Dr Franck Vidal
Honorary Professor

Contact info
Positions: Senior Lecturer, Acting Director of Research
Postal address: School of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering
Bangor University
Dean Street
Bangor LL57 1UT
Gwynedd
United Kingdom
e-mail: f.vidal@bangor.ac.uk
telephone: +44 1248 382834
url: http://www.fpvidal.net/
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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A prototype percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography training simulator with real-time breathing motion
Villard, P. F., Vidal, F. P., Hunt, C., Bello, F., John, N. W., Johnson, S. & Gould, D. A., 13 Jun 2009, In: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 4, 6, p. 571-578Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accurate estimation of fish length in single camera photogrammetry with a fiducial marker
Monkman, G. G., Hyder, K., Kaiser, M. J. & Vidal, F. P., 1 Nov 2020, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 77, 6, p. 2245-2254 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data exploration in evolutionary reconstruction of PET images
Gray, C., Al-Maliki, S. & Vidal, F., Sept 2018, In: Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines. 19, 3, p. 391-419Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development and validation of real-time simulation of X-ray imaging with respiratory motion
Vidal, F. P. & Villard, P. F., 17 Dec 2015, In: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics. 49, p. 1-15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Flies for PET: An Artificial Evolution Strategy for Image Reconstruction in Nuclear Medicine
Vidal, F. P., Louchet, J., Rocchisani, J.-M. & Lutton, É., 1 Jul 2010, In: Medical Physics. 37, 6, p. 3139 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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GPU Accelerated DRR Computation with Scatter
Vidal, F. P., Folkerts, M., Freud, N. & Jiang, S., 1 Jul 2011, In: Medical Physics. 38, 6, p. 3455-3456 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interactive teaching environment for diagnostic radiography with real-time X-ray simulation and patient positioning
Sujar Garrido, A., Kelly, G., Garcia, M. & Vidal, F., Jan 2022, In: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 17, 1, p. 85-95 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interventional radiology virtual simulator for liver biopsy
Villard, F., Vidal, F. P., Ap-Cenydd, L., Holbrey, R., Pisharody, S., Johnson, S., Bulpitt, A., John, N. W., Bello, F. & Gould, D., 24 Jul 2014, In: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 9, 2, p. 255-267Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigation of artefact sources in synchrotron microtomography via virtual X-ray imaging
Vidal, F. P., Letang, J. M., Peix, G. & Cloetens, P., 1 Jun 2005, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 234, 3, p. 333-348Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Joint Simulation of Transmission X-ray Imaging on GPU and Patient's Respiration on CPU
Vidal, F. P., Villard, P. F., Garnier, M., Freud, N., Létang, J. M., John, N. W. & Bello, F., 1 Jul 2010, In: Medical Physics. 37, 6, p. 3129 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Principles and applications of computer graphics in medicine.
Vidal, F. P., Bello, F., Brodlie, K. W., John, N. W., Gould, D., Phillips, R., Avis, N. J. & Hirsch, T., 1 Jan 2006, In: Computer Graphics Forum. 25, 1, p. 113-137Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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RAMPVIS: Answering the Challenges of Building Visualisation Capabilities for Large-scale Emergency Responses
Chen, M., Abdul-Rahman, A., Archambault, D., Dykes, J., Slingsby, A., Ritsos, P. D., Torsney-Weir, T., Turkay, C., Bach, B., Borgo, R., Brett, A., Fang, H., Jianu, R., Khan, S., Laramee, R. S., Nguyen, P. H., Reeve, R., Roberts, J. C., Vidal, F., Wang, Q., Wood, J. & Xu, K., Jun 2022, In: Epidemics. 39, 15 p., 100569.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Simulation of X-ray projections on GPU: benchmarking gVirtualXray with clinically realistic phantoms
Pointon, J., Wen, T., Tugwell-Allsup, J., Sujar, A., Létang, J. M. & Vidal, F., Jun 2023, In: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 234, 107500.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Simulation of ultrasound guided needle puncture using patient specific data with 3D textures and volume haptics
