See also CVIP Group Publications and my Google scholar page. My Erdös number is 3.

Books, Proceedings, Special Issues

Objects, Actions, Places (Editorial)
McKenna S J, Hoey J, Trucco E (Editors)
International Journal of Computer Vision (Special Issue), 2014
Authors' Manuscript (PDF). (The final publication is available at link.springer.com)

Microscopy Image Analysis for Biomedical Applications (Editorial)
McKenna S J, Magee D, Rajpoot N (Editors)
Machine Vision and Applications (Special Issue) 23(4), July 2012

Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC)
Hoey J, McKenna S J and Trucco E (Editors)
BMVA, September 2011

Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (Editorial)
McKenna S J and Hoey J (Editors)
Annals of the BMVA (Special Issue), 2009

Proceedings of the Medical Image Understanding and Analysis Conference (MIUA)
McKenna S J and Hoey J (Editors)
BMVA, July 2008

Dynamic Vision: from Images to Face Recognition
Gong S, McKenna S J, Psarrou A
Imperial College Press & World Scientific Publishing, ISBN 1-86094-181-8, 364 pp., April, 2000
(A review of this book by Eric Postma was published in Cognitive Systems Research)

Articles

2018

Structure Prediction for Gland Segmentation with Hand-Crafted and Deep Convolutional Features
Manivannan S, Li W, Zhang J, Trucco E, McKenna S J
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 37(1), Jan 2018, 210-221

2017

Finding Time Together: Detection and Classification of Focused Interaction in Egocentric Video
Bano S, Zhang J, McKenna S J
Proceedings of 2nd International Workshop on Egocentric Perception, Interation and Computing (EPIC@ICCV)

Retinal biomarker discovery for dementia in an elderly diabetic population
Fetit A E, Manivannan S, McGrory S, Ballerini L, Doney A, MacGillivray T J, Deary I J, Wardlaw J M, Doubal F, McKay G J, McKenna S J, Trucco E
Fetal, Infant and Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis: International Workshop, FIFI 2017, and 4th International Workshop, OMIA 2017, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2017, Quebec City, QC, Canada, September 14, Proceedings, 150--158

Multi-scale Analysis of the Surface Morphology of Colorectal Polyps from Optical Tomography
Zhang J, Zhang J, Coats M, Li W, Carey F A, McKenna S J
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization 5(5):318-328

Boundary-aware Fully Convolutional Network for Brain Tumor Segmentation
Shen H, Wang R, Zhang J, McKenna S J
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2017: 20th International Conference, Quebec City, QC, Canada, September 11-13, 2017, Proceedings, Part II, 433-441

Multi-task Fully Convolutional Network for Brain Tumour Segmentation
Shen H, Wang R, Zhang J, McKenna S
Medical Image Analysis and Understanding (MIUA) 2017

Recognising complex activities with histograms of relative tracklets
Stein S and McKenna S J
Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 154, 82-93, January 2017

2016

Weighted atlas auto-context with application to multiple organ segmentation
Amaral T, Plotz T, McKenna S J, Kyriazakis I
IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), Lake Placid, NY, USA, March 2016

Gland segmentation in colon histology images using hand-crafted features and convolutional neural networks
Li W, Manivannan S, Zhang J, Trucco E, McKenna S J
International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Prague, 2016

Segmentation of organs in pig offal using auto-context
Amaral T, Kyriazakis I, McKenna S J, Plotz T
International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Prague, 2016

Local structure prediction for gland segmentation
Manivannan S, Li W, Akbar S, Zhang J, Trucco E, McKenna S J
International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Prague, 2016

First step for computer assisted evaluation of qualitative supersonic shear wave elastography characteristics in breast tissue
Skerl K, Vinnicombe S, McKenna S J, Thomson K, Evans A
International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Prague, 2016

An Automated Pattern Recognition System for Classifying Indirect Immunofluorescence Images of HEp-2 Cells and Specimens
Manivannan S, Li W, Akbar S, Wang R, Zhang J, McKenna S J
Pattern Recognition 51:12-26, March 2016

