Current Appointment
Chief, Image Processing Group
Specialty: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computer Tomography (CT) Image Processing
Research Interests
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Degree / Year
BA, 1981
MD & PhD, 1988
1989-93
1993-94 |
Institution and Field
University of Pennsylvania, Physics
University of Pennsylvania
Radiology Residency, University of Michigan
MRI Fellowship, Duke University |
Selected Publications
Summers RM. Navigational Aids for Real-Time Virtual Bronchoscopy. AJR 168:1165-1170 (1997).
Jones E, Feuerstein IM, Tucker E, Summers RM, Spray TL, Hoeg JM. Aortic hypoplasia in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Am J Cardiol 81:1242-3 (1998).
Summers RM, Shaw DJ, Shelhamer JH. CT virtual bronchoscopy of simulated endobronchial lesions: effect of scanning, reconstruction, and display settings and potential pitfalls. AJR 170:947-950 (1998).
Summers RM, Selbie WS, Malley JD, Pusanik LM, Dwyer AJ, Courcoutsakis NA, Shaw DJ, Kleiner DE, Sneller MC, Langford CA, Holland SM, Shelhamer JH.Polypoid lesions of airways: early experience with computer-assisted detection by using virtual bronchoscopy and surface curvature. Radiology 208:331-337 (1998).
Summers RM, Andrasko-Bourgeois J, Feuerstein IM, Hill SC, Jones EC, Busse MK, Wise B, Bove KE, Rishforth BA, Tucker E, Spray TL, Hoeg JM. The Evaluation of the Aortic Root by MRI: Insights from Patients with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia. Circulation 98(6):509-518 (1998).
Kitsiou AN, Srinivasan G, Quyyumi AA, Summers RM, Bacharach SL, Dilsizian V. Stress-Induced Reversible and Mild-to-Moderate Irreversible Thallium Defects: Are They Equally Accurate for Predicting Recovery of Regional Left Ventricular Function After Revascularization? Circulation 98(6):501-508 (1998).
SUMMERS RM, Brune AM, Choyke PL, Chow CK, Patronas NJ, Miller FW, White PH, Malley JD, Rider LG. Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: Exercise-induced Changes in Muscle at Short Inversion Time Inversion-Recovery MR Imaging. Radiology 209:191-196 (1998).
Kitsiou AN; Bacharach SL; Bartlett ML; Srinivasan G; Summers RM; Quyyumi AA; Dilsizian V. 13N-ammonia myocardial blood flow and uptake: relation to functional outcome of asynergic regions after revascularization. J Am Coll Cardiol Mar;33(3):678-86 (1999).
Luke MC, Darling TN, Hsu R, Summers RM, Smith JA, Solomon BI, Thomas GR, Yancey KB. Mucosal morbidity in patients with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita . Arch Dermatol 135: (8) 954-959 (1999).
Zeh H, Choyke PL, Alexander HR, Bartlett DL, Libutti SK, Chang R, Summers RM. Gadolinium-enhanced 3-D magnetic resonance angiography prior to isolated hepatic perfusion for metastases. J Comput Assist Tomogr 23: (5) 664-669 (1999).
Summers RM, Beaulieu CF, Pusanik LM, Malley JD, Jeffrey RB, Jr., Glazer DI, Napel S. An Automated Polyp Detector for CT Colonography - Feasibility Study. Radiology 216: 284-290 (2000).
Yim PJ, Choyke PL, Summers RM. Grey-scale skeletonization of small vessels in magnetic resonance angiography. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 19(6) 568-576 (2000).
Kimball AB, Summers RM, Turner M, Dugan EM, Hicks J, Miller FW, Rider LG. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detects Occult Skin and Subcutaneous Abnormalities in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Implications for Diagnosis and Therapy. Arthritis Rheum, 43: 1866-1873 (2000).
Choyke PL, Yim P, Marcos H, Ho VB, Mullick R, Summers RM. Hepatic MR Angiography: A Multiobserver Comparison of Visualization Methods. Am J Roentgenol AJR 176:465-470 (2001).
Summers RM, Johnson CD, Pusanik LM, Malley JD, Youssef AM, Reed JE. Automated Polyp Detection at CT Colonography: Feasibility Assessment in a Human Population. Radiology 219:51-59 (2001).
Summers RM, Choyke PL, Patronas NJ, Tucker E, Wise B, Busse MK, Brewer HB, Shamburek RD. Magnetic resonance virtual angioscopy of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. J Comput Assist Tomogr 25: (3) 371-377 (2001).
Summers RM, Aggarwal NR, Sneller MC, Cowan MJ, Wood BJ, Langford CA, Shelhamer JH. CT Virtual Bronchoscopy of the Central Airways in Wegener's Granulomatosis
. Chest 121:242-250 (2002).
