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Last Updated: 11/20/09
Last Updated: 11/20/09
Publications
Book Chapters
Baum, K. G., “Signal Filtering: Noise Reduction and Detail Enhancement,” Handbook of Visual Display Technology, ed. by Chen, J., Cranton, W., Raupp, G., Springer, in edit.
Journal Publications
Baum, K. G., Menezes, G., Helguera, M., “Simulation of High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Images on the IBM Blue Gene/L Supercomputer,” being prepared.
Baum, K. G., Schmidt, E., Rafferty, K., Krol, A., Helguera, M., “Evaluation of Novel Genetic Algorithm Generated Schemes for PET/MRI Image Fusion, Computers in Biology and Medicine, under review.
Unlu, M. Z., Krol, A., Magri, A., Mandel, J. A., Lee, W., Baum, K. G., Lipson, E. D., Coman, I. L., Feiglin, D. H., “Computerized Nonrigid PET-to-MRI Breast-Image Registration with Deformable Finite-Element Model,” Computers in Biology and Medicine, under review.
Baum, K. G., Helguera, M., Krol, A., “Fusion Viewer: A New Tool for Fusion and Visualization of Multimodal Medical Data Sets”, Journal of Digital Imaging, Vol. 21, Supplement 1, pp. 59-68, 2008. PDF
Baum, K. G., Helguera, M., “Excecution of the SimSET Monte Carlo PET/SPECT Simulator in the Condor Distributed Computing Environment,” Journal of Digital Imaging, Vol. 20, Supplement 1, pp. 72-82, 2007. PDF
Krol, A., Unlu, M. Z., Baum, K. G., Mandel, J. A., Lee, W., Coman, I. L., Lipson, E. D., Feiglin, D. H., “MRI/PET Nonrigid Breast-Image Registration Using Skin Fiducial Markers,” Physica Medica European Journal of Medical Physics, Vol. XXI, Supplement 1, pp. 39-43, 2006. PDF
Conference Publications
Canosa, R. L., Baum, K. G., “Modeling Decision-Making in Single- and Multi-Modal Medical Images,” Medical Imaging, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7263, 72630J, 2009. PDF
Walvoord, D. J., Baum, K., Helguera, M., Krol, A., Easton, R. L., “Localization of Fiducial Skin Markers in MR Images using Correlation Pattern Recognition for PET/MRI Nonrigid Breast Image Registration, Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition (AIPR) Annual Workshop, Proceedings of IEEE, 2008. PDF
Baum, K. G., Helguera, M., Schmidt, E., Rafferty, K., Krol, A., “Evaluation of Genetic Algorithm-Generated Multivariate Color Tables for the Visualization of Multimodal Medical Fused Data Sets,” Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, IEEE, pp. 4355-4360, 2008. PDF
Baum, K. G., McNamara, K., Helguera, M., “Design of a Multiple Component Geometric Breast Phantom,” Medical Imaging, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6913, 69134H, 2008. PDF
Baum, K. G., Schmidt, E., Rafferty, K., Helguera, M., Feiglin, D. H., Krol, A., “Investigation of PET/MRI Image Fusion Schemes for Enhanced Breast Cancer Diagnosis,” Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, IEEE, Vol. 5, pp. 3774-3780, 2007. PDF
Baum, K. G., Helguera, M., Krol, A., “A New Application for Displaying and Fusing Multimodal Data Sets,” Multimodal Biomedical Imaging II, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6431, 64310Y, 2007. PDF
Baum, K. G., Helguera, M., Krol, A., “Genetic Algorithm Automated Generation of Multivariate Color Tables for Visualization of Multimodal Medical Data Sets,” Fourteenth Color Imaging Conference, Proceedings IS&T/SID’s, pp. 138-143, 2006. PDF
Baum, K. G., Helguera, M., Hornak, J. P., Kerekes, J. P., Montag, E. D., Unlu, M. Z., Feiglin D. H., Krol A., “Techniques for Fusion of Multimodal Images: Application to Breast Imaging,” Image Processing, IEEE International Conference on, pp. 2521-2524, 2006. PDF
Krol, A., Unlu, M. Z., Magri, A., Lipson, E., Coman, I. L., Mandel, J. A., Baum, K. G., Feiglin, D. H., “Iterative Finite Element Deformable Model For Nonrigid Coregistration of Multimodal Breast Images,” Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano, IEEE International Symposium, pp. 852-855, 2006. PDF
Unlu, M. Z., Krol, A., Coman I. L., Mandel, J. A., Baum, K. G., Lee, W., Lipson, E. D., Feiglin, D. H., “Deformable Model for 3D Intramodal Nonrigid Breast Image Registration with Fiducial Skin Markers,” Medical Imaging, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5747, pp. 1528-1534, 2005. PDF
Baum, K. G., Singer, M., “Quantifying Energy Intake,” NSF and Syracuse University/Onondaga County Schools Partnership for the Improvement of Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Summer Workshop for Secondary Science Teachers, Syracuse, NY, August 18-19, 2004.