2015

Comparing Computer-Generated and Pathologist-Generated Tumour Segmentations for Immunohistochemical Scoring of Breast Tissue Microarrays
Akbar S, Jordan L, Purdie C, Thompson A M, McKenna S J
British Journal of Cancer 113:1075-1080, 2015

Discriminating dysplasia: optical tomographic texture analysis of colorectal polyps
Li W, Coats M, Zhang J, McKenna S J
Medical Image Analysis 26(1):57-69

Multiple instance cancer detection by boosting regularised trees
Li W, Zhang J, McKenna S J
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Munich, October 2015

Hydrodynamic stretching for prostate cancer detection
Belotti Y, Conneely M, Palmer S, Huang T, Campbell P, McKenna S J, Nabi G, McGloin D
Proc. SPIE 9518, Bio-MEMS and Medical Microdevices II, 95180H (June 1, 2015)

Tumor Localization in Tissue Microarrays Using Rotation Invariant Superpixel Pyramids
Akbar S, Jordan L, Thompson A M, McKenna S J
International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), New York City, April 2015

2014

HEp-2 Cell Classification using Multi-resolution Local Patterns and Ensemble SVMs
Manivannan S, Li W, Akbar S, Wang R, Zhang J, McKenna S J
1st Workshop on Pattern Recognition Techniques for Indirect Immunofluorescence Images (I3A)
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Stockholm 2014
Winner of 1st International Contest on Performance Evaluation of Indirect Immunofluorescence Image Analysis Systems, Task 1

HEp-2 Specimen Classification using Multi-resolution Local Patterns and SVM
Manivannan S, Li W, Akbar S, Wang R, Zhang J, McKenna S J
1st Workshop on Pattern Recognition Techniques for Indirect Immunofluorescence Images (I3A)
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Stockholm 2014
Winner of 1st International Contest on Performance Evaluation of Indirect Immunofluorescence Image Analysis Systems, Task 2

Detecting and Segmenting Nanodiscs in Immuno-Electron Micrographs
Huang T, Hacker C, Lucocq J, McKenna S J
Proc. Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) 2014

Finding Golgi Stacks in Electron Micrographs
Fordyce N, Hacker C, McKenna S J, Lucocq J
Proc. Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) 2014

Analysing the Surface Morphology of Colorectal Polyps: Differential Geometry and Pit Pattern Prediction
Zhang J, Zhang J, Coats M, Carey F, McKenna S J
Proc. Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) 2014
British Association for Cancer Research Award for Best Cancer-related Paper

Lattice Estimation from Images of Patterns that Exhibit Translational Symmetry
Han J and McKenna S J
Image and Vision Computing, 32, 64-73, 2014
Accepted Author Manuscript (PDF)

Query-Dependent Metric Learning for Adaptive, Content-based Image Browsing and Retrieval
Han J and McKenna S J
IET Image Processing 8(10): 610-618

2013

User-adaptive models for recognizing food preparation activities
Stein S and McKenna S J
Proceedings of ACM Multimedia (Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities), Barcelona, October 2013

Learning from Partially Annotated OPT Images by Contextual Relevance Ranking
Li W, Zhang J, Zheng W, Coats M, Carey F A, McKenna S J
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Nagoya, Japan, September 2013

Comparative Analysis of Feature Extraction Methods for Colorectal Polyp Images in Optical Projection Tomography
Li W, Coats M, Zhang J, McKenna S J
Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA), Birmingham, July 2013

Combining Embedded Accelerometers with Computer Vision for Recognising Food Preparation Activities
Stein S and McKenna S J
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), Zurich, September 2013

Classification and Immunohistochemical Scoring of Breast Tissue Microarray Spots
Amaral T, McKenna S J, Robertson K, Thompson A
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 60(10):2806 - 2814

Spin-context Segmentation of Breast Tissue Microarray Images
Akbar S, McKenna S J, Amaral T, Jordan L, Thompson A
Annals of the BMVA 2013 (4): 1-11

Classification of colorectal polyp regions in optical projection tomography
Li W, Zhang J, McKenna S J, Coats M, Carey F A
International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), San Francisco, April 2013

