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Peer reviewed Publications & Thesis

2013
 

  • Quantitative Analysis of Aorta Morphology and Mural Calcification Distributions and Their Associations in Volumetric CTs of COPD Patients                                                                                                                                                                                                         S. Kurugol,​ A. A. Diaz, J. C. Ross, C. Come, G. L. Kinney, J. L. Black-Shinn , J. E. Hokanson, M. Budoff, G. Washko, R. San Jose Estepar (under review for Journal of Medical Physics)

 

  • MUC5B promoter polymorphism (rs35705950) is predictive of interstitial lung abnormalities in the general population                                                                                                                                                                                                                G. M. Hunninghake, H. Hatabu, Y.Okajima, W. Gao, J. Dupuis, J. C. Latourelle, M. Nishino, T.Araki, O. E. Z. Fierro, S. Kurugol, J. C. Ross, R. S.J. Estpar, E. Murphy, M. P. Steele, J. E. Loyd.                                                                                                                                     New England Journal of Medicine, 368(23), June 2013.

 

  •  Emphysema Classification Based on Embedded Probabilistic PCA

        T. Z. Coarasa, S. Kurugol, J. Ross, G. R. Washko, R. S. J. Estepar   

        Proccedings of the IEEE Eng. in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), July 2013.

 

  •  Model-based 3D Segmentation of the Esophagus in Thoracic CT Images                                                                                                   S. Kurugol, N. Ozay, J. Dy, G. Sharp, D. H. Brooks                                                                                                                                          (under review for IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging)

 

  • Multi-class Hierarchical Approach for Monotonic Emphysema Pattern Classification                                                                         

       S. Kurugol, R. San Jose Estepar, J. Ross, G.R. Washko, (under Review).

 

  • Study for validation of semiautomated localization of the dermal/epidermal junction in reflectance confocal microscopy images of skin in various skin types

      S. Kurugol, K. Kose, J. Dy, . H. Brooks, M. Rajadhyaksha (in submission to JID)

 

 

2012

 

  • Aorta segmentation with a 3D level set approach and quantification of aortic calci cations in non-contrast chest CT 

       S. Kurugol, R. San Jose Estepar, J. Ross, G.R. Washko,  

       Conf. Proceedings of the IEEE Eng.in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), August 2012.

 

2011

 

  • Semi-Automated Localization of Dermal Epidermal Junction in Confocal Microscopy Images ofSkin

       S. Kurugol, J. G. Dy, M. Rajadhyaksha and D. H. Brooks,                                                                                                                          

       Journal of Biomedical Optics, March 2011. 

 

  • Centerline extraction with principal curve tracing to improve 3D level set esophagus segmentation in CT images                             S. Kurugol, E. Bas, D. Erdogmus, J. Dy, G. Sharp, D. H. Brooks.                                                                                                                    Proc. of the IEEE Eng. in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), August 2011.

 

  • Machine learning and model based 3D segmentation algorithms for challenging medical imaging problems                                     S.Kurugol                                                                                                                                                                                                                Ph.D Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University,
    August 2011.

 

2010

 

  • Locally Deformable Shape Model to Improve 3D Level Set based Esophagus Segmentation                                                                   S. Kurugol, N. Ozay, J. Dy, G. Sharp, D. H. Brooks,                                                                                                                                           Proc. 20th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR'10), Istanbul, Turkey, August 2010.

 

  • 3D Level Set Esophagus Segmentation in Thoracic CT Images using Spatial, Appearance and Shape Models                                      S. Kurugol, J. G. Dy, M. Rajadhyaksha and D. H. Brooks.                                                                                                                             Proc. of IEEE Int. Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'10), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, April 2010.

 

  • 3D Segmentation of Esophagus in Thoracic CT Images for Radiation Theraphy Planning                                                                         S. Kurugol, N. Ozay, G. Sharp, J. Dy, D. H. Brooks,                                                                                                                                           Proc. of XVIth International Conference on the use of Computers in Radiation Therapy (ICCR'10), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2010.

