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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Leuven, BE

2017-01-04 to present | Postdoc (Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics)
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mouloud Ourak

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques: Besancon, Franche-Comté, FR

2016-10-01 to 2017-03-31 | ATER
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FEMTO-ST: Besancon, Franche-Comté, FR

2013-09-01 to 2016-12-08 | Doctorant (AS2M)
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Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté: Besancon, Franche-Comté, FR

2013-09-01 to 2016-12-08 | Doctorat (AS2M)
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Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier: Montpellier, Occitanie, FR

2012-09-01 to 2013-06-30 | Master 1 (Informatique pour les sciences)
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Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier: Montpellier, Occitanie, FR

2010-09-01 to 2012-08-30 | Master 1 et 2 (Robotique)
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Funding (8)

Autonomous Robotics for Transcatheter dEliveRy sYstems

2021-01-01 to 2024-03-31 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9523397
GRANT_NUMBER: 101017140
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Functionally Accurate RObotic Surgery - FAROS

2021-01 to 2024-06 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
URL: https://h2020faros.eu/
GRANT_NUMBER:

101016985
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Development of ultra-thin multi-steerable catheter technology suited for soft-robotic navigation through complex vascular structures

2019-12-16 to 2023-12-16 | Grant
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Brussels, BE)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9476967
GRANT_NUMBER: 63e6c66b-462a-408c-9393-0c23cb004145
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ESR2 - Magnetic driving and actuation

2019-10-11 to 2023-10-11 | Grant
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Brussels, BE)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9480850
GRANT_NUMBER: d4836182-c989-437a-aa8d-33a9111dff9e
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ESR11 - Control of multi-DOF catheters in an unknown environment

2019-10-01 to 2023-10-01 | Grant
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Brussels, BE)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9479120
GRANT_NUMBER: a26b2ef6-a2b3-4479-ae1c-ecee5730723d
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SF-REACTA - Sensor Fusion and Realtime Control for EnhAnced Catheter Ablation

2018-10-01 to 2020-09-30 | Grant
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Brussels, BE)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9480418
GRANT_NUMBER: c7fbfdf7-863e-427d-b9c0-9bba58b9126c
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Robust Force Sensing and Control for Smart Catheters

2018-03-30 to 2022-03-30 | Grant
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Brussels, BE)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9475041
GRANT_NUMBER: 2c89a325-e116-4cb5-8ca7-4b2f23e43368
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Use Case for European Robotics in Ophthalmologic Micro−Surgery

2015-01-01 to 2018-02-28 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3939265
GRANT_NUMBER: 645331
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Works (46)

Robotic Path Re-Planning for US Reconstruction of the Spine

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TMRB.2025.3550662
Contributors: Kaat Van Assche; Ruixuan Li; Ayoob Davoodi; Matthias Tummers; Mouloud Ourak; Gianni Borghesan; Nicola Cavalcanti; Philipp Fünstahl; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Comparative Analysis of Interactive Modalities for Intuitive Endovascular Interventions

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3362628
Contributors: Di Wu; Zhen Li; Mohammad Hasan Dad Ansari; Xuan Thao Ha; Mouloud Ourak; Jenny Dankelman; Arianna Menciassi; Elena De Momi; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Autonomous Robotic Ultrasound Approach for Fetoscope Tracking by Fusing Optical and 2D Ultrasound Data

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3427556
Contributors: Yuyu Cai; Ruixuan Li; Ayoob Davoodi; Mouloud Ourak; Jan Deprest; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Experimental Assessment of Positioning Precision During Free-Hand and Robot-Assisted Tool Manipulation in Transoral Microsurgery Model

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TMRB.2024.3421596
Contributors: Sukrit Prasarnkleo; Jeroen Meulemans; Mouloud Ourak; Leonardo S. Mattos; Vincent Vander Poorten; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Fast OCT-Based Needle Tracking for Retinal Microsurgery Using Dynamic Spiral Scanning

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
2024-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TMRB.2024.3464693
Contributors: Pengwei Xu; Mouloud Ourak; Gianni Borghesan; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Tug-of-War-Style High-Force Fluidic Actuation for Small Diameter Steerable Instruments

Actuators
2024-11-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/act13110444
Contributors: Robert Lathrop; Mouloud Ourak; Jan Deprest; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Electrical Bioimpedance Sensing-Based Microcatheter Alignment in CTO-PCI

IEEE Sensors Journal
2024-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2024.3447231
Contributors: Yao Zhang; Martina Polidoro; Mouloud Ourak; Eric Verschooten; Johan Bennett; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Robotic Ultrasound-Guided Instrument Localization in Fetoscopy

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TMRB.2024.3407330
Contributors: Daniel Costa; Gianni Borghesan; Mouloud Ourak; António Pedro Aguiar; Yuyu Cai; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Force Control With a Novel Robotic Catheterization System Based on Braided Sleeve Grippers

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TMRB.2023.3291026
Contributors: Omar Al-Ahmad; Mouloud Ourak; Johan Vlekken; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Fusion Framework for Coaxial Catheter Tracking

