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