 

2009
 

  • Localizing the Dermis/Epidermis Boundary in Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Images with a Hybrid Classification Algorithm

       S. Kurugol, J. G. Dy, M. Rajadhyaksha and D. H. Brooks.

       Proc. of IEEE Int. Symp. on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'09), pp. 1322-1325, Boston, MA, USA, June 2009.

 

2008
 

  • Detection of the dermis/epidermis boundary in reflectance confocal images using multi-scale classifier with adaptive texture features

      S. Kurugol, J. G. Dy, M. Rajadhyaksha and D. H. Brooks

      Proc.  of IEEE Int. Symp. on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'08), pp. 492-495, Paris, France, May 2008.

 

2006
 

  • Dynamic DRR Scheduling Algorithm for Flow Level QOS Assurances of Elastic Traffic

       S.Kurugol

       M.S. Thesis, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, September 2006

Other Publications and Abstracts

 

2013
 

  • Automated Quantification of Aorta Morphology and Mural Calcifications in Inspiratory Volumetric CTs of COPD Patients S. Kurugol, R. San Jose Estepar, J. Ross, G. L. Kinney, J. L. Black-Shinn, M. Budo , J. E. Hokanson,George R. Washko and the COPDGene Investigators                                                                                                                                                      Americal Thoracic Society Int. Conf., May 2013.

 

2012

 

  • Validation study of automated dermal/epidermal junction localization algorithm in reflectance confocal microscopy images of skin 

       S. Kurugol, M. Rajadhyaksha, J. G. Dy, and D. H. Brooks

       Proc. of SPIE Photonics West, Feb 2012

 

2011
 

  • Semi- automated Algorithm for Localization of Dermal/ Epidermal Junction in Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Images of Human Skin

       S. Kurugol, J. G. Dy, M. Rajadhyakshab, K. W. Gossage, J. Weissman, Dana H. Brooks.

       Proc. of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, MA, USA, January 2011.

 

2009

 

  • Esophagus Segmentation in Thoracic CT Images for Radiotherapy Planning

      S. Kurugol, N. Ozay, G. Sharp, J. Dy, D. H. Brooks

      The American Association of Physicists in Medicine 51st Annual Meeting (AAPM'09), Annaheim, CA, USA, July 2009.

 

 

Invited Talks and Poster Presentations

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  • 3D Model based Segmentation of Medical Images Lacking feature Contrast Segmentation Workshop                      Radiation Oncology Dept, Massachusetts General Hospital, March 2013.

 

  • A Hybrid Classification/Sequence Segmentation Approach to Locate the Dermal Epidermal Junction in 3D Reflectance Microscopy Image Stacks of Human Skin                                                                                 

       ECI conference on Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery XII, Naples, Florida, USA, June 2011.

 

  • Translational Advances in Reflectance Confocal Microscopy of Skin Cancer: Machine Learning‐Based Image Classification, and Tumor Mapping in Shave Biopsy Wounds

       April 2011, Optics in Life Sciences: OSA Optics and Photonics Congress, Monterey, CA, USA. (talk)

 

  • 3D Segmentation for Low Contrast Medical Imaging Applications

        Northeastern University Communications and Digital Signal Process. Center (CDSP) Annual Research Workshop 2010.

 

  • Semi-Automatic Localization of the DEJ in Reflectance Confocal Images of Skin            

       Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, May 2010.

 

  • Machine Learning Based 3D Segmentation for Challenging Medical Imaging Applications

       Center for Integrative Biomedical Computing, University of Utah, January 2010.

 

  • A Hybrid Classification/Segmentation Algorithm to Localize the Dermis/ Epidermis Boundary Surface.

       Northeastern University CDSP Center Annual Research Workshop, Boston, MA, USA, 2009

 

  • Detection of Dermo-Epidermal Junction in Reflectance Confocal Z-Stacks using a Multi-Scale Classifier with Adaptive Features

       Northeastern University CDSP Center Annual Research Workshop,2008.

 

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