Max-trees applied to medical images segmentation

• Grant number: 15/12127-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: September 12, 2015
• End date: March 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Roberto de Alencar Lotufo
• Grantee: Roberto Medeiros de Souza
• Supervisor: Richard Frayne
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Calgary, Canada
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/23514-0 - Max-Tree: theory, algorithms and applications, BP.DR

Abstract

The max-tree is a data structure that has been successfully used in many applications, many of them devoted to medical image processing. This Ph.D. project has three main research lines: max-tree theory, algorithms and applications. This research internship abroad aims to develop the applications. More specifically, we intend to develop the skull-stripping and the segmentation of the carotid artery wall applicationsboth using MR images. This internship abroad will benefit the student, since he will have the opportunity ofworking and establishing contact with a well-known group with an international reputation for excellence in medical imaging research. In addition, their group has access to brain MRI data acquired in different MRI scanners across Canada, and many of the MR images have their associated ground-truths, which is essentialto validate the methodologies that are being developed.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GHAMISI, PEDRAM; SOUZA, ROBERTO; BENEDIKTSSON, JON ATLI; RITTNER, LETICIA; LOTUFO, ROBERTO; ZHU, XIAO XIANG. Hyperspectral Data Classification Using Extended Extinction Profiles. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, v. 13, n. 11, p. 1641-1645, NOV 2016. (13/23514-0, 15/12127-0, 13/07559-3)

GHAMISI, PEDRAM; SOUZA, ROBERTO; BENEDIKTSSON, JON ATLI; ZHU, XIAO XIANG; RITTNER, LETICIA; LOTUFO, ROBERTO A.. Extinction Profiles for the Classification of Remote Sensing Data. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, v. 54, n. 10, p. 5631-5645, OCT 2016. (15/12127-0, 13/07559-3, 13/23514-0)

GHAMISI, PEDRAM; RASTI, BEHNOOD; ZHU, XIAO X.; IEEE. FEATURE FUSION OF HYPERSPECTRAL AND LIDAR DATA USING EXTINCTION PROFILES AND TOTAL VARIATION. 2017 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS), v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2017-01-01. (15/12127-0, 13/23514-0)

GHAMISI, PEDRAM; SOUZA, ROBERTO; RITTNER, LETICIA; BENEDIKTSSON, JON A.; LOTUFO, ROBERTO; ZHU, XIAO X.; IEEE. EXTINCTION PROFILES: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR THE ANALYSIS OF REMOTE SENSING DATA. 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS), v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2016-01-01. (15/12127-0, 13/23514-0)

GHAMISI, PEDRAM; SOUZA, ROBERTO; BENEDIKTSSON, JON A.; ZHU, XIAO XIANG; RITTNER, LETICIA; LOTUFO, ROBERTO; IEEE. EXTENDED EXTINCTION PROFILE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGES. 2016 8TH WORKSHOP ON HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING: EVOLUTION IN REMOTE SENSING (WHISPERS), v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2016-01-01. (15/12127-0, 13/23514-0)