Publications

Journals Articles

  1. Arachchige., A.S.; Samarabandu, J.; Knoll, J.; Rogan, P., Intensity Integrated Laplacian Based Thickness Measurement for Detecting Human Metaphase Chromosome Centromere Location, IEEE Transactions on  Biomedical Engineering, , vol. 60, no. 7, pp.2005-2013, 0, doi: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2248008
  2. Tharindu De Silva, Aaron Fenster, Jeffrey Bax, Cesare Romagnoli, Jonathan Izawa, Jagath Samarabandu, and Aaron D. Ward, Quantification of prostate deformation due to needle insertion during TRUS-guided biopsy: Comparison of hand-held and mechanically stabilized systems, Med. Phys. 38, 1718 (2011), DOI:10.1118/1.3557883
  3. T De Silva, A Fenster, J Samarabandu, and A Ward, Evaluating Image-Similarity Metrics to Detect Prostate Motion during 3D TRUS-Guided Prostate Biopsy, Med. Phys. 38, 3838 (2011), DOI:10.1118/1.3613452
  4. De Silva, T., Fenster, A., Baxter, J., Romagnoli, C.,  Izawa, J., Samarabandu, J., Ward, A. D., Quantification of prostate deformation due to needle insertion during TRUS-guided biopsy: Comparison of hand-held and mechanically stabilized systems, Medical Physics, Med. Phys. 38, 1718 (2011), DOI:10.1118/1.3557883
  5. Ukwatta, E., Awad, J., Ward, A. D., Buchananb, D., Samarabandu, J., Parraga, G., Fenster, A., Three-dimensional Ultrasound of Carotid Atherosclerosis: Semi-automated Segmentation Using a Level Set-based Method, Medical Physics, 38, 2479 (2011), DOI:10.1118/1.3574887
  6. E Ukwatta, J Awad, A Ward, D Buchanan, J Samarabandu, G Parraga, and A Fenster Semi-Automated Segmentation Method to Quantify Carotid Atherosclerosis from 3D Ultrasound Images, Med. Phys. 38, 3718 2011 DOI:10.1118/1.3612989
  7. Ukwatta, E., Samarabandu, J., Hall, M., Machine Vision System for Automated Spectroscopy, Springer-Verlag - Machine Vision and Applications, DOI: 10.1007/s00138-011-0338-8, 2011
  8. Premaratne, U., Samarabandu, J., Sidhu, T., Beresh, B., Tan, J-C, An Intrusion Detection System for IEC61850 Automated Substations, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 25(4): 2376 - 2383, 2010
  9. Premaratne, U., Samarabandu, J., Sidhu, T., Beresh, B., Tan, J-C, Security Analysis and Auditing of IEC61850 Automated Substations, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 39(3): 658 - 671, 2010
  10. Liu, X., Samarabandu, J., Veksler, O., Order Preserving Moves for Graph Cut based Optimization, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 32(7):1182 - 1196, 2010
  11. Rodrigo, R., Samarabandu, J., Robust and Efficient Feature Tracking for Indoor Navigation, IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics, Part B, 39(3): 658-671, 2009
  12. Nanayakkara, N., Chiu, B., Samani, A., Spence, D., Samarabandu, J., Paraga, G., Fenster, A., Nonrigid Registration of Three-dimensional Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Images of the Carotid Arteries, Medical Physics, 36:373-385, 2009
  13. Nanayakkara, N., Chiu, B., Samani, A., Spence, D. and Samarabandu, J., Fenster A., A “Twisting and Bending” Model-based Nonrigid Image Registration Technique for 3D Ultrasound Carotid Images, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 27(10): 1378-1388, 2008
