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2009

  • H.K. Agarwal, K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, and J.L. Prince, "TruHARP: single breath-hold MRI for high resolution cardiac motion and strain quantification", Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2009), Boston, Massachusetts, June 28 - July 1, 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2886723)
  • X. Liu, K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, and J.L. Prince, "Incompressible Cardiac Motion Estimation of the Left Ventricle Using Tagged MR Images", 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2009), London, UK, September 20-24, 2009. (doi)
  • X. Liu, Y. Bai, and J.L. Prince, "Shortest Path Refinement For HARP Motion Tracking", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2009), Orlando, FL, February, 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2782918)
  • X. Liu, J. Zhuo, H.K. Agarwal, K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, E. Murano, M. Stone, R. Gullapalli, and J.L. Prince, "Quantification of Three Dimensional Tongue Motion During Speech Using zHARP", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2009), Orlando, FL, February, 2009. (doi)
  • S. Sampath, N.F. Osman, and J.L. Prince, "A combined harmonic phase and strain-encoded pulse sequence for measuring three-dimensional strain", Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 27(1):55-61, January 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2599804)
  • S.H. Ying, B.A. Landman, S. Chowdhury, A.H. Sinofsky, A. Gambini, S. Mori, D.S. Zee, and J.L. Prince, "Orthogonal diffusion-weighted MRI measures distinguish region-specific degeneration in cerebellar ataxia subtypes", J. Neurol., 256(11):1939-1942, November 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2789274)
  • P.-L. Bazin, J.A. Bogovic, D.S. Reich, J.L. Prince, and D.L. Pham, "Belief Propagation Based Segmentation of White Matter Tracts in DTI", 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2009), London, UK, September 20-24, 2009. (doi) (PubMed)
  • B.A. Landman, P.-L. Bazin, S.A. Smith, and J.L. Prince, "Robust Estimation of Spatially Variable Noise Fields", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 62(2):500-509, August 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2806192)
  • B.A. Landman, P.-L. Bazin, and J.L. Prince, "Estimation and Application of Spatially Variable Noise Fields in Diffusion Tensor Imaging", Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 27(6):741-751, July 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2733233)
  • N. Shiee, P.-L. Bazin, D.S. Reich, and D.L. Pham, "Automated Cortical Reconstruction of Brains with Multiple Sclerosis", Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2009), Boston, Massachusetts, June 28 - July 1, 2009. (doi)
  • S. Roy, A. Carass, P.-L. Bazin, and J.L. Prince, "A Rician Mixture Model Classification Algorithm for Magnetic Resonance Images", Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2009), Boston, Massachusetts, June 28 - July 1, 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2814436)
  • B.A. Landman, J.C. Hoyt, E.J. Sax, and K.P. Smith, "NeuroWeb Database: A Laboratory Management System for Neuroimaging Coordination, Collaboration and Analysis", 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2009), San Francisco, California, June 18-23, 2009. (doi)
  • N. Shiee, P.-L. Bazin, and D.L. Pham, "An Automated Pipeline for Cortical Reconstruction of Brains with MS", 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2009), San Francisco, California, June 18-23, 2009. (doi)
  • J. Bogovic, R. Nicoletto, B. Landman, J.L. Prince, and S. Ying, "Probabilistic Atlas of Cerebellar Degeneration Reflects Volume and Shape Changes", 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2009), San Francisco, California, June 18-23, 2009. (doi)
