Dissertation committee memberships. Updated 2025-6-8
  1. Xiaokai Wang.
    Imaging and modeling gastric motor functions in rats and humans. UM, 2024
  2. Jiaren Zou.
    Data-driven joint optimization of acquisition and reconstruction of quantitative MRI. UM, 2023
  3. Jonathan Schwartz.
    Breaking dose limitations for high-resolution spectroscopy with fused multi-modal electron microscopy. UM, 2023
  4. Burhaneddin Yaman.
    Self-supervised physics-guided deep learning for solving inverse problems in imaging. Univ. of Minnesota, 2022
  5. Andrew Whiteman.
    Bayesian analysis of neuroimage data using Gaussian process priors. UM, 2022
  6. Aunnasha Sengupta.
    In silico tools for investigating the performance of breast cancer imaging technologies. UM, 2022
  7. Harini Muthukrishnan.
    Improving multi-GPU strong scaling through optimization of fine-grained transfers. UM, 2021
  8. Valerie Nwadeyi.
    An MLEM approach to range verification for proton beam therapy using 3-D position sensitive CdZnTe. UM, 2021
  9. Zhengyu Huang.
    Novel imaging systems using nanophotonic devices. UM, 2021
  10. Yuan Li.
    Investigation of high order diffusion models in glioblastoma by exploring high b-value, echo time (TE), and diffusion time. UM, 2021
  11. Yizhen Zhang.
    Grounding language learning in vision for artificial intelligence and brain research. UM, 2021
  12. William Steinberger.
    A handheld dual particle imager for imaging and characterizing special nuclear material. UM, 2021
  13. Tianrui Luo.
    MRI excitation pulse design and image reconstruction for accelerated neuroimaging. UM, 2020
  14. Brendan West.
    Streaming architectures for medical image reconstruction. UM, 2020
  15. Lise Wei.
    Medical image analytics (radiomics) with machine/deep learning for outcome modeling in radiation oncology. UM, 2020
  16. Niral Shah.
    Adaptive imaging with a cylindrical, time-encoded imaging system. UM, 2020
  17. Dan Shy.
    Super-MeV Compton imaging and other projects using pixelated CdZnTe. UM, 2020
  18. Xijia Quan.
    A 3D tailored RF pulse optimization algorithm by separating magnitude and phase of the target pattern for signal recovery of IV regions in T2*-weighted MRI. UM, 2020
  19. Arvind Prasadan.
    Learning, inference, and unmixing of weak, structured signals in noise. UM, 2020
  20. Amos Cao.
    Methods for physiological artifact correction in oscillating steady state imaging. UM, 2019
  21. Joel Leblanc.
    Optical system identification for passive electro-optical imaging. UM, 2019
  22. David Goodman.
    Passive characterization of unknown spaces using large-volume, pixelated CdZnTe. UM, 2019
  23. Bennett Williams.
    Applications of principal component analysis for gamma-ray spectroscopy with position-sensitive semiconductor detectors. UM, 2019
  24. Jiyang Chu.
    Advanced imaging algorithms with position-sensitive gamma-ray detectors. UM, 2018
  25. Rungroj Jintamethasawat.
    Limited angle ultrasound tomography of the compressed breast. UM, 2018
  26. Albert Liang.
    Investigation of the performance of photon counting arrays based on polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistors. UM, 2018
  27. Brian E Moore.
    Robust algorithms for low-rank and sparse matrix models. UM, 2018
  28. Aaron Bevill.
    Uncertainty quantification in emission quantitative imaging. UM, 2017
  29. Steven Brown.
    Time-encoded thermal neutron imaging using large-volume pixelated CdZnTe detectors. UM, 2017
  30. Kenny Heekon Cha.
    Computer-aided image analysis and decision support system for bladder cancer. UM, 2017
  31. Michael Hamel.
    A stochastic imaging technique for spatio-spectral characterization of special nuclear material. UM, 2017
  32. Jie Li.
    Place recognition and localization for multi-modality underwater navigation with vision and acoustic sensors. UM, 2017
