Publications

Refereed journal articles

  1. Breast lesion co-localisation between X-ray and MR images using finite element modelling, A.W.C. Lee, V. Rajagopal, T.P. Babarenda Gamage, A.J. Doyle, P.M.F. Nielsen and M.P. Nash. Medical Image Analysis 17(8): 1256-1264, 2013.
  2. Predicting lymphatic drainage patterns and primary tumour location in patients with breast cancer. E.I. Blumgart, R.F. Uren, Nielsen, P.M.F., M.P. Nash, H.M. Reynolds, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 130(2):699-705, 2011
  3. Lymphatic drainage and tumour prevalence in the breast: a statistical analysis of symmetry, gender and node field independence. E.I. Blumgart, R.F. Uren, P.M.F. Nielsen, M.P. Nash. and H.M. Reynolds. Journal of Anatomy 218(6):652-659, 2011
  4. Identification of mechanical properties of heterogeneous soft bodies using gravity loading, T. P. Babarenda Gamage, V. Rajagopal, M. Ehrgott, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering 27:391-407, 2011.
  5. Modeling breast biomechanics for multi-modal image analysis - successes and challenges, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews in Systems Biology, 2(3):293-304, 2010.
  6. Breast image registration by combining finite elements and free-form deformations, A. W. C. Lee, J. A. Schnabel, V. Rajagopal, P.M.F. Nielsen and M.P. Nash. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6136:736-743, 2010.
  7. Modelling mammographic compression of the breast, J. H. Chung, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5242:758-765, 2008.
  8. A biomechanical model of mammographic compressions, J. H. Chung, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 7(1):43-52, 2008.
  9. Creating customised individual-specific models of the breast for medical image analysis, V. Rajagopal, A. W. C. Lee, J. H. Chung, R. Warren, R. P. Highnam, M. P. Nash and P. M. F. Nielsen. Academic Radiology, 15(11):1425-1436, 2008.
  10. Frictional contact mechanics methods for soft materials: application to tracking breast cancers, J. H. Chung, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. Journal of Biomechanics, 41(1):69-77, 2008.
  11. The breast biomechanics reference state for multi-modal image analysis, V. Rajagopal, M. P. Nash, R. P. Highnam and P. M. F. Nielsen. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5116:385-392, 2008.
  12. Determining the finite elasticity reference state from a loaded configuration, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, D. P. Bullivant, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 74(12), 1434-1451, 2008.
  13. Towards tracking breast cancer across medical images using subject-specific biomechanical models, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, R. Warren, R. P. Highnam, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4791:651-658, 2007.
  14. Predicting tumour location by simulating large deformations of the breast using a 3D finite element model and nonlinear elasticity, P. Pathmanathan, D. Gavaghan, J Whiteley, J. M. Brady, M. P. Nash, P. M. F. Nielsen, and V. Rajagopal. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3217:217-224, 2004.

Theses

  1. Breast image fusion using biomechanics, A.W.C. Lee, The University of Auckland, 2011.
  2. Modelling mammographic mechanics, J. H. Chung, The University of Auckland, 2008.
  3. Modelling breast tissue mechanics under gravity loading, V. Rajagopal, The University of Auckland, 2007.

