Research Interests

  • Medical Image Display and Analysis Group UNC MIDAG
  • development of image analysis techniques driven by challenging applications in medical image analysis
  • segmentation and object modeling of structures extracted from 3-D image data and 3-D time series Interactive 3D Segmentation
  • shape-based 3-D object representation and shape analysis Statistical Shapes
  • automated and shape analysis of brain structures for studying neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative changes

  • of the human brain in diseases like schizophrenia, Alzheimer, multiple sclerosis and depression Neuroimage Analysis
  • 3D segmentation of lesions (tumors, white matter lesions, vascular lesions) in the human brain Automatic 3D Lesion Segmentation

Research Clusters

Collaborating Researchers

    UNC Chapel Hill: Computer Science and Hospitals

  • Stephen Pizer, Kenan Prof. Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill: Prof. Stephen M. Pizer
  • Jeffrey Lieberman, Vice-Chairman Psychiatry, UNC Chapel Hill: Prof. Jeffrey Lieberman
  • Liz Bullitt, Associate Professor Surgery, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Martin Styner, Graduate Student, UNC Computer Science: Martin Styner
  • Sean Ho, Graduate Student, UNC Computer Science: Sean Ho
  • Nathan Moon, Graduate Student, UNC Computer Science: Nathan Moon
  • Sampath Vetsa, Graduate Student, UNC Computer Science: Sampath Vetsa
  • Miranda Chakos, Assistant Prof. of Psychiatry UNC
  • Duke University Medical Center DUMC

  • K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, Chairman Psychiatry, Duke Univ. Medical Center
  • Cecil Charles, Associate Prof. of Radiology, Duke Univ. Medical Center: Prof. Cecil Charles Prof. Cecil Charles
  • James MacFall, Associate Prof. of Radiology, Duke Univ. Medical Center: Prof. James R. MacFall / Center for Advanced MR Development
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich

  • Gabor Szekely, Senior Research Assistant ETH Zurich, Dept. EE, Image Science Lab: Gabor Szekely
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

  • Ron Kikinis, Associate Prof. of Radiology, Director of SPL: Ron Kikinis
  • Martha Shenton, Associate Prof. Department of Psychiatry: Martha Shenton