Journal Articles & Conference papers

S. Abbasi, M. Hajabdollahi, N. Karimi; R. Roshandel, P. Khadivi, S.Shirani, S. Samavi, “Classification of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Unlabeled Data and Knowledge Distillation”, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, vol. 121, November 2021.

Y. Fazliani, S. Shirani, “Neural Network Solution for a Real-time No-reference Video Quality Assessment”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Oct. 2021.

H. Fazlali, S. Shirani, M. McDonald, M. et al. “Cloud/haze detection in airborne videos using a convolutional neural network”. Multimedia Tools Appl 79, 28587–28601, August 2020.

H. Fazlali, S. Shirani, M. McDonald, M. et al. “Aerial image dehazing using a deep convolutional autoencoder”, Multimedia Tools Appl 79, 29493–29511, August 2020.

Z. Hossein Khani, M. Hajabdollahi, N. Karimi, K. Najarian, Ali Emami, S. Shirani, S. Samavi, M. R. Soroushmehr, “Real-time removal of impulse noise from MR images for radiosurgery applications”, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, Volume 47, Issue: ‏ 3, Pages: ‏ 406-426, April 2019

H. Rezaee, S. Shirani, “An Adaptive Patch-based Reconstruction Scheme for View Synthesis by Disparity Estimation Using Optical Flow”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, July 2018, vol. 28, pp. 1540-1552.

Elham Etemad, Shadrokh Samavi, S.M.Reza Soroushmehr, Nader Karimi, Mohammad Etemad, Shahram Shirani, Kayvan Najarian, “Robust Image Watermarking Scheme Using Bit Plane of Hadamard Coefficients” Multimedia Tools and Applications, Jan. 2018, Volume 77, Issue 2, pp 2033–2055.

H. R. Fazlali, N. Karimi, S.M. R. Soroushmehr, S. Shirani, B.K. Nallamothu, K. R. Ward, S. Samavi, K. Najarian, “Vessel Segmentation and Catheter Detection in X-Ray Angiograms Using Superpixels”, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, September 2018, Volume 56, Issue 9, pp. 1515–1530.

Z. HosseinKhani, M. Hajabdollahi, N. Karimi, S.M.R. Soroushmehr, S. Shirani, K. Najarian, S. Samavi, “Adaptive Real-Time Removal of Impulse Noise in Medical Images,” Journal of Medical Systems, 42: 216, November 2018.

M. Mohrekesh, S. Azizi, S. Shirani, N. Karimi, S. Samavi, “Hierarchical Watermarking Framework Based on Analysis of Local Complexity Variations,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, December 2018, Volume 77, Issue 23, pp. 30865–30890.

M. Jamali, S. Rafiee, S.M. Soroushmehr, N. Karimi, S. Shirani, K. Najarian, S. Samavi, “Adaptive Blind Image Watermarking Using Fuzzy Inference System Based on Human Visual Perception,” Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 4589-4608, 2018.

H. Sadeghi, S. Valee, S. Shirani, “2DTriPnP: A simplified and robust two-dimensional method for fine visual localization using Google streetview database” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 4678-4690.

M. Nejatia, S. Samavia, N. Karimi, S.M.R. Soroushmehr, S. Shirani, I. Roosta, K. Najarian, “Surface area-based focus criterion for multi-focus image fusion”, Information Fusion, Volume 36, July 2017, Pages 284-295.

F. Shafieyan, N. Karimi, B. Mirmahboub, S. Samavi, S. Shirani, “Image Retargeting Using Depth Assisted Saliency Map” Signal Processing: Image Communication, Volume 50, February 2017, Pages 34-43.

M. Heidari, S. Samavi; R. Soroushmehr, S. Shirani, N. Karimi, K. Najarian, “Framework for Robust Blind Image Watermarking Based on Classification of Attacks”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, November 2017, Volume 76, Issue 22, pp 23459–23479.

N. Karimi, S. Samavi, M. Soroushmehr, S. Shirani, K. Najarian, “Toward practical guideline for design of image compression algorithms for biomedical applications”, Expert Systems With Applications, Volume: 56, pp. 360-367, Sep. 2016.

P. G. Cavalcanti, S. Shirani, Jacob Scharcanski, C. Fong, J. Meng, Jane Castelli, David Koff, “Lung nodule segmentation in chest computed tomography using a novel background estimation method”, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, vol. 6, no. 1, Feb. 2016.

H. R. Fazlali, S. Samavi, N. Karimi, S. Shirani, “Adaptive blind image watermarking using edge pixel concentration”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 76, number 2, 3105-3120, Feb. 2016.

H. Rezaee, S. Shirani, “Frame Rate Up-Conversion using Optical Flow and Patch-Based Reconstruction”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 1581-1594, 2016.

M. Nejati, S. Samavi, S. Shirani, “Multi-focus Image Fusion Using Dictionary-Based Sparse Representation”, Information Fusion, vol. 25, pp. 72-84, September 2015.

M. R. Dadkhah, M. J. Deen, S. Shirani, “CMOS Image Sensor with Area-efficient On-chip Compressive Sensing” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 15, issue 7, pp. 3699-3710, 2015.

M. Yang and S. Shirani, “Multimodal Generative Neural Network for Anomaly Events Detection and Localization in Videos,” 2021 IEEE Data Science and Learning Workshop (DSLW), 2021.

Morteza Mousa-Pasandi, Mohsen Hajabdollahi, Nader Karimi, Shadrokh Samavi, Shahram Shirani, “Convolutional Neural Network Pruning Using Filter Attenuation”, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2020.

Mahnoosh Bagheri, Majid Mohrekesh , Nader Karimi , Shadrokh Samavi , Shahram Shirani, “Image Watermarking with Region of Interest Determination Using Deep Neural Networks”, IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning And Applications, 2020.

Yi Cao, Hongbing Jia, Wenbo Zhanga, Shahram Shirani, “Extremely Tiny Siamese Networks with Multi-level Fusions for Visual Object Tracking”, 22nd International Conference on Information Fusion, (FUSION), 2019.

Y. Fazliani, S. Shirani, “Learning Based Hybrid No-Reference Video Quality Assessment of Compressed Videos”, 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Sapporo, Japan.

H. Sadeghi, S. Valee, S. Shirani, “Ocrapose: An Indoor Positioning System Using Smartphone/Tablet Cameras And OCR-Aided Stereo Feature Matching”, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2015.

H.Rezaee Kaviani, S. Shirani, “Iterative mask generation method for handling occlusion in Optical flow assisted view interpolation”, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2015.

Iman Roosta, Nader Karimi, Shadrokh Samavi, Shahram Shirani, “Multifocus image fusion based on surface area analysis”, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2015.

Contributions to books

“A review of automatic cardiac segmentation using deep learning and deformable models” Chapter 2 in “Artificial Intelligence in Health Care and Medicine”, CRC Press 2021.

“Literature Review of Computer Tools for the Visually Impaired” Chapter 10 in Artificial Intelligence in Health Care and Medicine, CRC Press 2021.

“Non-statistical segmentation methods for DNA microarray images” Chapter 5 in “Microarray Image and data analysis: theory and practice”, editor Luis Rueda, CRC Press, 2014.