Immunohistochemical Analysis of Breast Tissue Microarray Images using Contextual Classifiers
McKenna S J, Amaral T, Akbar S, Jordan L, Thompson A
Journal of Pathology Informatics 4(13), March 2013

2012

Towards recognizing food preparation activities in situational support systems
Stein S, McKenna S J
Digital Economy All Hands Conference 2012, Aberdeen
Best Student Paper

Health Website Quality: Towards Automated Analysis
Nind T, Hanson V, McKenna S J, Ricketts I, Sniehotta,F, Wei Z, Wyatt J, Gibson L, Moncur W
Digital Economy All Hands Conference 2012, Aberdeen

Tumour segmentation in breast tissue microarray images using spin-context
Akbar S, Amaral T, McKenna S J, , Jordan L, Thompson A
Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA), Swansea, July 2012

Editorial for Special Issue on Microscopy Image Analysis for Biomedical Applications
McKenna S J, Magee D, Rajpoot N (Guest Editors)
Machine Vision and Applications 23(4), July 2012

Accelerometer Localization in the View of a Stationary Camera
Stein S, McKenna S J
Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), Toronto, 27-30 May 2012

RERBEE: Robust Efficient Registration via Bifurcations and Elongated Elements applied to retinal fluorescein angiogram sequences
Perez-Rovira A, Cabido R, Trucco E, McKenna S J, Hubschman J P
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 31(1):140-150

2011

Recognition of Immunogold Markers in Electron Micrographs
Wang R, Pokhariya H, McKenna S J, Lucocq J
Journal of Structural Biology 176(2):151-8

Automated motion estimation of root responses to sucrose in two Arabidopsis thaliana genotypes using confocal microscopy
Wuyts N, Bengough A G, Roberts T J, Du C, Bransby M F, McKenna S J, Valentine T A
Planta 234(4):769-784

2010

Visualizing Image Collections using High-Entropy Layout Distributions
Wang R, McKenna S J, Han J, Ward A A
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 12(8):803-813, 2010
(The published IEEE version is available here)

Estimating the Motion of Plant Root Cells from in vivo Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Images
Roberts T, McKenna S J, Du C-J, Wuyts N, Valentine T, Bengough A G
Journal of Machine Vision and Applications 21:921-939
(The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com DOI 10.1007/s00138-009-0207-x)

Classifying textile designs using region graphs
Jia W, McKenna S J, Ward A A, Edwards, K J
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), September 2010

Markerless Human Motion Capture using Charting and Manifold Constrained Particle Swarm Optimisation
John V, Trucco E, McKenna S J
Proceedings of BMVC Postgraduate Workshop, September 2010
Best Paper Award

Classifying Textile Designs using Bags of Shapes
Jia W and McKenna S J
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Istanbul, August 2010

Gaussian Process Learning from Order Relationships using Expectation Propagation
Wang R and McKenna S J
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Istanbul, August 2010

2009

Analysis of breast tissue microarrays using latent Dirichlet allocation
Amaral T, McKenna S J, Robertson K, Thompson A
Optical Tissue Image Analysis in Microscopy, Histopathology and Endoscopy (OPTIMHisE), MICCAI 2009, London

Learning Query-Dependent Distance Metrics for Interactive Image Retrieval
Han J, McKenna S J, Wang R
7th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS), Liege, 13-15 October 2009

Scoring of breast tissue microarrays using ordinal regression: local patches vs. nuclei segmentation
Amaral T, Sciarabba M, Robertson K, Thompson A, McKenna S J
Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA), London, July 2009

High-Entropy Layouts for Content-based Browsing and Retrieval
Wang R, McKenna S J, Han J
ACM International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval (CIVR), Greece, July 2009

Parts-based Segmentation with Overlapping Part Models using Markov chain Monte Carlo
Seise M, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Wigderowitz C A
Image and Vision Computing 27 (5), 504-513

Scoring of breast tissue microarray spots through ordinal regression
Amaral T, McKenna S J, Robertson K, Thompson A
International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Lisboa, 2009

