Papers by Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory (AIS-Lab)

A. Patents

B. International Journals

Learning from data and models
52) F. Bellocchio, S. Ferrari, V. Piuri and N.A. Borghese. A Hierarchical Scheme for Multi-Kernel Support Vector Regression. Under review IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks.
50) I.Cattinelli, G.Valentini, E.Paulesu, and N.A. Borghese. A novel approach to non-uniqueness of solution in hierarchical clustering. Under review on IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.
41) Bellocchio F., Ferrari S., Piuri V., and Borghese N.A. A hierarchical RBF online learning algorithm for real-time 3-D scanner. IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks. Volume 21(2), Feb 2010 Pages: pp. 275-285.
37) S. Ferrari, G. Ferrigno, V. Piuri, N.A. Borghese. (2007) Reducing and Filtering Point Clouds with Enhanced Vector Quantization. IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks. Volume 18,  Issue 1,  Jan. 2007 Pages:161 - 177.
32) Borghese N.A., Maggioni M. and Ferrari S., (2004). Multi-Scale Approximation with Hierarchical Radial Basis Functions Networks. IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks. Volume: 15 , Issue: 1 , Jan. 2004. Pages:178 - 188 (for a preliminary version click here)
27) Ferrari S., Borghese N.A. and Piuri V. (2001), Multi-resolution Models for Data Processing: an Experimental Sensitivity Analysis, IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation & Measurement.  Vol. 50(4), pp. 995-1002.
18) Borghese N.A., Ferrari S. (1998) Hierarchical RBF networks in function approximation. NeuroComputing, 19, 259-283.

Medical Imaging
51) I. Frosio, N.A. Borghese, (2011) Optimized limited angle tomography, to be submitted to IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging.
49) M. Sciarabba, G. Serrao, D. Bauer, F. Arnaboldi, N.A. Borghese, (2009) Automatic neurons identification inside large cortical slice, J. Neurosc. Methods. Volume 182, Issue 1, 30 August 2009, Pages 123-140.
48) P. Tirelli, E. De Momi, N. A. Borghese, G. Ferrigno (2009), An intelligent atlas-based planning system for keyhole neurosurgery, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (J. CARS), Volume 4, pp 85-9, DOI - 10.1007/s11548-009-0324.
47) I. Frosio, N. A. Borghese, (2009) Statistical Based Impulsive Noise Removal in Digital Radiography," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol.28, No.1, Jan. 2009, pp.3-16.
46) Frosio I., Abati S., Borghese N.A. (2008) An Expectation Maximization Approach to impulsive Noise Removal in digital Radiography. Int. J. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. Vol. 3, No. 1-2, June 2008, pp. 91-96.
42) Frosio I., Borghese N.A. (2009) Compression and smart coding of offset and gain maps for intraoral digital x-ray sensors, Med. Phys, Vol. 36, No. 2, Feb. 2009, pp. 464-79.
35) I. Frosio, N. A. Borghese, (2006) A New Real Time Filter for Local Exposure Correction in Panoramic Radiography, Medical Physics, Vol. 33, No. 9, Sep. 2006, pp. 3478-88 .
34) Frosio I., Ferrigno G., Borghese N.A. (2006). Enhancing Digital Cephalic Radiography with Mixture Models and Local Gamma Correction. IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging. Volume 25,  Issue 1,  Jan. 2006 Page(s):113 - 121.
L1) Frosio I., M. Spadea, E. De Momi, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, G. Ferrigno, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti, (2006) “A Neural Network Based Method for Optical Patient Set-up Registration in Breast Radiotherapy,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Feb 2006, pp. 1-10.
26) Cerveri P., Forlani C., Borghese N.A., Ferrigno G. (2002), Distortion correction for X-ray image intensifiers: a comparison between local un-warping polynomials and adaptive neural networks. Medical Physics, August 2002, Vol. 29, pp. 1759-1771.
15) Cerveri P.; Borghese N.A.; Pedotti A.; Shukri Z.A.; Champness C.H., (1997) Effect of nonstoichiometry on conductivity type in Bridgman-grown CuInSe 2, J. Crystal Growth, Volume 191, Number 1, 7 January 1998 , pp. 97-107(11).

