Journal Publications

[1] J. Gregor and E. Granum, "Finding chromosome centromeres using band pattern information," Computers in Biology and Medicine, 21: 55-67, 1991.

[2] J. Gregor and E. Granum, "String segmentation and classification by forced landmark Markov networks," Intl. J. Patt. Recogn. and Artif. Intell., 5: 413-423, 1991.

[3] J. Gregor and M.G. Thomason, "Dynamic programming alignment of sequences representing cyclic patterns," IEEE Trans. PAMI, 15: 129-135, 1993.

[4] C.E. Guthrie, J. Gregor, and M.G. Thomason, "Constrained Markov networks for automated analysis of G-banded chromosomes," Computers in Biology and Medicine, 23: 105-114, 1993.

[5] J. Gregor and M.G. Thomason, "Hybrid pattern recognition using Markov networks," IEEE Trans. PAMI, 15: 651-656, 1993.

[6] J. Gregor, "Data-driven inference of finite-state automata," Intl. J. Patt. Recogn. and Artif. Intell., 8: 305-322, 1994.

[7] J. Gregor and R.S. Harris, "String matching with left-to-right networks," Pattern Recognition Letters, 16: 213-218, 1995.

[8] F. Rannou and J. Gregor, "Equilateral polygon approximation of closed contours," Pattern Recognition, 29: 1105-1115, 1996.

[9] J. Gregor and M.G. Thomason, "Efficient dynamic programming alignment of cyclic strings by shift elimination," Pattern Recognition, 29: 1179-1185, 1996.

[10] S.P. Olesen, J. Gregor, M.G. Thomason and G. Smith, "EM-ML PET reconstruction on multiple processors with reduced communications," Intl Journal for Imaging Systems and Technology, 7: 215-223, 1996.

[11] J. Gregor and D. Huff, "A focus of attention preprocessing scheme for EM-ML PET reconstruction", IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 16: 218-223, 1997.

[12] J. Gregor and D. Huff, "A computational study of the focus of attention EM-ML algorithm for PET reconstruction", Parallel Computing, 24: 1481-1497, 1998. Invited paper for special issue on biomedical applications.

[13] J. Gregor and R.T. Whitaker, "Indoor scene reconstruction from sets of noisy range images", Graphical Models, 63: 304-332, 2001. Greatly extended version of conference paper [4] below.

[14] J. Gregor and F.R. Rannou, "3D Support Function Estimation and Application for Projection MRI", Intl Journal for Imaging Systems and Technology, 12:43-50, 2002.

[15] R.T. Whitaker and J. Gregor, "A maximum likelihood surface estimator for dense range data", IEEE Trans. PAMI, 24:1372-1387, 2002.

[16] J. Gregor, S. Gleason, M. Paulus, J. Cates, "Fast Feldkamp reconstruction based on focus of attention and distributed computing", Intl Journal for Imaging Systems and Technology, 12:229-234, 2002.

[17] M.G. Thomason, R. Longton, J. Gregor, G.T. Smith, and K. Hutson, "Simulation of emission tomography using grid middleware for distributed computing," Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 75:251-258, 2004.

[18] T. Benson and J. Gregor, "Distributed iterative image reconstruction for micro-CT with ordered-subsets and focus of attention problem reduction," Journal of X-Ray Systems and Technology, vol 12, pp 231-240, 2004.

[19] J.S. Wall, S.J. Kennel, M.J. Paulus, S. Gleason, J. Gregor, J. Baba, M. Schell, T. Richey, B. O'Nuallain, R. Donnell, P.N. Hawkins, D.T. Weiss and A. Solomon, "Quantitative high-resolution microradiographic imaging of amyloid deposits in a novel murine model of AA-amyloidosis," Amyloid: The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders, vol 12, pp 149-156, 2005.

[20] T. Benson and J. Gregor, "Framework for iterative conebeam micro-CT reconstruction," IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 1335-1340, Oct. 2005. Extended version of similarly titled conference paper below.

[21] T. Benson and J. Gregor, "Three-dimensional focus of attention for iterative cone-beam micro-CT reconstruction," Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 51, pp. 4533-4546, 2006.

[22] J. Gregor, T. Benson, S. Gleason, M. Paulus, S. Figueroa, T. Hoffman, S. Kennel, and J. Wall, "Approximate volumetric system models for microSPECT," IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 53, pp. 2646-2652, Oct. 2006. Extended version of similarly titled conference paper below.

