Graduate students and post-docs of Jeffrey A. Fessler as of Tue Feb 14 11:50:30 EST 2012 Co-chaired graduate research
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    PhD students who dissertation research I chaired.
    1. Lingenfelter, Dan
      Thesis (2011, EECS): Source detection and image reconstruction with position-sensitive gamma-ray detectors
      Now a Research Scientist at Numerica Corp.

    2. Huh, Wonseok
      Thesis (2011, EECS): Regularized statistical material decomposition in medical imaging
      Now a consultant at Bain & Company in Seoul.

    3. Funai, Amanda (NSF Graduate Fellowship)
      Thesis (2011, EECS): Regularized estimation of main and RF field inhomogeneity and longitudinal relaxation rate in magnetic resonance imaging

    4. Khalsa, Kim (NSF Graduate Fellowship)
      Thesis (2011, BME): Temporal regularization use in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI
      Now a Guest Instructor at Concordia College.

    5. Valenzuela, John
      Thesis (2010, Applied Physics): Polarimetric image reconstruction algorithms
      Was supported by a General Dynamics Graduate Fellowship. Now a Research Scientist at MTRI in Ann Arbor.

    6. Chun, Se Young
      Thesis (2009, EECS): Motion aspects in joint image reconstruction and nonrigid motion estimation
      Was a postdoctoral fellow at MGH/Harvard. Now a postdoctoral fellow in my group working on SPECT-CT image reconstruction.

    7. Shi, Hugo R.
      Thesis (2008, EECS): Fast regularization design for tomographic image reconstruction for uniform and isotropic spatial resolution
      Software Developer at Continuum Analytics.

    8. Ruan, Dan
      Thesis (2008, EECS): Image guided respiratory motion analysis: time series and image registration
      Now an Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology at UCLA. Formerly a researcher in Radiation Oncology at Stanford University.

    9. Srivastava, Somesh
      Thesis (2008, EECS): Accelerated statistical image reconstruction algorithms and simplified cost functions for X-ray computed tomography
      Formerly a Postdoctoral researcher with IBM Multimedia Technologies in IBM Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. Now a Post-doctoral research fellow in the Dept of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University. In Feb 2012, will be an Advanced Algorithm Scientist at GE Healthcare.

    10. Zeng, Rongping
      Thesis (2007, EECS): Estimating respiratory motion from CT images via deformable models and priors
      Now a visiting scientist at FDA/CDRH/OSEL in Rockville, MD.

    11. Zhang-O'Connor, Yingying
      Thesis (2007, EECS): Noise properties of regularized image reconstruction in X-ray computed tomography
      Now a research scientist at RGM Advisors in Austin, TX.

    12. Jacobson, Matthew
      Thesis (2006, EECS): Approaches to motion-corrected PET image reconstruction from respiratory gated projection data
      Now a Research Scientist at Xoran Technologies in Ann Arbor, MI.

    13. Yendiki, Anastasia
      Thesis (2005, EECS): Analysis of signal detectability in statistically reconstructed tomographic images
      Now an Asst. Physicist faculty member at MGH/Harvard in Cambridge, MA working on fMRI.

    14. Ahn, Sangtae
      Thesis (2004, EECS): Convergent algorithms for statistical image reconstruction in emission tomography
      Now a Lead Engineer in the Functional Imaging Group at GE Global Research. Previously a post-doctoral fellow in Richard Leahy's group at USC .

    15. Kim, Jeongtae
      Thesis (2004, EECS): Intensity based image registration using robust similarity measure and constrained optimization: applications for radiation therapy
      Now an Associate Professor in the Information electronics engineering department of Ewha Womans University, Korea.

    16. Elbakri, Idris
      Thesis (2003, EECS): Statistical reconstruction algorithms for polyenergetic X-ray computed tomography
      Previously at Fischer Imaging in Colorado on digital X-ray imaging.
      Now an Imaging Physicist in the Division of Medical Physics, CancerCare in Manitoba, Canada, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Manitoba.

    17. Sotthivirat [now Thongvigitmanee], Saowapak (Nan)
      Thesis (2003, EECS): Statistical image recovery techniques for optical imaging systems
      Now a Researcher at the National Science and Technology Development Agency in Thailand.

    18. Stayman, Web
      Thesis (2002, EECS): Spatial resolution in penalized-likelihood image reconstruction
      Now a Research Associate Faculty member in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.


    19. Yu, Feng (Dan)
      Thesis (2000, EECS): Statistical methods for transmission image reconstruction with nonlocal edge-preserving regularization
      Completed a PhD in mathematics in 2005 at Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver. Then was a postdoc in Statistics at Oxford, UK. Now holds a lectureship in Statistics at the University of Bristol .

    20. Yavuz, Mehmet
      Thesis (2000, EECS): Statistical tomographic image reconstruction methods for randoms-precorrected PET measurements
      Previously: GE Corporate Research and Development (developing cone-beam X-ray CT systems and reconstruction methods), then at Nortel Networks.
      Now a Principal Engineer at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) working on wireless communications systems.

    21. Erdogan, Hakan
      Thesis (1999, EECS): Statistical image reconstruction algorithms using paraboloidal surrogates for PET transmission scans
      After graduation, Hakan first went to IBM T.J. Watson Research Labs, where he researched speech recognition methods, a statistical signal processing problem that builds on some of the same algorithms (like the EM algorithm) used in image reconstruction.
      Hakan is now a Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey.

