

| Phone: | +61 8 82013652 |
| Email: | murk.bottema@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Information, Science & Technology (222) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
BA, Physics, University of Colorado
PhD, Mathematics, Oregon State University
Faculty Higher Degree Committee, Chair
University Higher Degrees Committee
University Scholarships Committee
Mathematical modelling of medical and biological systems
Medical image analysis
Brianna Martin - Spatio-temporal modelling of the structure of cancellous bone
Wuryatmo Sidik - Modelling of the spread of avian influenza
Bottema, M.J., 2011. A Fractal Attractor Model in Avascular Tumor Proliferation. Cancer Research Journal, 4(4), 1-15.
Widjaja, J. & Bottema, M.J., 2009. Positive attractor of diffusive logistics equations with infinite time delay and impulses. Dynamics of Continuous Discrete and Impulsive Systems-Series A-Mathematical Analysis, 16, 287-295.
Kerr, G.D., Bottema, M.J., & Bull, C.M., 2008. Lizards with rhythm? Multi-day patterns in total daily movement. Journal of Zoology, 275(1), 79-88.
Badiei, A., Bottema, M.J., & Fazzalari, N., 2007. Influence of Orthogonal Overload on Human Vertebral Trabecular Bone Mechanical Properties. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 22(11), 1690-1699.
Ma, F., Bajger, M., Slavotinek, J.P., & Bottema, M.J., 2007. Two graph theory based methods for identifying the pectoral muscle in mammograms. Pattern Recognition, 40(9), 2592-2602.
Badiei, A., Bottema, M.J., & Fazzalari, N., 2006. Expected and Observed Changes to Descriptors of Trabecular Architecture with Aging - A Comparison of Measurement Techniques. Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 29(1), 48-52.
Jones, D.B., Campbell, L., Bottema, M.J., Teubner, P.J., Cartwright, D.C., Newell, W.R., & Brunger, M.J., 2006. Electron-driven excitation of O2 under night-time auroral conditions: excited state densities and band emissions. Planetary and Space Science, 54(1), 45-59.
Lee, G.N. & Bottema, M.J., 2006. Significance of classification scores subsequent to feature selection. Pattern Recognition Letters, 27(14), 1702-1709.
Teubner, M., Nixon, J., Rasser, P., Bottema, M.J., & Clark, C.R., 2005. Source localisation in a real human head. Brain Topography, 17(4), 197-205.
Widjaja, J. & Bottema, M.J., 2005. Existence of solutions of diffusive logistic equations with impulses and time delay and stability of the steady-states. Dynamics of Continuous Discrete and Impulsive Systems-Series A-Mathematical Analysis, 12(5), 563-578.
Bottema, M.J., 2011. A Fractal Attractor Model in Avascular Tumor Proliferation. Cancer Research Journal, 4(4), 1-15.
Widjaja, J. & Bottema, M.J., 2009. Positive attractor of diffusive logistics equations with infinite time delay and impulses. Dynamics of Continuous Discrete and Impulsive Systems-Series A-Mathematical Analysis, 16, 287-295.
Kerr, G.D., Bottema, M.J., & Bull, C.M., 2008. Lizards with rhythm? Multi-day patterns in total daily movement. Journal of Zoology, 275(1), 79-88.
Badiei, A., Bottema, M.J., & Fazzalari, N., 2007. Influence of Orthogonal Overload on Human Vertebral Trabecular Bone Mechanical Properties. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 22(11), 1690-1699.
Ma, F., Bajger, M., Slavotinek, J.P., & Bottema, M.J., 2007. Two graph theory based methods for identifying the pectoral muscle in mammograms. Pattern Recognition, 40(9), 2592-2602.
Badiei, A., Bottema, M.J., & Fazzalari, N., 2006. Expected and Observed Changes to Descriptors of Trabecular Architecture with Aging - A Comparison of Measurement Techniques. Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 29(1), 48-52.
Jones, D.B., Campbell, L., Bottema, M.J., Teubner, P.J., Cartwright, D.C., Newell, W.R., & Brunger, M.J., 2006. Electron-driven excitation of O2 under night-time auroral conditions: excited state densities and band emissions. Planetary and Space Science, 54(1), 45-59.
Lee, G.N. & Bottema, M.J., 2006. Significance of classification scores subsequent to feature selection. Pattern Recognition Letters, 27(14), 1702-1709.
Teubner, M., Nixon, J., Rasser, P., Bottema, M.J., & Clark, C.R., 2005. Source localisation in a real human head. Brain Topography, 17(4), 197-205.
Widjaja, J. & Bottema, M.J., 2005. Existence of solutions of diffusive logistic equations with impulses and time delay and stability of the steady-states. Dynamics of Continuous Discrete and Impulsive Systems-Series A-Mathematical Analysis, 12(5), 563-578.
Jones, D.B., Campbell, L., Bottema, M.J., & Brunger, M.J., 2003. New electron-energy transfer rates for vibrational excitation of O2. New Journal of Physics, 5(114), 114.1-114.11.