  • B.A. Landman, B.C. Lucas, J.A. Bogovic, A. Carass, and J.L. Prince, "A Rapid Prototyping Environment for NeuroImaging in Java", 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2009), San Francisco, California, June 18-23, 2009. (doi)
  • J. Wan, A. Carass, P.-L. Bazin, S.H. Ying, and J.L. Prince, "Automated Cerebellum Extraction From Whole Head 3D MR Images", 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2009), San Francisco, California, June 18-23, 2009. (doi)
  • M.E. Richardson, D. Crocetti, J. Wan, D.L. Pham, J.L. Prince, K. Subramaniam, B. Fischl, W.E. Kaufmann, and S.H. Mostofsky, "Automated MRI Parcellation of the Frontal Lobe", 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2009), San Francisco, California, June 18-23, 2009. (doi)
  • B.A. Landman, "CATNAP and JIST: DTI Processing Made Ridiculously Simple", 17th Annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2009), Honolulu, Hawaii, April 18-24, 2009.
  • B.A. Landman, J. Bogovic, and J.L Prince, "Efficient Anatomical Labeling by Statistical Recombination of Partially Label Datasets", 17th Annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2009), Honolulu, Hawaii, April 18-24, 2009.
  • B.A. Landman, J.A.D. Farrell, and P.C.M. van Zijl, "Optimal An Open Source Monte Carlo Framework for Simulating Diffusion in Biologically Relevant Geometries including Broken, Crimped and Bulging Axons", 17th Annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2009), Honolulu, Hawaii, April 18-24, 2009.
  • K.R. Rocha, G. Sundaramoorthi, A.J. Yezzi, and J.L. Prince, "3D Topology Preserving Flows for Viewpoint-Based Cortical Unfolding", Int. J. Comput. Vis., 85(3):223-236, December 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2786089)
  • L.M. Ellingsen and J.L. Prince, "Mjolnir:Extending HAMMER Using a Diffusion Transformation Model and Histogram Equalization for Deformable Image Registration", Int. J. Biomed. Imaging, 2009:281615, August 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2724857)
  • X. Han, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "A Moving Grid Framework for Geometric Deformable Models", International Journal of Computer Vision, 84(1):63-79, August 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2784682)
  • Y. Bai, X. Han, and J.L. Prince, "Digital Topology on Adaptive Octree Grids", J. Math Imaging Vis., 34(2):165-184, June 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2805029)
  • J. Lee, C. Labat, A.K. Jain, D.Y. Song, E.C. Burdette, G. Fichtinger, and J.L. Prince, "Optimal Matching for Prostate Brachytherapy Seed Localization with Dimension Reduction", 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2009), London, UK, September 20-24, 2009. (PDF) (doi)
  • J. Lee, C. Labat, A.K. Jain, G. Fichtinger, and J.L. Prince, "Reduced-Dimensionality Matching for 3-D Reconstruction of Prostate Brachytherapy Implants from Incomplete Data", Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2009), Boston, Massachusetts, June 28 - July 1, 2009. (PDF) (doi)
  • J. Lee, X. Liu, A.K. Jain, D.Y. Song, E.C. Burdette, J.L. Prince, and G. Fichtinger, "Prostate Brachytherapy Seed Reconstruction with Gaussian Blurring and Optimal Coverage Cost", IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, 28(12):1955-1968, December 2009. (PDF) (doi) (PubMed)
  • E.M. Boctor, N. Deshmukh, M.S. Ayad, C. Clarke, K. Dickie, M.A. Choti, and E.C. Burdette, "Three-dimensional heat-induced echo-strain imaging for monitoring high-intensity acoustic ablation", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2009), Orlando, FL, February, 2009. (doi)
  • M.S. Ayad, J. Lee, J.L. Prince, and G. Fichtinger, "Prostate Brachytherapy Seed Localization Using a Mobile C-arm Without Tracking", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2009), Orlando, FL, February, 2009. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2801145)
  • O. Sadowsky, J. Lee, J.L. Prince, and R.H. Taylor, "Enhancement of Mobile C-arm Cone-Beam Reconstruction Using Prior Anatomical Models", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2009), Orlando, FL, February, 2009. (PDF) (doi)


