Clinical Image Analysis

Dr. Gurcan's EUREKA (Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration) grant is discussed in a recent OSU research news article (http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/2009eurekagrants.htm). Dr. Gurcan's Clinical Image Analysis Lab (www.bmi.osu.edu/cialab) is committed to developing imaging biomarkers for several diseases.

A method for the classification of Centrablast cells versus Non-Centroblast in Follicular Lymphoma has been accepted for publication in the Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology journal. The authors of the paper were Kamel Belkacem-Boussaid, Ph.D, and Michael. Pennell, Ph.D, Gerard. Lozanski, MD, Arwa. Shanaah, MD, and Metin Gurcan, Ph.D. The title of the manuscript is "Computer-aided classification of centroblast cells in follicular lymphoma". The abstract of the manuscript appears below. Objective: In this paper, we develop a novel automated method to distinguish centroblast (CB) cells from non-centroblast (non-CB) cells in follicular lymphoma cases and measure its performance on cases obtained by a consensus of six pathologists. Study Design: Geometric and color texture features were used in the training and testing of the supervised quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA) classifier. The technique was trained and tested on a data set composed of 218 CB images a

The 4th Annual International Scholar Research Exposition Opening Reception took place in Bricker Hall on November 19, 2009 at The Ohio State University. Posters documenting the research efforts of visiting scholars are on display throughout November and December in the 2nd Floor Lobby of Bricker Hall. Dr. Ahmet Alkan, an international scholar from Turkey, working at the CIALAB presented a poster at the exposition. The poster’s title is “Computerized Image Analysis of Thigh Muscles for Osteoarthritis.” President Gee and Dr. Whitacre, vice president for research, honored Dr. Alkan with a certificate. Ahmet Alkan received his Ph.D. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Sakarya University in 2005. He is funded by a fellowship from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) in 2009. He is currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at The Ohio State University, working with Dr. Metin N. Gurcan. His research interests include