Publications
Scoliosis visualization using transverse process landmarks.
(Lasso, A., Schlenger C., Borschneck D. P., Mousavi P., Fichtinger G., & Ungi T., Ed.).15th Annual Imaging Network Ontario Symposium (ImNO).
Church2017b.pdf (165.6 KB)
Church2017b-poster.pdf (872.64 KB)
(2017). 

Ultrasound-guided Characterization of ablated Tissue Using RF Time Series.
UITC2012 - International Symposium on Ultrasonic Imaging and Tissue-characterization.
Imani2012.pdf (94.12 KB)
(2012). 
Ultrasound-guided spinal needle placement on open source platform.
ImNO2012 - Imaging Network Ontario Symposium.
Ungi2012a.pdf (267.8 KB)
(2012). 
Biomechanically Constrained Groupwise US to CT Registration of the Lumbar Spine.
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). 5761, 803-810.
Gill2009a.pdf (290.59 KB)
(2009). 
Classification of tumor signatures from electrosurgical vapors using mass spectrometry and machine learning: a feasibility study.
Medical Imaging 2020: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions and Modeling. 11315,
Connolly2020a.pdf (823.25 KB)
(2020). 
Fusion of electromagnetic tracking with speckle-tracked 3D freehand ultrasound using an unscented Kalman filter.
SPIE Medical Imaging 2009: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing.
Lang2009.pdf (449.05 KB)
(2009). 
GPU accelerated registration of a statistical shape model of the lumbar spine to 3D ultrasound images.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 7964, 79642W.
Khallaghi2011.pdf (323.38 KB)
(2011). 
Group-wise Registration of Ultrasound to CT Images of Human Vertebrae.
SPIE Medical Imaging 2009: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Modeling. 7261, na.
Gill2009.pdf (758.47 KB)
(2009). 
Group-wise Ultrasound to CT Registration of the Lumbar Spine.
7th Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario, Toronto. 73.
Gill2008.pdf (214.92 KB)
(2008). 
Intraoperative Prostate Tracking with Slice-to-Volume Registration in MRI.
20th International Conference of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology. 154-158.
Gill2008a.pdf (136.08 KB)
(2008). 
Mechanically-Controlled Spectroscopic Imaging for Tissue Classification.
SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling. 10951,
Connolly2019a.pdf (877.7 KB)
(2019). 
Monitoring of Tissue Ablation Using Time Series of Ultrasound RF data.
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2011). 379-386.
Imani2011.pdf (221.6 KB)
(2011). 
Multi-Slice to Volume Registration of Ultrasound Data to a Statistical Atlas of Human Pelvis.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 7625, 76250O-1 – 76250O-10.
Manuscript Atlas2USregistrationSPIE2010 Sahar_0.pdf (462.87 KB)
(2010). 
A new scheme for curved needle segmentation in three-dimensional ultrasound images.
Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro ISBI ’09. 1067–1070.
Aboofazeli2009b_1.pdf (350.88 KB)
(2009). 
Phantom validation for ultrasound to statistical shape model registration of human pelvis.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 7964, 79642U.
Ghanavati2011_0.pdf (287.84 KB)
(2011). 
Registration of a Statistical Shape Model of the Lumbar Spine to 3D Ultrasound Images.
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 2010. 68-75.
Khallaghi2010.pdf (240.78 KB)
(2010). 
Simulink libraries for visual programming of VTK and ITK.
Workshop on Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions, held in conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.
(2008). Step-wise identification of ultrasound-visible anatomical landmarks for 3D visualization of scoliotic spine.
SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling. 10951,
Baum2019a.pdf (496 KB)
(2019). 
A System for Performance Analysis of Surgeon Dexterity in Percutaneous Needle-based Interventions.
7th Imaging Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario.
(2008). Tissue characterization using multiscale products of wavelet transform of ultrasound radio frequency echoes.
Proc. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBC 2009. 479–482.
Aboofazeli2009.pdf (278.33 KB)
(2009). 
Visualization of scoliotic spine using ultrasound-accessible skeletal landmarks.
SPIE Medical Imaging 2017.
Church2017a.pdf (814.95 KB)
(2017). 
Computerized training system for ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture on abnormal spine models: a randomized controlled trial.
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. 62, 777-784.
Keri2015a.pdf (1.65 MB)
(2015). 
Navigated tissue characterization during skin cancer surgery.
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg.
(In Press). Spinal curvature measurement by tracked ultrasound snapshots.
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 40(2), 447-54.
Ungi_2014a-manuscript.pdf (1.61 MB)
(2014). 
Spinal Needle Navigation by Tracked Ultrasound Snapshots.
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 59, 2766-2772.
Ungi2012b.pdf (710.47 KB)
(2012). 