2008

  • H.K. Agarwal, K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, M. Schär, S. Kelle, J.L. Prince, and M. Stuber, "Coronary magnetic resonance angiography using non spatially selective navigator excitations at 3T", 16th Annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2008), Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008.
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, M. Stuber, and J.L. Prince, "Direct Three-Dimensional Myocardial Strain Tensor Quantification and Tracking using zHARP", Medical Image Analysis, 12(6):778-786, December 2008. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2590624)
  • D. Tosun and J.L. Prince, "A Geometry-Driven Optical Flow Warping for Spatial Normalization of Cortical Surfaces", IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, 27(12):1739-1753, December 2008. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2597639)
  • N. Shiee, P.-L. Bazin, J.L. Cuzzocreo, D.S. Reich, P.A. Calabresi, and D.L. Pham, "Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Segmentation Using Statistical and Topological Atlases", 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2008), New York, NY, September 6-10, 2008.
  • B.A. Landman, P.-L. Bazin, and J.L. Prince, "Tensor Interpolation by Concise Local Estimation of Anisotropy and Rotation", 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2008), New York, NY, September 6-10, 2008.
  • B.A. Landman, J. Bogovic, and J.L. Prince, "Compressed Sensing of Multiple Intra-Voxel Orientations with Traditional DTI", 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2008), New York, NY, September 6-10, 2008.
  • B.A. Landman, J. Farrell, H. Huang, J.L. Prince, and S. Mori, "Diffusion Tensor Imaging at Low SNR:Non-monotonic behaviors of tensor contrasts", Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 26(6):790-800, July 2008. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2583784)
  • A. Ozturk, A.D. Sasson, J.A.D. Farrell, B.A. Landman, A.C.B.S. da Motta, A. Aralasmak, and D.M. Yousem, "Regional Differences in Diffusion Tensor Imaging Measurements: Assessment of Intra-Rater and Inter-Rater Variability", American Journal of Neuroradiology, 29:1124-1127, June 2008.
  • B. Lucas, B. Landman, J.L. Prince, and D. Pham, "MAPS: A Free Medical Image Processing Pipeline", 14th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2008), Melbourne, Australia, June 15-19, 2008.
  • J. Wan, A. Carass, S.M. Resnick, and J.L. Prince, "Characterizing Regional Gray Matter Thickness Trends in Normal Aging", 14th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2008), Melbourne, Australia, June 15-19, 2008.
  • J. Bogovic, A. Carass, J. Wan, B. Landman, and J.L. Prince, "DTI Fiber Tractography Reveals Precentral-Postcentral Gyral Connectivity", 14th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2008), Melbourne, Australia, June 15-19, 2008.
  • B.A. Landman, J.A.D. Farrell, S.A. Smith, P.A. Calabresi, P.C.M. van Zijl, and J.L. Prince., "Robust Maximum Likelihood Estimation in Q-space MRI", Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2008), Paris, France, May 14-17, 2008. (doi)
  • J. Wan, A. Carass, S.M. Resnick, and J.L. Prince, "Automated Reliable Labeling of the Cortical Surface", Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2008), Paris, France, May 14-17, 2008. (doi)
  • J. Bogovic, A. Carass, J. Wan, B. Landman, and J.L. Prince, "Automatically identifying white matter tracts using cortical labels", Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2008), Paris, France, May 14-17, 2008. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2812932)
  • S. Roy, H. Agarwal, A. Carass, Y. Bai, D.L. Pham, and J.L. Prince, "Fuzzy C-Means with Variable Compactness", Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2008), Paris, France, May 14-17, 2008. (doi) (PubMed) (PMCID 2814437)
  • B.A. Landman, P.-L. Bazin, and J.L. Prince, "Robust DTI Noise Level Estimation Improves RESTORE Tensor Estimation", 16th Annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2008), Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008.
  • B.A. Landman, P.-L. Bazin, and J.L. Prince, "Robust Diffusion Tensor Estimation by Maximizing Rician Likelihood", 16th Annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2008), Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008.
  • B.A. Landman, J.A.D. Farrell, S.A. Smith, P.C.M. van Zijl, and J.L. Prince, "Q-Space Diffusion Weighted MRI Analyzed with Maximizing Rician Likelihood Improves Reliability and Tissue Contrast", 16th Annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2008), Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008.
  • B.A. Landman, J.A.D. Farrell, S.A. Smith, P.A. Calabresi, P.C.M. van Zijl, and J.L. Prince, "Exploring the Information Content of q-Space Diffusion Weighted Imaging: Application to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Spinal Cord Lesions", 16th Annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2008), Toronto, Canada, May 3-9, 2008.
  • X. Fan, P.-L. Bazin, J. Bogovic, Y. Bai, and J.L. Prince, "A multiple geometric deformable model framework for homeomorphic 3D medical image segmentation", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2008), Anchorage, Alaska, June 24-26, 2008. (doi)
  • X. Fan, P.-L. Bazin, and J.L. Prince, "A Multi-Compartment Segmentation Framework With Homeomorphic Level Sets", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2008), Anchorage, Alaska, June 24-26, 2008. (doi) (PubMed)
  • J. Lee, X. Liu, J.L. Prince, and G. Fichtinger, "Prostate Brachytherapy Seed Localization with Gaussian Blurring and Camera Self-Calibration", 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2008), New York, NY, September 6-10, 2008. (PDF) (doi) (PubMed)
  • G. Chintalapani, A.K. Jain, D.H. Burkhardt, J.L. Prince, and G. Fichtinger, "CTREC: C-arm tracking and reconstruction using elliptic curves", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2008), Anchorage, Alaska, June 24-26, 2008. (PDF) (doi)
  • J. Lee, X. Liu, A.K. Jain, J.L. Prince, and G. Fichtinger, "Tomosynthesis-based Radioactive Seed Localization in Prostate Brachytherapy Using Modified Distance Map Images", Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2008), Paris, France, May 14-17, 2008. (PDF) (doi) (PubMed)