Refereed conference papers and sections in books

  1. Robust landmark identification for generating subject specific models for biomechanics. D.T.K. Malcolm, H.Y. Baluwala, P.M.F. Nielsen, and M.P. Nash. In Computational Biomechanics for Medicine: Imaging, Modeling and Computing (MICCAI 2015 Workshop). Eds. G. Joldes, B. Doyle, A. Wittek, P.M.F. Nielsen and K. Miller, Springer, (in press) 2016.
  2. Breast MRI segmentation using supervoxel classification. H.Y. Baluwala, D.T.K. Malcolm, A.J. Doyle, P.M.F. Nielsen, and M.P. Nash. In Proceedings of the 3rd MICCAI Workshop on Breast Image Analysis. Eds. Harz, Mertzanidou, Hipwell, pp. 113-120, 2015.
  3. Comparison of fibroglandular tissue segmentation algorithms in breast MRI . H.Y. Baluwala, P. Sanghani, D.T.K. Malcolm, P.M.F. Nielsen, and M.P. Nash. In Proceedings of the 3rd MICCAI Workshop on Breast Image Analysis. Eds. Harz, Mertzanidou, Hipwell, pp. 105-112, 2015.
  4. Automatic landmark detection using statistical shape modelling and template matching. H.Y. Baluwala, D.T.K. Malcolm, J.W.Y. Jor, P.M.F. Nielsen, and M.P. Nash. In Computational Biomechanics for Medicine: New Approaches and New Applications (MICCAI 2014 Workshop). Eds. B. Doyle, K. Miller, A. Wittek and P.M.F. Nielsen, Springer, pp. 75-82, 2015.
  5. Modelling breast deformation using partial least-squares regression. D.T.K. Malcolm, C.M Goh, T.P. Barbarenda Gamage, J. Hou, P.M.F. Nielsen, and M.P. Nash. In Proceedings of The Second MICCAI International Workshop on Breast Image Analysis (MICCAI2013 Workshop), eds. Martel, Hipwell, Schnabel, Nielsen, Nash, Kontos, Karssemeijer, pp. 9-16, 2013.
  6. Modelling prone to supine breast deformation under gravity loading using heterogeneous finite element models. T.P. Babarenda Gamage, R. Boyes, V. Rajagopal, P.M.F. Nielsen and M.P. Nash. In Computational Biomechanics for Medicine: Deformation and Flow (MICCAI 2012 Workshop). P.M.F. Nielsen, A. Wittek and K. Miller. (Eds.), Springer, pp.29-38, 2012.
  7. Patient-specific modeling of breast biomechanics with applications to breast cancer detection and treatment. T.P. Babarenda Gamage, V. Rajagopal, P.M.F. Nielsen. and M.P. Nash. Chap. 9 in: Patient-Specific Modeling in Tomorrow's Medicine, Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials. A. Gefen (ed.), Springer, pp. 379-412, 2012.
  8. Breast x-ray and MR image fusion using finite element modelling. A.W.C. Lee, V. Rajagopal, H.M. Reynolds, A. Doyle, P.M.F. Nielsen. and M.P. Nash. In Proceedings of Workshop on Breast Image Analysis (MICCAI2011 Workshop), eds. Tanner, Schnabel, Karssemeijer, Nielsen, Giger, Hawkes. pp. 129-136, 2011.
  9. Towards a completely automated clinical workflow for breast image analysis using patient-specific biomechanical models. V. Rajagopal, R. Boyes, M. Azhar, T.P. Babarenda Gamage, P.M.F. Nielsen. and M.P. Nash. In Proceedings of Workshop on Breast Image Analysis (MICCAI2011 Workshop), eds. Tanner, Schnabel, Karssemeijer, Nielsen, Giger, Hawkes. pp. 121-128, 2011.
  10. Mapping breast cancer between clinical x-ray and MR images. H.M. Reynolds, J. Puthran, A. Doyle, W. Jones, P.M.F. Nielsen. and M.P. Nash and V. Rajagopal. In Computational Biomechanics for Medicine: Soft Tissues and the Musculoskeletal System (MICCAI2010 Workshop). A. Wittek, P.M.F. Nielsen. and K. Miller. (Eds.), Springer, pp.81-90, 2011.
  11. Method for validating breast compression models using normalised cross correlation, A. W. C. Lee, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. Chap. 7 in Computational Biomechanics for Medicine IV (MICCAI2009 Workshop), Springer, pp. 63-71, 2010.
  12. Mapping microcalcifications between 2D mammograms and 3D MRI using a biomechanical model of the breast, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, R. P. Highnam, R. Warren, P. M F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. Chap. 3 in Computational Biomechanics for Medicine IV (MICCAI2009 Workshop), Springer, pp. 17-28, 2010.
  13. Correlation of breast image alignment using biomechanical modelling, A. W. C. Lee, V. Rajagopal, P. Bier, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, 7262(726219), 2009.
  14. Biomechanical modelling for breast image registration, A. W. C. Lee, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, P. Bier, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, 6918(69180U), 2008.
  15. Computational biomechanics of the breast: importance of the unloaded state (PDF), V. Rajagopal, A. W. C. Lee, J. H. Chung, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. Computational Biomechanics for Medicine II (MICCAI2007 Workshop), Springer, pp. 103-112, 2007.
  16. Computational Modelling of the Breast During Mammography for Tumour Tracking, J. H. Chung, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash (2005). Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, 5746:817-824, 2005.