  14. Fuzzy Inference System for Software Product Family Process Evaluation, Faheem Ahmed, Luiz Fernando Capretz, Jagath Samarabandu, Journal of Information Sciences, 178: 2780–2793, 2008
  15. A fast and robust full automatic clinical system for cardiac functional analysis on 4D and 5D MRI, Shuo Li, Xiaoqing Liu, Jagath Samarabandu, Ian Ross, Greg Garvin, and R. Rankin,  Angiographic Imaging: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol.2(Suppl 1):S68-S81, 2007.
  16. Recent Advances in Simultaneous Localization and Map-building Using Computer Vision, Z. Chen, J. Samarabandu and R. Rodrigo,  Advanced Robotics, 21(3):233-256, 2007
  17. Muslimi, B, Caprets, M.and Samarabandu, J, An Efficient Technique for Extracting Fuzzy Rules From Neural Networks, International Journal of Intelligent Technology, 1(4):299-305, 2006.
  18. Samarabandu, J. and Liu, X., An Edge-based Text Region Extraction Algorithm for Indoor Mobile Robot Navigation, International Journal of Signal Processing, 3(4):273-280, 2006.
  19. Structural labelling of indoor images using a support vector machine based learning algorithm, X. Liu and J. Samarabandu, WSEAS Transactions on Signal Processing, 3(8):1489-1494, 2006.
  20. Frame frame interpolation in video sequences using energy minimization, R. Rodrigo and J. Samarabandu, WSEAS Transactions on Signal Processing, 3(8):1476-1481, 2006
  21. Rank-scaled Mutation rate for Genetic Algorithms, M. Sewel, J. Samarabandu, R. Rodrigo and K. McIsaac,, International Journal of Information Technology, 3(1):32-26, 2006
  22. Prostate Segmentation by Feature Enhancement using Domain Knowledge and Adaptive Region based Operations, N. Nanayakkara, J. Samarabandu, A. Fenster, Journal of Physics in Medicine and Biology, 51(2006):1831-1846, 2006
  23. Three-Dimensional Visualization Of Transcription Sites And Their Association With Splicing Factor-Rich Nuclear Specles, X. Y. Wei, S. Somanathan, J. Samarabandu, R. Berezney, Journal of Cell Biology, 146(3):543-558, 1999
  24. Segregation of transcription and replication sites into higher order domains. X.Wei, J. Samarabandu, R. Devdhar, A. Siegel, R. Acharya, R. Berezney, Science, 281:1502-1505, 1998
  25. Spatial and Temporal dynamics of DNA replication sites in mammalian cells, H. Ma, J. Samarabandu, R. Devdhar, R. Acharya, P. C. Cheng,  C. Meng, R. Berezney, Journal of Cell Biology, 143(6):1415-1425, 1998.
  26. An Algorithm for Automated Alignment of Radio-graphs for Image Subtraction, Samarabandu, J., E. Hausmann, K. Allen and R. Acharya, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Biology, 77(1):75, 1994
  27. Analysis of Bone Xrays using Morphological Fractals, Samarabandu, J., R. Acharya, E. Hausmann and K. Allen, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 12(3):466, 1993
  28. Visualization and Interactive Exploration of Multi-Dimensional Confocal Images, Samarabandu J., R. Acharya, P. C. Cheng, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 17(3):183, 1993
  29. Geodesic Skeleton for Representing Biological Structures in Microscopy Images, R. Acharya, C. Edirisinghe and J. Samarabandu, Trans. Royal Microscopical Society, July 1992
  30. Digital warping of dental radiographs to correct projective distortion J. Samarabandu, R. Acharya, E. Hausmann and K. Allen, AADR, Boston, 1992