2007

  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, S. Sampath, N.F. Osman, and J.L. Prince, "Real-Time Monitoring of Cardiac Regional Function Using FastHARP MRI and Region-of-Interest Reconstruction", IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, 54(9):1650-1656, September 2007. (doi) (PubMed)
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, N.F. Osman, J.L. Prince, and M. Stuber, "Three-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Myocardial Motion Tracking From a Single Image Plane", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 58(1):92-102, July 2007. (doi) (PubMed)
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, M. Stuber, and J.L. Prince, "Multi-slice Three-Dimensional Myocardial Strain Tensor Quantification Using zHARP", 20th Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI 2007), Kerkrade, The Netherlands, July 2-6, 2007. (doi)
  • H.K. Agarwal and J.L. Prince, "Fast Imaging of Dynamic Objects Using POCS Partial Fourier Reconstruction", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2007), Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.
  • A. El-Sharkawy, K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, J.L. Prince, and P. Bottomley, "Simultaneous Temperature and Motion Tracking Using HARP MRI [T-HARP]", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2007), Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, M. Stuber, N.F. Osman, and J.L. Prince, "Optimal z-Encoding Frequency for zHARP: In-vivo Validation and Comparison with SF-CSPAMM", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2007), Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, M. Stuber, N.F. Osman, and J.L. Prince, "Accelerated Three-Dimensional Myocardial Strain Quantification using zHARP", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2007), Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem and J.L. Prince, "Total Removal of Unwanted Echoes in Harmonic Phase MRI (TRUE-HARP)", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2007), Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.
  • X. Liu and J.L. Prince, "Fast and Robust HARP Tracking Using Region Growing", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2007), Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.
  • X. Liu, E. Murano, M. Stone, and J.L. Prince, "HARP tracking refinement using seeded region growing", Fourth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2007), Arlington, VA, April 12-15, 2007. (doi)
  • H.K. Agarwal, K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, and J.L. Prince, "Fast Motion Imaging Using Reduced Field Of View Partial Fourier MRI", Fourth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2007), Arlington, VA, April 12-15, 2007. (doi)
  • H. Shinagawa, E.Z. Murano, J. Zhuo, R.P. Gullapalli, B. Landman, J.L. Prince, and M. Stone, "Human Tongue Myoarchitecture with Oral Appliance, Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging", International American and Canadian Associations for Dental Research, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2007.
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, J. Terrovitis, M.R. Abraham, J.L. Prince, M. Stuber, "Slice-Following CSPAMM Myocardial Tagging in Rats and on a Human High-Field System", Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR 2007), Rome, Italy, February 2-4, 2007.
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, M. Stuber, N. Osman, and J.L. Prince, "Toward Optimal Measure of 3-D Myocardium Displacements from a Single Slice Using zHARP: In-vivo Validation and Comparison with CSPAMM", Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR 2007), Rome, Italy, February 2-4, 2007.
  • B.A. Landman, P.-L. Bazin, and J.L. Prince., "Diffusion Tensor Estimation by Maximizing Rician Likelihood", IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA 2007), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 14-15, 2007.
  • J.A. Farrell, B.A. Landman, C.K. Jones, S.A. Smith, J.L. Prince, P.C. van Zijl, and S. Mori, "Effects of SNR on the Accuracy and Reproducibility of DTI-derived Fractional Anisotropy, Mean Diffusivity, and Principal Eigenvector Measurements at 1.5T", Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 26(3):756-767, August 2007. (PubMed)
  • B.A. Landman, J.A. Farrell, C.K. Jones, S.A. Smith, J.L. Prince, P.C. van Zijl, and S. Mori, "Effects of Diffusion Weighting Schemes on the Reproducibility of DTI-derived Fractional Anisotropy, Mean Diffusivity, and Principal Eigenvector Measurements at 1.5T", NeuroImage, 36(4):1123-1138, July 2007.
  • B.A. Landman, J.A.D. Farrell, N-L. Patel, S. Mori, and J.L. Prince, "DTI Fiber Tracking: The Importance of Adjusting DTI Gradient Tables for Motion Correction. CATNAP – A Tool to Simplify and Accelerate DTI Analysis", 13th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2007), Chicago, Illinois, June 10-14, 2007.
  • B.A. Landman, A.X. Du, W.D. Mayes, J.L. Prince, and S.H. Ying, "Diffusion Tensor Imaging Enables Robust Mapping of the Deep Cerebellar Nuclei", 13th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2007), Chicago, Illinois, June 10-14, 2007.
  • B.A. Landman, J.A. Farrell, S. Mori, P.C. van Zijl, and J.L. Prince, "Tradeoffs Between Tensor Orientation and Anisotropy in DTI: Impact of Diffusion Weighting Scheme", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2007), Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.
  • B.A. Landman, H. Huang, J.L. Prince, and S.H. Ying, "A Window for High-Resolution Post-Mortem DTI: Mapping Contrast Changes in Neural Degeneration", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2007), Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.
  • B.A. Landman, S. Mori, and J.L. Prince, "Systematic Evaluation of Linear and Nonlinear DTI Estimation Methods: An Open Framework", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2007), Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.
  • A. Carass, M.B. Wheeler, J. Cuzzocreo, P.-L. Bazin, S.S. Bassett, and J.L. Prince, "A Joint Registration and Segmentation Approach to Skull Stripping", Fourth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2007), Arlington, VA, April 12-15, 2007. (doi)
  • P. Aksit, J.A. Derbyshire, and J.L. Prince, "Three-point method for fast and robust field mapping for EPI geometric distortion correction", Fourth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2007), Arlington, VA, April 12-15, 2007. (doi)
  • G. Chintalapani, L.M. Ellingsen, O. Sadowsky, J.L. Prince, and R.H. Taylor, "Statistical atlases of bone anatomy: construction, iterative improvement and validation", Tenth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2007), Brisbane, Australia, October 29 - November 2, 2007. (doi) (PubMed)
  • P.-L. Bazin, L.M. Ellingsen, and D.L. Pham, "Digital homeomorphisms in deformable registration", 20th Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI 2007), Kerkrade, The Netherlands, July 2-6, 2007. (doi) (PubMed)
  • X. Han, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "Fast numerical scheme for gradient vector flow computation using a multigrid method", IET Image Processing, 1(1):48-55, March 2007. (doi)
  • K.R. Rocha, A.J. Yezzi, and J.L. Prince, "A Hybrid Eulerian–Lagrangian Approach for Thickness, Correspondence, and Gridding of Annular Tissues", IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 16(3):636-648, March 2007. (doi)
  • X. Liu, A.K. Jain, and G. Fichtinger, "Prostate Implant Reconstruction with Discrete Tomography", Tenth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2007), Brisbane, Australia, October 29 - November 2, 2007. (doi)
  • C. Labat, A. Jain, G. Fichtinger, and J.L. Prince, "Toward Optimal Matching for 3D Reconstruction on Brachytherapy Seeds", Tenth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2007), Brisbane, Australia, October 29 - November 2, 2007. (PDF) (doi)


