of physiological features from dermatological photographs", 36th Annual International IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference, Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers Chicago, IL, USA, pp. 6455-6458, September, 2014. Details
Khalvati, F., A. Wong, G. Bjarnason, and M. Haider, "A Multi-Parametric Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Texture Feature Model for Prostate Cancer Analysis", Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2014. Details
Cameron, A., A. Modhafar, F. Khalvati, D. Lui, M. J. Shafiee, A. Wong, and M. Haider, "Multiparametric MRI Prostate Cancer Analysis via a Hybrid Morphological-Textural Model", Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2014. Details
Haines, L., K. Carter, S. Marschall, A. Gawish, A. Wong, P. Fieguth, L. Sorbara, and K. K. Bizheva, "Comparison of Corneal Thickness Measured with Swept Source Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomographer, Pentacam and Ultrasound", ARVO Orlando, Fla., May 4 – 8, 2014. Details
Siva, P., and A. Wong, "Grid Seams: A fast superpixel algorithm for real-time applications", Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, 2014. Details
Scharfenberger, C., A. Jain, A. Wong, and P. Fieguth, "Image saliency detection via multi-scale statistical non-redundancy modeling", IEEE Conference on Image Processing, 2014. Details
Siva, P., and A. Wong, "URC: Unsupervised clustering of remote sensing imagery", IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2014. Details
Li, F., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Combining rotation forests and AdaBoost for hyperspectral imagery classification using few labeled samples", IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014. Details
Li, F., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Comparative Study of Feature Space Projection Methods for Hyperspectral Image Classification", IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014. Details
Li, F., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Comparison of unsupervised segmentation methods for surficial materials mapping in Nunavut, Canada using RADARSAT-2 polarimetric, Landsat-7, and DEM data", IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014. Details
Lui, D., C. Scharfenberger, D D. E. Carvalho, J. Callaghan, and A. Wong, "Semi-automatic Fisher-Tippett Guided Active Contour for Lumbar Multifidus Muscle Segmentation", International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2014. Details
Shafiee, M. J., A. Wong, P. Siva, and P. Fieguth, "EFFICIENT BAYESIAN INFERENCE USING FULLY CONNECTED CONDITIONAL RANDOM FIELDS WITH STOCHASTIC CLIQUES", International Conference on Image Processing, IEEE , 2014. Details
Li, E., M. J. Shafiee, A. Chung, F. Khalvati, A. Wong, and M. A. Haider, "Enhanced Reconstruction of Compressive Sensing MRI via Cross-Domain Stochastically Fully-Connected Random Field Model", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, February, 2014. Details
Khalvati, F., A. Modhafar, A. Cameron, A. Wong, and M. Haider, "A Multi-Parametric Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Texture Feature Model for Prostate Cancer Analysis", MICCAI 2014 Workshop on Computational Diffusion MRI, 2014. Details
Kazemzadeh, F., S. Haider, A. Wong, C. Scharfenberger, and D. A. Clausi, "Concurrent Multiview Discrete Spectral Imaging Device from the VIS to the NIR", SPIE: Optics + Photonics, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization XVII , vol. 9193, San Diego, USA, SPIE Proceedings, 2014. Details
Scharfenberger, C., A. Wong, K. Fergani, J. S. Zelek, and D. A. Clausi, "Statistical Textural Distinctiveness for Salient Region Detection in Natural Images", Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June, 2013. Details
Sachett~Medeiros, R., J. Scharcanski, and A. Wong, "Skin Detection for Hand Gesture Segmentation using Multi-scale Stochastic Color Texture Models", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2013. Details
Wong, A., A. K. Scott, E. Li, and R. Amelard, "Continuous sea ice thickness estimation using a joint MODIS and AMSR-E guided variational model", IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, March, 2013 Details
Amelard, R., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Unsupervised Classification Of Agricultural Land Cover Using Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Via A Sparse Texture Dictionary Model", IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, March, 2013. Details
Amelard, R., A. Wong, D. A. Clausi, and F. Li, "Unsupervised Classification of Sea-Ice and Water Using Synthetic Aperture Radar via an Adaptive Texture Sparsifying Transform", IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, March, 2013. Details
Amelard, R., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Extracting Morphological High-Level Intuitive Features (HLIF) for Enhancing Skin Lesion Classification", 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, San Diego, pp. 4458 - 4461, August, 2012. Details
Amelard, R., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Extracting High-Level Intuitive Features (HLIF) For Classifying Skin Lesions Using Standard Camera Images", 9th Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Toronto, pp. 396-403, May, 2012. Details
Schwartz, S., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Multi-scale saliency-guided compressive sensing approach to efficient robotic laser range measurements", 2012 Ninth Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), pp. 1-8, May, 2012.Details
Glaister, J., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Illumination Correction in Dermatological Photographs using Multi-stage Illumination Modeling for Skin Lesion Analysis", 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, pp. 102-105, 2012. Details
