PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals 

1.      T.S. Denney Jr. and M.E. Greene, “On State Estimation for an Orbiting Single Tether System,” IEEE Trans.  on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 689-695, July, 1991.

2.      M.E. Greene and T.S. Denney Jr., “Real-Time Estimator for Control of an Orbiting Single Tether System,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 880-883, November, 1991.

3.      T.S. Denney Jr. and J.L. Prince, “Optimal Brightness Functions for Optical Flow Estimation of Deformable Motion,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 178-191, March, 1994. IEEE Signal Processing Society 1996 Young Author Best Paper Award (Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing Area)

4.      T.S. Denney Jr. and J.L. Prince, “A Frequency Domain Performance Analysis of Horn and Schunck’s Optical Flow Algorithm for Deformable Motion,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 4, no. 9, pp. 1324-1327, September, 1995.

5.      T.S. Denney Jr. and J.L. Prince, “Reconstruction of 3-D Left Ventricular Motion from Planar Tagged Cardiac MR Images: An Estimation Theoretic Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, pp. 625-636, December 1995.

6.      T.S. Denney Jr. and E.R. McVeigh, “Model-Free Reconstruction of Three-Dimensional Myocardial Strain from Planar Tagged MR Images,” Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 799-810, September/October, 1997.

7.      J.D. Warren*, T.S. Denney Jr., and C.E. Savrda, "MATLAB Algorithm for Grayscale Analysis of Carbonate Cyclicity:  Example Application to Demopolis Chalk (Creatceous, Alabama)," Computers in the Geosciences, vol. 24, no. 10, pp 923-921, 1998.

8.      T.D. Nguyen, S.J. Reeves, and T.S. Denney, Jr., “Optimal pulse shape for estimating positions of superimposed pulses,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol.47, no. 1, pp. 210-213, Jan. 1999.

9.      T.S. Denney Jr., “Estimation and detection of myocardial tags in MR images without user defined myocardial contours,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 330-344, April 1999.

10.  Z. Han and T.S. Denney Jr., "A New Method for Brownian Motion Interpolation," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 47, no.11, pp. 3159-3163, Nov. 1999.

11.  J. Declerck, T.S. Denney Jr., W. O’Dell, C. Ozturk, E.R. McVeigh, “Left ventricular motion reconstruction from planar tagged MR images: a comparison,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1611-1632, June, 2000.

12.  Z. Han and T.S. Denney Jr., “Incremental Fourier Interpolation of 2-D Fractional Brownian Motion,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 48, no. 5., pp 920-925, Oct. 2001.

13.  T. D. Nguyen, S. J. Reeves, and T.S. Denney Jr., “Optimal Magnetic Resonance Tagged Images for Heart Wall Motion Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, v. 12, n. 5, pp 524-532, May, 2003.

14.  T.S. Denney Jr., B.L. Gerber, and L. Yan, “Unsupervised Reconstruction of Three-Dimensional Left Ventricular Strain from Parallel Tagged Cardiac Images,” Journal of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, v49, n4, pp.743-754 April 2003.

15.  D. Xiang and T.S. Denney Jr, “3D Myocardial Strain Strain Reconstruction From Tagged MRI Using a Cylindrical B-spline Model,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, v23, n7, pp 861-867 July 2004.

16.  D. Xiang and T.S. Denney Jr, “Combined Tag Tracking and Strain Reconstruction From Tagged Cardiac MR Images Without User-Defined Myocardial Contours,” Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, v21, n1, pp. 12-22, January 2005.

17.  T.S. Denney Jr. and S.J. Reeves, “Bayesian Image Reconstruction From Fourier-Domain Samples Using Prior Edge Information,” Journal of Electronic Imaging, To Appear.

18.  M. Bertus, T.S. Denney Jr., J. Godbey, and C. Hinkelmann, “Noise, Bubbles and Equity Prices: Evidence from the Stock Index Futures Market,” Financial Review, In Review.

19.  J. Li and T.S. Denney Jr., “Left Ventricular Motion Reconstruction From Planar-Tagged Magnetic Resonance Images With A Prolate Spheroidal B-Spline Model,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, In Review.

20.  M.S. Kirugulige, H.V. Tippur and T. S. Denney Jr. “A digital image correlation method for dynamic fracture investigation,” Transactions of ASME - Journal of Applied Mechanics, In Review.