2006

  • X. Liu, and M. Stone, and J.L. Prince, "Tracking tongue motion in three dimensions using tagged MR image", Third IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2006), Arlington, VA, April 6-9, 2006. (doi)
  • H.K. Agarwal and J.L. Prince, "Theoretical framework for analyzing MR imaging of dynamic objects using filters and downsamplers", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2006), San Diego, CA, 2006. (doi)
  • K. Z. Abd-Elmoniem, V. Parthasarathy, and J.L. Prince, "Artifact Reduction in HARP Strain Maps using Anisotropic Smoothing", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2006), San Diego, CA, 2006. (doi)
  • Y. Bai, X. Han, and J.L. Prince, "Octree-based Topology-preserving Isosurface Simplification", IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA 2006), New York City, New York, June 17-18, 2006.
  • B.A. Landman, S. Chowdhury, A.H. Sinofsky, A.S.K. Liu, S. Mori, D.S. Zee, J.L. Prince, and S. H. Ying, "Delineation of Cerebellar Fiber Tracts on Anatomically Aligned Planes with ViPAR, a Novel MRI Visualization and Manipulation Tool", 12th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2006), Florence, Italy, June 11-15, 2006.
  • B.A. Landman, S. Chowdhury, A.H. Sinofsky, S. Mori, D.S. Zee, J.L. Prince, and S. H. Ying, "s-Image Representation of Diffusion Tensor Contrast and Fiber Geometry: Leukometric Analysis in the Brainstem and Cerebellum", 12th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (HBM 2006), Florence, Italy, June 11-15, 2006.
  • H. Huang, A. Carass, J.L. Prince, B. Landman, P.C.M. van Zijl, and S. Mori, "Cortico-cortical Connectivity Revealed by DTI-based Tractography", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2006), Seattle, Washington, May 16-12, 2007.
  • B.A. Landman, J.A. Farrell, S. Mori, P.C. van Zijl, and J.L. Prince, "On the Coregistration of Diffusion Weighted Images", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2006), Seattle, Washington, May 16-12, 2007.
  • B.A. Landman, J.A.D. Farrell, S. Mori, P.C.M. van Zijl, and J.L. Prince, "Optimal Partitioning of Diffusion Weighting Schemes", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2006), Seattle, Washington, May 16-12, 2007.
  • P. Anbazhagan, A. Carass, P.-L. Bazin, and J.L. Prince, "Automatic Estimation of Mid Sagittal Plane and AC-PC alignment based on Nonrigid Registration", Third IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2006), Arlington, VA, April 6-9, 2006. (doi)
  • L. Ellingsen and J.L. Prince, "Mjolnir: Deformable image registration using feature diffusion", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2006), San Diego, CA, 2006. (doi)
  • L.M. Ellingsen and J.L. Prince, "Deformable Registration of CT Pelvis Images Using Mjolnir", IEEE Nordic Signal Processing Symposium (NORSIG 2006), Reykjavik, Iceland, 7-9 June, 2006. (PDF) (doi)
  • L.M. Ellingsen and J.L. Prince, "Mjolnir: Deformable Image Registration using Feature Diffusion", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2006), San Diego, CA, 2006. (PDF)
  • O. Sadowsky, K. Ramamurthi, L.M. Ellingsen, G. Chintalapani, J.L. Prince, and R.H. Taylor, "Atlas-assisted Tomography: Registration of a Deformable Atlas to Compensate for Limited-angle Cone-beam Trajectory", Third IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2006), Arlington, VA, April 6-9, 2006. (PDF) (doi)


