I am working in the Medical Imaging Laboratory under adviser Dr. Jerome Liang from the Department of Radiology at Stony Brook University Hospital. Current research projects include:
Texture Feature Analysis for CADe and CADx:
For decades, texture features have become a classifying and analyzing images. Expanding upon these ideas to 3D images generated by Computed Tomography (CT) scans, we are using texture features for computer aided detection and diagnosis of colorectal polyps. Looking into different texture additions for classification and methods for creating rotationally invariant feautures to enhance accuracy, we are looking to aid physicians in developing better techniques for the virtual colonoscopy.
**This will be presented at the 2017 SPIE conference at Orlando, FL in February
Lung Modeling for Strain distribution during respiration:
Using a mathematical model to simulate the the expansion of the lung, we are looking into the distribution of forces and strain on lung parenchyma. Comparing the model against 4D-CT images of patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), we are looking into developing a biomarker for new treatments and drugs to measure the effects of the scar tissue building up in the lung.
**This will be presented at the 2017 SPIE conference at Orlando, FL in February
Previous Research at VIrginia Tech:
Previous works during my B.S. and M.S. involved electrochemical analysis of vanadium oxide materials with different nanostructures to be used as cathode components for electrochemical capacitors. Additionally, I worked with the GEM*STAR collaboration running Monte Carlo simulations for the proposed sub-critical fission reactor on using weapons-grade plutonium as a possible fuel source.
The work on vanadium oxide nanostructures was presented at the 2013 American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, and published in Applied Physics Letters
- “Comparative ion insertion study into a nanostructured vanadium oxide in aqueous salt solutions” Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 013904 (2014)
