Clinical Image Analysis

The article entitled "Feature-Based Registration of Histopathology Images with Different Stains: An Application for Computerized Follicular Lymphoma Prognosis" has been accepted for publication in the Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Journal. This study is a part of the computer-aided system being developed for the automated histopathological evaluation of Follicular Lymphoma, one of the most common type of lymphoid malignancy affecting more than fifty thousand people in the United States annually. The abstract of this study appears below: Feature-Based Registration of Histopathology Images with Different Stains: An Application for Computerized Follicular Lymphoma Prognosis Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the second most common type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Manual histological grading of FL is subject to remarkable interand intra-reader variations. A promising approach to grading is the development of a computer-assisted system that improves consistency and precisio

Shunmugam Mohan is a graduate student from the Department of Electrical Engineering. He joined the BMI imaging lab and started working with Dr.Gurcan from Winter 2008. His primary areas of research are Medical Image Processing, Signal Processing and Digital Communications. His Masters project was based on developing an ImageJ plugin for Haralick 3D texture analysis. He worked with Olcay Sertel on Content based Unsupervised Image Classification of Lymphoma images. He also worked with Jeff Prescott in the segmentation of MR images of patients with osteoarthritis. He has also developed websites for the CIALAB and the upcoming HIMA conference. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Anna University, India.

With his poster presentation entitled "Histopathological Image Analysis", Olcay Sertel, a member of the Clinical Image Analysis Lab,won a travel award at the Ohio State University Medical Center Research Day, held on April 2nd. Research Day is an annual event featuring the biomedical research of trainees within the OSU Medical Center. Held each spring, Research Day features a poster display, with a judging and presentation of awards for outstanding research, as well as presentations on current topics by world renowned researchers and experts in the field of biomedical science. Of the 304 research trainees participating in the 2008 event, 31 were chosen to receive awards. The 2008 Research Day award winners included one undergraduate student, five postdoctoral trainees, three residents or clinical fellows, 11 graduate students, ten medical students, and one MD/PhD(Medical Scientist) student. These trainees each received a travel award,which will allow them to attend and presen