2005

  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, N.F. Osman, J.L. Prince, and M. Stuber, "zHARP:Simultaneous in-plane and through-plane displacement quantification. An algorithm for direct high-density 3-D cardiac displacement measurement", Proceedings of the SCMR, Eighth Annual Scientific Sessions, Abstract 554, January 2005.
  • L. Pan, J.L. Prince, J.A.C. Lima, and N.F. Osman, "Fast tracking of cardiac motion using 3D-HARP", IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, 52(8):1425-1435, August 2005. (doi) (PubMed)
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, N.F. Osman, M. Stuber, and J.L. Prince, "ZHARP: Three-Dimensional Motion Tracking From a Single Image Plane", 19th Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI 2005), Glenwood Springs, Colorado, July 11-15, 2005.
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, N.F. Osman, J.L. Prince, and M. Stuber, "zHARP: Simultaneous in-plane and through-plane displacement quantification. An algorithm for direct high-density 3-D cardiac displacement measurement", Proceedings of the SCMR, Eighth Annual Scientific Sessions, Abstract 554, January 2005.
  • Y. Bai, X. Han, D. Pham, and J.L. Prince, "Super-resolved multi-channel fuzzy segmentation of MR brain images", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2005), San Diego, CA, February 16-21, 2005.
  • X. Han, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "A 2D Moving Grid Geometric Deformable Model", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2003), Madison, Wisconsin, June 16-22, 2003. (doi)
  • A. Yezzi and J.L. Prince, "An Eulerian PDE approach for computing tissue thickness", IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, 22(10):1332–1339, October 2003. (doi) (PubMed)
  • O. Sadowsky, K. Ramamurthi, J.L. Prince, and R.H. Taylor, "Using anatomical models and fast rendering algorithms for C-arm pose recovery and cone-beam tomographic reconstruction of bone anatomy", 5th Annual Meeting of the International Society, for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Helsinki, Finland, June 19-22, 2005.


2004

  • N.F. Osman and J.L. Prince, "Regenerating MR tagged images using harmonic phase (HARP) methods", IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, 51(8):1428-1433, August 2004. (doi)
  • L. Pan, J.L. Prince, J.A.C. Lima, and N.F. Osman, "Validation of 3D-HARmonic Phase (3D-HARP) for Cardiac Motion Estimation", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2004), Kyoto, Japan, May 15-21, 2004.
  • V. Parthasarathy and J.L. Prince, "Artifact Reduction in HARP Strain Maps", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2004), Kyoto, Japan, May 15-21, 2004.
  • S. Sampath and J.L. Prince, "3D Tracking of Cardiac Material Points Using a Combined Slice-Following Harmonic Phase (SF-HARP) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approach", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2004), Kyoto, Japan, May 15-21, 2004.
  • V. Parthasarathy, M. Ness-Aiver, and J.L. Prince, "Dynamic range of harmonic phase magnetic resonance imaging (HARP-MRI)", Second IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2004), Arlington, VA, April 15-18, 2004.
  • S. Sampath and J.L. Prince, "Imaging the Evolution of Three-dimensional myocardial strains using a Fast MR Imaging Technique", Second IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2004), Arlington, VA, April 15-18, 2004.
  • D. Tosun, M.E. Rettmann, D.Q. Naiman, S.M. Resnick, M.A. Kraut, and J.L. Prince, "Cortical Reconstruction Using Implicit Surface Evolution: A Landmark Validation Study", Seventh International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2004), Saint-Malo, France, September 26-30, 2004.
  • X. Han, D.L. Pham, D. Tosun, M.E. Rettmann, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "CRUISE: Cortical Reconstruction Using Implicit Surface Evolution", NeuroImage, 23(3):997-1012, 2004. (doi)
  • D. Pham and J.L. Prince, "Robust Unsupervised Tissue Classification in MR Images", Second IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2004), Arlington, VA, April 15-18, 2004. (doi)
  • X. Tao, J.L. Prince, and C. Davatzikos, "An Automated Method for Finding Curves of Sulcal Fundi on the Human Cortical Surface", Second IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2004), Arlington, VA, April 15-18, 2004. (doi)
  • Y. Bai, X. Han, and J.L. Prince, "Super-resolution Reconstruction of MR Brain Images", Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2004), Princeton, New Jersey, March 17-19, 2004.
  • D. Tosun, M.E. Rettmann, X. Han, X. Tao, C. Xu, S.M. Resnick, D. Pham, and J.L. Prince, "Cortical Surface Segmentation and Mapping", NeuroImage, 23:S108-S118, 2004. (doi) (PubMed)
  • D. Tosun and J.L. Prince, "Mapping Techniques for Aligning Sulci Across Multiple Brains", Medical Image Analysis, 8:295-309, 2004. (doi)
  • K. Ramamurthi, J.L. Prince, and N. Strobel, "Exact 3D cone-beam reconstruction from projections obtained over a Wobble trajectory on a C-arm", Second IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2004), Arlington, VA, April 15-18, 2004. (PDF) (doi)


