Yasmeen George

Lecturer - Faculty of IT at Monash University

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence
Deep/Machine Learning
Image/Data Analytics
Healthcare Analytics
Natural Language Processing
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Information Systems
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Signal Processing
Software
Health Information Management
Biotechnology
Information Systems and Management
Hardware and Architecture
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Health Informatics
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Dermatology

About

Yasmeen is a Lecturer with data science and AI department at Monash Faculty of Information Technology with over a decade of interdisciplinary research experience in AI for healthcare analytics. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne in 2018 (Australia). Her research focuses on the use of AI for automated medical image analysis for better management of various health conditions including, kidney/breast/skin cancer, glaucoma, psoriasis. She worked on various research projects including event detection in social media streams, AI for automatic systematic reviews, cancer segmentation and classification, disease severity assessment and lesion detection using different data modalities (text, numerical, 2D images, and 3D volumes). Her research work is recognised through serval research publications, 2 patents, several invited talks, and prestigious research grants. Her research interests include AI, data science, NLP, computer vision, and medical image analytics across domains of radiology, pathology, dermatology, and ophthalmology.

Publications

Remote Computer-Aided Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis System Based on Cytological Images

IEEE Systems Journal / Sep 01, 2014

George, Y. M., Zayed, H. H., Roushdy, M. I., & Elbagoury, B. M. (2014). Remote Computer-Aided Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis System Based on Cytological Images. IEEE Systems Journal, 8(3), 949–964. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2013.2279415

Automated cell nuclei segmentation for breast fine needle aspiration cytology

Signal Processing / Oct 01, 2013

George, Y. M., Bagoury, B. M., Zayed, H. H., & Roushdy, M. I. (2013). Automated cell nuclei segmentation for breast fine needle aspiration cytology. Signal Processing, 93(10), 2804–2816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sigpro.2012.07.034

Attention-Guided 3D-CNN Framework for Glaucoma Detection and Structural-Functional Association Using Volumetric Images

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics / Dec 01, 2020

George, Y., Antony, B. J., Ishikawa, H., Wollstein, G., Schuman, J. S., & Garnavi, R. (2020). Attention-Guided 3D-CNN Framework for Glaucoma Detection and Structural-Functional Association Using Volumetric Images. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 24(12), 3421–3430. https://doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2020.3001019

Skin Hair Removal for 2D Psoriasis Images

2015 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA) / Nov 01, 2015

George, Y., Aldeen, M., & Garnavi, R. (2015). Skin Hair Removal for 2D Psoriasis Images. 2015 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA). https://doi.org/10.1109/dicta.2015.7371308

Real-time spatio-temporal event detection on geotagged social media

Journal of Big Data / Jun 24, 2021

George, Y., Karunasekera, S., Harwood, A., & Lim, K. H. (2021). Real-time spatio-temporal event detection on geotagged social media. Journal of Big Data, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-021-00482-2

Automatic psoriasis lesion segmentation in two-dimensional skin images using multiscale superpixel clustering

Journal of Medical Imaging / Nov 10, 2017

George, Y., Aldeen, M., & Garnavi, R. (2017). Automatic psoriasis lesion segmentation in two-dimensional skin images using multiscale superpixel clustering. Journal of Medical Imaging, 4(04), 1. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jmi.4.4.044004

Pixel-based skin segmentation in psoriasis images

2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) / Aug 01, 2016

George, Y., Aldeen, M., & Garnavi, R. (2016). Pixel-based skin segmentation in psoriasis images. 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). https://doi.org/10.1109/embc.2016.7590958

Psoriasis image representation using patch-based dictionary learning for erythema severity scoring

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics / Jun 01, 2018

George, Y., Aldeen, M., & Garnavi, R. (2018). Psoriasis image representation using patch-based dictionary learning for erythema severity scoring. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 66, 44–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compmedimag.2018.02.004

Automatic Scale Severity Assessment Method in Psoriasis Skin Images Using Local Descriptors

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics / Feb 01, 2020

George, Y., Aldeen, M., & Garnavi, R. (2020). Automatic Scale Severity Assessment Method in Psoriasis Skin Images Using Local Descriptors. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 24(2), 577–585. https://doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2019.2910883