Classifying and Comparing Regular Textures for Retrieval Using Texel Geometry
Han J and McKenna S J
International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Lisboa, 2009

Extracting Printed Designs and Woven Patterns from Textile Images
Jia W, McKenna S J, Ward A
International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Lisboa, 2009

2008

Regular texture analysis as statistical model selection
Han J, McKenna S J, Wang R
European Conference on Computer Vision, Marseille, France, 12-18 October 2008

Classification of breast-tissue microarray spots using texton histograms
Amaral T, McKenna S J, Robertson K, Thompson A
Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA), Dundee, BMVA, 144-148, July 2008

Merging technology and users: applying image browsing to the fashion industry for design inspiration
Ward A A, McKenna S J, Buruma A, Taylor P, Han J
6th International Workshop on Content-based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI), London, 18-20 June 2008

Classification of breast-tissue microarray spots using colour and local invariants
Amaral T, McKenna S J, Robertson K, Thompson A
International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Paris, May 2008

Automated Assessment of Polyethylene Wear in Cemented Acetabular Components using Anteroposterior Radiographs of Total Hip Replacements
Kerrigan S, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Wigderowitz C A
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 32, 221-238, 2008

2007

Learning Active Shape Models for Bifurcating Contours
Seise M, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Wigderowitz C A
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 26(5):666-677, 2007

Human Pose Estimation using Partial Configurations and Probabilistic Regions
Roberts T, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W
International Journal of Computer Vision, 73(3), 285-306, July 2007
(The original publication will be available at www.springerlink.com)

Tracking Human Motion using Auxiliary Particle Filters and Iterated Likelihood Weighting
McKenna S J and Nait Charif H
Image and Vision Computing, 25(6), 852-862, June 2007

Performance of low-level motion estimation methods for confocal microscopy of plant cells in vivo
Roberts T, McKenna S J, Wuyts N, Valentine T, Bengough G
IEEE Workshop on Motion & Video Computing, Austin, Texas, February 2007 (8 pages)

2006

Segmenting multiple objects with overlapping appearance and uncertainty
Seise M, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Wigderowitz C A
British Machine Vision Conference, Edinburgh, 4-7 September, 839-848, 2006 (oral)

Part-based multi-frame registration for estimation of the growth of cellular networks in plant roots
Roberts T, McKenna S J, Hans J, Valentine T, Bengough G
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Hong Kong, August 2006, 378-382

Probabilistic segmentation of the knee joint from x-ray images
Seise M, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Wigderowitz C A
Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA), Manchester, 4-5 July 2006

Human Tracking using 3D Surface Colour Distributions
Roberts T, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W
Image and Vision Computing, 24, 1332-1342

Requirements Gathering using Drama for Computer Vision-based Monitoring in Supportive Home Environments
McKenna S J, Marquis-Faulkes F, Newell A F and Gregor P
International Journal of Gerontechnology 5(1):29-45, 2006

Root responses to soil physical conditions; growth dynamics from field to cell
Bengough A G, Bransby M F, Hans J, McKenna S J, Roberts T J, Valentine T A
Journal of Experimental Botany 57(20): 437-47, 2006

Tracking the Activity of Participants in a Meeting
Nait Charif H and McKenna S J
Machine Vision and Applications 17(2):83-93, May 2006
(The original paper is available at www.springer.com)

2005

Gathering the Requirements for a Fall Monitor Using Drama and Video with Older People
Marquis-Faulkes F, McKenna S J, Gregor P, Newell A F
Technology and Disability, 17(4): 227-236, 2005 (ISSN 1055-4181), IOS Press

Towards Video Understanding of Laparoscopic Surgery: Instrument Tracking
McKenna S J, Nait Charif H, Frank T
Image and Vision Computing New Zealand, B. McCane (Ed.), Dunedin, 28-29 November 2005

Double Contour Active Shape Models
Seise M, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Oxford, September 2005.

Eccentricity Error Correction for Automated Estimation of Polyethylene Wear after Total Hip Arthroplasty
Kerrigan S, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Wigderowitz C A
Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA), Bristol, July, 255-258

Segmenting Tibia and Femur from Knee X-ray Images
Seise M, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Wigderowitz C A
Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA), Bristol, July, 103-106.

