Books:
Digital Signal Processing System Design: LabVIEW-Based Hybrid Programming,
Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.
An Interactive Approach to Signals and Systems Laboratory,
National Instruments, 2008.
Real-Time Image and Video Processing: From Research to Reality,
Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2006.
Digital Signal Processing System-Level Design Using LabVIEW,
Elsevier/Newnes, 2005.
Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Based on the TMS320C6000,
Elsevier/Newnes, 2004.
Papers:
[81] A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, K.
Gopinath, and R. Briggs,
Cross validation of deformable registration with field maps in
functional magnetic resonance brain imaging
to appear in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in
Signal Processing, 2008.
[80] J. Ren, N. Kehtarnavaz, and M. Budagavi,
Computationally efficient mode selection in H.264/AVC video
coding,
IEEE Transactions on Consumer
Electronics, vol. 54, pp. 877-886, May 2008.
[79] J. Ren, N.
Kehtarnavaz, and L. Estevez,
Real-time optimization of Viola-Jones face detection for mobile
platforms,
to appear in Proceedings of
IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Workshop, Oct.
2008.
[78] J. Ren and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Fast adaptive termination mode selection for H.264 scalable video
coding,
to appear in special issue of Journal of Real-Time Image
Processing on H.264 Video Coding Standard, 2008.
[77] A. Gholipour and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Computationally efficient mutual information estimation for
non-rigid image registration,
to appear in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on
Image Processing, San Diego, Oct. 2008.
[76] J. Ren and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Fast adaptive early termination for mode selection in H.264 scalable
video coding,
to appear in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on
Image Processing, San Diego, Oct. 2008.
[75] O. Tsang, A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, K. Gopinath, R.
Briggs, and I. Panahi,
Comparison of tissue segmentation algorithms in neuroimage analysis
software tools,
Proceedings of IEEE Conference on
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Vancouver, Aug. 2008.
[74] A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz,
K. Gopinath, R. Briggs, and I. Panahi,
Average field map image template for echo-planar image analysis,
Proceedings of IEEE Conference on
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Vancouver, Aug. 2008.
[73] A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, R. Briggs, K. Gopinath,
et al.,
Validation of non-rigid
registration between functional and anatomical magnetic resonance brain images,
IEEE Transactions on
Biomedical Engineering, vol. 55, pp. 563-571, Feb. 2008.
[72] M. Rahman, N. Kehtarnavaz, and M. Gamadia,
Real-time face-based auto-focus for digital still and cell-phone
cameras,
Proceedings of IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image
Analysis and Interpretation, Santa Fe, March 2008.
[71] N. Kehtarnavaz, P. Loizou, and M. Rahman,
An interactive hybrid programming approach to
signals and systems laboratory,
Proceedings of IEEE ICASSP Conference, Las Vegas,
April 2008.
[70] J. Ren, N. Kehtarnavaz, and M. Budagavi,
A fast feature-assisted adaptive early
termination approach to
multiple reference frames motion estimation in
H.264 video coding of high definition sequences,
Proceedings of SPIE Conference on Real-Time Image Processing, San
Jose, Jan 2008.
[69] J. Ren and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Using all zero block detection to increase computational
efficiency of H.264 video coding,
Proceedings of SPIE Conference on
Real-Time Image Processing, San Jose, Jan 2008.
[68] J. Ren, N. Kehtarnavaz, and M. Budagavi,
A fast feature-assisted adaptive early
termination approach to
multiple reference frames motion estimation in
H.264,
Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, vol. 3, PP. 77-88, March 2008.
[67] Q. Peng and N. Kehtarnavaz,
A fast print-from-video technique for cell-phone cameras,
IEEE Transactions on
Consumer Electronics, vol. 53, pp. 1237-1246, Nov 2007.
[66] A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, K. Gopinath, and R. Briggs,
A software tool for registration based distortion
correction in echo planar imaging,
Proceedings of IEEE EMBS Workshop,
Dallas, Nov 2007.
[65] O. Tsang, A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, K. Gopinath, and
R. Briggs,
Comparison of brain masking techniques in functional magnetic
resonance imaging,
Proceedings of IEEE EMBS Workshop,
Dallas, Nov 2007.
[64] M. Gamadia and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Low-light auto-focus enhancement for digital and
cell-phone camera image pipeline,
IEEE Transactions on Consumer
Electronics, vol.53, no.2, pp. 249-257, May 2007.
[63] V. Peddigari and N.
