CIBC:Workshops:Workshop06:summ-hyde

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Summary for Damon Hyde

Affiliation

Damon Hyde
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Northeastern University
and
Center for Molecular Imaging Research
Massachusetts General Hospital

Summary

Computing plays a vital role in my work on fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) under Vasilis Ntziachristos at Massachusetts General Hospital. We are rapidly approaching the point where the size of the data sets we collect is limited only by our ability to process and utilize them. Our work has become increasingly collaborative, as we draw upon the knowledge of experts in computational efficency, image analysis/segmentation, and other fields in order to improve and accelerate our tomographic methods.

Additionally, as we progress to more complex data sets, and begin to pursue multi-modality imaging systems, our need for efficient algorithmic methods will only increase. In our move to multi-modality imaging, we are increasingly in need of computational methods which group such as CIBC have put significant work into researching.

The CIBC software of greatest interest to us is the BioImage package. In order to integrate the information from CT/MRI scans into our tomographic system, we first need methods by which to extract the relevant information. This necessitates the use of visualization and segmentation tools, some of which are being developed at CIBC. Knowledge on the usage of such tools would greatly increase our ability to rapidly develop new techniques for multi-modality imaging, enabling greater image quality and

increased utility for those scientists reliant upon our systems.