Towards The Development of an Accurate and Repeatable Method For Assessing the Progression of Osteoarthritis from Standard Radiographs
Seise M, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Wigderowitz C A
British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) Annual Meeting, Stanmore, UK, July 2005

2004

Summarising Contextual Activity and Detecting Unusual Inactivity in a Supportive Home Environment
McKenna S J and Nait-Charif H
Pattern Analysis and Applications 7(4), 386-401, Springer-Verlag, December 2004
(The original publication is copyright Springer-Verlag and is available here)

Is it as I Left it? - A Computer Vision Aid for the Blind
Martinez-Alarcon J A and McKenna S J
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), The Hague, The Netherlands, 10-13 October, 2004.

Eccentric Elliptical Contours in Total Hip Replacements
Kerrigan S, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Wigderowitz C
Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA), London, 23-24 September, 2004, 216-219

Activity Summarisation and Fall Detection in a Supportive Home Environment
Nait Charif H and McKenna S J
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Cambridge, August 2004

Learning Spatial Context from Tracking using Penalised Likelihoods
McKenna S J and Nait Charif H
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Cambridge, August 2004

A System for Providing Preview Capability to Blind People Navigating in Familiar Places
Martinez-Alarcon J A and McKenna S J
27th International Conference on Technology and Disability (RESNA), Orlando, Florida, 20-22 June 2004.

A Comparison of Skin History and Trajectory-based Representation Schemes for the Recognition of User-Specified Gestures
McKenna S J and Morrison K
Pattern Recognition 37(5), 999-1009, 2004

Human Pose Estimation using Learnt Probabilistic Region Similarities and Partial Configurations
Roberts T, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Prague, 11-14 May 2004

An Experimental Comparison of Trajectory-based and History-based Representation for Gesture Recognition
Morrison K and McKenna S J
Gesture-based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction, 5th International Gesture Workshop (GW 2003), Genova, Italy, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNAI) 2915, Camurri A. and Volpe G. (Eds.), Springer, 152-163, 2004.

Tracking Poorly Modelled Motion using Particle Filters with Iterated Likelihood Weighting
Nait-Charif H and McKenna S J
Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), Jeju Island, Korea, 28-30 January

2003

Activity Monitoring for Independent Living using Ceiling-Mounted Visual Sensors
McKenna S J, Nait Charif H, Marquis-Faulkes F, Newell A F
International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence (ICADI), Washington D. C., 4-6 December 2003

Analysis of Total Hip Replacements using Active Ellipses
Kerrigan S, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W and Wigderowitz C
Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA), Sheffield, 10-11 July, 2003.

Head Tracking and Action Recognition in a Smart Meeting Room
Nait-Charif H and McKenna S J
4th IEEE International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance, International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (PETS-ICVS), Graz, Austria, March, 2003

The Dundee Gesture Database for User-Specified, Motor-Impaired Computer Input
Morrison K and McKenna S J
5th International Workshop on Gesture and Sign Language based Human-Computer Interaction, Genoa, Italy, April, 2003

Scenario-based Drama as a Tool for Investigating User Requirements with Application to Home Monitoring for Elderly People
McKenna S J, Marquis-Faulkes F, Gregor P, Newell A F
HCI International, June 22-27, Crete, Greece, 2003

2002

Drama on Video to Provoke Older Users to Discuss Requirements for Supportive Technology
McKenna S J, Marquis-Faulkes F, Gregor P, Newell A F
Recent Advances in Assistive Technology and Engineering (RAATE), Birmingham, 18-19 November 2002

Vibration Sonoelastography: Ultrasound Imaging of the Elastic Properties of Tissue
Ricketts I W, McKenna S J, Iqbal A, Frank T, Dickson S and Cuschieri A
Healthcare Meets Medical Informatics and Innovation (HCMMII), Edinburgh, 20-22 October 2002

Measurement of acetabular wear using intelligent ellipses
Kerrigan S, Ricketts I W, McKenna S J and Wigderowitz C
Meeting of the British Orthopaedic Research Society, Cardiff, September 16-17, 2002, p35

Sonoelastography using compensated power doppler
McKenna S J, Dickson S, Ricketts I W, Iqbal A, Frank T, Cuschieri A
International Conference on Visualisation, Imaging and Image Processing (VIIP 2002), Malaga, Spain, Sept 9-12, 2002.