Kehtarnavaz,
Real-time predictive zoom tracking for digital still cameras,
Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, vol.2, pp. 45-54, Oct 2007.
[62] A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, R. Briggs, and K. Gopinath,
Kullback-Leibler distance optimization for non-rigid registration
of echo-planar to structural
magnetic resonance brain images,
Proceedings of IEEE ICIP Conference, San Antonio, Oct 2007.
[61] R. Razlighi and N.
Kehtarnavaz,
Image blur reduction for cell-phone cameras via adaptive tonal
correction,
Proceedings of IEEE ICIP Conference, San
Antonio, Oct 2007.
[60] A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, R. Briggs, M.
Devous, and K. Gopinath,
Brain functional localization: A survey of image
registration techniques,
IEEE Transactions on Medical
Imaging, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 427-451, April 2007.
Listed in top 100 IEEE Xplore accessed documents in April 2007.
[59] C. Gope and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Optimal partitioning of point-sets for affine
invariant object matching,
Proceedings of 2007 International Conference on Image Processing,
Computer Vision,
and Pattern Recognition, Las Vegas, June 2007.
[58] Q. Razlighi and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Correction of over-exposed images captured by cell-phone cameras,
Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Consumer
Electronics, Irving, June 2007.
[57] Q. Peng and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Towards practical print-from-video: improved pattern filtering,
Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Consumer
Electronics, Irving, June 2007.
[56] M. Gamadia and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Image restoration preprocessing for low-light auto-focusing in
digital cameras,
Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Consumer
Electronics, Irving, June 2007.
[55] J. Ren and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on
Consumer Electronics, Irving, June 2007.
[54] J. Ren and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Consumer
Electronics, Irving, June 2007.
[53] A. Lobo, P. Loizou, N. Kehtarnavaz, M. Torlak,
H. Lee, A. Sharma, P. Gilley, V. Peddigari, L. Ramanna,
A PDA-based research platform for cochlear implants,
Proceedings of the 3rd International IEEE EMBS
Conference on Neural Engineering, Hawaii, May 2007.
[52] S. Adhyapak, N.
Kehtarnavaz, and M. Nadin,
Stereo matching via selective multiple windows,
SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging, vol. 16,
no.1, Jan-Mar 2007.
[51] V. Peddigari, N. Kehtarnavaz, and P. Loizou,
Real-time LabVIEW implementation of cochlear implant signal
processing on PDA platforms,
Proceedings of IEEE ICASSP
Conference, Hawaii, April 2007.
[50] A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, R. Briggs, and K. Gopinath,
A field map guided approach to non-rigid
registration of brain EPI to structural MRI,
Proceedings of SPIE Conference on
Medical Imaging, San Diego, Feb 2007.
[49] Q. Peng and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Print-from-video: Computationally efficient
outlier reduction pattern filtering,
Proceedings of SPIE Conference on Real-Time Image
Processing, San Jose, Jan 2007.
[48] N. Kehtarnavaz and V. Peddigari,
Using hybrid programming in DSP lab courses,
TI Developer Conference Proceedings,
Dallas, March 2007.
[47] C. Gope and N. Kehtarnavaz,
Affine invariant comparison of point-sets using
convex hulls and Hausdorff distances,
Pattern Recognition Journal, vol.40, no.1, pp.
309-320, Jan 2007.
[46] N. Kim, N. Kehtarnavaz, and M. Torlak,
LabVIEW-based software defined radio: 4-QAM modem,
Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, vol.4, no.3, 2006.
[45] A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, K. Gopinath, R.
Briggs, M. Devous, and R. Haley,
Distortion correction via non-rigid registration
of functional to anatomical
magnetic resonance brain images,
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing,
[44] N. Kehtarnavaz and N. Kim,
Real-time auto white balancing for digital
cameras using DWT-based scoring,
Journal of Real-Time Image
Processing, vol.1, pp. 89-97, Oct 2006.
[43] A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, K. Gopinath, R.
Briggs, M. Devous, and R. Haley,
Non-rigid registration of functional to anatomical MR images
using constrained optimization,
Proceedings of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in
Medicine, Seattle, May 2006.
[42] C. Gope and N. Kehtarnavaz,
DSP system design using LabVIEW and Simulink: A
comparative study,
Proceedings of IEEE ICASSP Conference, Toulouse, France, May 2006.
[41] M. Gamadia and N. Kehtarnavaz,
A real-time continuous automatic focus algorithm
for digital cameras,
Proceedings of IEEE SSIAI Symposium,
[40] N. Kehtarnavaz, N. Kim, and M. Gamadia,
Real-time auto white balancing using DWT-based
multi-scale clustering,
Proceedings of SPIE Conference on Real-Time
Image Processing, San Jose, Jan 2006.