Hicks JE, Drinkard B, Summers RM, Rider RG. Decreased aerobic capacity in children with juvenile dermatomyositis. Arthritis and Rheumatism (Arthritis Care and Research), 47: 118-123 (2002).
Finkelstein SE, Summers RM, Nguyen DM, Stewart JH, Tretler JA, Schrump DS. Virtual bronchoscopy for evaluation of thoracic malignancies. J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg 123: 967-72 (2002).
Summers RM. Challenges for Computer-Aided Diagnosis for CT Colonography. (Invited review article) Abdom Imaging, 27:268-274 (2002).
Jerebko AK, Summers RM, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Johnson CD. Computer-assisted detection of colonic polyps with CT colonography using neural networks and binary classification trees. Med Phys 30(1) 52-60 (2003).
Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Multi Neural Network Classification Scheme for Detection of Colonic Polyps in CT Colonography Data Sets . Acad Radiol 10 (2): 154-160 (2003).
Finkelstein SE, Schrump DS, Nguyen DM, Hewitt SM, Kunst TF, Summers RM. Comparative evaluation of super-high resolution computed tomography and virtual bronchoscopy for the detection of tracheobronchial malignancies. Chest 124(5):1834-1840 (2003). See movies at http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/124/5/1834/DC1
Iordanescu G, Summers RM. Automated centerline for computed tomography colonography. Academic Radiology 10:1291-1301 (2003).
Yao J, Miller M, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Colonic polyp segmentation in CT colonography based on fuzzy clustering and deformable models. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 23:1344-1352 (2004).
Solomon J, Mavinkurve S, Cox D, Summers RM. Computer assisted detection of subcutaneous melanomas: feasibility assessment. Academic Radiology 11(6):678-685 (2004).
Cebral JR, Summers RM. Tracheal and Central Bronchial Aerodynamics Using Virtual Bronchoscopy and Computational Fluid Dynamics IEEE Trans Med Imaging 23 (8): 1021-1033 (2004).
Summers RM, Yao J, Johnson CD. CT Colonography with Computer-Aided Detection: Automated Recognition of Ileocecal Valve to Reduce Number of False-Positive Detections. Radiology 233:266-272 (2004).
Summers RM, Franaszek M, Miller MT, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR, Schindler WR. Computer-Aided Detection of Polyps on Oral Contrast-Enhanced CT Colonography. Am J Roentgenol AJR 184:105-108 (2005).
Huber AM, Feldman BM, Rennebohm RM, Hicks JE, Lindsley CB, Perez MD, Zemel LS, Wallace CA, Ballinger SH, Passo MH, Reed AM, Summers RM, White PH, Katona IM, Miller FW, Lachenbruch PA, Rider LG. Validation and clinical significance of the childhood myositis assessment scale for assessment of muscle function in the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Arthritis Rheum 50 (5): 1595-1603 (2004).
Iordanescu G, Summers RM. Reduction of false positives on the rectal tube in computer-aided detection for CT colonography. Med Phys 31 (10):2855-2862 (2004).
Iordanescu G, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR, Summers RM. Automated Seed Placement for Colon Segmentation in CT Colonography. Academic Radiology 12: 182-190 (2005).
Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Franaszek M and Summers RM. Support vector machines committee classification method for computer-aided polyp detection in CT colonography. Academic Radiology 12: 479-486 (2005).
Summers RM, Yao J, Pickhardt PJ, Franaszek M, Bitter I, Brickman D, Krishna V, Choi JR. Computed tomographic virtual colonoscopy computer-aided polyp detection in a screening population. Gastroenterology 129: 1832-1844 (2005).
O'Connor SD , Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Oral Contrast Adherence to Polyps on CT Colonography. J Comput Assist Tomogr 30(1):51-57 (2006).
Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. Hybrid Segmentation of Colon Filled with Air and Opacified Fluid for CT Colonography. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 25(3):358-368 (2006).
Johnson KT, Johnson CD, Fletcher JG, MacCarty RL, Summers RM. CT Colonography using 360° Virtual Dissection: A Feasibility Study. AJR 186:90-95 (2006).
O'Connor SD, Summers RM, Yao J, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. CT Colonography with Computer Aided Polyp Detection: Volume and Attenuation Thresholds to Reduce False Positive Findings owing to the Ileocecal Valve. Radiology, in press (expected 2006).
Yeshwant SC, Summers RM, Yao J, Brickman D, Choi JR., Pickhardt PJ. Linear and Volumetric Measurement of Polyps in CT Colonography. Radiology, in press (expected 2007).
Li J, Yao J, Summers RM, Petrick N, Hara A. An efficient feature selection algorithm for computer-aided polyp detection. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, in press.
