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M. Stella Atkins, Professor of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University

B.Sc. Chemistry, Nottingham Univ. 1966, M. Phil. Computer Science, Warwick Univ. 1976, Ph.D. Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 1985.

Co-Director of the SFU Medical Image Computing Analysis (MICA) Lab
Director Center for Systems Science , Sept 2000-Jan. 2004

Research Interests: I am currently involved in 4 major research areas:

  • Melanoma analysis (funded by Canadian Health Research Projects, CHRP)
  • Diffusion Tensor Imaging (funded by the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, NSERC)
  • Telepathology projects in Uzbekistan (funded by NATO Science for Peace)
  • Eyegaze tracking in surgery applications (funded by the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, NSERC)
    See the article in SFU's alumni magazine, aq

    • Teaching (Accessible only from SFU)

  • Summer 09: Computer Interface Design: CMPT 363
  • Summer 08: Computer Interface Design: CMPT 363
  • Spring 08: Computer Interface Design: CMPT 363
  • Summer 07: Special Topics on Interdisciplinary Computing: Computers in Medicine: CMPT 889
  • Summer 07: Computer Interface Design: CMPT 363
  • Fall 06: Computer Interface Design: at Zhejiang University, China
  • Spring 06: Special Topics on Interdisciplinary Computing: Computers in Medicine: CMPT 889
  • Spring 06: Computer Interface Design: CMPT 363
  • Summer 05: Computer Interface Design: CMPT 363
  • Fall 02: Special Topics on Interdisciplinary Computing: Computers in Medicine: CMPT 889
    Previous Courses
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    Grad Students and Researchers

    Maryam Sadeghi, PhD student -- Segmentation and analysis of skin lesions
    Yonas Weldeselassie, PhD student -- Analysis of Diffusion Tensor MR images
    Geoff Tien, PhD student ---Eyegaze tracking in surgery
    Xianta Jiang, PhD student --Physiological measures in surgery
    Present and Former Students

    Complete Publications

    Selected Recent Publications:

  • M. Sadeghi, T.K. Lee, H. Lui, D. McLean, M. S. Atkins, Automatic detection and analysis of dermoscopic structures on dermoscopy images, 22nd World Congress of Dermatology Seoul, South Korea, (GOLD Award winner), May 2011
  • P. Wighton, T.K. Lee, H. Lui, D.L. McLean and M.S. Atkins. Generalizing common tasks in automated skin lesion diagnosis. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 15(4):622-629, July 2011. pdf
  • B. Zheng, G. Tien, M. S. Atkins et al. Surgeon’s vigilance in the operating room. American Journal of Surgery, 201(5): 667-671, May 2011. pdf
  • P Wighton, T.K. Lee, D. McLean, H. Lui and M.S. Atkins. Chromatic Aberration Correction – An Enhancement to the Calibration of Low Cost Digital Dermoscopes. Skin Research and Technology, 17(2): 1-9, May 2011. pdf
  • M. D. Tisdall, R. A. Lockhart and M S. Atkins. The Bias/Variance Trade-off in Estimators for MR Signal Magnitude. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 65(5): 1-12, May 2011. pdf
  • M. Sadeghi, M. Razmara, T.K. Lee and M.S. Atkins, “A novel method for detection of pigment network in dermoscopic images using graphs”, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics Journal, 35(2011): 137-143, May 2011. pdf
  • 62. Y. Weldeselassie and M.S. Atkins. Shape Anisotropy: tensor distance to anisotropy measure. SPIE Medical Imaging, Vol. 7962-159, 1-8. Feb. 2011. Received Best Poster Award. pdf
  • Y. Weldeselassie, A. Barmpoutis and M.S. Atkins. Symmetric Positive-Definite Cartesian Tensor Orientation Distribution Functions (CT-ODF). MICCAI 2010, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNCS 6361: 582-589, Sept. 2010. pdf
  • G. Tien, B. Zheng, C. Swindells and M.S. Atkins. Measuring Situation Awareness of Surgeons in Laparoscopic Training. Proceedings of Eye Tracking Research and Applications, ETRA 2010, pp. 149-152, March 2010. pdf
  • P. Wighton, M. Sadeghi, T.K. Lee and M.S. Atkins. A fully automatic random walker segmentation for skin lesions in a supervised setting. MICCAI 2009, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Sept. 2009. pdf
  • R. Mandryk and M.S. Atkins. A Fuzzy Physiological Approach for Continuously Modelling Emotion during Interaction with Play Environments. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 6(4): 329-347, 2007. pdf(1500k)
    • Complete List
    Technology and Science Complex(TASC-I) Building, Room 9237, Simon Fraser University, Simon Fraser University,
    Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6.
    Phone: 778-782-4288. FAX: 778-782-3045
    E-mail: stella@cs.sfu.ca