Name: Xin Yang
Academic Title: Professor
Research Interests:
Mobile Computer vision, mobile augmented reality (AR), medical image analysis, large-scale image retrieval
Education:
Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara, March 2013
Employment and Working Experience:
Professor, School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2019- present
Associate Professor, School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2014- 2019
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UC Santa Barbara, 2013- 2014
Teaching:
Data Structure, Image Analysis and Understanding, Programming Language C, Image Analysis and Understanding, Mobile Embedded System: Platforms, Software and Applications
Selected Publications:
Accurate Face Alignment and Adaptive Patch Selection for Heart Rate Estimation from Video under Realistic Scenarios
Wang Z. W., Yang X.*, Cheng K.-T.
PLOS ONE, (PLOS ONE) 2018
Impact factor: 2.805
A Joint Space-angle Regularization Approach for Single 4D Diffusion Image Super-resolution
Yin S. You X. G.*, Yang X., Peng Q. M., Zhu Z. Q., Jing X. Y.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, (MRM) 2018
Impact factor: 3.942
Joint Segment-level and Pixel-wise Losses for Deep Learning based Retinal Vessel Segmentation
Yan Z. Q., Yang X.*, Cheng K.-T.
IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, (TBME) 2018
Impact factor: 3.577
An Autonomous Drone Cinematography System for Action Scenes
Huang C., Gao F., Yang Z. Y., Qiu W. H., Kong Y., Chen P., Yang X., Shen S. J., Cheng K. T
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2018
A Deep Model with Shape-preserving Loss for Gland Instance Segmentation
Yan Z. Q., Yang X., Cheng K.-T.
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), 2018
Automated Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer in mp-MRI Images based on an End-to-End Deep Neural Network
Wang Z. W., Liu C. Y., Wang L., Yang X.*, Cheng K.-T.
IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, (TMI) 2017
Impact factor: 3.942
A Skeletal Similarity Metric for Quality Evaluation of Retinal Vessel Segmentation
Yan Z. Q., Yang X.*, Cheng K.-T.
IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, (TMI) 2017
Impact factor: 3.942
Co-trained Convolutional Neural Networks for Automated Detection of Prostate Cancer in Multi-parametric MRI
Yang X., Liu C. Y., Wang Z. W.*, Yang J., Le M. H., Wang L., Cheng K. –T.
Medical Image Analysis, (MIA) 2017
Impact factor: 4.188
Automated Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer in Multi-parametric MRI based on Multimodal Convolutional Neural Networks
Le M. H., Chen J. Y., Wang L., Cheng K.-T., Yang X.*
Physics in Medicine and Biology, (PMB) 2017
Impact factor: 2.811
Automated Method for Accurate Vessel Segmentation
Yang X.*, Le M. H., Liu C. Y., Chien A., Cheng K.-T.
Physics in Medicine and Biology, (PMB) 2017
Impact factor: 2.811
Robust and Real-Time Pose Tracking for Augmented Reality on Mobile Devices
Yang X.*, Guo J. B., Xue T. L., Cheng K.-T.
Multimedia Tools and Applications, (MTA) 2017
Impact factor: 1.530
Fast and Accurate Visual Odometry from a Monocular Camera
Yang X*, Xue T. L., Luo H. C., Guo J. B.
Frontiers in Computer Science, (FCS) 2017
Impact factor: 1.039
Real-Time Monocular Dense Mapping for Augmented Reality
Xue T. L., Luo H. C., Cheng D. P., Yuan Z. K., Yang X.*
ACM Multimedia (MM, Oral, acceptance rate: 7.5%), 2017
Real-Time Dense Monocular SLAM for Augmented Reality
Luo H. C., Xue T. L., Yang X.*
ACM Multimedia (MM, Demo), 2017
DeepCADx: Automated Prostate Cancer Detection and Diagnosis in mp-MRI based on Multimodal Convolutional Neural Networks
Wang, Z. W., Liu C. Y., Bai X., Yang X.*
ACM Multimedia (MM, Demo), 2017
Joint Detection and Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer in Multi-parametric MRI based on Multimodal Convolutional Neural Networks
Yang X*, Wang Z.W., Liu C. Y., Le M.H., Chen J. Y., Wang L., Cheng K. -T.
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), 2017
REDBEE: A Visual-Inertial Drone System for Real-Time Moving Object Detection
Huang C., Chen P., Yang X., Cheng, K.-T.
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017.
Renal Compartment Segmentation in DCE-MRI Images
Xin Yang, Hung Le Minh, Chaoyu Liu, Tim Cheng, Kyung Hyun Sung, Wenyu Liu
Medical Image Analysis, (MIA) 2016
Impact factor: 4.188
Accurate and Efficient Pulse Measurement from Facial Videos on Smartphones
Chong Huang, Xin Yang, Tim Cheng
IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2015
Fusion of Vision and Inertial Sensing for Accurate and Efficient Pose Tracking on Smartphones
Xin Yang, Xun Si, Tangli Xue, Liheng Zhang, Tim Cheng
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2015
Vision-Inertial Hybrid Tracking for Robust and Efficient Augmented Reality on Smartphones
Xin Yang, Xun Si, Tangli Xue, Liheng Zhang, Tim Cheng
ACM Multimedia (MM), 2015
Automatic Segmentation of Renal Compartments in DCE-MRI Images
Xin Yang, Hung Le Minh, Tim Cheng, Kyun Sung
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), 2015
Measurement of Intracranial Aneurysm Growth
Qianyi Yu, Xin Yang, Tim Cheng, F Liang, Aichi Chien
Stroke, 2015
OGB: A Distinctive and Efficient Feature for Mobile Augmented Reality
Xin Yang, Xinggang Wang, Tim Cheng
International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM), 2015
Location-Aware Image Classification
Xinggang Wang, Xin Yang, Wenyu Liu, Chen Duan, Longin Latecki
International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM), 2015
Accurate Vessel Segmentation with Progressive Contrast Enhancement and Canny Refinement
Xin Yang, Tim Cheng and Aichi Chien
Aisian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), 2014
libLDB: A Library for Extracting Ultrafast and Distinctive Binary Feature Description
Xin Yang, Chong Huang and Tim Cheng
ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM), Open Source Software Competition, 2014.
Geodesic Active Contours with Adaptive Configuration for Cerebral Vessel and Aneurysm Segmentation
Xin Yang, Tim Cheng and Aichi Chien
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Stockholm, Sweden, Aug 24-28, 2014.
Local Difference Binary for Ultra-fast and Distinctive Feature Description
Xin Yang and Tim Cheng
IEEE Transaction on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI), 2014.
Impact factor: 4.795
Learning Optimized Local Difference Binary for Scalable Augmented Realtiy on Mobile Devices
Xin Yang and Tim Cheng
IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2014.
Impact factor: 2.215
LDB: An Ultra-Fast Feature for Scalable Augmened Reality on Mobile Device
Xin Yang and Tim Cheng
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Atlanta, Georgia, Novermber 5-8, 2012.
Accelerating SURF Detector on Mobile Devices
Xin Yang and Tim Cheng
ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM), Nara, Japan, October 29-31, 2012
Selected Scientific Projects
1.High quality and ultrafast feature desgin for mobile augmented reality
2.Accelerating SURF detector on mobile devices
3.Mobile image retrieval
4.Fusing multi-model sensor data for mobile object tracking (collaborated with Prof. Cheng and Prof. Huan, UCSB)
5.Automated comparison of 3D CTA Images (collaborated with Prof. Chien, UCLA Medical School)
6.Functional analysis in MR Urography images (collaborated with Prof. Sung, UCLA Medical School)
