My research interests are in Computer-aided diagnosis and interventions. These include: Machine learning techniques for in silico inference and prediction Analysis of ultrasound images and signals for enhancement of cancer detection Image-aided, computer-assisted diagnosis of disease Ultrasound-guided interventions Knowledge discovery from high throughput biological data Quantitative modeling and reverse engineering of gene regulatory networks Analysis, segmentation and classification of fluorescence microscopy images Chromosome and cell imaging.
- Professor, School of Computing
- Member, College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada
- c/a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- c/a Human Mobility Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital
The Med-I Lab is always looking for the brightest students to join us. We continually have openings for high-school, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral fellowship positions. For any and all requests regarding admissions, please contact me at: admissions-medi [at] cs [dot] queensu [dot] ca
2022
Towards Confident Detection of Prostate Cancer using High Resolution Micro-ultrasound Proceedings Article Forthcoming
In: Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI 2022), Forthcoming.
Training Deep Neural Networks with Noisy Clinical Labels: Towards Accurate Detection of Prostate Cancer in US Data Journal Article
In: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IJCARS), 2022.
Real-time automatic tumor segmentation for ultrasound-guided breast-conserving surgery navigation Journal Article
In: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IJCARS), 2022.
Uncertainty-aware Deep Ensemble Model for Targeted Ultrasound-guided Prostate Biopsy Proceedings Article Forthcoming
In: IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2022, Forthcoming.
An open-source testbed for developing image-guided robotic tumor-bed inspection Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Cautery state classification for navigated iKnife surgery Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Deep Image Clustering for Standardization of Radiological Workflows Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Determining the location of tumor classifications in breast cancer surgery Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Domain Transfer through Image-to-Image Translation in Prostate Cancer Detection Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Label Noise Compensation in Prostate Cancer Classification Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Prostate segmentation and reconstruction for integration in an ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy system for nationwide implementation in Senegal Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Semi-supervised cautery detection with preprocessing in basal cell carcinoma surgical videos Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Vision Transformers for Prostate Cancer Detection from Ultrasound Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Unsupervised Learning for Classification of Prostate Cancer Severity Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) - BEST PITCH AWARD, 2022.
Automated catheter segmentation in 3D ultrasound images from high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) - BEST PITCH AWARD, 2022.
Visualization of the zonal anatomy for transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) - BEST PITCH AWARD, 2022.
Development of a simulation training curriculum for ultrasound-guided vascular access for sustainable translation to West Africa Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Visualization of cancer probability maps in micro-ultrasound guided prostate biopsy Conference
20th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO) 2022, 2022.
Phase Recognition and Cautery Localization in Basal Cell Carcinoma Surgical Videos Proceedings Article
In: SPIE Medical Imaging, International Society for Optics and Photonics International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2022.
Feasibility of combined optical and acoustic imaging for surgical cavity scanning Proceedings Article
In: SPIE Medical Imaging, International Society for Optics and Photonics International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2022, 2022.
Deep image clustering for standardization of radiological workflows Proceedings Article
In: SPIE Medical Imaging, International Society for Optics and Photonics International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2022.
Multi-Omic Graph Transformers for Cancer Classification and Interpretation Conference Forthcoming
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) 2022, Forthcoming.
2021
Discriminating Neoplastic from Non-Neoplastic Tissues using a microRNA-based Deep Cancer Classifier Journal Article Forthcoming
In: The American Journal of Pathology, Forthcoming.
Prediction of Patient Survival Following Postanoxic Coma Using EEG Data and Clinical Features Proceedings Article Forthcoming
In: 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), IEEE 2021 Forthcoming.
Graph Transformers for characterization and interpretation of surgical margins Proceedings Article Forthcoming
In: Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), Forthcoming.
Computer-aided identification of stroke-associated motor impairments using a virtual reality augmented robotic system Workshop
Joint Workshop on Augmented Environments for Computer-Assisted Interventions (AE-CAI), Computer Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy (CARE), and OR 2.0 Context Aware Operating Theaters (OR2.0) in Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), 2021.
Non-Parametric Combination of Multimodal MRI for Lesion Detection in Focal Epilepsy Journal Article
In: NeuroImage: Clinical, pp. 102837, 2021.
Multimodal MRI for Lesion Detection in MRI-Negative Focal Epilepsy Conference Forthcoming
34th International Epilepsy Congress, Forthcoming.
Design of an Ultrasound-Navigated Prostate Cancer Biopsy System for Nationwide Implementation in Senegal Journal Article
In: Journal of Imaging, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 154, 2021.
An open-source platform for cooperative, semi-autonomous robotic surgery Conference Forthcoming
IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Systems (ICAS), Forthcoming.
Utility of High-Throughput Imaging Mass Cytometry for Cancer Research: A feasibility study Conference
IEEE-EMBC International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), 2021.
Towards Targeted Ultrasound-guided Prostate Biopsy by Incorporating Model and Label Uncertainty in Cancer Detection Journal Article Forthcoming
In: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, special issue of International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions (IPCAI), Forthcoming.
Domain adaptation and self-supervised learning for surgical margin detection Journal Article
In: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IPCAI), vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 861–869, 2021.
Spatial Decomposition For Robust Domain Adaptation In Prostate Cancer Detection Proceedings Article
In: 2021 IEEE 18th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), pp. 1218–1222, IEEE 2021.
Self-Supervised Learning For Detection Of Breast Cancer In Surgical Margins With Limited Data Proceedings Article
In: 2021 IEEE 18th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), pp. 980–984, IEEE 2021.
Image registration: Maximum likelihood, minimum entropy and deep learning Journal Article
In: Medical Image Analysis (MEDIA), vol. 69, pp. 101939, 2021.
A platform for robot-assisted intraoperative imaging in breast conserving surgery Conference
The 19th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO), no. BEST PITCH AWARD, 2021.
TITAN: A HyperionTM Imaging System Data Analysis Software Conference
The 19th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO), 2021.
Platform-Independent Management of Histopathologic Annotations in Cancer Research: Application in High-Dimensional Metabolomic Image Analysis Conference
The 19th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO), 2021.
Automated Contouring of Breast Tumors using Machine Learning Conference
The 19th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO), 2021.
Tissue Classification of Mass Spectrometry iKnife Data Using Graph Convolutional Networks Conference
The 19th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO), 2021.
Machine Learning to Detect Brain Lesions in Focal Epilepsy Conference
The 19th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO), no. BEST PITCH AWARD, 2021.
Domain Adaptation and Self-Supervised Learning for Surgical Margin Detection Conference
The 19th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO), no. BEST PITCH AWARD, 2021.
Translation of an ultrasound-guided needle placement system to Mauritania Conference
The 19th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO), 2021.
Development of an open-source prostate biopsy imaging training system Conference
The 19th Annual Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario (ImNO), 2021.
Machine learning to detect brain lesions in focal epilepsy Proceedings Article
In: Medical Imaging 2021: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, pp. 1159814, International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, 2021.
Ultrasound-guided needle placement system optimized for translation to Mauritania Proceedings Article
In: Medical Imaging 2021: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, pp. 115980X, International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, 2021.
Graph-based analysis of mass spectrometry data for tissue characterization with application in basal cell carcinoma surgery Proceedings Article
In: Medical Imaging 2021: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, pp. 1159812, International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, 2021.
Development of an open-source system for prostate biopsy training in Senegal Proceedings Article
In: Medical Imaging 2021: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, pp. 115982M, International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, 2021.
An efficient digitized annotation platform for pathology-oriented dataset generation in AI research Conference
AACR Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Diagnosis and Imaging, 2021.