Refereed published abstracts and short papers

  1. Optimal design of experiments for in-vivo identification of breast tissue mechanical properties. T.P. Babarenda Gamage, H.Y. Baluwala, D.T.K. Malcolm, C.P. Bradley, M.P. Nash, and P.M.F. Nielsen. 6th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM2015), Auckland N.Z., 14-17 July, 2015.
  2. Towards tracking breast tumours using biomechanical models. T.P. Babarenda Gamage , A.W.C. Lee, D. Malcolm, C.P. Bradley, P.M.F. Nielsen, and M.P. Nash.15th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME), Singapore, 4-7 December, 2013.
  3. Automatic 3D surface profiling using arbitrarily positioned cameras. A. Hajirassouliha, T.P. Babarenda Gamage, M. Parker, A.J. Taberner, M.P. Nash and P.M.F. Nielsen. In Proceedings of the 28th International Image and Vision Computing New Zealand Conference (IVCNZ 2013), eds. Delmas, Wuensche, James, Auckland NZ, November, 2013.
  4. FPGA implementation of 2D cross-correlation for real-time 3D tracking of deformable surfaces. A. Hajirassouliha, T.P. Babarenda Gamage, M. Parker, A.J. Taberner, M.P. Nash and P.M.F. Nielsen. In Proceedings of the 28th International Image and Vision Computing New Zealand Conference (IVCNZ 2013), eds. Delmas, Wuensche, James, Auckland NZ, November, 2013.
  5. Optimal design of experiments to determine mechanical properties of soft bodies. T.P. Babarenda Gamage, M.P. Nash and P.M.F. Nielsen. 46th Annual ORSNZ Conference, Wellington, 10-11 December, 2012.
  6. 3D material point tracking using phase based cross-correlation stereoscopy. M. Azhar, A.J. Taberner, M.P. Nash and P.M.F. Nielsen. In Proceedings of the 26th International Image and Vision Computing New Zealand Conference (IVCNZ 2011), pp.541-546, eds. Delmas, Wuensche, James, Auckland NZ, 29 November - 1 December, 2011.
  7. Predicting breast deformation under gravity loading. Babarenda Gamage, T.P., Boyes, R., Rajagopal, V., Nielsen, P.M.F. and Nash, M.P. 23rd Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, p.107, Brussels Belgium, 3-7 July, 2011.
  8. Predicting prone to supine breast deformation using heterogeneous biomechanical models. Babarenda Gamage, T.P., Boyes, R., Rajagopal, V., Nielsen, P.M.F. and Nash, M.P. 2nd International Conference on Mathematical and Computational Biomedical Engineering (CMBE2011), Washington D.C. U.S.A., 30 March – 1 April, 2011.
  9. Modelling and identifying mechanical properties of the breast using gravity loading. Babarenda Gamage, T.P., Rajagopal, V., Nielsen, P.M.F. and Nash, M.P. Proceedings of the Physiological Society of N.Z., p.42, MedSciNZ Congress, Queenstown N.Z., November, 2010.
  10. Mapping tumours between x-ray mammography and breast MRI. Puthran, J., Reynolds, H.M., Rajagopal, V., Doyle, a., Jones, W., Nielsen, P.M.F. and Nash, M.P. Proceedings of the Physiological Society of N.Z., p.52, MedSciNZ Congress, Queenstown N.Z., November, 2010.
  11. In-vivo estimation of breast tissue mechanical properties using 3D normalised cross-correlation. Lee, a.W.C., Babarenda Gamage, T.P., Rajagopal, V., Nielsen, P.M.F. and Nash, M.P. Proceedings of the Physiological Society of N.Z., p.59, MedSciNZ Congress, Queenstown N.Z., November, 2010.
  12. Statistical analysis and visualisation of lymphatic drainage patterns in the breast, E. I. Blumgart, R. F. Uren, P. M. F. Nielsen, M. P. Nash and H. M. Reynolds. In: Proceedings of the International Sentinel Node Society Meeting, Yokohama, 2010.
  13. Identifying mechanical properties of the breast using gravity loading, T. P. Babarenda Gamage, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen, M. P. Nash. In: Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of Biomechanics, Singapore, 2010.