Baum, K. G., Singer, M., “Carrying Capacity Fruit Fly Lab,” NSF and Syracuse University/Onondaga County Schools Partnership for the Improvement of Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Summer Workshop for Secondary Science Teachers, Syracuse, NY, August 18-19, 2004.
Baum, K. G., Singer, M., “Exponential Human Population Growth,” NSF and Syracuse University/Onondaga County Schools Partnership for the Improvement of Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Summer Workshop for Secondary Science Teachers, Syracuse, NY, August 18-19, 2004.
Baum, K. G., Singer, M., “Tusker Lab: Natural and Artificial Selection,” NSF and Syracuse University/Onondaga County Schools Partnership for the Improvement of Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Summer Workshop for Secondary Science Teachers, Syracuse, NY, August 18-19, 2004.
Baum, K. G., Singer, M., “Pedigree Study: A Look at pedigree charts and the role they play in species survival programs,” NSF and Syracuse University/Onondaga County Schools Partnership for the Improvement of Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Summer Workshop for Secondary Science Teachers, Syracuse, NY, August 18-19, 2004.
Baum, K. G., Singer, M., “Pedigree and Tusker Evaluation Presentations,” NSF and Syracuse University/Onondaga County Schools Partnership for the Improvement of Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Summer Workshop for Secondary Science Teachers, Syracuse, NY, August 18-19, 2004.
Coman, I. L., Krol, A., Feiglin, D. H., Lee, W., Lipson, E. D., Mandel, J. A., Baum, K. G., Unlu, M. Z., “Intermodality Nonrigid Breast-Image Registration”, Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano, IEEE International Symposium on, Vol. 2, pp. 1516-1519, 2004. PDF
Coman, I. L., Krol, A., Mandel, J. A., Baum, K. G., Luo, M., Lipson, E. D., Feiglin, D. H., "Finite-Element Method for Intermodality Nonrigid Breast Registration Using External Skin Markers," Medical Imaging, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5370, pp. 1152-1155, 2004. PDF
Krol, A., Coman, I. L., Mandel, J. A., Baum, K. G., Luo, M., Feiglin, D. H., Lipson, E. D., Beaumont, J., "Inter-Modality Non-Rigid Breast Image Registration Using Finite-Element Method,” Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, IEEE, Vol. 3, pp. 1958-1961, 2003. PDF
Non-Publishing Conferences and Workshops
Baum, K. G., Schreyer, E., Totterman, S., Farber, J., Tamez-Pena, J., Gonzalez, P., “Application of the Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) for Failure Detection of a Fully-Automated Atlas Based Knee MRI Segmentation Method,” International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) Joint Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweeden, May 1-5, 2010.
Baum, K. G., Menezes, G., Helguera, M., “Simulation of High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Images on the IBM BlueGene/L Supercomputer using SIMRI,” 5th International Conference on Imaging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences (ITBS 2009), Milos, Greece, September 13-16, 2009.
Baum, K. G., Harrigan R. L., Tacconi, N., Phillips, J. B., Heckaman, R., Ferwerda, J. A., Ogden, K. M., Helguera, M., “Calibration and Evaluation of a Dual Layer High Dynamic Range Display for Pathology Detection Tasks,” 5th International Conference on Imaging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences (ITBS 2009), Milos, Greece, September 13-16, 2009.
Rafferty, K., Baum, K. G., Helguera, M., “Multimodal Display Techniques with Application to Breast Imaging”, The First Annual Social and Strategic Summit of the Rochester Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Rochester, New York, December 12, 2008.
Baum, K. G., “Simulation of High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Images on the IBM Blue Gene/L Supercomputer,” Fall 2008 NYSGrid Meeting, New York, New York, December 2-3, 2008.
Krol, A., Lisi, M., Joy, S., Kort, K., Feiglin, D. H., Magri, A., Tiwari, N. S., Fawcett, J., Baum, K. G., Helguera, M., “Fusion of SPECT and MRI images for improved localization of parathyroid adenomas in patients with persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism,” Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington DC, June 2-6, 2007. Abstract published as Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 48, Supplement 2, page 155, 2007.
Krol, A., Lisi, M., Joy, S., Kort, K., Magri, Mandel, J., Fawcett, J., Baum, K. G., Helguera, M., Feiglin, D.H., “Localization of Parathyroid Adenomas in Patients with Persistent or Recurrent Hyperparathyroidism via Fusion of SPECT and MRI Images,” Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), Copenhagen, Denmark, October 13-October 17, 2007.
Krol, A., Lisi, M., Kort, K., Feiglin, D. H., Magri, A., Tiwari N. S., Fawcett, J., Baum, K. G., Helguera, M., “Fusion of SPECT and MRI Images for Improved Localization of Parathyroid Adenomas in Patients with Persistent or Recurrent Hyperparathyroidism,” Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) 54th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.