Invited Papers

21.  T.S. Denney Jr., “Estimation and Identification,” The CRC Industrial Electronics Handbook, ed. J. David Irwin, 1995.

22.  T.S. Denney Jr., "Automated Tag Detection," Measurement of Cardiac Deformation from MRI: Physical and Mathematical Models, eds. A.A Amini and J.L. Prince, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.

Refereed Article-Length Papers in Conference Proceedings

23.  T.S. Denney Jr. and J.L. Prince, “3D Displacement Field Reconstruction from Planar Tagged Cardiac MR Images,” IEEE Workshop on Biomedical Image Analysis, Seattle, June 1994.

24.  T.S. Denney Jr., “Identification of Myocardial Tags in Tagged MR Images Without Prior Knowledge of Myocardial Contours,” XVth International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging, Poultney, Vermont, June 9-13, 1997.

25.  L. Yan and T.S. Denney Jr., "2-D Motion Estimation of Left Ventricle from Tagged MR Images Using Edge-Preserving Regularization," Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Workshop on Biomedical Image Analysis, June, 1998.

Conference Proceedings

26.  T.S. Denney Jr. and M.E. Greene, “Modeling and Simulation of the Tether Dynamics Explorer (TDE) Series Tension Sensor,” The Twenty-Second Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Cookeville Tennessee, pp. 359-362, March 11-13, 1990.

27.  Q.E. Dolecek, K. Moorjani, B.F. Kim, T.J. Tilley, and T.S. Denney Jr., “Personal Visualization System: Applications in Research and Engineering,” Visualization 1990 Conference, Oct. 1990.

28.  T.S. Denney Jr. and J.L. Prince, “On Optimal Brightness Functions for Optical Flow,” Proceedings of the 1992 Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, San Francisco, IEEE 92CH3103-9, pp.  III-257-260, March 23-26, 1992.

29.  T.S. Denney Jr. and J.L. Prince, “On Non-parametric Optimal Brightness Functions for Optical Flow,” Proceedings of the 1993 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, The Johns Hopkins University, March 24-26, 1993.

30.  T.S. Denney Jr. and J.L. Prince, “Optimal Brightness Patterns for 2-D Optical Flow,” Proceedings of the 1993 Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Minneapolis, April, 1993.

31.  J.L. Prince, T.S. Denney Jr. and E.R. McVeigh, “Cardiac Motion Analysis Using MR Tagging and Optical Flow,” The Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Conference, Snowbird, Utah, July 30 - August 1, 1993.

32.  T.S. Denney Jr. and J.L. Prince, “A Frequency Domain Analysis of Optical Flow Performance,” Abstract and Poster Session, IEEE Eighth Workshop on Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing, Cannes, France, September 8-10 1993.

33.  T.S. Denney Jr. and J.L. Prince, “New Results on the Performance of Optical Flow for Deformable Motion,” Proceedings of the 1994 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, March 1994.

34.  T.S. Denney Jr. and J.L. Prince, “3D Displacement Field Reconstruction on an Irregular Domain from Planar Tagged Cardiac MR Images,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Non-rigid and Articulate Motion, Austin, TX, pp. 172-177, November, 1994.

35.  T.S. Denney Jr., J.L. Prince, E.R. McVeigh, M.J. Lopez, “Optimal Tag Pattern Validation Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” Proceedings of the First IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Austin, TX,  pp. 881-885, November, 1994.

36.  T.S. Denney Jr., “On Estimating 3-D Incompressible Motion,” Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Washington, DC, pp. 492-495, October, 1995.

37.  T.S. Denney Jr., “Estimation of Left Ventricular Displacement from Magnetic Resonance Phase Contrast and Tagging Data,” Proceedings of the Ninth Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing Workshop, Belize City, Belize, March 3-6, 1996.

38.  T.S. Denney Jr. and E.R.  McVeigh, “Model-Free Reconstruction of 3-D Myocardial Strain from Planar Tagged MR Images: Precision and Spatial Resolution,” Proceedings of the 16th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi, April 4-6, 1997.

39.  T.S. Denney Jr., “Segmentation of Myocardial Magnetic Resonance (MR) Tags Without Prior Knowledge of Myocardial Contours,” Fifth Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Vancouver, Canada, April 12-18, 1997.