Adaptive Learning of Statistical Appearance Models for 3D Human Tracking
Roberts T, McKenna S J and Ricketts I W
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Cardiff, 2-5 September 2002

On-line Appearance Learning for 3D Articulated Human Tracking
Roberts T, McKenna S J and Ricketts I W
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Quebec, 11-15 August, 425-428, 2002

MLESAC Tracking with 2D Revolute-Prismatic Articulated Models
McAllister G, McKenna S J and Ricketts I W
International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Quebec, 11-15 August, Vol. 2, pp. 725-728, 2002

Hand Tracking for Behaviour Understanding
McAllister G, McKenna S J and Ricketts I W
Image and Vision Computing, 20 (12), Special Issue on Understanding Visual Behaviour, (ISSN 0262-8856), Elsevier, 827-840, 2002

Automatic Visual Recognition of Gestures made by Motor-Impaired Computer Users
Morrison, K and McKenna S J
Journal of Technology and Disability, 14 (4), Special Issue on Rehabilitation Engineering, IOS Press, 197-203, 2002

Contact-Free Recognition of User-Defined Gestures as a Means of Computer Access for the Physically Disabled
Morrison K and McKenna S J
Proceedings of the 1st Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology, University of Cambridge, 25-27 March 2002, 99-103

2001

Vision-based Gesture Recognition as an Assistive Technology for Computer Access
Morrison K and McKenna S J
Recent Advances in Assistive Technology and Engineering, Birmingham, 5-6 November 2001

Improving vehicle safety - a predictive model to quantify the visual distraction of competing graphical user interfaces for secondary controls
Ricketts I W, Cairnie N, McKenna S J, McAllister G
Vision in Vehicles 9, Brisbane, Australia, 19-22 August 2001

Finger-pointing: a novel and potentially safer way to operate secondary controls in vehicles
McAllister G, Cairnie N, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W
Vision in Vehicles 9, Brisbane, Australia, 19-22 August 2001

ACTIVE: Advanced Camera Technology in Visual Ergonomics
Ricketts, I W, McAllister, G, McKenna, S J, Cairnie, N
Invited Talk, Abstract, Intelligent Imaging Programme, General Meeting, Society of Chemical Industry, London, 11 July 2001

Tracking drivers hand movements
McAllister G, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W
British Machine Vision Association (BMVA) Workshop (IEE/E4) on Understanding Visual Behaviour, Abstracts, British Institute of Radiology, London, 24 Jan. 2001

Visual Biometrics for Information Security: Face and Iris Recognition
McKenna S J
Global Information Security, World Market Series, World Markets Research Centre, 2001, pp. 115-117, Invited article, ISBN 1903150-42-6

2000

Watching People: Applications in Monitoring and Interaction
McKenna S J
Recent Research Developments in Pattern Recognition, Vol 1, 2000, 271-282, Transworld Research, ISBN 81-86846-61-1

Tracking Groups of People
McKenna S J, Jabri S, Duric Z, Rosenfeld A, Wechsler H
Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Vol 80, No 1, October 2000, 42-56, 2000

Using finger-pointing to operate secondary controls in automobiles
Cairnie N, Ricketts I W, McKenna S J, McAllister G
IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV2000), Dearborn, MI, USA, October 2000, pp. 550-555.

Tracking a driver's hands using computer vision
McAllister G, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Nashville, Tenessee, USA, October 2000, Vol. 2, pp. 1388-1393

A prototype adaptive finger-pointing interface for operating secondary controls in motor vehicles
Cairnie N, Ricketts I W, McKenna S J
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Nashville, Tenessee, USA, October 2000.

