Research Projects
· ABC3D - Acquisizione e fruizione di Beni Culturali 3D: cooperative industrial project funded by MIUR/Lombardy Region (Scientific Coordinator - UniBS)
· MicroBIA - Microbiology Image Analysis: doctoral program (apprendistato in alta formazione) funded by the Lombardy Region and industrial research project founded by Copan S.p.A. (Scientific Coordinator)
· BHIMM - Built Heritage Information Modelling/Management: funded by MIUR (PRIN 2010)
· National Cluster "La Fabbrica Intelligente": funded by MIUR
· RESHAPER - Reverse Engineering of Self-care and Healthcare Aids for Personalized Empowerment and Rehabilitation - funded by UniBS Health & Wealth (scientific coordinator)
Editorial and Organization Activities
- 2010 - 2015: Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
- Organizing committee of conferences: CBMI2001, IWDC2002, WIAMIS2010
- Technical program committee of conferences: GTTI2011, GTTI2012, ICIP 2014-2016, STAG2015, STAG2016
Research Interests and Activities
· Coding of Visual Information
Wavelet Coding of images and Multidimensional Datasets
Morphological Wavelet Coding
Scalable video coding
Wavelet Coding of edge and contour maps
Spatially selective Wavelet Coding
Quantitative, perceptual and semantic quality evluation of (wavelet) compressed data
· Medical Image Processing
Wavelet coding of Multidimensional and Multimodal datasets
Image coding techniques and standards for telemedicine and teleradiology applications
Selective coding and diagnostic quality assessment
Image analysis in Radiotherapy
Image based clinical e-learning systems
Quantitative vessel-based imaging (angiogenesis)
· Geometry processing and 3D computer vision
Mesh processing: denoising, fixing
Surface reconstruction
High accuracy and computational efficiency 3D digitalization and modeling pipelines
Multiview coarse alignment of range images and point clouds
Global registration of range images and point clouds
3D feature extraction
3D scanning technologies
Uncalibrated image mapping on geometric models
Digital Heritage applications: representation, analysis, preservation
· Image acquisition, analysis and classification for microbiology lab automation systems
Quantitative image analysis in clinical microbiology
Image classification in clinical microbiology
Hyperspectral acquisition and image analysis for clinical microbiology
Forward light scattering image acquisition and analysis for bacteria identification
· Volumetric (3D) Segmentation and Visualization
3D morphology: connected operators and watershed techniques
Interactive segmentation of 3D datasets
Volume rendering