National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• James C. Tilton, "Hierarchical Image Segmentation by Recursive Hierarchical Step-Wise Optimization and Constrained Spectral Clustering", to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Image Processing.
• J. C. Tilton, "Analysis of hierarchically related image segmentations," Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Advances in Techniques for Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data, Greenbelt, MD, USA, October 27-28, 2003.
• James C. Tilton, "Method for recursive hierarchical segmentation which eliminates processing window artifacts," Disclosures of Invention and New Technology (Including Software): NASA Case No. GSC 14,681-1, October 11, 2002 (revised January 24, 2003). (NOTE: U. S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/845,419 was filed on this technology on May 11, 2004.)
• James C. Tilton, Giovanni Marchisio, Kryzstof Koperski and Mihai Datcu, "Image information mining utilizing hierarchical segmentation," Proceedings of the 2002 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '02), Toronto, CA, Vol. II, pp. 1029-1031, June 24-28, 2002.
• J. Anthony Gualtieri and James C. Tilton, "Hierarchical Segmentation of Hyperspectral Data," 2002 AVIRIS Earth Science and Applications Workshop, Pasadena, CA, March 5-8, 2002.
• James C. Tilton and William T. Lawrence, "Interactive Analysis of Hierarchical Image Segmentation," Proceedings of the 2000 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '00), Honolulu, HI, Jul. 24-28, 2000.
• James C. Tilton, "A Region Labeling Tool for use with Hierarchical Segmentation", Disclosures of Invention and New Technology (Including Software): NASA Case No. GSC 14,331-1, February 29, 2000.
• James C. Tilton, "Method for Recursive Hierarchical Segmentation by Region Growing and Spectral Clustering with a Natural Convergence Criterion", Disclosures of Invention and New Technology (Including Software): NASA Case No. GSC 14,328-1, February 28, 2000.
• James C. Tilton, "Method for Recursive Implementation of Hierarchical Segmentation on Parallel Computers", Disclosures of Invention and New Technology (Including Software): NASA Case No. GSC 14,305-1, February 2, 2000. (NOTE: U. S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/839,147 was filed on this technology on April 23, 2001.)
• James C. Tilton, "Utilization of New Data Products based on Hierarchical Segmentation of Remotely Sensed Imagery Data in Earth Science Enterprise Applications," white paper to NASA HQ's Earth Science Enterprise in response to the Advanced Information Technology Request For Information (RFI) 10-00007, May 14, 1999
• James C. Tilton, "A Recursive PVM Implementation of an Image Segmentation Algorithm with Performance Results Comparing the HIVE and the Cray T3E," Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on the Frontiers of Massively Parallel Computation, Annapolis, MD, Feb. 23-25, 1999.
• Region Labeling Tool, October 1998 version
• James C. Tilton, "Image Segmentation by Region Growing and Spectral Clustering with a Natural Convergence Criterion," Proceedings of the 1998 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '98), Seattle, Washington, July 6-10, 1998.
• James C. Tilton, "Comparison of Registration Techniques for GOES Visible Imagery Data," Proceedings of the Image Registration Workship (IRW'97), NASA/GSFC, pp. 133-136, November 20-21, 1997.
• James C. Tilton, "Hybrid Image Segmentation for Earth Sensing Remote Sensing Data Analysis," Proceedings of the 1996 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '96), Lincoln, Nebraska, 27-31 May, 1996.
• Jacqueline Le Moigne and James C. Tilton, "Refining Image Segmentation by Integration of Edge and Region Data", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 33, pp. 605-615, May 1995.
• James C. Tilton, "Iterative Parallel Region Growing on the MasPar MP-2," Poster paper presented at the 5th Symposium on the Frontiers of Massively Parallel Computation, McLean, VA, Feb. 6-9, 1995.
• J. C. Tilton, "Interactive Explorations of Hierarchical Segmentation," Proceedings of the 1992 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '92), Houston, TX, pp. 1401-1402, May 26-29, 1992.
• J. Le Moigne and J. C. Tilton, "Refining Image Segmentation by Integration of Edge and Region Data," Proceedings of the 1992 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '92), Houston, TX, pp. 1406-1408, May 26-29, 1992.
• J. C. Tilton, "Experiences Using TAE Plus Command Language for an Image Segmentation Algorithm Interface," Proceedings of the Ninth TAE Users' Conference, New Carrollton, MD, Nov. 5-7, 1991.
• J. C. Tilton, "A Tool for Interactive Exploration of a Hierarchical Segmentation," Proceedings of the 1991 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Espoo, Finland, June 3-6, 1991.
• J. C. Tilton, "Porting an Iterative Parallel Region Growing Algorithm from the MPP to the MasPar MP-1," Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on the Frontiers of Massively Parallel Computation, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, pp. 170-173, October 8-10, 1990.
• J. C. Tilton, "Image Segmentation by Iterative Parallel Region Growing and Splitting," Proceedings of the 1989 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp. 2420-2423, July 10-14, 1989.
• J. C. Tilton, "Image Segmentation by Iterative Parallel Region Growing with Applications to Data Compression and Image Analysis," Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on the Frontiers of Massively Parallel Computation,. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, pp. 357-360, October 10-12, 1988.
• J. C. Tilton, "Multiresolution Spatially Constrained Clustering of Remotely Sensed Data on the Massively Parallel Processor," Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Machine Processing of Remotely Sensed Data, (IEEE Catalog No. 84 CH 2025-5 MPRSD), Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, pp. 297-304, June 12-14, 1984. Also in the Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1013-1015, July 30-Aug. 2, 1984 and the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Digest, Strasbourg, France, Aug. 27-30, 1984.
• J. C. Tilton and S. C. Cox, "Segmentation of Remotely Sensed Data Using Parallel Region Growing," Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Machine Processing of Remotely Sensed Data, (IEEE Catalog No. 83 CH 1835-8 MPRSD), Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, pp. 130-137, June 21-23, 1983. Also in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Digest, San Francisco, CA, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 1983.