Nixon, J.B., Rasser, P., Teubner, M., Clark, C.R., & Bottema, M.J., 2003. Numerical model of electrical potential within the human head. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 56(15), 2353-2366.
Bajger, M., Ma, F., Williams, S., & Bottema, M.J., 2010. Mammographic mass detection with statistical region merging. Proceedings: DICTA 2010, 27-32.
Ma, F., Bajger, M., Williams, S., & Bottema, M.J., 2010. Improved detection of cancer in screening mammograms by temporal comparison. Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Digital Mammography IWDM 2010, 6136, 752-759.
Bajger, M., Ma, F., & Bottema, M.J., 2009. Automatic tuning of MST segmentation of mammograms for registration and mass detection algorithms. DICTA 2009 Digital Image Computing Techniques and Applications, 400-407.
Ma, F., Bajger, M., & Bottema, M.J., 2009. Automatic mass segmentation based on adaptive pyramid and sublevel set analysis. DICTA 2009 Digital Image Computing Techniques and Applications, 236-241.
Ma, F., Bajger, M., & Bottema, M.J., 2008. Temporal analysis of mammograms based on graph matching. Digital Mammography (Lecture Notes in Computer Science series), 5116, 158-165.
Ma, F., Bajger, M., & Bottema, M.J., 2007. Robustness of two methods for segmenting salient features in screening mammograms. Proceedings of DICTA, 112-117.
Lee, G.N., Bottema, M.J., Hara, T., & Fujita, H., 2006. Effect of quantisation on co-occurrence matrix based texture features: An example study in mammography. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 2006: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 6144, 614451-614459.
Ma, F., Bajger, M., Slavotinek, J.P., & Bottema, M.J., 2006. Validation of Graph Theoretic Segmentation of the Pectoral Muscle. Digital Mammography - 8th International Workshop, IWDM 2006, 4046/2006, 642-649.
Badiei, A., Bottema, M.J., & Fazzalari, N., 2005. Expected and observed changes to architectural parameters of trabecular bone with aging - A comparison of measurement techniques. Digital Image Computing Techniques and Applications (DICTA) 2005, 491-497.
Bajger, M., Ma, F., & Bottema, M.J., 2005. Minimum spanning trees and active contours for identification of the pectoral muscle in screening mamograms. Proceedings Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications DICTA 2005.
Cleek, T.M., Bottema, M.J., Fazzalari, N., & Reynolds, K.J., 2005. Assessment of Fourier Tools for Cancellous Bone Structure Analysis. APRS Workshop Proceedings, WDIC 2005.
Lee, G.N. & Bottema, M.J., 2005. Classification of ROI as invasive lobular carcinoma or normal. Digital Mammography:7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, 640-645.
Ma, F., Bajger, M., & Bottema, M.J., 2005. Extracting the pectoral muscle in screening mammograms using a graph pyramid. Proceedings of the APRS Workshop on Digital Image Computing (WDIC) 2005.
Lee, G.N. & Bottema, M.J., 2003. Statistical significance of Az scores: classification of masses in screening mammograms as benign or malignant based on high dimensional texture feature space. Proceedings of the 2003 APRS Workshop on Digital Image Computing, 105-110.
Lu, S. & Bottema, M.J., 2003. Structural image texture and early detection of breast cancer. Proceedings of the 2003 APRS Workshop on Digital Image Computing, 15-20.
Bottema, M.J., 2011. Mathematics in Medical Image Analysis. The 6th SEAMS-GMU International Conference on Mathematics and its Applications.
Bottema, M.J., Bajger, M., ma, F., & Williams, S., 2011. Mathematics in medical image analysis: a focus on mammography. Proceedings of the 6th SEAMS-GMU International Conference on Mathematics and Applications.
Sidik, W., Bottema, M.J., & Bajger, M., 2011. A Cross-Species Avian Human Influenza Epidemic Model: Effects of some control strategies. Proceedings of ANZIAM Conference.
Sidik, W., Bottema, M.J., & Bajger, M., 2011. A Cross-Species Avian-Human Influenza Epidemic Model: Economic trade off on the disease spread and controls. Proceedings of AICST Conference.
Sidik, W., Bottema, M.J., & Bajger, M., 2011. A Cross-Species Avian-Human Influenza Epidemic Model: Effects of human behaviours on the disease spread and control. Proceedings of the 6th SEAMS-GMU International Conference on Mathematics and Applications.
Sidik, W., Bottema, M.J., & Bajger, M., 2011. A Cross-Species Avian-Human Influenza Epidemic Model: Transport related co-infection. Proceedings of 7th ICIAM Conference.
Sidik, W., Bottema, M.J., & Bajger, M., 2010. A Cross-Species Avian Human Influenza Epidemic Model: Disease Spread. Proceedings of 54th Australian Mathematical Society Conference.
Ma, F., Bajger, M., & Bottema, M.J., 2008. A graph matching based automatic regional registration method for sequential mammogram analysis. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 6915(69151Z).
Professional memberships:
Australian Pattern Recognition Society (President)
Australian Mathematical Society
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
American Mathematical Society