Towards a non-contact driver-vehicle interface
McAllister G, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W
3rd IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Dearborn, MI, USA, October 2000.

A gesture-driven adaptive interface for safer driving
Cairnie N, McAllister G I, Ricketts I W, McKenna S J, Gale A, Loker T W and Selwood P
European Conference on Vehicle Electronic Systems, ERA, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 2000

Tracking Interacting People
McKenna S J, Jabri S, Duric Z and Wechsler H
Fourth IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, Grenoble, France, March 28-30 2000, 348-353

1999

Tracking Colour Objects using Adaptive Mixture Models
McKenna S J, Raja Y and Gong S
Image and Vision Computing, Vol 17, No 3-4, 1999, 225-231

1998

Modelling Facial Colour and Identity with Gaussian Mixtures
McKenna S J, Gong S and Raja Y
Pattern Recognition, Vol 31, No 12, 1883-1892, 1998

Real-Time Face Pose Estimation
McKenna S J and Gong S
Journal of Real-Time Imaging, Special Issue on Real-Time Visual Monitoring and Inspection, Academic Press, Vol 4, 333-347, 1998.

Gesture Recognition for Visually Mediated Interaction using Probabilistic Event Trajectories
McKenna S and Gong S
British Machine Vision Conference, University of Southampton, September 1998, 498-507

Learning to Associate Faces across Views in Vector Space of Similarities to Prototypes
Gong S, Ong E-J and McKenna S
British Machine Vision Conference, University of Southampton, September 1998, 54-63

Using colour for robust object tracking and segmentation
Raja Y, McKenna S J and Gong S
Noblesse Workshop on Non-linear Model Based Image Analysis (NMBIA), Marshall S, Harvey N and Shah D (eds.), Glasgow, Scotland, Springer (ISBN 3-540-76258-2), 199-204, July 1998

Colour Model Selection and Adaptation in Dynamic Scenes
Raja Y, McKenna S J and Gong S
European Conference of Computer Vision (ECCV), Freiburg, Germany, June 1998, 460-474

View-Based Adaptive Affine Tracking
de la Torre F, Gong S and McKenna S J
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Freiburg, Germany, June 1998, 828-842

View Alignment with Dynamically Updated Affine Tracking
de la Torre F, Gong S and McKenna S J
3rd International Conference on Face and Gesture Recognition, Nara, Japan, 1998, 510-515

Tracking and Segmenting People in Varying Lighting Conditions using Colour
Raja Y, McKenna S J and Gong S
3rd International Conference on Face and Gesture Recognition, Nara, Japan, 1998, 228-233

Recognising Moving Faces
McKenna S J and Gong S
In: Face Recognition: From Theory to Applications, H. Wechsler, P. J. Phillips, V. Bruce, F. Fogelman Soulie, T. S. Huang (Eds.), NATO ASI Series F vol. 163, 1998, ISBN 3-540-64410-5

Object Tracking using Adaptive Colour Mixture Models
McKenna S J, Raja Y and Gong S
ACCV, Hong Kong, January 1998, LNCS 1352, Vol I, 615.

Segmentation and Tracking using Colour Mixture Models
Raja Y, McKenna S J and Gong S
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1352 (Springer-Verlag), Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Vol I, 607, January 1998.

Face Recognition from Sequences using Models of Identity
McKenna S J and Gong S
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1352 (Springer-Verlag), Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Vol I, 507, Hong Kong, January 1998.

1997

Face Recognition in Dynamic Scenes
McKenna S J, Gong S and Raja Y
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), September 1997.

Non-intrusive Person Authentication for Access Control by Visual Tracking and Face Recognition
McKenna S J and Gong S
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1206, Proc. 1st Int. Conference on Audio-and Video-based Biometric Person Authentication, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, March, 1997, pp 177-184

Tracking Facial Feature Points with Gabor Wavelets and Shape Models
McKenna S J, Gong S, Wurtz R, Tanner J and Banin D
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1206, Proc. 1st Int. Conference on Audio-and Video-based Biometric Person Authentication, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, March, 1997, pp. 35-42

1996

Tracking Faces
McKenna S J and Gong S
Second International Conference on Automated Face and Gesture Recognition, Killington, Vermont, US, October 1996, pp. 271-276.