Cameron, A., J. Glaister, A. Wong, and M. Haider, "Non-parametric Bayesian Estimation of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient from Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data", 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, pp. 412-415, 2012. Details
Glaister, J., A. Cameron, A. Wong, and M. Haider, "Quantitative Investigative Analysis of Tumour Separability in the Prostate Gland using Ultra-high b-value Computed Diffusion Imaging", 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, pp. 420-423, 2012. Details
Schwartz, S., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Saliency-guided compressive fluorescence microscopy", 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, , San Diego, USA., pp. 4365 - 4368 , 2012. Details
Hojaij, A., A. Fakih, A. Wong, and J. S. Zelek, "Difference of Circles Feature Detector", 9th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, 2012. Details
Wong, A., "Perceptual Structure Distortion Ratio: An image quality metric based on complex phase order", 9th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, 2012. Details
Kumar, A., A. Wong, D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Multi-scale tensor vector field active contour", IEEE Conference on Image Processing, 2012. Details
Shafiee, M. J., A. Wong, and Z. Azimifar, "A Novel Hierarchical Model-Based Frame Rate Up-Conversion via Spatio-temporal Conditional Random Fields", IEEE International Symposium of Multimedia , 2012. Details
Jain, A., A. Wong, and P. Fieguth, "SALIENCY DETECTION VIA STATISTICAL NON-REDUNDANCY", International Conference on Image Processing, Orlando, IEEE, 2012. Details
Karimi, A., A. Wong, and K. Bizheva, "Automated detection and counting of keratocytes in human corneal stroma from ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomograms", SPIE Photonics West (BiOS), 2012. Details
Liu, C., A. Wong, K. Bizheva, P. Fieguth, and H. Bie, "Non-local sparse reconstruction of OCT images", SPIE Photonics West (BiOS), 2012. Details
Mishra, A., A. Wong, P. Fieguth, and D. A. Clausi, "Multi-Scale 3D representation via volumetric quasi-random scale space", 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2011), September, 2011. Details
Kumar, A., A. Wong, A. Mishra, D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Tensor vector field based active contours", 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2011), Brussels, Belgium, September, 2011. Details
Bandekar, N., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "A novel approach to automated cell counting for studying human corneal epithelial cells", 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'11), Boston, MA, USA, August, 2011. Details
Wong, A., "Constrained Bayesian streak artifact reduction approach for contrast enhanced computed tomography imaging of the intervertebral disc", Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBC), 2011. Details
Wong, A., "Robust control point detection for aerial synthetic aperture radar via a logarithmic quasi-random scale space framework", IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (IEEE CVPRW), 2011. Details
Liu, Y., P. Fieguth, and A. Wong, "A structure-guided conditional sampling model for video resolution enhancement",IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE ICIP), 2011. Details
Leigh, A., A. Wong, D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Comprehensive analysis on the effects of noise estimation strategies on image noise artifact suppression performance", IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, 2011. Details
Glaister, J., C. Chan, M. Frankovich, A. Tang, and A. Wong, "Hybrid Video Compression Using Selective Keyframe Identification and Patch-Based Super-Resolution", IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, pp. 105 - 110, 2011. Details
Chan, C., and A. Wong, "Shot Boundary Detection using Genetic Algorithm Optimization", IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, 2011. Details
Lee, D. D., K. Bizheva, A. Wong, J. A. Eichel, P. Fieguth, and D. A. Clausi, "Despeckling vs averaging of retinal UHROCT tomograms: advantages and limitations", Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XV, vol. 7889, no. 1: SPIE, 2011. Details
Eichel, J. A., D. Lee, A. Wong, P. Fieguth, D. A. Clausi, and K. Bizheva, "Quantitative comparison of despeckling and frame averaging approaches to processing retinal OCT tomograms", SPIE Photonics West (BiOS), 2011. Details
Mishra, A., A. Wong, D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "A Bayesian information flow approach to image segmentation",7th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March, 2010. Details
Wong, A., A. Mishra, D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Mammogram image superresolution based on statistical moment analysis", 7th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 339–346, March, 2010. Details
Wong, A., A. Mishra, D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Quasi-random scale space approach to robust keypoint extraction in high-noise environments", 7th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March, 2010. Details
Liu, Y., A. Wong, and P. Fieguth, "Remote sensing image synthesis", 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 2467 -2470, 2010. Details
Wang, X., A. Wong, and S-Y. Lien, "Spectral variation constrained power spectral density estimation for wideband spectrum sensing", 3rd International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL), pp. 1 - 5, 2010. Details
Wang, X., A. Wong, and P-H. Ho, "Dynamic Markov-chain Monte Carlo channel negotiation for cognitive radio", IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, 2010. Details
Wong, A., and P. Fieguth, "A new Bayesian source separation approach to blind decorrelation of SAR data", IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Syposium, 2010. Details