40.  Warren, J.D., Denney, T.S., Jr., and Savrda, C.E., Application of a grayscale image analysis program in cyclostratigraphic studies of the Demopolis Chalk (Upper Cretaceous, Alabama): GSA Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29, no. 6, p. A-413, 1997.

41.  Warren, J.D., Denney, T.S., Jr, and Savrda, C.E., Digital image analysis as a tool for geochemical approximation and climatic interpretation: Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Demopolis Chalk: GSA 46th Annual Southeastern Section Abstracts with Programs, vol. 29, no. 3, p. 77, 1997.

42.  L. Yan and T.S. Denney Jr., "2-D Motion Estimation of Left Ventricle from Tagged MR Images Using Edge-Preserving Regularization,"  Proceedings of the 1998 SPIE Medical Imaging Conference.

43.  T.D. Nguyen, S.J. Reeves, and T.S. Denney, Jr., “Optimal pulse shape for estimating positions of superimposed pulses,” Proceedings of the 1998  International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Seattle, WA, 1998.

44.  L. Yan and T.S. Denney Jr., “Unsupervised Estimation of Left Ventricular Displacement from MR Tagged Images Using Markov Random Field Edge Priors,” Proceedings of the 1998  International Conference on Image Processing, Chicago, IL, 1998.

45.  T.D. Nguyen, S.J. Reeves, and T.S. Denney, Jr.,  “New magnetic resonance tagging technique for directly measuring the strain tensor of the in vivo human heart,” Proceedings of the 1998  International Conference on Image Processing, Chicago, IL, 1998.