An Investigation into Face Pose Distributions
Gong S, McKenna S J, Collins J J
Second International Conference on Automated Face and Gesture Recognition, Killington, Vermont, US, October 1996, pp. 265-270.

Face Tracking and Pose Representation
McKenna S J, Gong S, Collins J J
British Machine Vision Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 1996.

1993-1995

Learning opto-motor reflexes from sparse optical flow
McKenna S J and Ancona N
3rd International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems 1995, Pisa, Italy, pp. 331-338

High-resolution classification of Papanicolaou Smears using Back-propagation Neural Networks
McKenna S J, Cairns A Y, Ricketts I W, Hussein K A
Proc. International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Amsterdam, 1993.

A Comparison of Neural Network Architectures for Cervical Cell Classification
McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Cairns A Y, Hussein K A
Proc. 3rd I.E.E. International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Brighton, U.K., 25-27 May 1993, pp. 105-109.

Cell searching with a neural net
McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Cairns A Y, Hussein K A
in: G. Orchard (ed.) Neural Computing - Research and Applications II, INNA, Belfast, 1994, ISBN 0-85389-542-2, Proc. 3rd Irish Neural Networks Conference, September 1993, pp. 205-215.

Using a 2-stage Artificial Neural Network to detect Abnormal Cervical Cells from their Frequency Domain Image
McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Cairns A Y, Hussein K A
in: G. Orchard (editor), Neural Computing - Research and Applications, IOP, ISBN 0-7503-0259-3, pp. 281-288, 1993.

Cascade-correlation Neural Networks for the Classification of Cervical Cells
McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, Cairns A Y, Hussein K A
I.E.E. Colloquium on Neural Networks for Image Processing Applications, London, 28 October 1992, pp. 5.1-5.4.

Workshop Papers (Most Refereed)

1998

Tracking head pose for inferring intention
Ong E-J, McKenna S J and Gong S
Workshop on Perception of Human Action (ECCV), Freiburg, Germany, June 1998.

1993-1995

Real-time tracking for an integrated face recognition system
McKenna S J, Gong S, Liddell H
2nd Workshop on Parallel Modelling of Neural Operators, Faro, Portugal, Nov. 1995

Representation and invariance in face recognition
Collins J J, McKenna S J, Gong S
2nd Workshop on Parallel Modelling of Neural Operators, Faro, Portugal, Nov. 1995

Neural Networks for Locating Cervical Cells
McKenna S J, Cairns A Y, Ricketts I W, Hussein K A
I.E.E./I.E.E.E. Workshop Natural Algorithms in Signal Processing, Chelmsford, U.K., 1993

Towards the Automated Prescreening of Cervical Smears
Ricketts I W, Banda-Gamboa H, Cairns A Y, Hussein K A, Hipkiss W, McKenna S J, Parianos E
I.E.E. Colloquium Digest on Applications of Image Processing in Mass Health Screening, London, 1992

Theses

Automated Analysis of Papanicolaou Smears
McKenna S J
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Dundee, 1994

Cervical Cell Classification using Neural Networks and the Frequency Domain
McKenna S J
M.Sc. Thesis, University of Dundee, 1993

Patent Applications

McKenna S J, Wang R, Ward A "System and Method for Arranging Items for Display", University of Dundee

McKenna S J, McAllister G I, Roberts T, "Apparatus and method for movement analysis", University of Dundee, GB0519698.5, Filed 28 September 2005

Roberts T, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, "A system for determining the body pose of a person from images", University of Dundee, Priority date 17 April 2003, Publication No. WO 2004/095373

McKenna S J, Frank T, Cuschieri A, Ricketts I W, Dickson S, Iqbal A, "Sonoelastography using power doppler", University of Dundee, US Patent No.10/658009 filed 9 September 2003

Cairnie N, McKenna S J, Ricketts I W, "Predictive content-based radio station selection", University of Dundee, Lapsed patent application, 2002