Wong, A., D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Adaptive Monte Carlo retinex method for illumination and reflectance separation and color image enhancement", 6th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, February, 2009, Conference Best Paper Award. Details
Wong, A., W. Zhang, and D. A. Clausi, "IceSynth: An image synthesis system for sea-ice segmentation evaluation",6th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, February, 2009.Details
Zhang, W., A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "JEDI: Adaptive stochastic estimation for joint enhancement and despeckling of images for SAR", 6th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, February, 2009. Details
Wong, A., D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "SEC: Stochastic ensemble consensus approach to unsupervised SAR sea-ice segmentation", 6th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, February, 2009. Details
Wang, X., A. Wong, and P-H. Ho, "Stochastic channel prioritization for spectrum sensing in cooperative cognitive radio", Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, pp. 1 - 6, 2009. Details
Wang, X., A. Wong, and P-H. Ho, "Prioritized spectrum sensing in cognitive radio based on spatiotemporal statistical fusion", IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conference, pp. 1 - 6, 2009. Details
Wong, A., P. Fieguth, and D. A. Clausi, "A perceptually adaptive approach to image denoising using anisotropic non-local means", 15th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, San Diego, California, USA, pp. 537 - 540, Oct. 12 - 15, 2008. Details
Wong, A., A. Mishra, P. Fieguth, and D. A. Clausi, "An adaptive Monte Carlo approach to nonlinear image denoising",19th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Tampa, Florida, USA, Dec. 8 - 11, 2008. Details
Wong, A., D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Phase-adaptive image signal fusion using complex-valued wavelets", 19th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Tampa, Florida, USA, Dec. 8 - 11, 2008. Details
Wong, A., D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Automatic registration of inter-band and inter-sensor images using robust complex wavelet feature representations", 5th Workshop on Pattern Recognition for Remote Sensing, Tampa, Florida, USA, Dec. 7, 2008. Details
Mishra, A., A. Wong, D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Adaptive nonlinear image denoising and restoration using a cooperative Bayesian estimation approach", 6th Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics Image Processing, Bhubaneswar, India, Dec. 16 - 19 , 2008. Details
Mishra, A., A. Wong, W. Zhang, D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Improved interactive medical image segmentation using Enhanced Intelligent Scissors (EIS)", 30th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 3083 - 3086, Aug. 20 - 24, 2008. Details
Wong, A., A. Mishra, P. Fieguth, D. A. Clausi, N. M. Dunk, and J. Callaghan, "Shape-guided active contour based segmentation and tracking of lumbar vertebrae in video fluoroscopy using complex wavelets", 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 20 - 24, 2008. Details
Wong, A., and J. Orchard, "A nonlocal-means approach to exemplar-based inpainting", 15th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, pp. 2600 - 2603, 2008. Details
Wong, A., and J. Orchard, "An adaptive non-local means approach to exemplar-based inpainting", 15th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2008. Details
Orchard, J., M. Ebrahimi, and A. Wong, "Efficient nonlocal-means denoising using the SVD", 15th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, pp. 1732 - 1735, 2008. Details
Wong, A., "Illumination invariant active contour-based segmentation using complex-valued wavelets", 15th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2008. Details
Wong, A., "Simultaneous multi-modal registration of multiple images based on multi-dimensional joint phase moment distributions", 19th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, pp. 1 - 4, 2008. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Efficient and robust approach to simultaneous non-rigid image registration and gamma estimation in the frequency domain", 2008 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition, 2008. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Robust hough-based symbol recognition using knowledge-based hierarchical neural networks", 2008 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition: CSREA Press, pp. 3 - 9, 2008. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Perceptually-adaptive color enhancement of still images for dichromacy deficiencies", 21st Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008. Details
Wong, A., "An iterative approach to improved local phase coherence estimation", 4th Annual Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, pp. 301 - 307, 2008. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Deblocking of block-transform compressed images using phase-adaptive shifted thresholding", IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia , pp. 97 - 103, 2008. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Robust edge detection based on non-local contribution of local frequency characteristics",IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, pp. 119 - 123, 2008. Details
Wang, X., P-H. Ho, and A. Wong, "Towards efficient spectrum sensing for cognitive radio through knowledge-based reasoning", International Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN) Symposium '08, pp. 1 - 8, 2008.Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Robust invariant descriptor for symbol-based image recognition and retrieval", 1st IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, pp. 637 - 644, 2007. Details