IEEE Sensors Journal
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3309589
Contributors: Xuan Thao Ha; Di Wu; Fabian Trauzettel; Mouloud Ourak; Gianni Borghesan; Arianna Menciassi; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Multimodal Robot-Assisted Instrument Interaction for Solo Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TMRB.2023.3265629
Contributors: Jef De Smet; Ann-Sophie Page; Viktor Vörös; Mouloud Ourak; Jan Deprest; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Sensor Fusion for Shape Reconstruction Using Electromagnetic Tracking Sensors and Multi-Core Optical Fiber

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3280456
Contributors: Xuan Thao Ha; Di Wu; Mouloud Ourak; Gianni Borghesan; Arianna Menciassi; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Multicontact Localization Framework for Flexible Robots Using a Data-Driven Approach

IEEE Sensors Journal
2023-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3326614
Contributors: Xuan Thao Ha; Aditya Sridhar; Mouloud Ourak; Gianni Borghesan; Arianna Menciassi; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Physiological Motion Compensation for Neuroscience Research Based on Electrical Bio-Impedance Sensing

IEEE Sensors Journal
2023-10-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3307489
Contributors: Yao Zhang; Eric Verschooten; Mouloud Ourak; Kaat Van Assche; Gianni Borghesan; Di Wu; Kenan Niu; Philip X. Joris; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Shape Sensing of Flexible Robots Based on Deep Learning

IEEE Transactions on Robotics
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2022.3221368
Contributors: Xuan Thao Ha; Di Wu; Mouloud Ourak; Gianni Borghesan; Jenny Dankelman; Arianna Menciassi; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Comparison of 2D and autostereoscopic 3D visualization during mixed reality simulation

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
2023-03-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-023-02876-4
Contributors: Viktor Vörös; Jef De Smet; Mouloud Ourak; Vladimir Poliakov; Jan Deprest; Tom Kimpe; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Deep-Learning-Based Compliant Motion Control of a Pneumatically-Driven Robotic Catheter

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2022.3186497
Contributors: Di Wu; Xuan Thao Ha; Yao Zhang; Mouloud Ourak; Gianni Borghesan; Kenan Niu; Fabian Trauzettel; Jenny Dankelman; Arianna Menciassi; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Contact Localization of Continuum and Flexible Robot Using Data-Driven Approach

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2022.3176723
Contributors: Xuan Thao Ha; Di Wu; Chun-Feng Lai; Mouloud Ourak; Gianni Borghesan; Arianna Menciassi; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Local One-Dimensional Motion Estimation Using FBG-Based Shape Sensing for Cardiac Applications

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2022.3186761
Contributors: Omar Al-Ahmad; Mouloud Ourak; Johan Vlekken; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Fusion of Biplane Fluoroscopy With Fiber Bragg Grating for 3D Catheter Shape Reconstruction

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2021.3094238
Contributors: M. Ourak; S. De Buck; X. T. Ha; O. Al-Ahmad; K. Bamps; J. Ector; E. Vander Poorten
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Robust Catheter Tracking by Fusing Electromagnetic Tracking, Fiber Bragg Grating and Sparse Fluoroscopic Images

IEEE Sensors Journal
2021-10-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3107036
Contributors: Xuan Thao Ha; Mouloud Ourak; Omar Al-Ahmad; Di Wu; Gianni Borghesan; Arianna Menciassi; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Modeling and compensation of asymmetric rate-dependent hysteresis of a miniature pneumatic artificial muscle-based catheter

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.107532
Part of ISSN: 0888-3270
Contributors: Saeid Shakiba; Mouloud Ourak; Emmanuel Vander Poorten; Moosa Ayati; Aghil Yousefi-Koma
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A large displacement model for superelastic material side-notched tube instruments

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2021.106329
Part of ISSN: 0020-7403
Contributors: Julie Legrand; Mouloud Ourak; Tom Vandebroek; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Hysteresis Modeling of Robotic Catheters Based on Long Short-Term Memory Network for Improved Environment Reconstruction

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/lra.2021.3061069
Part of ISSN: 2377-3766
Contributors: Di Wu; Yao Zhang; Mouloud Ourak; Kenan Niu; Jenny Dankelman; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Improved FBG-Based Shape Sensing Methods for Vascular Catheterization Treatment

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/lra.2020.3003291
Part of ISSN: 2377-3766
Contributors: Omar Al-Ahmad; Mouloud OURAK; Jan Van Roosbroeck; Johan Vlekken; Emmanuel B Vander Poorten
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Design and Shared Control of a Flexible Endoscope with Autonomous Distal Tip Alignment

2019 19th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR)
2019 | Other
DOI: 10.1109/icar46387.2019.8981563
Contributors: Mirza Awais Ahmad; Mouloud Ourak; Caspar Gruijthuijsen; Julie Legrand; Tom Vercauteren; Jan Deprest; Sebastien Ourselin; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Direct Visual Servoing using Wavelet Coefficients,

IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
2019 | Journal article
HAL: hal-02387202
Contributors: Mouloud Ourak; Brahim Tamadazte; Olivier Lehmann; Nicolas Andreff
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Estimating and Localizing External Forces Applied on Flexible Instruments by Shape Sensing

2019 19th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR)
2019 | Other
DOI: 10.1109/icar46387.2019.8981592
Contributors: Qiao Qiao; Dries Willems; Gianni Borghesan; Mouloud Ourak; Joris De Schutter; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Evaluating the Potential Benefit of Autostereoscopy in Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy through VR Simulation

2019 19th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR)
2019 | Other
DOI: 10.1109/icar46387.2019.8981553
Contributors: Jef De Smet; Vladimir Poliakov; Kenan Niu; Frederique Chesterman; Johan Fornier; Mirza Awais Ahmad; Mouloud Ourak; Viktor Voros; Jan Deprest; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Towards Real-time Estimation of a Spherical Eye Model based on a Single Fiber OCT

2019 19th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR)
2019 | Other
DOI: 10.1109/icar46387.2019.8981620
Contributors: Philip Cornelissen; Mouloud Ourak; Gianni Borghesan; Dominiek Reynaerts; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Electrical Bio-Impedance Proximity Sensing for Vitreo-Retinal Micro-Surgery

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2019-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/lra.2019.2930482
Part of ISSN: 2377-3766
Part of ISSN: 2377-3774
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Handheld Active Add-On Control Unit for a Cable-Driven Flexible Endoscope

Frontiers in Robotics and AI
2019-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2019.00087
Part of ISSN: 2296-9144
Contributors: Julie Legrand; Allan Javaux; Mouloud Ourak; Dirk Wenmakers; Tom Vercauteren; Jan Deprest; Sebastien Ourselin; Kathleen Denis; Emmanuel Vander Poorten
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Direct Visual Servoing Using Wavelet Coefficients

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
2019-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2019.2898509
Part of ISSN: 1083-4435
Contributors: Mouloud Ourak; Brahim Tamadazte; Olivier Lehmann; Nicolas Andreff
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Combined OCT distance and FBG force sensing cannulation needle for retinal vein cannulation: in vivo animal validation

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
2019-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-018-1829-0
Contributors: M. Ourak; J. Smits; L. Esteveny; G. Borghesan; A. Gijbels; L. Schoevaerdts; Y. Douven; J. Scholtes; E. Lankenau; T. Eixmann et al.
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From a Disposable Ureteroscope to an Active Lightweight Fetoscope—Characterization and Usability Evaluation

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/lra.2018.2866204
Part of ISSN: 2377-3766
Part of ISSN: 2377-3774
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Geometric Calibration of an OCT Imaging System

2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2018-05 | Other
DOI: 10.1109/icra.2018.8463171
Contributors: M. Ourak; B. Tamadazte; G. J. Laurent; N. Andreff
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Innovative Bio-Impedance Sensor Towards Puncture Detection in Eye Surgery for Retinal Vein Occlusion Treatment

2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2018-05 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1109/icra.2018.8460205
ISBN: 9781538630815
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Automatic Tool Landmark Detection for Stereo Vision in Robot-Assisted Retinal Surgery

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2018-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/lra.2017.2778020
Part of ISSN: 2377-3766
Contributors: Thomas Probst; Kevis-Kokitsi Maninis; Ajad Chhatkuli; Mouloud Ourak; Emmanuel Vander Poorten; Luc Van Gool
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Visual servoing based on the wavelets for automatic positioning of an optical coherence tomography probe

2016-12-08 | Dissertation or Thesis
HAL: tel-01618731
Contributors: Mouloud Ourak
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Partitioned camera-OCT based 6 DOF visual servoing for automatic repetitive optical biopsies

2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2016-10 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1109/iros.2016.7759364
ISBN: 9781509037629
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Multimodal Image Registration and Visual Servoing

2016-07 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-31898-1_9
HAL: hal-01433996
Contributors: Mouloud Ourak; Brahim Tamadazte; Nicolas Andreff; Eric Marchand
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Automated in-plane OCT-probe positioning towards repetitive optical biopsies

2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2016-05 | Other
DOI: 10.1109/icra.2016.7487612
Contributors: M. Ourak; A. De Simone; B. Tamadazte; G. J. Laurent; A. Menciassi; N. Andreff
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Wavelets-based 6 DOF visual servoing

2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2016-05 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.1109/icra.2016.7487518
ISBN: 9781467380263
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Visual Servoing-based Registration of Multimodal Images

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
2015 | Other
DOI: 10.5220/0005528900440051
Contributors: M. Ourak; B. Tamadazte; N. Andreff; E. Marchand
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Registration using wavelet coefficients in spectral domain.

2014 | Conference paper
HAL: hal-01324691
Contributors: Mouloud Ourak; Brahim Tamadazte; Nicolas Andreff
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Towards registration of multimodal images of vocal folds based on mutual information.

2013-09-11 | Conference paper
HAL: hal-00867782
Contributors: Mouloud Ourak; Brahim Tamadazte; Nicolas Andreff; Christian Pieralli; Olivier Gaiffe; Bruno Wacogne
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