Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi Profile

Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi

Professor at University of British Columbia

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Publications (67)

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 13, 2018

3D tissue mimicking biophantoms for ultrasound imaging: bioprinting and image analysis

Proc. SPIE. 10576, Medical Imaging 2018: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling

KEYWORDS: Microfluidics, Cancer, Tissues, Ultrasonography, Image analysis, 3D printing, Printing, Liver cancer, 3D image processing

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 19, 2018

Transurethral illumination probe design for deep photoacoustic imaging of prostate

Proc. SPIE. 10494, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2018

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Light sources, Tissues, Signal attenuation, Etching, Transducers, Photoacoustic imaging, Prostate, Tissue optics

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 13, 2017

Phase-factor based beamforming to improve the visualization of hyper-echoic targets

Proc. SPIE. 10139, Medical Imaging 2017: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Statistical analysis, Visualization, Tissues, Reflection, Ultrasonography, Image processing, Image analysis, Bone, Signal processing, Data centers, Natural surfaces

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 13, 2017

Tissue mimicking simulations for temporal enhanced ultrasound-based tissue typing

Proc. SPIE. 10139, Medical Imaging 2017: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography

KEYWORDS: Cancer, Breast cancer, Tissues, Ultrasonography, Image segmentation, Pathology, Physics, Computer simulations, Data acquisition, Finite element methods, Prostate, Prostate cancer, In vivo imaging

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 3, 2017

Models of temporal enhanced ultrasound data for prostate cancer diagnosis: the impact of time-series order

Proc. SPIE. 10135, Medical Imaging 2017: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling

KEYWORDS: Tumor growth modeling, Data modeling, Computational modeling, Tissues, Ultrasonography, Biopsy, Prostate, Prostate cancer, Stochastic processes, Statistical modeling, Performance modeling, Time series analysis, Expectation maximization algorithms

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 3, 2017

Identification and tracking of vertebrae in ultrasound using deep networks with unsupervised feature learning

Proc. SPIE. 10135, Medical Imaging 2017: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling

KEYWORDS: Detection and tracking algorithms, Ultrasonography, Computer programming, Bone, Data acquisition, Transducers, Machine learning, Image classification, Spine, Neurons

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 3, 2017

DeepInfer: open-source deep learning deployment toolkit for image-guided therapy

Proc. SPIE. 10135, Medical Imaging 2017: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling

KEYWORDS: Biomedical optics, Visual process modeling, Data modeling, Visualization, Ultrasonography, Image segmentation, 3D modeling, Medical imaging, Software development, Neural networks, Machine learning, Prostate, Biomedical engineering, Solid modeling, 3D image processing

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 3, 2017

Classification of clinical significance of MRI prostate findings using 3D convolutional neural networks

Proc. SPIE. 10134, Medical Imaging 2017: Computer-Aided Diagnosis

KEYWORDS: Principal component analysis, Computer aided diagnosis and therapy, Diffusion weighted imaging, Convolutional neural networks, Data modeling, Tissues, Magnetic resonance imaging, 3D modeling, Prostate, Prostate cancer

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 24, 2017

Automatic quality assessment of apical four-chamber echocardiograms using deep convolutional neural networks

Proc. SPIE. 10133, Medical Imaging 2017: Image Processing

KEYWORDS: Convolutional neural networks, Data modeling, Heart, Image acquisition, Image quality, Transducers, Echocardiography, Statistical modeling, Performance modeling, Network architectures

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 24, 2016

Fusion of multi-parametric MRI and temporal ultrasound for characterization of prostate cancer: in vivo feasibility study

Proc. SPIE. 9785, Medical Imaging 2016: Computer-Aided Diagnosis

KEYWORDS: Image fusion, Principal component analysis, Tumor growth modeling, Cancer, Data modeling, Tissues, Ultrasonography, Magnetic resonance imaging, Receivers, Image registration, Prostate cancer, In vivo imaging

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 18, 2016

Classification of prostate cancer grade using temporal ultrasound: in vivo feasibility study

Proc. SPIE. 9786, Medical Imaging 2016: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling

KEYWORDS: Cancer, Data modeling, Tissues, Ultrasonography, Receivers, Machine learning, Feature selection, Prostate cancer, In vivo imaging

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 15, 2016

High energy laser pulse coupling in a multimode fiber for photoacoustic tomography

Proc. SPIE. 9708, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2016

KEYWORDS: Multimode fibers, Energy efficiency, Optical parametric oscillators, Waveguides, Imaging systems, Laser energy, Fiber lasers, Data acquisition, Photoacoustic tomography, Acquisition tracking and pointing, Fiber couplers, In vivo imaging, Acoustics, Pulsed laser operation

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 20, 2015

Characterization of aggressive prostate cancer using ultrasound RF time series

Proc. SPIE. 9414, Medical Imaging 2015: Computer-Aided Diagnosis

KEYWORDS: Oncology, Cancer, Tumors, Doppler effect, Tissues, Ultrasonography, Image processing, Biopsy, Prostate, Prostate cancer

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 18, 2015

Scaphoid fracture fixation: localization of bones through statistical model to ultrasound registration

Proc. SPIE. 9415, Medical Imaging 2015: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling

KEYWORDS: Injuries, Statistical analysis, Surgery, Ultrasonography, Clouds, 3D modeling, Image registration, Bone, Navigation systems, Statistical modeling

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 18, 2015

Data fusion for planning target volume and isodose prediction in prostate brachytherapy

Proc. SPIE. 9415, Medical Imaging 2015: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling

KEYWORDS: Gold, Independent component analysis, Cancer, Data modeling, Error analysis, Prostate, Reconstruction algorithms, Binary data, Process modeling, Data fusion

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 18, 2015

Deep learning for automatic localization, identification, and segmentation of vertebral bodies in volumetric MR images

Proc. SPIE. 9415, Medical Imaging 2015: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling

KEYWORDS: Statistical analysis, X-ray computed tomography, Magnetic resonance imaging, Image segmentation, Magnetism, 3D modeling, Feature extraction, Computed tomography, Spine, Statistical modeling

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 11, 2015

Image registration for limited-view photoacoustic imaging using two linear array transducers

Proc. SPIE. 9323, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2015

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Ultrasonography, Image processing, Image registration, Transducers, Photoacoustic imaging, Photoacoustic tomography, Reconstruction algorithms, Photoacoustic spectroscopy, Acoustics

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 21, 2014

Joint source based analysis of multiple brain structures in studying major depressive disorder

Proc. SPIE. 9034, Medical Imaging 2014: Image Processing

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Tissues, Magnetic resonance imaging, Feature extraction, Shape analysis, Associative arrays, Neuroimaging, Ferroelectric LCDs, Brain mapping, Brain

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 21, 2014

A statistical shape+pose model for segmentation of wrist CT images

Proc. SPIE. 9034, Medical Imaging 2014: Image Processing

KEYWORDS: Statistical analysis, Image segmentation, Clouds, 3D modeling, Image registration, Bone, Shape analysis, Computed tomography, Motion models, Statistical modeling

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 12, 2014

Fast prostate segmentation for brachytherapy based on joint fusion of images and labels