Service

I took part in a fund raising event to raise funds for research into Alzheimer's for the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia by hiking up Mt. Kilimanjaro (got a certificate from the park). We reached the summit of Kilimanjaro on September 13, 2010. I would be grateful if you can add the Alzheimer society of BC to the list of charitable organizations that you support. Here is a set of pictures I collected to showcase our journey.

Research Interests

Methods: Computational anatomy, algorithms for segmentation and non-rigid registration of medical images, statistical shape analysis of anatomical shapes and time series of functional and structural images.

Applications:

1. Brain: Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's (with collaborators Drs. Perminder Sachdev, Wei Wen, Lei Wang, Tilak Ratnanather), Parkinson's (with Dr. Martin Mckeown), and Huntington's (with Dr. Elizabeth Aylward). For an overview of the cost of neurological disorders on Canadian Health Care, see "The Burden of Neurological Diseases, Disorders and Injuries in Canada".  Recent articles: 1) Vancouver Sun, 2) The Province.
2. Heart: Study the Development of the embryonic heart using Optical Coherence Tomography (With Drs. Marinko Sarunic and Glen Tibbits)
3. Eye: Study the structure of the retinal layers (With Dr. Marinko Sarunic and Dr. Paul Mackenzie)
4. Peripheral nerves: Study the non-invasive pre-surgical imaging and visualization of the sciatic (Drs. Andy Hoffer and Burkhard Maedler)

Current Research Funding

Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation (2007-2010, Total $240k, SFU-$40k/year). Collaboration with Dr. Lei Wang (University of Washington, St. Louis), Dr. Tilak Ratnanather (CIS-JHU), and Dr. Wei Wen (University of New South Wales, Australia).

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research - Career Investigator Award (2008-2014).

National Health and Medical Research Council (2008-2011, Total $560k AUD, SFU-$30k/year). Collaboration with Dr. Lei Wang (University of Washington, St. Louis), Dr. Tilak Ratnanather (CIS-JHU), and Dr. Wei Wen (University of New South Wales, Australia).

NSERC Discovery (2004-2009, Total $92.5k, 2009-2014, Total 125k)

Collaborative Health Research Projects (2006-2009, $20k/year). Collaboration with Dr. Martin McKeown, University of British Columbia.

Collaborative Health Research Projects (2009-2012, $186k/year). Collaboration with Dr. Marinko Sarunic, Simon Fraser University.

Current Graduate and Undergraduate Students

1. Jingyun Chen, Ph.D. candidate (Sep 2006 - ), MS (Tsinghua, 2006), BS(Tsinghua, 2004)
2. Pradeep Kumar Reddy, Ph.D. candidate (2008 - ), MS (2005), Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
3. Evgeniy Lebed, Ph.D. candidate (Fall 2008 - ), MS (2008), University of British Columbia 
4. Sieun Lee, M.A.Sc candidate (September 2009 - ), B.A.Sc. (SFU, 2009)
5. Andy B. Wu, Ph.D. Candidate (September 2010 - ), M.FRM (SFU, 2008), M.A.Sc (SFU, 2007), B.Eng (Wuhan Institute of Technology, China, 2002)
6. Wenqi Sun, MASC candidate (September 2010 - ), B.A.Sc. (SFU, 2010)
7. Matthew Giassa, M.A.Sc candidate (September 2010 - ), B.A.Sc (SFU, 2010)
8. Sara Rokni, B.A.Sc. thesis (September 2010 - )

Alumni

1. Ali Khan, Ph.D.. candidate (Sep 2006 - defended April 2011), B.A.Sc (SFU, 2006), NSERC PGS-M Scholar, CGS-D Scholar
2. Eli Gibson, M.A.Sc. candidate (Jan 2007 -2009 ), B.A.Sc (SFU, 2006), NSERC PGS-M Scholar, PGS-D Scholar, currently PhD student, UWO
3. Shahab Ansari, M.A.Sc candidate (Sep 2005 - 2008), BE (NED), MS (McMaster, 2005), currently Lecturer, GIK Institute of Technology, Pakistan
4. Sebastiano Barbieri Ph.D.candidate (Apr 2008 - Dec 2008), MS (2008), BS(2006), Universitšat des Saarlandes, Saarbrucken
5. Behrang Nosrat Makouei, M.A.Sc (SFU, 2008), B.A.Sc (Sharif, 2004), Defended March 2008, currently PhD Student, Univ of Texas, Austin
6. Vinay Kotamraju, M.A.Sc (SFU, 2008), BE (NIT-Rourkela, 2004), Defended March 2008, currently Research Scientist, Macdonald Dewittler and Associates
7. Ali Khan, Undergraduate NSERC USRA (May - Aug 2006), COOP (Jan-Aug 2004), now PhD student at SFU
8. Ryan Dickie, Undergraduate, COOP (Jan-April 2006), NSERC USRA (May - Aug 2006), NSERC PGS-M Scholar, now MASC student, UBC
9. Eli Gibson, Undergraduate NSERC USRA (May - Aug 2006)
10. Joanne Hui Chen, COOP (Jan - August, 2005)
11. Stephen Wong, COOP, defended B.A.Sc thesis October 2007
12. Peter Wang, SFU COOP term (Sep-Dec 2006).
13. Ryan Dickie, SFU Undergraduate Thesis in Engineering Science, Defended Jan 2007.
14. Jennard Dy, SFU Undergraduate Thesis in Engineering Science, Defended Spring 2008
15. Ganesh Swami, COOP, Jan-Aug 2007, defended B.A.Sc. thesis August 2010.

Teaching

1. Spring 2011:  ENSC 474/895 - Medical Image Processing and Analysis
2. Spring 2011: APMA 990 - Mathematical Image Processing and Analysis (Co-taught with Dr. Steve Ruuth)
3. Summer 2010: Feedback Control Systems
4. Spring 2009: APMA 990 - Mathematical Image Processing and Analysis (Co-taught with Dr. Steve Ruuth)
5. Spring 2009: ENSC 474 - Medical Image Processing and Analysis
6. Spring 2008: ENSC 474 - Medical Image Processing and Analysis (summary of topics covered)
7. Fall 2007: Computational Anatomy and Medical Image Analysis (summary of topics covered)
8. Fall 2006: ENSC 801 - Linear System Theory (here is a summary of topics covered in this course)
9. Fall 2006: ENSC 383 - Feedback Control Systems
10. Summer 2006: ENSC 460/895 - Digital Image Processing and Analysis.
11. Fall 2005:  ENSC 801 - Linear Systems Theory.
12. Summer 2005: Digital Image Processing, ENSC 460/895.
13. Fall 2004: Linear Systems Theory, ENSC 801
14. Summer 2004: Digital Image Processing, ENSC 460.

Information for prospective MS/PhD students

LDDMM - Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping

LDDMM at CIS.

LDDMM at BIRN

Why come to Vancouver to study or visit?