  33. Miao-Bin Lien.
    Problems in scattering and imaging. UM, 2017
  34. Kathleen Ropella Panagis.
    Methods for improving MRI-based conductivity mapping. UM, 2017
  35. David Rowland.
    Improving the scope and quality of single-molecule data analysis. UM, 2017
  36. Richard Sampson.
    Architectural support for medical imaging. UM, 2017
  37. Nauman Shahid.
    Scalable low-rank matrix and tensor decomposition on graphs. EPFL, 2017
  38. Xin Weng.
    A simplified phase display system for 3D surface measurement and abnormal surface pattern detection. UM, 2017
  39. Seongjin Yoon.
    Electron beam X-ray computed tomography for multiphase flows and an experimental study of inter-channel mixing. UM, 2017
  40. Chumin Zhao.
    High resolution active pixel sensor X-ray detectors for digital breast tomosynthesis. UM, 2017
  41. Yiying Zhu.
    Assessment and control of a cavitation-enabled therapy for minimally invasive myocardial reduction. UM, 2017
  42. Yu-Hui Chen.
    Multimodal image fusion and its applications. UM, 2016
  43. Hyun Jeong Cho.
    Autofocus and back-projection in synthetic aperture radar imaging. UM, 2016
  44. Alan Chu.
    Simultaneous multislice functional magnetic resonance imaging. UM, 2016
  45. John Kyle Polack.
    A maximum likelihood approach for localizing and characterizing special nuclear material with a dual particle imager. UM, 2016
  46. Matthew A Prelee.
    Manhattan cutset sampling and sensor networks. UM, 2016
  47. Takanori Watanabe.
    Scalable machine learning methods for massive biomedical data analysis. UM, 2015
  48. Yuanhao Zhai.
    Perceptual image similarity metrics and applications. UM, 2015
  49. Curtis Jin.
    New methods and theory for increasing transmission of light through highly-scattering random media. UM, 2014
  50. Sonal Joshi.
    Coded aperture imaging applied to pixelated CdZnTe detectors. UM, 2014
  51. Elson Yee-Hsin Liu.
    Immersion scatterometry for nanoscale grating topography extraction. UM, 2014
  52. Saiprasad Ravishankar.
    Adaptive sparse representations and their applications. Univ. of Illinois, 2014
  53. Grace S Tsai.
    On-line, incremental visual scene understanding for an indoor navigating robot. UM, 2014
  54. Theodoros Tsiligkaridis.
    High dimensional separable representations for statistical estimation and controlled sensing. UM, 2014
  55. Wongun Choi.
    Understanding complex human behaviour in images and videos. UM, 2013
  56. Tzu-Yu Liu.
    Statistical learning for sample-limited high-dimensional problems with application to biomedical data. UM, 2013
  57. Jae Young Park.
    Compressed sensing in multi-signal environments. UM, 2013
  58. Se Un Park.
    Reconstruction, classification, and segmentation for computational microscopy. UM, 2013
  59. Fei Peng.
    Optimization methods for volumetric modulated arc therapy and radiation therapy under uncertainty. UM, 2013
  60. Paul R Shearer.
    Separable inverse problems, blind deconvolution, and stray light correction for extreme ultraviolet solar images. UM, 2013
  61. Mark Spencer Haynes.
    Full-wave nonlinear inverse scattering for acoustic and electromagnetic breast imaging. UM, 2012
  62. Fong Ming Hooi.
    Optimized beamforming and limited angle tomography of the compressed breast. UM, 2012
  63. Jason Jaworski.
    Compton imaging algorithms for position-sensitive gamma-ray detectors in the presence of motion. UM, 2012
  64. Sricharan Kallur Palli Kumar.
    Neighborhood graphs for estimation of density functionals. UM, 2012
  65. Li Xu.
    High quality 3D shape reconstruction via digital refocusing and pupil apodization in multi-wavelength holographic interferometry. UM, 2012
  66. Ganesh Suryanarayan Dasika.
    Power-efficient accelerators for high-performance applications. UM, 2011
  67. Sam Seoung Huh.
    Preliminary study of an intra-operative PET imaging probe system. UM, 2011
  68. Gyemin Lee.
    Machine learning for flow cytometry data analysis. UM, 2011
  69. Malakeh Musheinesh.
    Model-based image reconstruction for THz imaging systems. UM, 2011
  70. Saradwata Sarkar.
    Quantitative assessment of volume change in tumors using image registration. UM, 2011
  71. Christopher G Wahl.
    Imaging, detection, and identification algorithms for position-sensitive gamma-ray detectors. UM, 2011
  72. Weiyi Wang.
    Techniques and applications of Compton imaging for position-sensitive gamma-ray detectors. UM, 2011
  73. Faisal Al-Salem.
    Blind super-resolution from multiple undersampled images using sampling diversity. UM, 2010
  74. Benjamin Choong Lee.
    Conditioning of and algorithms for image reconstruction from irregular frequency samples. UM, 2010
  75. Yoon Chung Kim.
    Non-Cartesian parallel image reconstruction for functional MRI. UM, 2010
  76. Sumedha Prashant Sinha.
    Breast cancer detection on automated 3D ultrasound with co-localized 3D X-ray. UM, 2010
  77. Victoria Yee.
    Studies on the asymptotic behavior of parameters in optimal scalar quantization. UM, 2010
  78. Kiran Pandey.
    Mitigation of motion artifacts in functional MRI: A combined acquisition, reconstruction and post processing approach. UM, 2009
  79. Hui Zhang.
    Advances in modeling and inference of neuroimaging data. UM, 2008
  80. Jinzheng Peng.
    Polarimetric microwave radiometer calibration. UM, 2008
  81. Benjamin Raymond Kowash.
    A rotating modulation imager for the orphan source search problem. UM, 2008
  82. Arvind Rao.
    Prospective identification of long-range transcriptional enhancers via integrative genomics. UM, 2008
  83. Li Han.
    Statistical performance evaluation, system modeling, distributed computation and signal pattern matching for a Compton medical imaging system. UM, 2008
  84. William Allyn Grissom.
    RF pulse design for parallel excitation in MRI. UM, 2008
  85. Mojtaba Dehmollaian.
    Hybrid EM models for purpose of detection and identification of visually obscured targets. UM, 2007
  86. Raghuram Rangarajan.
    Resource constrained adaptive sensing. UM, 2007
  87. Magnus O Ulfarsson.
    Model based principal component analysis with application to functional magnetic resonance imaging. UM, 2007
  88. Doron Blatt.
    Adaptive sensing in uncertain environments: Maximum likelihood, sensor networks, and reinforcement learning. UM, 2006
  89. Siddarth Shah.
    Deconvolution algorithms for fluorescence and electron microscopy. UM, 2006
  90. Michael Ting.
    Signal processing for magnetic resonance field microscopy. UM, 2006
  91. \Jose Costa.
    Random graphs for structure discovery in high-dimensional data. UM, 2005
  92. Derek Dennis Steele.
    Three-dimensional, static displacement, stimulated echo, magnetic resonance elasticity imaging. UM, 2005
  93. Sang-June Park.
    A very high resolution small animal PET based on the Compton PET concept. UM, 2005
  94. Meng-fu Shih.
    Unicast internet tomography. UM, 2005
  95. Huzefa Firoz Neemuchwala.
    Entropic graphs for image registration. UM, 2005
  96. Christopher M Kreucher.
    An information-based approach to sensor resource allocation. UM, 2005
  97. Bowei Xi.
    Estimating internal link loss rates using active network tomography. UM, 2004
  98. Suman Chakravorty.
    Design and optimal control of multi-spacecraft interferometric imaging systems. UM, 2004