[39] N. Kehtarnavaz and M. Gamadia,
Digital camera image pipeline: Algorithm improvements,
TI Developer Conference Proceedings, Dallas,
March 2006.
[38] V. Peddigari and N. Kehtarnavaz,
A relational approach to zoom tracking for
digital still cameras,
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol.
51, pp. 1051-1059, Nov. 2005.
[37] N. Kim and N. Kehtarnavaz,
DWT-based scene-adaptive color quantization,
special issue of Journal of Real-Time
Imaging on Multi-dimensional Image Processing,
vol. 11, pp. 443-453, Oct. 2005.
[36] C. Gope, N. Kehtarnavaz, and D. Nair,
Neural network classification of EEG signals
using time-frequency representation,
Proceedings of the International Joint
Conference on Neural Networks,
Received best student poster award.
[35] A. Gholipour, N. Kehtarnavaz, K. Gopinath, R.
Briggs, M. Devous, and R. Haley,
Examining registration of functional to
anatomical magnetic resonance images in
studying brain function structure relationship,
Abstract Book of the Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Madison, July
2005.
[34] N. Kim, N. Kehtarnavaz, M. Torlak, and S. McCaslin,
LabVIEW-based Software-defined Radio: 4-QAM
Modem, Proceedings of 9th World
Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and
Informatics (vol. II), Orlando, July 2005.
Received best paper of the Communication and Network Systems session.
[33] S. Adhyapak, N. Kehtarnavaz, N. Kim, and A.
Moriat,
Real-time Software implementation of MP3 Player
using LabVIEW, Proceedings of 9th World
Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and
Informatics (vol. V), Orlando, July 2005.
[32] C. Gope, N. Kehtarnavaz, G. Hillman, and B.
Wursig,
An affine invariant curve matching method for
photo-identification of marine mammals,
Pattern Recognition Journal, vol. 38, pp.
125-132, Jan 2005.
Science Direct top 25 hottest articles (Oct-Dec
2004)
Featured in online Nature magazine (Nov 2004)
[31] P. Ainsleigh, S. Greineder, and
Classification of nonstationary narrowband
signals using segmented chirp features and hidden
Gauss-Markov models, IEEE Trans. on Signal
Processing, vol. 53, pp. 147-157, Jan 2005.
[30] V. Peddigari, N. Kehtarnavaz, S-Y. Lee, G.
Cook,
Real-time implementation of zoom tracking on TI
DM processor,
Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Real-Time
Imaging,
[29] V. Peddigari, M. Gamadia, and N.
Kehtarnavaz,
Real-time implementation issues in passive
auto-focusing for digital still cameras,
Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, vol.
49, pp. 114-123, March 2005.
[28] N. Kehtarnavaz and N. Kim,
Digital signal processing system-level design using LabVIEW and
TMS320C6000 DSPs,
TI Developer Conference Proceedings, Dallas, Feb 2005.
[27] C. Gope,
Zernike moment invariants based
photo-identification using Fisher discriminant model,
Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Engineering in
Medicine and Biology, San Francisco, Sept 2004.
[26] N. Kehtarnavaz, N. Kim, and
I. Panahi,
Digital signal processing system design: using
LabVIEW and TMS320C6000,
Proceedings of IEEE 3rd Signal Processing
Workshop,
[25] N. Kehtarnavaz, C. Chandan, G. Hillman, and
B. Wursig,
Photo-identification of marine mammals using
curve and patch matching techniques,
Proceedings of World Automation Congress, Spain,
June 2004.
[24] A. Garcia-Uribe, N. Kehtarnavaz, G. Marquez,
V. Prieto, M. Duvic, and L. Wang,
Skin cancer detection by spectroscopic
oblique-incidence reflectometry:
classification and physiological origins,
Journal of Applied Optics, vol. 43, pp. 2643-2650, May 2004.
[23] M.
Gamadia, V. Peddigari, N. Kehtarnavaz, S-Y. Lee,
G. Cook,
Real-time implementation of auto focus on the TI DSC processor,
Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on
Real-Time Imaging,
[22] C. Chandan, N.
Kehtarnavaz, G. Hillman, B. Wursig,
An affine point-set and line invariant algorithm for photo-identification of
gray whales,
Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems,
San Jose, Jan 2004.
[21] N. Kehtarnavaz and N. Kim,
TMS320C6000 DSP-Based Real-Time DSP Courses: Migration from EVM to DSK,
TI Developer Conference Proceedings,
[20] N. Kim, N. Kehtarnavaz,
M. Yeary, and
DSP based neural network hierarchical modulation signal classification,
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 14, pp. 1065-1071, Sept. 2003.
[19] N. Kehtarnavaz, H-J.
Oh, and Y. Yoo,
Color filter array interpolation using color correlation and directional
derivatives,
SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging, vol. 12, pp. 621-632, Oct. 2003.
[18] N. Kehtarnavaz, H-J.
Oh,
Development and real-time implementation of a rule-based auto-focus algorithm,
Journal of Real-Time Imaging, vol. 9, pp. 197-203, June 2003.
[17] G. Hillman, B. Wursig,
G. Gailey, N. Kehtarnavaz, et al.,
Computer-assisted photo-identification of individual marine vertebrates: a
multi-species system,
Journal of Aquatic Mammals, vol. 29, pp. 117-123, 2003.
[16] N. Kehtarnavaz, V.
Peddigari, C. Chandan, W. Syed, G. Hillman, B. Wursig,
Photo-identification of humpback and gray whales using affine moment
invariants,
Proceedings of 13th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis, Sweden, July
2003.
[15] K. Gunnam, D. Hughes,
J. Junkins, and N. Kehtarnavaz,
A vision based DSP embedded navigation sensor,
IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.2, pp. 428-442, Oct 2002.
[14] P. Ainsleigh,
Hidden Gauss Markov models for signal classification,
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol.50, pp. 1355-1367, June 2002.
[13] S. Baeg and N.
Kehtarnavaz,
Classification of breast mass abnormalities using denseness and architectural
distortion,
Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis, vol.1, pp.1-20,
http://www.cvc.uab.es/elcvia, Aug 2002.
[12] K. Gunnam, D. Hughes,
J. Junkins, and N. Kehtarnavaz,
A DSP embedded optical navigation system,
Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing,
[11] N. Kehtarnavaz, H-J Oh,
and Y. Yoo,
Development and real-time implementation of auto white balancing scoring
algorithm,
Journal of Real-Time Imaging, vol.8, pp. 379-386, Oct. 2002.
[10] B. Araabi,
Restrictions imposed by fuzzy extension of relations and set functions,
Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, vol.11, pp.9-22, Oct 2002.
[9] G. Hillman, B. Wursig,
G. Gailey, N. Kehtarnavaz, et al.,
Finscan: a computer system for photographic identification of marine mammals,
Proceedings of the 24th EMBS International Conference,
[8] A. Garcia-Uribe, N.
Kehtarnavaz, L. Wang, et al.,
Skin cancer detection using spectroscopic oblique-incidence reflectometry,
Proceedings of the 24th EMBS International Conference,
[7] N. Kehtarnavaz, A.
Garcia-Uribe, L. Wang,
Classification of skin abnormality images obtained by oblique-incidence diffuse
reflectance spectroscopy,
Proceedings of International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering
Techniques
in Medicine and Biological Sciences, Las Vegas, June 2002.
[6] B. Araabi, N.
Kehtarnavaz, G. Hillman,
Evaluation of algebraic projective invariants of point sets for identification
of 3D objects,
Proceedings of International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and
Technology,
Las Vegas, June 2002.
[5] N. Kim, N. Kehtarnavaz,
S. Brown, and T. McKinney,
Hierarchical classification of modulation signals,
Proceedings of World Automation Congress,
[4] M. Mehrubeoglu,
Skin lesion classification using reflectance spectroscopic imaging with oblique
incidence,
Journal of Applied Optics, vol.41, pp. 182-192, Jan 2002.
[3] N. Kehtarnavaz, H-J Oh,
I. Shidate, Y. Yoo, R. Talluri,
A new approach to auto white balancing and auto exposure for digital still
cameras,
Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Sensors, Cameras, and Systems,
San Jose, Jan 2002.
[2] H-J Oh, N. Kehtarnavaz,
Y.Yoo, S. Reis, and R. Talluri,
Real-time implementation of auto white balancing and auto exposure on the TI
DSC platform,
Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Real-Time Imaging,
San Jose, Jan 2002.
[1] B. Araabi, N. Kehtarnavaz,
M. Yeary, G. Hillman, B. Wursig,
Locating an affine/projective invariant identifier patch on an image,
Proceedings of the IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and
Interpretation,
Santa Fe, April 2002.