Biomedical Imaging

Staff

Olivier Salvado, Pierrick Bourgeat, Josh Passenger, Oscar Acosta-Tamayo, Nicholas Dowson, Jurgen Fripp, Hans de Visser, Dave Conlan, Neil Burdett

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Jason Dowling, Parnesh Raniga, Di Xiao

PhD Students

Mario Cheng, Olivier Comas, David Hellier, David Raffelt, Kaikai Shen

Students

Vacation Students 2008-2009

Former Staff

Alumni

Staff
	Olivier Salvado Team Leader, Biomedical Imaging Email Interests: molecular imaging, digital image processing, physics of MRI and PET, and neuroimaging More Information Publications
	Pierrick Bourgeat Project Leader Email Interests: texture analysis, classification and integration of the MR physics in the image analysis More Information Publications
	Josh Passenger Project Leader Email Interests: surgical simulation, surface mesh generation, physical modelling of soft tissues, photo-realistic rendering, game programming, GLSL and OpenGL shading for organic surfaces and real-time programming in C++. More Information Publications
	Oscar Acosta-Tamayo Research Scientist Email Interests: Alzheimer's disease Image segmentation, Cortical Thickness Estimation, Partial Volume Estimation, Simulation More Information Publications
	Nicholas Dowson Research Scientist Email Interests: Computer Vision in general, currently focusing on segmentation and registration. Molecular imaging and MRI applied to cancer management. Publications
	Jurgen Fripp Research Scientist Email Interests: biomedical imaging, image segmentation, registration, shape and appearance analysis, MRI, PET, alzheimer's, osteoarthritis. More Information Publications
	Hans de Visser Research Scientist Email Interests: surgical simulation, physical modelling of biological tissues and surgical tools. More Information Publications
	Dave Conlan Software Engineer Email More Information
	Neil Burdett Software Engineer Email
Post-Doctoral Fellows
	Jason Dowling Post Doctoral Research Fellow Email Interests: medical image analysis (registration, segmentation), human and computer vision, visual prosthetics, cognitive psychology. More Information Publications
	Parnesh Raniga Post Doctoral Research Fellow Email Interests: molecular imaging (PET, SPECT, partial volume correction, segmentation), diffusion imaging (HARDI, connectivity, parcellation, clustering), medical image analysis (registration, segmentation), high performance computing (GPU acceleration), Alzheimer's disease and other neuro-degenerative diseases and neuroscience. Publications
	Di Xiao Post Doctoral Research Fellow Email Interests: molecular imaging, digital image processing, medical robot design. More Information Publications
PhD Students
	Mario Cheng PhD Topic: Development of Haptic Device for Abdominal Palpation Simulation Email Publications
	Olivier Comas PhD Topic: Development of a Novel Physical Model for the Colon Email Publications
	David Hellier PhD Topic: Interaction between a Colonoscope and a Colon for Virtual Reality Surgical Simulation Email Publications
	David Raffelt PhD Topic: Analysis of White Matter Degradation in Alzheimer's Disease using Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Email Publications
	Kaikai Shen PhD Topic: Segmentation of Deep Gray Matter Structures Using Active Shape Models Email
Students
Jean-Baptiste Fiot, Ecole Centrale Paris Juan Borda, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá Zoe Dubois Dit Laroy, ENSIMAG, France Florence Gris, l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg Ales Neubert, Ecole Centrale Paris Andrea Rueda-Olarte, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Aznul Md Sabri, Universite de Bourgogne Pierre Schmitt, Telecom ParisTech, Paris
Vacation Students 2008-2009
Amy Chan, University of Queensland Kartik Iyer, University of Queensland Darryl McClymont, University of Queensland Michael Segal, University of Melbourne
Former Staff
Sebastien Ourselin Hans Frimmel Dan C. Popescu Zeike Taylor
Alumni
2009 Erik Bonner, University of Queensland Juan Borda, Real-time simulation and rendering of viscous fluids for surgical simulation, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá (Colombia) Andrea Rueda-Olarte, Topology-corrected segmentation and local intensity estimates for improved partial volume classification of brain cortex in MRI, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia) Christoph Russ, Modeling and interaction of colonic polyps for surgical simulation, Otto-von-Guericke University (Magdeburg, Germany) Aznul Md Sabri, Random Walker Segmentation Algorithm for Medical Images, Universite de Bourgogne (France) 2008 Brendon Evans, Development of a clinical case database for simulated colonoscopy training and Experimentation to derive the flexural and torsional rigidity of a colonoscope , Queensland University of Technology Romuald Jolivot, Brain Segmentation using disease specific atlas Universite de Bourgogne (France) Tobias Reichl, Development of physically-based, real-time techniques for simulation of transrectal ultrasound, Technische Universitat Munchen (Germany) Christoph Russ, High fidelity rendering techniques for tissue surfaces, Otto-von-Guericke University (Magdeburg, Germany) 2007 Sebastien Bauer, Centreline generation through stool-filled colonic regions, Hochschule Aschaffenburg (Germany) Diego Cantor, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) Jurgen Fripp, Segmentation using Active Shape Models and artificial life, University of Queensland, 2004-2007 Marc Modat, Longitudinal Study of Neurodegenerative Disease Based on MRI, Institut superieur de Biosciences de Paris (France) Christoph Russ, Graphical effect integration within colonoscopy surgical simulation, Otto-von-Guericke University (Magdeburg, Germany) Tomaz Vrotvec, Reformatting of spine images from CT scans and MRIs, University of Ljubjana (Slovenia) Maria Zuluaga, Use of partial volume estimation to improve thickness estimation. Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) 2006 Bryan Lee, Physical based modelling, University of Sydney, 2003-2006 2005 Thanh Mai Diep, Estimation of cortical thickness for neurodegenerative diseases, University of Sydney Gaurav Gupta, Development of haptic feedback on a wireless device for virtual reality, IIT, India Bhautik Joshi, 3D mesh generation for Surgical Simulation, University of New South Wales, 2002-2005 Sosati Lim, Medical Image Registration based on block matching and Robust Estimators, UTS, New South Wales Sosati Lim, Design and implementation of a common GUI for medical imaging applications, UTS, New South Wales, April 2004-March 2005 Rafael Moreno, Estimation of the cortical thickness on MR-T1 weighted for Huntington's disease analysis, Telecom Paris (France), November 2004-May 2005 Joseph Ni, Using GPU for Computer Vision in Embedded Systems, University of New South Wales Eric Song, Shape-based Interpolation, University of Sydney 2004 Christopher Brown, Toward a Common GUI for BioMedIA Lab Applications, University of Western Sydney Martin Kan, Image Enhancement Based on Fuzzy Histogram Equalisation, University of Sydney Hoang D.K. Le, ITK Board: Toward Rapid Prototyping, University of Sydney Ashutosh Saxena, Development of a 6 degrees of freedom device using internal sensors, IIT, Kampur, India Shifeng Anthony Xiao, Creation of a 3D Mouse API Under VTK, University of Sydney 2003 Steven Dorigotti, Segmentation of knee cartilage boundaries from MRI scans using a Statistical Shape Model, University of Sydney Jasmine Hellings, Smart Paintbrush Tool, University of New South Wales