A Coarse-to-Fine 3D U-Net Network for Semantic Segmentation of Kidney CT Scans

Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Jan 01, 2022

George, Y. (2022). A Coarse-to-Fine 3D U-Net Network for Semantic Segmentation of Kidney CT Scans. Kidney and Kidney Tumor Segmentation, 137–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98385-7_18

A Pixel-Based Skin Segmentation in Psoriasis Images Using Committee of Machine Learning Classifiers

2017 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA) / Nov 01, 2017

George, Y., Aldeen, M., & Garnavi, R. (2017). A Pixel-Based Skin Segmentation in Psoriasis Images Using Committee of Machine Learning Classifiers. 2017 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA). https://doi.org/10.1109/dicta.2017.8227398

Spatio-temporal Event Detection using Poisson Model and Quad-tree on Geotagged Social Media

2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) / Dec 01, 2019

George, Y., Karunasekera, S., Harwood, A., & Li, K. H. (2019). Spatio-temporal Event Detection using Poisson Model and Quad-tree on Geotagged Social Media. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata47090.2019.9006284

Geotagging tweets to landmarks using convolutional neural networks with text and posting time

Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces: Companion / Mar 16, 2019

Lim, K. H., Karunasekera, S., Harwood, A., & George, Y. (2019). Geotagging tweets to landmarks using convolutional neural networks with text and posting time. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces: Companion. https://doi.org/10.1145/3308557.3308691

Automatic Nipple Detection Method for Digital Skin Images with Psoriasis Lesions

2019 Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA) / Dec 01, 2019

George, Y., Aldeen, M., & Garnavi, R. (2019). Automatic Nipple Detection Method for Digital Skin Images with Psoriasis Lesions. 2019 Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA). https://doi.org/10.1109/dicta47822.2019.8945944

3D-CNN for Glaucoma Detection Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis / Jan 01, 2019

George, Y., Antony, B., Ishikawa, H., Wollstein, G., Schuman, J., & Garnavi, R. (2019). 3D-CNN for Glaucoma Detection Using Optical Coherence Tomography. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 52–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32956-3_7

Kidney and Kidney Tumor Segmentation

Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Jan 01, 2022

Heller, N., Isensee, F., Trofimova, D., Tejpaul, R., Papanikolopoulos, N., & Weight, C. (Eds.). (2022). Kidney and Kidney Tumor Segmentation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98385-7

Dueling Deep Q-Network For Unsupervised Inter-Frame Eye Movement Correction In Optical Coherence Tomography Volumes

2021 IEEE 18th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) / Apr 13, 2021

George, Y., Sedai, S., Antony, B. J., Ishikawa, H., Wollstein, G., Schuman, J. S., & Garnavi, R. (2021). Dueling Deep Q-Network For Unsupervised Inter-Frame Eye Movement Correction In Optical Coherence Tomography Volumes. 2021 IEEE 18th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI). https://doi.org/10.1109/isbi48211.2021.9434124

Automatic spreader-container alignment system using infrared structured lights

Applied Optics / May 23, 2012

Liu, Y., Wang, Y., Lv, J., & Zhang, M. (2012). Automatic spreader-container alignment system using infrared structured lights. Applied Optics, 51(16), 3205. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.51.003205

Forecasting Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness from Multimodal Temporal Data Incorporating OCT Volumes

Ophthalmology Glaucoma / Jan 01, 2020

Sedai, S., Antony, B., Ishikawa, H., Wollstein, G., Schuman, J. S., & Garnavi, R. (2020). Forecasting Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness from Multimodal Temporal Data Incorporating OCT Volumes. Ophthalmology Glaucoma, 3(1), 14–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogla.2019.11.001

Pseudolymphoma induced by secukinumab for treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis

Australasian Journal of Dermatology / Feb 21, 2019

Cranwell, W. C., Doolan, B. J., Radulski, B., Nicolopoulos, J., & Dolianitis, C. (2019). Pseudolymphoma induced by secukinumab for treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 60(3). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajd.13009

The application of multi-modality medical image fusion based method to cerebral infarction

EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing / Aug 16, 2017

Dai, Y., Zhou, Z., & Xu, L. (2017). The application of multi-modality medical image fusion based method to cerebral infarction. EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, 2017(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13640-017-0204-3

Education

University of Melbourne

Ph.D., Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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