  1. Z. Han and T.S. Denney Jr., “Interpolation of 2-D fractional Brownian motion using first order increments,” Proceedings of the 1998  International Conference on Image Processing, Chicago, IL, 1998.
  2. T.S. Denney, Jr., “Unsupervised Reconstruction of 3-D Left-Ventricular Strain from MRI data,” The Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Conference, August 1998.
  3. Moss, AG, Morgan, DD, and Denney, TS, “Harmonic analysis of cilliary motion with a confocal microscope,” HSEMB’99.
  4. Morrison, EE, Denney, TS, Vodyanoy, V, “Morphology, M physiology and image analysis of the peripheral canine olfactory system,” 1999 ONDCP International Technology Symposium.
  5. J. Declerck, T.S. Denney Jr., W. O’Dell, C. Ozturk, E.R. McVeigh, “Left ventricular motion reconstruction from planar tagged MR images: a comparison,” 1999 Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
  6. T.S. Denney, Jr., “Unsupervised Reconstruction of 3-D Left-Ventricular Strain from MRI data,” The Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Conference, August 1999.
  7. T.S. Denney Jr and L. Yan, “Unsupervised reconstruction of left ventricular strain from planar tagged cardiac MR images,” Proceedings of the 8th Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Denver CO, USA, 2000.
  8. T.S. Denney Jr, “Automated Tag Line Tracking In Tagged White Blood Images,” Proceedings of the 9th Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Glasgow, Scotland, 2001.
  9. Walsh, E.G. Denney, T., Johnson, V.Y., Newcomer, B.R., “Imaging of Regional Muscle Strain and Displacement Using Force-Referenced RF Tagged MR Imaging,” Proceedings Of The 1st ESMRM/ISMRM Workshop On Non-Invasive Assessment Of Muscle Function, Marseille, France. October, 2001.
  10. T.S. Denney Jr., B.L. Gerber, and L. Yan, “Validation of Unsupervised Reconstruction of Left Ventricular Strain from Tagged MRI” 10th Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 2002.
  11. D. Xiang and T.S. Denney Jr, “3D Myocardial Strain Strain Reconstruction From Tagged MRI Using a Cylindrical B-spline Model,” submitted to IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Washington, DC, July 2002.
  12. T.S. Denney Jr. and S.J. Reeves, “MR spectroscopic image reconstruction using structural information from anatomical MR images,” Electronic Imaging 2003, Santa Clara, CA, Janurary, 2003.
  13. T.S. Denney Jr and D. Xiang, “Rapid 3D LV Strain Reconstruction from Tagged Cardiac MR Images,” 11th Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 2003.
  14. Deng, X and Denney Jr, TS, Optimizing Knot Positions for Multidimensional B-spline Models, Proceedings of Electronic Imaging 2004, Computational Imaging II Conference, San Jose, California, January 2004.
  15. Deng, X and Denney Jr, TS, Combined Tag Tracking and Myocardium Motion Reconstruction from Planar Tagged MR Image Data Without User-Defined Myocardial Contours, Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'04), Washington, DC, April, 2004.
  16. Morrison, EE, Wang, K, Dennis, JC, Josephson E., Denney Jr., TS, Vodyanoy, VJ, “Canine Olfaction: Structure and Function,” Olfactory Symposium,  Dstl, Ministry of Defense, Seven Oaks UK, 2004.
  17. Bertus, M, Denney, T, Godbey, J and Hinkelmann, C, "Historical Speculative Bubbles: Evidence from the Futures Market," Financial Management Association Fall 2004.
  18. Parmar, M, Reeves, SJ and Denney Jr., TS, Bayesian Edge-preserving Color Image Reconstruction from Color Filter Array Data, Proceedings of Electronic Imaging 2005, Computational Imaging III Conference, San Jose, California, January 2005.
  19. Morrison, EE, Wang, K, Dennis, JC,  Josephson E., Denney Jr., TS,  Vodyanoy, VJ, “Canine Olfaction: Structure and Function,”  International Seminar on Detection Dogs, Kircadine Scotland 2005.
  20. Bertus, M, Denney, T, Godbey, J and Hinkelmann, C, "Historical Speculative Bubbles: Evidence from the Futures Market," Eastern Financial Association Spring 2005.
  21. Bertus, M, Denney, T, Godbey, J and Hinkelmann, C, "Noise, Bubbles and Equity Prices: Evidence from the Stock Index Futures Market," Midwest Financial Association Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, March 2005. Voted Most Outstanding Paper in Derivatives.
  22. J. Li and T.S. Denney Jr., “Evaluation of B-Spline Cardiac Deformation Models for Tagged MRI,” 13th Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Miami, Florida, May 2005.
  23. Wang, K, Denney Jr, TS, Vodyanoy, VJ, and Morrison, EE, “Construction of Volume Meshes from Computed Tomography Data,” 27th IEEE EMBS Annual International Conference, Shanghai, China September 2005.
  24. Wang, K, Denney Jr, TS, Vodyanoy, VJ, and Morrison, EE, “Numerical Simulation of Air Flow in the Human Nasal Cavity,” 27th IEEE EMBS Annual International Conference, Shanghai, China September 2005.
  25. Wang, K, Denney Jr, TS, Vodyanoy, VJ, and Morrison, EE, “Application Hierarchical Spline-Based Image Registration to Human Nasal Cavity Reconstruction” 2005 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering.
  26. Li, J, Davis, C, and Denney Jr., TS, “Determining Tag Line Correspondences in Tagged Cardiac MR Images With Deterministic Annealing,” 2006 International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, April 2006.
  27. Davis, C, Li, J, and Denney Jr., TS, “Bandpass Filtering for Tracking Tag Lines in Tagged Cardiac MR Images,” 2006 International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, April 2006.
  28. Li, T and Denney Jr., TS, “Breath-Hold Image Misalignment Correction in Cardiac MRI Using Short-axis and Long-Axis LV Contour Information,” 14th Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, May 2006.

Theses 

1.      T.S. Denney Jr., “Stochastic Estimation of Deformable Motion from Magnetic Resonance Tagged Cardiac Images,” Ph.D. Thesis, The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, August, 1994.  Thesis supervisor: Jerry L. Prince.

2.      T.S. Denney Jr., “A Continuous-Discrete Extended Kalman Filter for the Small Expendable-Tether Deployment System,” M.S. Thesis, Auburn University, Electrical Engineering Department, August, 1990.  Thesis supervisor: Michael E. Greene.

 

INVITED TALKS

1.      “Optimal Brightness Functions for Optical Flow Estimation of Left Ventricular Motion,” BEIP Seminar, National Institutes of Health, March 11, 1993.

2.      “3-D Strain Reconstruction from Planar Tagged Cardiac MR Images,” Division of Cardiovascular Disease Cardiology NMR Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, February 17, 1995.

3.      “Model-free Reconstruction of Cardiac Strain: Spatial Resolution and Noise Immunity,” Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Group Seminar, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, August 7, 1996.

4.      “Unsupervised Reconstruction of Left Ventricular Strain,” Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Group Seminar, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, July 30, 1998.

“Unsupervised Reconstruction of Left Ventricular Strain,” Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 14, 1998.