[23] J.S. Wall, M.J. Paulus, S. Gleason, J. Gregor, A. Solomon, and S.J. Kennel, "Micro-imaging of amyloid in mice," R. Wetzel and I. Keterpal (eds.), Methods in Enzymology, vol. 412, pp. 161-182, 2006.

[24] J.S. Wall, S.J. Kennel, M.J. Paulus, J. Gregor, T. Richey, J. Avenell, J. Yap, D. Townsend, D.T. Weiss, and A. Solomon, "Radioimaging of light chain amyloid with a fibril-reactive monoclonal antibody," J. Nuclear Medicine, vol. 47, pp. 2016-2024, 2006. Note: Figure made cover page!

[25] G. Mazeroff and J. Gregor, "Probabilistic suffix models for API sequence analysis of Windows XP applications", Pattern Recognition, in print, 2007.

[26] J. Gregor and T. Benson, "Computational analysis and improvement of SIRT," Physics in Medicine and Biology, submitted.

[27] N. Black and J. Gregor, "Monte Carlo simulation of scatter in a cone-beam micro-CT scanner", Physics in Medicine and Biology, submitted.

Conference Proceedings

[1] J. Gregor and M.G. Thomason, "A disagreement count scheme for inference of constrained Markov networks", in L. Miclet and C. de la Higuera (eds.), Grammatical Inference: Learning Syntax from Sequences (LNAI 1147), Proc. ICGI-96, Montpellier, France, pages 168-178, Springer, 1996.

[2] J. Gregor and D.C. Hensley, "Gamma-ray imaging of the Quinby sources", Proc. 5th Nondestructive Assay and Nondestructive Examination Waste Characterization Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, pages 361-379, 1997.

[3] F. Rannou and J. Gregor, "Iterative reconstruction of three-dimensional magnetic resonance images from boron data", Int. Conf. Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, pages 89-92, 1997.

[4] R.T. Whitaker, J. Gregor, and P.F. Chen, "Indoor scene reconstruction from sets of noisy range images", 3DIM'99, Ottawa, Canada, pages 348-357, 1999.

[5] J. Gregor and D.C. Hensley, "Enhanced imaging algorithms for the APNea system", Proc. 7th Nondestructive Assay and Nondestructive Examination Waste Characterization Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, pages 221-234, 2000.

[6] F. Rannou and J. Gregor, "Computational issues for 3D MRI projection image reconstruction", Proc. 22nd IEEE Engr. in Medicine and Biology Conf., Chicago, IL, July 2000. Four pages.

[7] J. Gregor and D.C. Hensley, "Algorithms for imaging neutrons with the APNea system," Spectrum2000: Int'l Conf. on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management, Chattanooga, TN, Sept. 2000. Eight pages.

[8] J. Gregor and F. Rannou, "A least squares framework for projection MRI reconstruction", Medical Imaging 2001: Image Processing, San Diego, CA, Feb. 2001. Proc. SPIE Vol. 4322, pp 888-897.

[9] A. Gothandaraman, R.T. Whitaker, and J. Gregor, "Total variation for the removal of blocking effects in DCT based encodings", IEEE Int. Conf. Image Proc., Thessaloniki, Greece, Oct. 2001. Four pages.

[10] G. Mazeroff, V. de Cerqueira, J. Gregor, and M.G. Thomason, "Probabilistic trees and automata for application behavior modeling", ACM Southeast Conf., Savannah, GA, pp. 435-440, Mar. 2003.

[11] V. de Cerqueira, G. Mazeroff, J. Gregor, and M.G. Thomason, "Visualization techniques for probability-weighted tree and automata-based models", ACM Southeast Conf., Savannah, GA, pp. 100-105, Mar. 2003. Award for outstanding student paper.

[12] J. Gregor, T. Benson, S. Gleason, and M. Paulus, "Support algorithms for x-ray micro-CT conebeam imaging", Int. Conf. Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Saint Malo, France, July 2003. Four pages.

[13] J. Gregor, S. Gleason, and M. Paulus, "Conebeam x-ray computed tomography with an offset detector array", IEEE Int. Conf. Image Proc., Barcelona, Spain, Sep. 2003. Four pages.

[14] M. Paulus, S. Gleason, J. Goddard, S. Kennel, J. Wall, A. Solomon, J. Gregor, and more, "Initial results with a small animal microSPECT/CT imaging system", High-resolution Molecular Imaging in Small Animals (IMI/HiRes), Madrid, Spain, Sep. 2003. Abstract.