Vidal, F., John, N. W., Healey, A. E. & Gould, D. A., 1 May 2008, In: Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. 19, 2, p. 111-127Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tuning of Patient-Specific Deformable Models Using an Adaptive Evolutionary Optimization Strategy
Vidal, F. P., Villard, P. F. & Lutton, E., 1 Oct 2012, In: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 59, 10, p. 2942-2949Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Use of fast realistic simulations on GPU to extract CAD models from microtomographic data in the presence of strong CT artefacts
Vidal, F., Mitchell, I. & Letang, J. M., 1 Mar 2022, In: Precision Engineering. 74, p. 110-125Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using Machine Vision to Estimate Fish Length from Images using Regional Convolutional Neural Networks
Monkman, G. G., Hyder, K., Kaiser, M. J. & Vidal, F. P., Dec 2019, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 12, p. 2045-2056 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Visualization for Epidemiological Modelling: Challenges, Solutions, Reflections & Recommendations
Dykes, J., Abdul-Rahman, A., Archambault, D., Bach, B., Borgo, R., Chen, M., Enright, J., Fang, H., Firat, E. E., Freeman, E., Gönen, T., Harris, C., Jianu, R., John, N. W., Khan, S., Lahiff, A., Laramee, R. S., Matthews, L., Mohr, S., Nguyen, P. H., Rahat, A. A. M., Reeve, R., Ritsos, P. D., Roberts, J. C., Slingsby, A., Swallow, B., Torsney-Weir, T., Turkay, C., Turner, R., Vidal, F., Wang, Q., Wood, J. & Xu, K., 3 Oct 2022, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 380, 2233, 33 p., 20210299.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Voxelisation in the 3-D Fly Algorithm for PET
Abbood, Z., Lavauzelle, J., Lutton, E., Rocchisani, J.-M., Louchet, J. & Vidal, F., Oct 2017, In: Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. 36, p. 91-105Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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X-ray imaging virtual online laboratory for engineering undergraduates
Corbi, A., Burgos, D., Vidal, F., Albiol, F. & Albiol, A., 2 Dec 2019, In: European Journal of Physics. 41, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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gVirtualXray (gVXR): Simulating X-ray radiographs and CT volumes of anthropomorphic phantoms
Pointon, J., Wen, T., Tugwell-Allsup, J., Létang, J. M. & Vidal, F., 22 May 2023, In: Software Impacts. 16, 100513.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Artificial Evolution for 3D PET Reconstruction
Vidal, F. P., Lazaro-Ponthus, D., Legoupil, S., Lutton, E., Rocchisani, J. M., Collet, P. (Editor), Monmarche, N. (Editor), Legrand, P. (Editor) & Schroeauer, M. (Editor), 1 Jan 2010, Artifical Evolution. 2010 ed. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 37-48Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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New Genetic Operators in the Fly Algorithm: Application to Medical PET Image Reconstruction
Vidal, F. P., Louchet, J., Rocchisani, J. M., Lutton, E., DeChio, C. (Editor), Cagnoni, S. (Editor), Ctta, C. (Editor), Ebner, M. (Editor), Ekárt, A. (Editor), Esparcia-Alcazar, A. I. (Editor), Goh, C. K. (Editor), Merelo, J. J. (Editor), Neri, F. (Editor), Preuß, M. (Editor), Togelius, J. (Editor) & Yannakaki, G. N. (Editor), 1 Jan 2010, Applications of Evolutionary Computation. 2010 ed. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 292-301Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Reconstruction in Positron Emission Tomography
Vidal, F. P., Rocchisani, J. M., Jia, X. (Editor) & Jiang, S. B. (Editor), 30 Sept 2015, Graphics Processing Unit-based high performance computing in radiation therapy. CRC Press, p. 185-208Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Threshold Selection, Mitosis and Dual Mutation in Cooperative Co-evolution: Application to Medical 3D Tomography
Vidal, F. P., Lutton, E., Louchet, J., Rocchisani, J. M., Schaefer, R. (Editor), Cotta, C. (Editor), Kołodziej, J. (Editor) & Rudolph, G. (Editor), 1 Jan 2010, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature: PPSN XI. 2010 ed. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 14-423Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter