Current Research

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Leukocyte Detection

This project attempts to detect leukocytes in digital video for the purposes of tracking.

Leukocyte Tracking

This project attempts to more accurately, effectively, and efficiently collect leukocyte behavior in order to develop anti-inflammatory drugs to treat diseases such as Crohn's disease, heart disease, and multiple sclerosis.

Ultrasound Denoising

This project attempts to derive a novel edge detector, the instantaneous coefficient of variation (ICOV), for speckle edge detection; and based on the ICOV, design and implement speckle reducing anisotropic diffusion (SRAD) algorithm for ultrasounic (radar) imagery.

Vector Field Convolution

This project attempts to develop a novel method to calculate the external force for deformable models, including snakes, (a.k.a., active contours), and deformable surfaces.

Past Research

• Biomedical Background Registration
• DIRECT
• Image2000
• Lung Ventilation
• Target Tracking in Clutter
• Multi-Resolution Segmentation via Fusion of Mesonet Data and Remotely Sensed Imagery (NASA)
• Multi-Resolution, Multi-Scale Target Identification and Tracking Using the Anisotropic Diffusion Pyramid (U.S. Army Research Office)
• Vision-based Circuit Board Inspection System (Lucent Technologies)
• Fusion of Infrared and X-ray Imagery for Automated Circuit Inspection (Lucent Technologies)
• Processing Digital Images Obtained From Indium Antimonide Sensors (NSF)
• Automated Video Tracking and Inspection (SVS, Inc.)
• Image Processing for Agricultural Remote Sensing (SST, Inc.)
• Multiresolution Sensor Fusion Using Morphological Pyramids (NSF)