[15] J. Gregor, S. Gleason, S. Kennel, M. Paulus, A. Solomon, P. Hawkins, and J. Wall, "A microSPECT/CT system for imaging of AA-amyloidosis in mice", Small-Animal SPECT Workshop, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 2004. Also in M. Kupinski and H. Barrett (eds.), Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, Chapter 15, Plenum US, 2005.

[16] J. Wall, M. Paulus, S. Kennel, S. Gleason, J. Baba, J. Gregor, D. Wolfenbarger, D. Weiss, A. Solomon, "Imaging of primary (AL) amyloidosis with an amyloid reactive monoclonal antibody", Xth Intl. Symp. on Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Tours, France, April 2004.

[17] J. Wall, S. Kennel, M. Paulus, S. Gleason, J. Gregor, M. Schell, T. Smith, B. O'Nuallain, P. Hawkins, and A. Solomon, "MicroSPECT/CT imaging of AA amyloidosis", Xth Intl. Symp. on Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Tours, France, April 2004.

[18] L. Arrowood, J. Carney, J. Gregor, and D. Townsend, "Use of consistency conditions on PET sinogram data to register anatomical boundaries in PET/CT imaging", Soc. Nucl. Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, June 2004. Abstract.

[19] J. Gregor, S. Gleason, S. Kennel, M. Paulus, T. Benson, and J. Wall, "Approximate volumetric system models for microSPECT", IEEE Medical Imaging Conf., Rome, Italy, pp 2575-2578, Oct. 2004.

[20] T. Benson and J. Gregor, "Framework for iterative conebeam micro-CT reconstruction", IEEE Medical Imaging Conf., Rome, Italy, Oct. 2004. Five pages.

[21] J. Gregor and Z. Liu, "A Bayesian framework for regularized SVM parameter estimation," IEEE Conf. Data Mining, Brighton, England, Nov. 2004. Seven pages.

[22] T. Benson and J. Gregor, "Distributed Image Reconstruction of Micro-CT Data: Computation and Communication Issues", Int. Conf. on Communication in Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2005.

[23] T. Benson and J. Gregor, "Three-dimensional focus of attention for iterative cone-beam micro-CT reconstruction", Int. Conf. Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2005. Four pages.

[24] N. Black and J. Gregor, "Monte Carlo simulation of scatter in a cone-beam micro-CT scanner", Int. Conf. Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2005. Four pages.

[25] T. Benson and J. Gregor, "Modified simultaneous iterative reconstruction technique for faster parallel computation," IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, Puerto Rico, pp. 2715-2718, Oct. 2005.

[26] K. Tobin, D. Aykac, P. Govindasamy, S. Gleason, J. Gregor, T. Karnowski, J. Price, and J. Wall, "Image-based informatics for preclinical biomedical research," International Symposium on Visual Computing, Lake Tahoe, NV, Nov. 2006. Also in Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4292, pp. 824-834, Springer.

[27] T. Benson and J. Gregor, "Iterative reconstruction of cone-beam CT data on a cluster," SPIE Electronic Imaging, San Jose, Feb. 2007. Twelve pages.

[28] J. Gregor, T. Benson, and G. Bosilca, "Distributed multi-core implementation of SIRT with application to cone-beam micro-CT," International Meeting on Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Lindau, Germany, July 2007. Four pages.

[29] J. Gregor, N. Black, and J. Wall, "Monte Carlo study of scatter and attenuation effects in connection with I-125 pinhole imaging of mice," International Meeting on Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Lindau, Germany, July 2007. Four pages.

Book Chapters

[1] E. Granum, M.G. Thomason, and J. Gregor, "On the use of automatically inferred Markov networks for chromosome analysis," in C. Lundsteen and J. Piper (eds.), Automation of Cytogenetics, pages 233-251, Springer, Berlin, 1989. By invitation.

[2] M.G. Thomason and J. Gregor, "Inference of Markov chain models of sequences", Current Topics in Pattern Recognition Research, Research Trends, pp. 163-173, 1995. By invitation.

[3] K. Tobin, E. Chaum, J. Gregor, T. Karnowski, J. Price, and J. Wall, "Image informatics for clinical and preclinical biomedical analysis", in G. Schaefer (ed.), Computational Intelligence in Medical Imaging, CRC Press, accepted.