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Dr Nigel McFarlane

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Dr Nigel McFarlane, Research Fellow

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Nigel joined the department in April 2006, as an algorithm developer for the Living Human Digital Library project.  His previous career history was spent in the image analysis group at Silsoe Research Institute, where he worked on a wide variety of intelligent sensing projects, including grain dryer control, automatic vine pruning, shape modelling of fish, embryo imaging, and 3D imaging of live pigs.  He obtained his PhD in X-ray inspection of food in 2002. Outside work, Nigel can be found playing tuba in the Luton Symphony Orchestra.

Education and qualifications

  • BSc (2:1) Physics (U. of Birmingham 1984)
  • MSc Modern Electronics (U. of Nottingham 1986)
  • PhD X-ray inspection of food (UCL Dept. of Medical Physics 2002)

Current research interests

  • Medical visualization and computer graphics

Professional memberships

  • IEEE

Selected publications

  • McFarlane, N.J.B, Wu, J., Tillett, R.D., Schofield, C.P., Siebert, J.P., Ju, X., Shape measurements of live pigs using 3D image capture, Animal Science (2005), 81(3), 383-391 
  • McFarlane, N.J.B., Speller, R.D., Bull, C.R., Tillett, R.D., Detection of Bone Fragments in Chicken Meat using X-Ray Backscatter, Biosystems Engineering (2003), 85(2), June, 185-199
  • Tillett, R.D., McFarlane, N.J.B., Lines, J.A., Estimating dimensions of free-swimming fish using 3D point distribution models, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Vol 79, No. 1, Jul 2000, 123-141 
  • McFarlane, N.J.B., Tisseyre, B., Sinfort, C., Tillett, R.D., Sevila, F., Image analysis for pruning of long wood grape vines, J. Agric Engng Res. (1997) 66, 111-119 
  • McFarlane, N.J.B., Schofield, C.P., Segmentation and tracking of piglets in images, Machine Vision and Applications (1995) 8, 187-193 
  • McFarlane, N.J.B., Bruce, D.M., A cost function for continuous-flow grain drying and its use in control, J. Agric. Engng Res. (1996) 65, 63-75 
  • McFarlane, N.J.B., Image guidance for robotic harvesting of microplants, Computers and electronics in agriculture 8 (1993) 43-56

Contact

Nigel McFarlane

T: +44 (0)1582 743717

E: nigel . mcfarlane [at] beds . ac .uk

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