Patents

  1. US 8605981 - Centromere detector and method for determining radiation exposure from chromosome abnormalities; Peter Rogan, Joan Knoll, Jagath Samarabandu, Akila Subasinghe; granted on Dec 10, 2013
  2. US 8419218 - Solid state light assembly having light sources in a ring; Mahendra Dassanayake, Srini De Mel, Jagath Samarabandu; granted on Apr 16, 2013
  3. US 8449137 - Solid state tube light assembly; Mahendra Dassanayake, Srini De Mel, Jagath Samarabandu; granted on May 28, 2013
  4. US 8186852 - Opto-thermal solution for multi-utility solid state lighting device using conic section geometries; Mahendra Dassanayake, Srini De Mel, Jagath Samarabandu; grated on May 29, 2012
  5. US 8277082 - Solid state light assembly having light redirection elements; Mahendra Dassanayake, Srini De Mel, Jagath Samarabandu; grated on Oct 2, 2012
  6. US 8192057 - Solid state spot light assembly; Mahendra Dassanayake, Srini De Mel, Jagath Samarabandu; granted on Jun 5, 2012

Selected Conference Papers

  1. Kalil, M.; Samarabandu, J.; Shami, A.; Al-Dweik, A., "Performance evaluation of genetic algorithms for resource scheduling in TLE uplink," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2014 International , vol., no., pp.948,952, 4-8 Aug. 2014; doi: 10.1109/CCECE.2012.6335045
  2. Kayal, O.; Samarabandu, J., "Use of Kinect in a Multicamera setup for action recognition applications," Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2014 IEEE 27th Canadian Conference on , vol., no., pp.1,6, 4-7 May 2014; doi: 10.1109/CCECE.2014.6901117
  3. Samani, A.; Ghenniwa, H.H.; Samarabandu, J., "Risk-based modelling for managing privacy protection," Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2012 25th IEEE Canadian Conference on , vol., no., pp.1,5, April 29 2012-May 2 2012; doi: 10.1109/CCECE.2012.6335045
  4. Weerathunga, P.E.; Samarabandu, J.; Sidhu, T., Implementation of IPSec in substation gateways, 6th IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), 2012, pp.327,331, 27-29 Sept. 2012
  5. Yanxin Li; Wickramasinghe, A.; Akila Subasinghe, A.; Samarabandu, J.; Knoll, J.; Wilkins, R.; Flegal, F.; Rogan, P., Towards large scale automated interpretation of cytogenetic biodosimetry data, 6th IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), 2012 , pp.30,35, 27-29 Sept. 2012, doi: 10.1109/ICIAFS.2012.6420039
  6. Samani, Afshan; Ghenniwa, Hamada H.; Samarabandu, Jagath; , Risk-based modelling for managing privacy protection, 25th IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp.1-5, April 29 2012-May 2 2012, doi: 10.1109/CCECE.2012.6335045
  7. Subasinghe Arachchige, Akila; Samarabandu, Jagath; Rogan, Peter K.; Knoll, Joan H.M.; , Intensity integrated Laplacian algorithm for human metaphase chromosome centromere detection, 25th IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp.1-4, April 29 2012-May 2 2012, doi: 10.1109/CCECE.2012.6334866
  8. Moharana, A.; Samarabandu, J.; Varma, R.K.; , Fuzzy supervised PI controller for VSC HVDC system connected to Induction Generator based wind farm, IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), pp.432-437, 3-5 Oct. 2011, doi: 10.1109/EPEC.2011.6070240
  9. Christopher, Edwin; Liu, Gejie; Wang, Xianbin; Samarabandu, Jagath; , Low-complexity OFDM channel predictor design with varying speed receivers in time-varying wireless channels, 24th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp.001032-001035, 8-11 May 2011, doi: 10.1109/CCECE.2011.6030617
  10. Christopher, Edwin; Khan, Muhammad Ajmal; Wang, Xianbin; Samarabandu, Jagath; , Adaptive modulation for OFDM system with varying speed receiver, 24th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp.000892-000895, 8-11 May 2011, doi: 10.1109/CCECE.2011.6030586
  11. Ukwatta, E., Awad, J.,  Ward, A. D., Samarabandu, J., Krasinski, A., Parraga, G.,  Fenster, A., Segmentation of the Lumen and Media-Adventitia Boundaries of the Common Carotid Artery from 3D Ultrasound Images, SPIE Medical Imaging, Feb. 12-17, 2011 (Accepted)
  12. Premaratne, U.; Nait-Abdallah, A.; Samarabandu, J.; Sidhu, T.; , A formal model for masquerade detection software based upon natural mimicry, 5th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAFs), 2010, pp.14-19, 17-19 Dec. 2010, doi: 10.1109/ICIAFS.2010.5715627
  13. De Silva, T., Fenster, A, Samarabandu, J., Ward, A. D, Quantification of prostate deformation due to needle insertion during TRUS-guided biopsy,  MICCAI 2010, Sept. 20-24, 2010 (In Press)
  14. Arachchige, A.S.; Samarabandu, J.; Knoll, J.; Khan, W.; Rogan, P.; , An image processing algorithm for accurate extraction of the centerline from human metaphase chromosomes, 17th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), pp.3613-3616, 26-29 Sept. 2010, doi: 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5652017
  15. Zouqi, M.; Samarabandu, J.; Yanbo Zhou; , Multi-modal image registration using line features and mutual information, 17th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2010, pp.129-132, 26-29 Sept. 2010, doi: 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5653106
  16. Zouqi, M.; Samarabandu, J.; Yanbo Zhou; , Automatic Position Registration of Street-level Fisheye Images into Aerial Image Using Line Structures and Mutual Information, Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), pp.115-121, May 31 2010-June 2 2010, doi: 10.1109/CRV.2010.22