BioMedical Imaging Research:

 A Lifelike computer model of the human heart could dramatically improve the diagnosis of cardiac disease, provide a more efficient way to test heart drugs, and even allow surgeons to try risky experimental techniques safely.  But simulating the mysteries of the heart on a computer screen isn't easy. 

We have been developing innovative methods for material modeling and shape and motion estimation of internal body parts from MRI, Ultrasound and CT data. Active projects include research on the shape and motion modeling and analysis of the heart and its blood flow from MRI-SPAMM data, automated hybrid segmentation methods for internal organs, methods for the automated detection and diagnosis of breast, lung and prostate cancer, software for linking the anatomy and physiology of the cardiopulmonary system (Functional Anatomy) and methods for estimating soft tissue stress-strain parameters

Computer models of the
 heart can point out aspects of disease such as where the heart wall may be failing - allowing doctors to choose the best treatments for their patients.