'Computerized Tools for MRI Brain Image Analysis- From Tissue and Lesion Segmentation to DTI WM Fiber Tracts Exploration'
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Dr. Hayit Greenspan, PhD
Head of Medical Image Computing Lab
Dept of Biomedical Engineering
Tel-Aviv University
Abstract: In this talk I will present an overview of my work on MR Brain image analysis. I will demonstrate image resolution augmentation, healthy tissue segmentation and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) lesion detection. Also presented will be tools developed for automatic analysis of DTI white-matter fiber tracts. Using these tools the DTI fibers are automatically classified into meaningful anatomical tracts. Applications for surgical planning and population studies will be discussed. Our goal is to extract MR-based biomarkers for early diagnosis of brain conditions and diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Dr. Greenspan is a Tenured Associate Professor at the Biomedical Engineering Dept. in the Faculty of Engineering. Dr. Greenspan has been conducting research in image processing and computer vision for the past 20 years, with a special focus on image modeling and analysis, resolution augmentation, and content-based image retrieval. Dr. Greenspan received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering (EE) from the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, in 1986 and 1989, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in EE from CALTECH – California Institute of Technology, in 1994. She was a Postdoc with the Computer Science Division at U.C. Berkeley from 1995 to 1997. In 1997 she joined Tel-Aviv University and founded the Biomedical Image Computing lab, which she heads. Among her current research projects: MRI resolution augmentation, Brain MRI research (structural and DTI), CT image analysis and Medical imagery indexing and retrieval. Dr. Greenspan has 40 publications in leading journals and 60 conference papers. Her work is highly cited and is known internationally. She has received several awards and is a coauthor on several patents. She has received grants from several Israeli and U.S. agencies. Dr. Greenspan is member of several journal and conference program committees. She is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Trans on Medical Imaging (TMI) journal.
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Dr. Hayit Greenspan, PhD
Head of Medical Image Computing Lab
Dept of Biomedical Engineering
Tel-Aviv University
Abstract: In this talk I will present an overview of my work on MR Brain image analysis. I will demonstrate image resolution augmentation, healthy tissue segmentation and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) lesion detection. Also presented will be tools developed for automatic analysis of DTI white-matter fiber tracts. Using these tools the DTI fibers are automatically classified into meaningful anatomical tracts. Applications for surgical planning and population studies will be discussed. Our goal is to extract MR-based biomarkers for early diagnosis of brain conditions and diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Dr. Greenspan is a Tenured Associate Professor at the Biomedical Engineering Dept. in the Faculty of Engineering. Dr. Greenspan has been conducting research in image processing and computer vision for the past 20 years, with a special focus on image modeling and analysis, resolution augmentation, and content-based image retrieval. Dr. Greenspan received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering (EE) from the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, in 1986 and 1989, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in EE from CALTECH – California Institute of Technology, in 1994. She was a Postdoc with the Computer Science Division at U.C. Berkeley from 1995 to 1997. In 1997 she joined Tel-Aviv University and founded the Biomedical Image Computing lab, which she heads. Among her current research projects: MRI resolution augmentation, Brain MRI research (structural and DTI), CT image analysis and Medical imagery indexing and retrieval. Dr. Greenspan has 40 publications in leading journals and 60 conference papers. Her work is highly cited and is known internationally. She has received several awards and is a coauthor on several patents. She has received grants from several Israeli and U.S. agencies. Dr. Greenspan is member of several journal and conference program committees. She is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Trans on Medical Imaging (TMI) journal.