Motion Capture, Computer Vision and 3D scanning
54) I. Frosio, F. Pedersini and N. A. Borghese, Autocalibration of Triaxial MEMS Accelerome-ters with Automatic Sensor Model Selection, In press IEEE Sensors.
53) I. Frosio, A. Alzati, M. Bertolini, C. Turrini and N. A. Borghese, Linear Pose Estimate from Corresponding Conics, Under Review on Pattern Recognition.
45) M. Fomasi, N.A. Borghese. Automatic defect classification on a production line. Submitted to IEEE Trans. on Instr. & Measurements.
44) I. Frosio, N.A. Borghese, 6dof tracking, with axial markers, Submitted to IEEE Trans. on Biomed. Eng .
40) I. Frosio, F. Pedersini and N.A. Borghese (2009). Autocalibration of MEMS Accelerometers. IEEE Trans. on Instr. & Measurements, Vol. 58, Issue 6, June 2009 Page(s):2034 - 2041.
39) I. Frosio, N.A. Borghese (2008), Real-time accurate circle fitting with occlusion. Pattern Recognition. Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 1041-1055.
36) N. Alberto Borghese, F. M. Colombo, and A. Alzati (2006), Computing Camera Focal Length by Zooming a Single Point, Pattern Recognition. Vol. 39, pp. 1522-1529.
33) Ferrari S., Frosio I., Piuri V., and N.A. Borghese. (2005) Automatic multi-scale meshing through HRBF Networks. IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Measurements, Vol.54(4), pp. 1463-1470.
29) Borghese N.A. Cerveri P. and Rigiroli P. (2001), A fast method for calibrating a video camera pair using only a rigid bar,  Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. January 2001, Vol. 39, pp. 76-81.
28) Cerveri P., Pedotti A. and Borghese N.A (2001), Combined evolution strategies for dynamic calibration of video based measurement systems. IEEE Trans. Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 5, No. 3, June 2001, pp. 271-282.
24) Rigiroli P. Campadelli P., Pedotti A  and Borghese N.A., (2001), Mesh Refinement with Colour Attributes, Computers & Graphics. Vol. 25, No. 3, June 2001, pp. 449-461.
23) Borghese N.A. and Ferrari S. (2000), A Portable Modular System for Automatic Acquisition of 3D Objects, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Mesurement, Vol. 49(5), pp. 1128-1136.
22) Borghese N.A. and Cerveri P. (2000) Calibrating a video camera pair with a rigid bar. Pattern Recognition, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 81-95.
21) Cerveri P., Borghese N.A. and Ferrigno G.,  (1999) Evolution Strategies and epipolar geometry for dynamic calibration of a photogrammetric camera system. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Vol. 37 (Supplement 2), pp. 830-831.
19) Borghese N.A., Ferrigno G., Baroni G., Savarè R., Ferrari S. and Pedotti A. (1998) AUTOSCAN: A flexible and portable scanner of 3D surfaces. IEEE Graphics & Applications, May/June, pp. 38-41.
17) Cerveri P., Borghese N.A. and Pedotti A., (1998) Complete calibration of a stereo photogrammetric system through control points of unknown coordinates. J. Biomech., 10, pp. 935-940.
16) Borghese N.A., Cerveri P., and Ferrigno G. (1997) Statistical comparison of ILSSC versus DLT in the calibration of a photogrammetric stereo-system. J. Biomech., Vol. 30(4), pp. 409-413.
4) Ferrigno G., Borghese N.A., D'Amico M. and Pedotti A. (1991) - Elite: a fully automatic 3-D system for movement analysis assessment. J. Rehab. Res. & Develop. Vol. 28(1), pp. 90-91.
3) Borghese N.A., Di Rienzo M., Ferrigno G. and Pedotti A. (1991) - Elite: a goal-oriented vision system for moving objects detection, Robotica, Vol. 9, pp 275-282.
2) Ferrigno G., Borghese N.A., and Pedotti A. (1990) - Pattern Recognition in 3D Automatic Human Motion Analysis - ISPRS J. of Photogr. and Rem. Sens. 45 pp.227-246.
1) Borghese N.A., Ferrigno G. (1990) - An algorithm for 3D Automatic Movement Analysis by means of standard TVcameras - IEEE Trans. on Biom. Eng. , Vol. 37 pp. 1221-1225.