    PhD students whose dissertation research I co-chaired.
    1. Long, Yong
      (co-chaired with James Balter, Radiation Oncology)
      Thesis (2011, EECS): Statistical image reconstruction and motion estimation for image-guided radiotherapy
      Was a postdoc in my group, working on CT reconstruction. Now a CT Algorithm Scientist at GE Global Research in NY.

    2. Kublik, Catherine (Dupuis) (co-chaired with Selim Esedoglu, Math)
      Thesis (2010, Applied Math, awarded Ralph B. Baldwin thesis prize): Topics in PDE-based image processing
      Now a postdoc at UT Austin.

    3. Maleh, Ray (co-chaired with Anna Gilbert, Math)
      Thesis (2009, Applied Math): Efficient sparse approximation methods for medical imaging
      Now with L3 Communications in Greenville, TX.

    4. Olafsson, Valur (co-chaired with D. Noll, BME)
      Thesis (2009, EECS): Fast and motion robust dynamic R2* reconstruction for functional MRI
      Now a Postdoctoral Scholar at UC San Diego.

    5. Bashan, Eran (co-chaired with Al Hero, EECS)
      Thesis (2008, EECS): Efficient resource allocation schemes for search
      Currently pursuing entrepreneurial activities: HygieiaMedical.com.

    6. Bhagalia, Roshni (co-chaired with Boklye Kim, Radiology)
      Thesis (2008, EECS): Analysis and strategies to enhance intensity-based image registration
      Currently a Computer Vision Scientist with GE Global Research.

    7. Joshi, Aniket (co-chaired with R. Koeppe, Radiology)
      Thesis (2008, BME): Improved quantitative methods for multiple neuropharmacological non-invasive brain PET studies
      Currently a Senior Research Biologist in the Imaging Department of Merck, West Point, PA

    8. Way, Ted (co-chaired with H. P. Chan, Radiology)
      Thesis (2008, BME): Computer-aided diagnosis of pulmonary nodules in thoracic computed tomography
      Currently a Program Manager for Office Shared Services, Microsoft

    9. Yeo, Teck Beng Desmond (co-chaired with Boklye Kim, Radiology)
      Thesis (2008, EECS): Advances in concurrent motion and field-inhomogeneity correction in functional MRI
      Currently at MR Scientist with GE Global Research.

    10. Noh, Joonki (co-chaired with V. Solo, EECS)
      Thesis (2007, EECS): True spatio-temporal detection and estimation for functional magnetic resonance imaging
      Initially worked as a post-doc at UM on low-dose dual-energy CT for PET attenuation correction. Then worked at Galt Research LLC, Ann Arbor, MI, developing statistical image/signal processing algorithms for long-range Compton scattering imaging.

    11. Narayanan, Ramkrishnan (co-chaired with C. Meyer, Radiology)
      Thesis (2007, BME): Diffeomorphic transformations for automatic multi-modality image registration
      Now a research scientist at Eigen in Grass Valley, CA.

    12. Yip, Chunyu (co-chaired with D. Noll, BME)
      Thesis (2007, EECS): RF pulse designs for signal recovery in T2*-weighted functional magnetic resonance imaging
      Was a post-doctoral fellow at MGH/Harvard in Cambridge, MA working on fMRI. Now at Queen's College, Hong Kong.

    13. Lee, Sangwoo (co-chaired with D. Noll, BME)
      Thesis (2006, EECS): Iterative reconstruction methods for rosette trajectories in functional MRI
      Was a MR pulse sequence design / application development engineer at GE Healthcare in Waukesha, WI. Now a MR scientist at GE Applied Science Laboratory APAC in Seoul.

    14. Krishnan, Sumati (co-chaired with T. Chenevert, Radiology)
      Thesis (2004, BME): K-space acquisition method for dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI: Application to breast tumors
      Now a post-doctoral fellow in Pediatrics at Emory Univ.

    15. Sutton, Brad (Whitaker Fellow) (co-chaired with D. Noll, BME)
      Thesis (2003, BME): Physics-based reconstruction of magnetic resonance images
      Formerly a Research Scientist at the Biomedical Imaging Center, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Now an Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

    16. Sukovic, Predrag (co-chaired with N. Clinthorne, Nuclear Medicine)
      Thesis (2003, BME): Design of a dual modality PET/cone beam CT scanner - A feasibility study
      Now CEO of Xoran Technologies of Ann Arbor, MI.

    17. Park, Hyunjin (co-chaired with C. Meyer, Radiology)
      Thesis (2003, BME): Adaptive registration and atlas based segmentation
      Now an Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Gachon Univ. of Medicine and Science, S. Korea. Formerly a Research Assistant Professor in Radiology at UM.

    18. Ghanei, Amir (co-chaired with H. Soltanian-Zadeh, Henry Ford Hospital)
      Thesis (1999, EECS): A knowledge-based deformable surface model for analysis of medical images.
      Formerly with Innoveda, now with Medtronic.

    19. Titus, Stephen (co-chaired with A. Hero, EECS)
      Thesis (1996, EECS): Improved penalized likelihood reconstruction of anatomically correlated emission data.
      Was employee #5 at Accelerant Networks designing fast backplane transceivers with adaptive signal processing. Now ?
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