Krol, A., Unlu, M. Z., Magri, A., Feiglin, D. H., Lipson, E., Coman, I. L., Mandel, J. A., Baum, K. G., Tillapaugh-Fay, G., McGraw, W., “PET/CT/MRI Exact Breast Image Fusion for Enhanced Breast Cancer Detection,” 9th World Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WCNMB 2006), Seoul, Korea, October 22-27, 2006.
Krol, A., Unlu, M. Z., Magri, A., Feiglin, D. H., Lipson, E., Coman, I. L., Mandel, J. A., Baum, K. G., Tillapaugh-Fay, G., McGraw, W., “Accurate PET/CT/MRI Breast Image Fusion for Improved Breast Cancer Detection,” Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), Athens, Greece, September 30-October 4, 2006. Abstract published as European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 33, Supplement 2, page 190, 2006.
Krol, A., Feiglin, D. H., Unlu, M. Z., Magri, A., Mandel, J. A., Lee, W., Lipson, E. D., Coman, I. L., Baum, K. G., “Fusion of F-18-FDG PET and MR Mammography via Nonrigid Breast-Image Registration,” Eastern Great Lakes Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting, Rochester, New York, October 7-8, 2005.
Krol, A., Magri, A., Unlu, M., Feiglin D. H., Lipson, E., Mandel, J. A., McGraw, W., Lee, W., Coman, I. L., Baum, K. G., “New Approach to F-18-FDG PET Dynamic Data Acquisition and Analysis for Breast Cancer Imaging,” Easter Great Lakes Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting, Rochester, New York, October 7-8, 2005.
Krol, A., Unlu, M. Z., Baum, K. G., Mandel, J. A., Lee, W., Coman, I. L., Lipson, E. D., Feiglin, D. H., “MRI/PET Nonrigid Breast-Image Registration Using Skin Fiducial Markers,” Workshop on the Nuclear Radiology of Breast Cancer, Rome, Italy, October 22-23, 2004.
Other Publications
Baum, K. G., “Multimodal Breast Imaging: Registration, Visualization, and Image Synthesis,” PhD Dissertation, Rochester Institute of Technology, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, 2008. PDF DEFENSE
Rafferty, K., Baum, K. G., Schmidt, E., Krol, A., Helguera, M., “Multimodal Display Techniques with Application to Breast Imaging,” RIT Digital Medial Library, 2007. LINK
Baum, K. G., "Introduction to Managed Direct3D 9 - Creating a 3D Clock," www.CodeProject.com, June 26, 2004, Updated June 29, 2004. LINK
Lecture Presentations
“Calibration and Evaluation of a Dual Layer High Dynamic Range Display for Pathology Detection Tasks,” 5th International Conference on Imaging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences (ITBS 2009), Milos, Greece, September 13-16, 2009.
“Simulation of High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Images on the IBM Blue Gene/L Supercomputer,” Fall 2008 NYSGrid Meeting, New York, New York, December 2-3, 2008.
“Specialized Environment for Simulation of Medical Images,” Rochester Institute of Technology Research Computing Seminar Series, Rochester, New York, September 27, 2007.
“Investigation of PET/MRI Fusion Schemes for Enhanced Breast Cancer Diagnosis,” Syracuse Medical Imaging Research Group Meeting, Syracuse, New York, September 11, 2007.
“Presentation of Multimodal Data Sets,” SUNY Upstate Medical University Radiology Research Forum, Syracuse, New York, June 22, 2007.
“Introduction to a Framework for Fuzzy Segmentation of PET Data Sets: Emphasis on Early Design Decisions,” Syracuse Medical Imaging Research Group Meeting, Syracuse, New York, November 28, 2006.
“Presentation of Multimodal Breast Data,” Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Medical Upstate University, and Syracuse University Collaborative Gathering, Rochester, New York, July 23, 2006.
“Visualizing Multimodal Data,” Syracuse Medical Imaging Research Group Meeting, Syracuse, New York, April 12, 2006.
“Techniques for Fusion of Multimodal Images,” Syracuse Medical Imaging Research Group Meeting, Syracuse, New York, December 14, 2005.
“Multimodality Breast Image Fusion,” Syracuse Medical Imaging Research Group Meeting, Syracuse, New York, August 25, 2005.
“Application of Fiducial Skin Markers for Multimodality (PET/MRI) Non-Rigid Breast Image Registration,” Syracuse Medical Imaging Research Group Meeting, Syracuse, New York, June 23, 2004.
Research Features
Staff Writer, “Imaging to Enhance Diagnosis”, Research at RIT, May, 2009.
Baum, K. G., “Multimodal Breast Registration - Leveraging Multiple Imaging Modalities to Improve Breast Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Management,” ANSYS On Campus, April, 2008. LINK
Page, D., “New Tool Facilitates Fusion and Visualization of Multimodal Studies,” Diagnostic Imaging PACSweb, January 23, 2008. LINK
Helguera, M., “Medical Imaging and What Lies Ahead,” Advanced Imaging Magazine, September 2006. LINK