2003

  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem and J.L. Prince, "Algorithms for Real-Time FastHARP Cardiac Function Analysis", Sixth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2003), Montréal, Québec, Canada, November 16-18, 2003.
  • N.F. Osman, S. Sampath, J.A. Derbyshire, M. Stuber, D. Kraitchman, and J.L. Prince, "Quantitative Imaging of Myocardial Function with No Breath-holding Using Fast Strain-Encoded (SENC)", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2003), Toronto, Canada, July 10-16, 2003.
  • N.F. Osman, J. Garot, B. Gerber, K. Wu, D. Kraitchman, J.A.C. Lima, and J.L. Prince, "Strain Encoded (SENC) Imaging Detects Regional Dysfunction in the Heart without Image Processing", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2003), Toronto, Canada, July 10-16, 2003.
  • K.Z. Abd-Elmoniem, S. Sampath, N.F. Osman, and J.L. Prince, "Tool for Automatic Real-Time Regional Cardiac Function Analysis using HARP", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2003), San Diego, CA, February 15-20, 2003.
  • S. Sampath, J.A. Derbyshire, N.F. Osman, and J.L. Prince, "Real-time imaging of cardiac strain using FastHARP: a comparison between breath-hold and non-breath-hold studies", Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR 2003), Orlando, Florida, February 7-9, 2003.
  • D. Tosun, M.E. Rettmann, and J.L. Prince, "Mapping Techniques for Aligning Sulci Across Multiple Brains", Sixth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2003), Montréal, Québec, Canada, November 16-18, 2003.
  • X. Han, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "A topology preserving level set method for geometric deformable models", IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis Machine Intelligence, 25(6):755-768, June 2003. (doi)
  • X. Han, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "Topology-Preserving Geometric Deformable Models and Brain Reconstruction", Geometric Level Set Methods in Imaging, Vision, and Graphics, Edited by Stanley Osher and Nikos Paragios, Springer-Verlag, 2003. (doi)
  • K.J. Behnke, M.E. Rettmann, D.L. Pham, D. Shen, S.M. Resnick, C. Davatzikos, and J.L. Prince, "Automatic classification of sulcal regions of the human brain cortex using pattern recognition", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2003), San Diego, CA, February 15-20, 2003. (doi)
  • X. Han, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "A 2D Moving Grid Geometric Deformable Model", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2003), Madison, Wisconsin, June 16-22, 2003. (doi)
  • A. Yezzi and J.L. Prince, "An Eulerian PDE approach for computing tissue thickness", IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, 22(10):1332–1339, October 2003. (doi) (PubMed)
  • K. Ramamurthi and J.L. Prince, "Region of interest cone beam tomography with prior CT data", Conference Record of the Thirty-Seventh Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, 2:1924-1927, November 9-12 2003. (PDF) (doi)


2002

  • S. Sampath, V. Parthasarathy, and J.L. Prince, "A phantom validation of the FastHARP pulse sequence", First IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2002), Arlington, VA, July 7-10, 2002. (doi)
  • X. Tao, J.L. Prince, and C. Davatzikos, "Using a statistical shape model to extract sulcal curves on the outer cortex of the human brain", IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, 21(5):513-524, May 2002. (doi) (PubMed)
  • X. Han, C. Xu, U. Braga-Neto, and J.L. Prince, "Topology correction in brain cortex segmentation using a multiscale, graph-based algorithm", IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, 21(2):109-121, February 2002. (doi) (PubMed)
  • M.E. Rettmann, X. Tao, and J.L. Prince, "Assisted labeling techniques for the human brain cortex", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2002), San Diego, CA, February 23-28, 2002. (doi)
  • D.L. Pham, X. Han, M.E. Rettmann, C. Xu, D. Tosun, S.M. Resnick, and J.L. Prince, "New approaches for measuring changes in the cortical surface using an automatic reconstruction algorithm", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2002), San Diego, CA, February 23-28, 2002. (doi)
  • W.S. Kerwin and J.L. Prince, "Kriging Filters for Space Time Interpolation", Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, 124:139-193, November 2002.
  • M. NessAiver and J.L. Prince, "Magnitude Image CSPAMM Reconstruction (MICSR) Improves Tag Contrast and Persistence", ESMRMB, Cannes, France, August 22-25 2002. (doi) (PubMed)
  • J.M. Links and J.L. Prince, "Restoration of Multi-collimator/Multi-head SPECT Data Via the Vector Wiener Filter", SNM 49th Annual Mtg., Los Angeles, California, June 16, 2002.
  • A. Yezzi and J.L. Prince, "A PDE Approach for Thickness, Correspondence, and Gridding of Annular Tissues", Proc. Europ. Conf. Comput. Vis. (ECCV), Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2002.