Wong, A., and A. Kennings, "Adaptive multiple texture approach to texture packing for 3D video games", 2007 Conference on Future Play, New York, NY, USA, ACM, pp. 189–196, 2007. Details
Hansen, M., A. Wong, and W. Bishop, "A hardware implementation of real-time video deblocking using shifted thresholding", 20th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 28 - 31, 2007. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Indirect knowledge-based approach to non-rigid multi-modal registration of medical images", 20th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 1175 - 1178, 2007. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Practical perceptually adaptive approach to video logo placement in TV broadcasts", 20th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 796 - 799, 2007. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Intelligent multi-level regions-of-interest (ROI) document image encryption using an online learning model", 4th Conference on IASTED International Conference: Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Applications, Anaheim, CA, USA, ACTA Press, pp. 215–221, 2007. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Adaptive large scale artifact reduction in edge-based image super-resolution", 9th IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, Anaheim, CA, USA, ACTA Press, pp. 230 – 235, 2007. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Simultaneous gamma correction and registration in the frequency domain", International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition, pp. 145 - 151, 2007. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Backwards compatible, multi-level regions-of-interest (ROI) image encryption architecture with biometric authentication", International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, pp. 324 - 329, 2007. Details
Wong, A., and J. Orchard, "Efficient and robust non-rigid least-squares rectification of medical images", 2006 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2006. Details
Wong, A., W. Bishop, and J. Orchard, "Efficient multi-modal least-squares alignment of medical images using quasi-orientation maps", 2006 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2006. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Expert knowledge based automatic regions-of-interest (ROI) selection in scanned documents for digital image encryption", 3rd Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, 2006. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Adaptive perceptual degradation based on video usage", 8th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, pp. 541 - 548, 2006. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Practical content-adaptive subsampling for image and video compression", 8th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 667 - 673, 2006. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Adaptive normal map compression for 3D video games", FuturePlay 2006, 2006.Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "An efficient, parallel multi-key encryption of compressed video streams", IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "Efficient deblocking of block-transform compressed images and video using shifted thresholding", IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, 2006. Details
Wong, A., and W. Bishop, "A flexible content-based approach to adaptive image compression", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, pp. 713 - 716, 2006. Details
Munshi, A., W. Bishop, A. Wong, S. Braganza, A. Clinton, and M. McCool, "A parameterizable SIMD stream processor", 18th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, pp. 806 - 811, 2005. Details
Tung, F., and A. Wong, "Polynomial self-similarity for object classification", IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2003. Details
Book chapters
Amelard, R., J. Glaister, A. Wong, and D. A. Clausi, "Melanoma decision support using lighting-corrected intuitive feature models", Computer Vision Techniques for the Diagnosis of Skin Cancer, pp. 193 - 219, October, 2013. Details
Wong, A., A. Mishra, D. A. Clausi, and P. Fieguth, "Nonparametric sample-based methods for image understanding",Emerging Topics in Computer Vision: World Scientific Publishing, 2011. Details
Patents
Wong, A., and H. Zhou, Method to automatically classify input image, , no. Japanese Patent Application JP2008097607: Seiko Epson Corporation, 2008. Details
Wong, A., and H. Zhou, Method and Apparatus for Automatic Image Categorization, , no. United States Patent Application 20080089591: Seiko Epson Corporation, 2006. Details
Wong, A., and H. Zhou, Method and Apparatus for Generating a Panorama Background from a Set of Images, : Seiko Epson Corporation, 2006. Details
Wong, A., and H. Zhou, Method and Apparatus for Automatically Estimating the Layout of a Sequentially Ordered Series of Frames to Be Used to Form a Panorama, : Seiko Epson Corporation, 2005. Details
Wong, A., and H. Zhou, Method and Apparatus for Estimating Shot Boundaries In A Digital Video Sequence, : Seiko Epson Corporation, 2005. Details
Wong, A., and H. Zhou, Method and Apparatus for Generating a Panorama from a Sequence of Video Frames, , no. United States Patent Application 20070030396: Seiko Epson Corporation, 2005. Details
Theses
Wong, A., "Probabilistic complex phase representation objective function for multimodal image registration", Systems Design Engineering, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, University of Waterloo, 2010. Details
Wong, A., "Low Cost Visual/Inertial Hybrid Motion Capture System for Wireless 3D Controllers", Electrical and Computer Engineering, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, University of Waterloo, 2006. Details