  99. Mark A Bartsch.
    Automated singer identification in polyphonic music. UM, 2004
  100. Yue Wang.
    Statistical methods for biomarkers. UM, 2003
  101. Yao Wang.
    Forward-viewing ring annular array in intravascular ultrasound imaging. UM, 2003
  102. Jose E Torres-Fernandez.
    Construction of signal-dependent Cohen's class time-frequency representations using iterative blind deconvolution. UM, 2003
  103. Kurt D Mills.
    Holographic time gate investigations and confocal techniques. UM, 2003
  104. Kevin M Holt.
    Methods and design algorithms for predictive quantization of signals and images. UM, 2003
  105. Marko Slyz.
    Lossless image compression using combinations of simple components. UM, 2002
  106. Gregory Charles Sharp.
    Automatic and stable multiview 3D surface registration. UM, 2002
  107. Jia Li.
    Three dimensional shape modeling: Segmentation, reconstruction, and registration. UM, 2002
  108. Thomas J Kragh.
    Tradeoffs and limitations in statistically based image reconstruction problems. UM, 2002
  109. Robert Manfred Nickel.
    Generalized scale transforms: theory and applications. UM, 2001
  110. Hyung Soo Kim.
    Adaptive target detection in radar imaging. UM, 2001
  111. Ali Ghalib.
    Laboratory and in-situ soil characterization by computer vision. UM, 2001
  112. Robinson Piramuthu.
    Robust fusion of MRI and ECT data, and acceleration of EM algorithm using proximal point approach. UM, 2000
  113. Stephen Lin.
    Photometric modeling of specular and diffuse appearance. UM, 2000
  114. Byung-Jae Kwak.
    Nonlinear system identification with an application to hydraulic actuator friction dynamics. UM, 2000
  115. Chia-ho Hua.
    Compton imaging system development and performance assessment. UM, 2000
  116. Jeremy A Salinger.
    The impact of computer architecture features on image processing application execution times: A case study using MPEG encoding on the IBM SP2. UM, 2000
  117. Jiyoung Park.
    Neutron scattering correction functions for neutron radiographic images. UM, 2000
  118. Hong Wan.
    Thermal dose optimization for ultrasound tissue ablation. UM, 1999
  119. Esam Ahmed Tashkandi.
    Accuracy of using spectral color transformation in the prediction of tooth colors. UM, 1999
  120. Andrew D Sterian.
    Model-based segmentation of time-frequency images for musical transcription. UM, 1999
  121. David Russell Hunter.
    Optimization transfer algorithms in statistics. UM, 1999
  122. John R Crowe.
    Ultrasonic arterial imaging with an interluminal catheter array. UM, 1999
  123. Peter Warren Moo.
    Asymptotic analysis of lattice-based quantization. UM, 1998
  124. Mark Alexander Lubinski.
    Speckle tracking techniques for ultrasound elasticity imaging. UM, 1998
  125. Sriram Krishnan.
    Adaptive and nonlinear ultrasound imaging. UM, 1998
  126. Chor-Yi Ng.
    Preliminary studies on the feasibility of addition of vertex view to conventional brain SPECT imaging. UM, 1997
  127. Rajashri Rajaram Joshi.
    Multiresolution fast algorithms for one-dimensional inverse scattering and linear least-squares estimation. UM, 1997
  128. Osama Sami Haddadin.
    Ultrasound inverse scattering for tomographic imaging and self-focusing arrays. UM, 1997
  129. Rowena Cristina Lazaro Guevara.
    Modal distribution analysis and sum of sinusoids synthesis of piano tones. UM, 1997
  130. Amy Elise Bell.
    1D and 2D phase retrieval by solving linear systems of equations and by using the wavelet transform. UM, 1997
  131. Yong Zhang.
    Improved SPECT radioactivity quantification using MRI side information. UM, 1996
  132. Ilan Sharfer.
    Recursive algorithms for digital communications using the discrete wavelet transform. UM, 1996
  133. Jordi Ribas-Corbera.
    Optimizing the motion vector accuracies in block-based video coding. UM, 1996
  134. Doo Yong Park.
    Tomographic reconstruction of air contaminant concentration maps using an open path Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. UM, 1996
  135. Mohammad Usman.
    Biased and unbiased Cramer-Rao bounds: computational issues and applications. UM, 1994
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