2001

  • D.L. Kraitchman, S. Sampath, J.A. Derbyshire, D.A. Bluemke, B.L. Gerber, J.L. Prince, and N.F. Osman, "Quantitative ischemia detection during cardiac MR stress testing", 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EBMS 2001), Istanbul, Turkey, October 25-28, 2001.
  • X. Han, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "A Topology Preserving Deformable Model Using Level Sets", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2001), Kauai, Hawaii, December 8-14, 2001. (doi)
  • X. Han, C. Xu, D. Tosun, and J.L. Prince, "Cortical Surface Reconstruction Using a Topology Preserving Geometric Deformable Model", IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA 2001), Kauai, Hawaii, December 9-10, 2001. (doi)
  • M.E. Rettmann, X. Han, and J.L. Prince, "Automated Parcellation of the Cortical Surface for Computation of Regional Gyrification Indices", Seventh International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain (HBM 2001), Brighton, U.K., June 10-14, 2001.
  • D. Tosun, M.E. Rettmann, X. Tao, X. Han, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "Calculation of Human Cerebral Cortical Thickness on Opposing Sulcal Banks", Seventh International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain (HBM 2001), Brighton, U.K., June 10-14, 2001.
  • X. Tao, X. Han, M.E. Rettmann, J.L. Prince, and C. Davatzikos, "Statistical Study on Cortical Sulci of Human Brains", 17th Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI 2001), Davis, California, June 18-22, 2001.
  • X. Han, C. Xu, M.E. Rettmann, and J.L. Prince, "Automatic Segmentation Editing for Cortical Surface Reconstruction", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2001), San Diego, CA, February, 2001.
  • D. Tosun and J.L. Prince, "A Hemispherical Map for the Human Brain Cortex", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2001), San Diego, CA, February, 2001.
  • A. Yezzi and J.L. Prince, "A PDE Approach for Measuring Tissue Thickness", IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2001), Kauai, Hawaii, December 8-14, 2001. (doi)
  • D.L. Pham, "Spatial Models for Fuzzy Clustering", Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 84(2):285-297, 2001. (doi)
  • C. Xu, A. Yezzi, Jr., and J.L. Prince, "A Summary of Geometric Level-Set Analogues for a General Class of Parametric Active Contour and Surface Models", Proc. of 2001 IEEE Workshop on Variational and Level Set Methods in Computer Vision (VLSM 2001), 104-111, July 2001. (doi)


2000

  • N.F. Osman and J.L. Prince, "Visualizing myocardial function using HARP MRI", Physics in Medicine and Biology, 45(6):1665-1682, June 2000. (doi) (PubMed)
  • N.F. Osman, E.R. McVeigh, and J.L. Prince, "Imaging heart motion using harmonic phase MRI", IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, 19(3):186-202, March 2000. (doi) (PubMed)
  • M.E. Rettmann, X. Han, and J.L. Prince, "Watersheds on the Cortical Surface for Automated Sulcal Segmentation", IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA 2000), Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 11-12, 2000. (doi)
  • M.E. Rettmann, X. Han, D.L. Pham, and J.L. Prince, "Geodesics for Sulcal Segmentation and Depth Measurements", Sixth International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain (HBM 2000), San Antonio, Texas, June 2000.
  • D. Yu, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "A New Surface Editing Tool for Generating Truth Models of the Human Cortical Surface", Sixth International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain (HBM 2000), San Antonio, Texas, June 2000.
  • C. Xu, X. Han, and J.L. Prince, "Improving Cortical Surface Reconstruction Accuracy Using an Anatomically Consistent Gray Matter Representation", Sixth International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain (HBM 2000), San Antonio, Texas, June 2000.
  • X. Han, M.E. Rettmann, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "Morphology on Triangle Meshes Using Geodesic Distance", Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2000), Princeton, New Jersey, March 15-17, 2000.
  • D.N. Yu, C. Xu, M.E. Rettmann, D.L. Pham, and J.L. Prince, "Quantitative Validation of a Deformable Cortical Surface Model", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging (SPIE-MI 2000), San Diego, CA, February, 2000. (doi)
  • D. Yu, "Quantitative Validation of a Cortical Surface Reconstruction Method", MSE thesis, The Johns Hopkins University, January, 2000.
  • N.F. Osman and J.L. Prince, "On the design of the bandpass filters in harmonic phase MRI", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2000), Vancouver, Canada , September 10-13, 2000. (doi)
  • W.S. Kerwin and J.L. Prince, "On the Optimality of Recursive Unbiased State Estimation with Unknown Inputs", Automatica, 36(9):1381-1383, September 2000. (doi)
  • C. Tu, T.D. Tran, J.L. Prince, and P.N. Topiwala, "Projection-based block motion estimation for video coding", Proc. SPIE Applications of Digital Image Processing XXIII, San Diego, California, August 2000.
  • D. L. Pham and J. L. Prince, "Unsupervised partial volume estimation in single-channel image data", IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA 2000), Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 11-12, 2000. (doi)
  • C. Xu, D.L. Pham, and J.L. Prince, "Medical Image Segmentation Using Deformable Models", SPIE Handbook on Medical Imaging -- Volume III: Medical Image Analysis, edited by J.M. Fitzpatrick and M. Sonka, May 2000.
  • D.L. Pham, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "Current Methods in Medical Image Segmentation", Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 2:315-338, 2000. (doi)
  • C. Xu, A. Yezzi, and J.L. Prince, "On the Relationship between Parametric and Geometric Active Contours", Proc. of 34th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers,, 483-489, October 2000. (doi)
  • C. Xu and J.L. Prince, "Gradient Vector Flow Deformable Models", Handbook of Medical Imaging, edited by Isaac Bankman, Academic Press, September, 2000.
  • X. Han, M.E. Rettmann, C. Xu, and J.L. Prince, "Morphology on Triangle Meshes Using Geodesic Distance", Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2000), Princeton, New Jersey, March 15-17, 2000.
  • C. Xu and J.L. Prince, "Global Optimality of Gradient Vector Flow", Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2000), Princeton, New Jersey, March 15-17, 2000.