Cognitive aspects and Human Motion analysis (computer science papers).
43) I. Cattinelli, N.A. Borghese (2008), Interacting with an artificial partner: modeling the role of emotional aspects, Biol. Cybern., Vol. 99(6), pp. 473-481.
38) F. Sibella, I. Frosio, F. Schena, N.A. Borghese (2007), 3D analysis of the body centre of mass in rock climbing, Human Movement Science, Vol. 26, pp. 841–852
30) N.A. Borghese and A. Calvi (2003) Learning to maintain upright posture: what can be learnt using adaptive neural networks models?, Adaptive Behavior, 11(1):19-35, 2003.
14) Borghese N.A., Redolfi M., Ferrigno G., and Pedotti A. (1997) Automatic integrated analysis of jaw and lips movement in speech production. J. Acoustic Soc. Am., 101(1) pp. 482-487.
10) Borghese N.A. Arbib M., (1995) Generation of Temporal Sequences using Local Dynamic Programming, Neural Networks, 8(1):pp39-54.

Cognitive Aspects and Rehabilitation(biological papers)
55) A.Sedda, F.Pasotti, G.Bottini, R.Mainetti, M.Ronchetti, N.A.BorgheseA new virtual reality platform to rehabilitation neglect, submitted to
31) E. Paulesu, D. Perani, V. Blasi, G. Silani, N.A. Borghese, U. De Giovanni, S. Sensolo, F. Fazio, (2003). A functional-anatomical model for lip-reading, J. Neurophysiology, Vol. 90: 2005–2013.
25) Perani D., Fazio F., Borghese N.A., Tettamanti M., Ferrari S., Decety J. and Gilardi M.C. (2001). Different brain correlates for watching real and virtual hand actions. NeuroImage, Vol. 14, pp. 749-758.

Human Motion analysis (biological papers).
20) Borghese N. A.: (1998) About the Control of Human Locomotion (invited paper). Revista Brasileira de Postura e Movimento, 2(3):100-103.
13) Lacquaniti F., Maioli C., Borghese N.A. and Bianchi L. (1997) Posture and Movement: Coordination and Control. Archives Italiannes de Biologie, 135, pp. 353-367.
12) Nocentini U., Borghese N.A., Caltagirone C., Fadda L. and Lacquaniti F. (1997) A callosal disconnection syndrome of vascular origin J. Neurosurgical Science. Vol. 41:1, pp. 107-111.
11) Borghese N.A., Bianchi L. and Lacquaniti F. (1996). Kinematic Determinants of Human Locomotion, J. of Physiology, 494.3, 863-879.
9) Lacquaniti, F., Carrozzo, M., Borghese N.A. (1993) Time-varying mechanical behavior of multi-jointed arm in man. J. Neurohysiol., 69(5) 1443-1464.
8) Lacquaniti, F., Carrozzo, M., Borghese N.A. (1992) Neural control of mechanical interaction in man. Funct. Neurol. suppl., 7:69-72.
7) Lacquaniti, F., Borghese N.A., Carrozzo, M. (1992) Coordinate transformations in the control of limb stiffness. Exp. Brain Res. Ser. 22:17-25, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
6) Lacquaniti, F., Borghese N.A., Carrozzo, M. (1992) Internal models of limb geometry in the control of hand compliance. J. Neurosci. 12:1750-1762.
5) Lacquaniti, F., Borghese N.A., Carrozzo, M. (1991) Transient reversal of the stretch reflex in human arm muscles. J. Neurophysiol. 66:939-954.

Book chapters and Conference papers