Recent Publications


1.  Haidekker, M. and Dougherty, G. Medical imaging in the diagnosis of osteoporosis and estimation of the individual bone fracture risk. In “Medical Image Processing: Techniques and Applications”.
     Springer Books, 2011, 193 – 225. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9779-1_9

2.  Iorga, M. and Dougherty, G. Tortuosity as an indicator of the severity of diabetic retinopathy. In “Medical Image Processing: Techniques and Applications”. Springer Books, 2011, 269 - 290.
     DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9779-1_12

3. Adam, C. and Dougherty, G. Applications of medical image processing in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal deformity. In “Medical Image Processing: Techniques and Applications”.
     Springer Books, 2011, 227 - 248. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9779-1_10

4. Dougherty, G. Image analysis in medical imaging: recent advances in selected examples. Biomed. Imaging Interv.J. 2010, 6(3), e32. web

5. Dougherty, G., Johnson M.J. and Wiers, M.D. Measurement of retinal vascular tortuosity and its application to retinal pathologies. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 2010, 48, 87-95. pdf

6.  Dougherty, G. Medical imaging: an illustrated overview. Proc. IVCNZ ’09. 2009, p.171-178. DOI: 10.1109/IVCNZ.2009.5378416. web

7. Dougherty G. and Johnson M.J. Assessment of scoliosis by direct measurement of the curvature of the spine. Proc. SPIE 2009, 7260, 72603Q. DOI:10.1117/12.806655. web

8. Manikka-Baduga D.C. and Dougherty G. Texture analysis using lacunarity and average local variance. Proc. SPIE 2009, 7259, 725953 DOI:10.1117/12.812422 web

9. Dougherty G. and Johnson M.J. Clinical validation of three-dimensional tortuosity metrics based on the minimum curvature of approximating polynomial splines.
    Med. Eng. Phys., 2008, 30, 190-198. pdf

10. Dougherty G. and Johnson M.J. Clinical applications of three-dimensional tortuosity metrics. Proc. SPIE, 2007, 6511, paper 65110H, 1-9. pdf

11. Johnson M.J. and Dougherty G. Robust measures of three-dimensional vascular tortuosity based on the minimum curvature of approximating polynomial spline fits to the vessel mid-line.
      Med. Eng. Phys., 2007, 29, 677-690. pdf

12. Ballani N. and Dougherty G. The effect of finite spatial resolution on the measurement of cardiac phantom wall thickness in single photon emission computerized tomographic imaging.
      Med. Princ. Pract., 2004, 13, 316-324.

13. Dougherty, G and Henebry, G. Lacunarity analysis of spatial pattern in CT images of vertebral bone for assessing osteoporosis. Med. Eng. Phys., 2002, 24, 129-138. pdf

14. Dougherty, G. and Kawaf Z. The point spread function revisited: image restoration using 2-D convolution. Radiography, 2001, 7, 255-262.

15. Dougherty, G. and Henebry, G. Fractal signature and lacunarity in the measurement of the texture of trabecular bone in clinical CT images. Med. Eng. Phys., 2001, 23, 369-380. pdf

16. Dougherty, G. A comparison of the texture of computed tomography and projection radiography images of vertebral trabecular bone using fractal signature and lacunarity.
     Med. Eng. Phys., 2001, 23, 313-321. pdf

17. Dougherty, G. and Kawaf Z. A simplified method for densitometric quantification of vessel stenosis in angiographic images. Radiography, 2001, 7, 187-191.

18. Dougherty G. and N. Al-Marzouk. Bone mineral density measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in healthy Kuwaiti women. Calcif. Tissue Int., 2001, 68, 225-229.

19. Dougherty, G. and Varro, J. A quantitative index for the measurement of the tortuosity of blood vessels. Med. Eng. Phys., 2000, 22, 567-574.

20. Dougherty, G. Effect of sub-pixel misregistration on the determination of the point spread function of a CT imaging system. Med. Eng. Phys., 2000, 22, 503-507.

21. Dougherty, G. The peak CT number of profiles perpendicular to the vertebral cortical shell may be a useful indicator of the integrity of the cortical shell. Med. Eng. Phys., 2000, 22, 487-491.

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