Computational Intelligence in Biomedical Imaging

Dr. Kenji Suzuki is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Chicago. He has written over 240 papers including 95 peer-reviewed journal papers. Dr. Suzuki received his PhD in Engineering in 2001. His research interests include computer-aided diagnosis of lesions in the abdomen, thorax, and heart, medical image analysis and machine learning in medical imaging.

• Brain Disease Classification and Progression using Machine Learning Techniques.- The Role of Content-Based Image Retrieval in Mammography CAD.- A Novel Image-based Approach for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer using DCE-MRI.- Computational Intelligent Image Analysis for Assisting Radiation Oncologists’ Decision Making in Radiation Treatment Planning.- Computational Anatomy in the Abdomen: Automated Multi-Organ and Tumor Analysis from Computed Tomography.- Liver Volumetry in MRI by using Fast Marching Algorithm Coupled with 3D Geodesic Active Contour Segmentation.- Computer-aided Image Analysis for Vertebral Anatomy on X-ray CT Images.- Robust Segmentation of Challenging Lungs in CT using Multi-Stage Learning and Level Set Optimization.- Bone Suppression in Chest Radiographs by Means of Anatomically Specific Multiple Massive-Training ANNs Combined with Total Variation Minimization Smoothing and Consistency Processing.- Image Segmentation for Connectomics using Machine Learning.- Image Analysis Techniques for the Quantification of Brain Tumors on MR Images.- Respiratory and Cardiac Function Analysis on the Basis of Dynamic Chest Radiography.- Adaptive Noise Reduction and Edge Enhancement in Medical Images by using ICA.- Subtraction Techniques for CT and DSA and Automated Detection of Lung Nodules in 3D CT.