  14. Mapping breast cancer between x-ray mammograms, J. Puthran, H. M. Reynolds, V. Rajagopal, A. Doyle, W. Jones, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of Biomechanics, Singapore, 2010.
  15. Mapping breast cancer from clinical x-ray to MR images using finite element modelling, H. M. Reynolds, J. Puthran, V. Rajagopal, A. Doyle, W. Jones, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of Biomechanics, Singapore, 2010.
  16. Breast MR image registration using a biomechanical model, A. W. C. Lee, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: Proceedings IUPS, Kyoto, p.353, 2009.
  17. Breast biomechanics for multi-modal image analysis, V. Rajagopal, R. P. Highnam, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine & Australian Biomedical Engineering, Christchurch, 2008.
  18. Breast image registration using biomechanical modelling, A. W. C. Lee, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine & Australian Biomedical Engineering, Christchurch, 2008.
  19. Image registration for a biomechanical breast model, A. W. C. Lee, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: Proceedings of Physiol. Soc. NZ, MedSciNZ Congress, Queenstown, 2008.
  20. Modelling mammographic deformation of the breast, J. H. Chung, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: Proceedings of Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering (EPSM ABEC), Christchurch, 2008.
  21. Biomechanical model for breast image registration, A. W. C. Lee, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: Proceedings of Physiol. Soc. NZ, MedSciNZ Congress, Queenstown, 2007.
  22. Biomechanics of mammographic compression: analysis of contact theories and the choice of reference state, J. H. Chung, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, 2006.
  23. Breast biomechanics: validation of mammographic compression models including skin-tissue coupling, J. H. Chung, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Los Angeles, 2006.
  24. Finite Element Modelling of Breast Biomechanics: Directly Calculating the Reference State, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, New York, 2006.
  25. Skin-tissue interactions under mammographic-like compressions, J. H. Chung, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Seoul, 2006.
  26. Finite Element Modelling of Breast Biomechanics: Predicting the Effects of Gravity, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, Ruth Warren, R. P. Highnam, M. P. Nash and P. M. F. Nielsen. In: Computational Biomechanics for Medicine, MICCAI, Copenhagen, pp. 94-103, 2006.
  27. A biomechanical model of the breast to track tumours, J. H. Chung, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: 3rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Prague, 2005.
  28. Finite element modelling of breast biomechanics: Finding a reference state, V. Rajagopal, J. H. Chung, M. P. Nash and P. M. F. Nielsen. In: 27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005., IEEE, pp. 3268-3271, Shanghai, 2005.
  29. Development of a three-dimensional finite element model of breast mechanics, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, San Francisco, 2004.
  30. Modelling mammographic compression of the breast with applications to tumour tracking, J. H. Chung, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: New Zealand Biomedical and Medical Societies Conference, Queenstown, 2004.
  31. A 3D Finite Element Model of the Breast to Study Breast Cancer, V. Rajagopal, P. M. F. Nielsen and M. P. Nash. In: WC2003 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sydney, 2003.

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