O'Connor SD, Yao J, Summers RM. Computer Aided Detection of Lytic Metastases of the Thoracolumbar Spine on CT: A Preliminary Study. Radiology, in press (expected 2007).
Summers RM, Huang A, Yao J, Campbell SR, Dempsey JE, Dwyer AJ, Franaszek M, Brickman DS, Bitter I, Petrick N, Hara AK. Assessment of Polyp and Mass Histopathology by Intravenous Contrast-enhanced CT Colonography. Academic Radiology, accepted for publication.
Summers RM, Yao J, Pickhardt PJ, Franaszek M, Bitter I, Brickman D, Krishna V, Choi JR. Computed tomographic virtual colonoscopy computer-aided polyp detection in a screening population. Gastroenterology 129: 1832-1844 (2005). [Article highlighted in an accompanying editorial: Bond JH. Progress in refining virtual colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. Gastroenterology 129: 2103-2106 (2005).]
O'Connor SD , Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Oral Contrast Adherence to Polyps on CT Colonography. J Comput Assist Tomogr 30(1):51-57 (2006).
Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi Jr. Hybrid Segmentation of Colon Filled with Air and Opacified Fluid for CT Colonography. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 25(3):358-368 (2006).
Johnson KT, Johnson CD, Fletcher JG, MacCarty RL, Summers RM. CT Colonography using 360° Virtual Dissection: A Feasibility Study. AJR 186:90-95 (2006).
Conference Proceedings and Other Articles
Summers RM, Pusanik LM, and Malley JD. Automatic detection of endobronchial lesions with virtual bronchoscopy: comparison of two methods In Medical Imaging 1998: Image Processing, Kenneth M. Hanson, Editor, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3338, 327-335 (1998).
Summers RM. Image gallery: a tool for rapid endobronchial lesion detection and display using virtual bronchoscopy. J Digital Imaging 11 (3, Suppl 1 (August)): 53-55 (1998).
Summers RM, Pusanik LM, Malley JD and Hoeg JM. Fractal analysis of virtual endoscopy reconstructions. In Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen, C-T and Clough, AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3660, 258-269 (1999).
Yim PJ and Summers RM. Analytic surface reconstruction by local threshold estimation in the case of simple intensity contrasts. In Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen, C-T and Clough, AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3660, 288-300 (1999).
Summers RM. Virtual Bronchoscopy Using VRML. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 19 No. 3 (May/June) pp. 27-29 (1999).
Summers RM, Sneller MC, Langford CA, Shelhamer JH and Wood BJ. Improved Virtual Bronchoscopy Using a Multi-Slice Helical CT Scanner. In Medical Imaging 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen C-T and Clough AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3978, 117-121 (2000).
Yim PJ, Mullick R, Summers RM, Marcos H, Cebral JR, Lohner R, Choyke PL. Measurement of stenosis from magnetic resonance angiography using vessel skeletons. In Medical Imaging 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen C-T and Clough AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3978, 245-254 (2000).
Summers RM, Pusanik LM, Malley JD, Reed JE, Johnson CD. Method of labeling colonic polyps at CT colonography using computer-assisted detection. In Proceedings of 14th International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS), 785-789 (2000).
Summers RM, Cebral Jr. Tracheal and Central Bronchial Aerodynamics Using Virtual Bronchoscopy. In Medical Imaging 2001: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen, C-T and Clough, AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4321, pp. 22-31 (2001).
Here are several AVI movies showing the complexity of airflow through a narrowed bronchus. The movies show instantaneous pressure, streamlines and velocity:
airway0.avi cuts.avi ps_far.avi ps_near.avi ss_far.avi ss_near.avi veloc.avi
Summers RM, Jerebko AK, Franaszek M, Malley JD. An Integrated System for Computer-Aided Diagnosis in CT Colonography: Work-in-Progress. In Proceedings of 15th International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS), in press (2001).
Summers RM, Mullick R, Finkelstein SE, Schrump DS. Confocal volume rendering of the thorax. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 7-10, 2001, pp. 297-299.
Summers RM, Agcaoili CML, McAuliffe MJ, Dalal SS, Yim PJ, Choyke PL, Walther MM, Linehan WM. Helical CT of von Hippel-Lindau: Semi-automated Segmentation of Renal Lesions. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 7-10, 2001, pp.293-296.
Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Multi network classification scheme for detection of colonic polyps in CT colonography data sets. In Medical Imaging 2002: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen, C-T and Clough, AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4683, 207-212 (2002).
Summers RM. Current concepts and future directions in computer-aided diagnosis for CT colonography, syllabus chapter for Third International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, 68-72 (2002); and Proceedings of CARS, 16th International Congress and Exhibition, pp. 743-748 (2002).
Miller M, Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Summers RM. Comparison of stochastic vs. heuristic feature subset selection methods for improving classification algorithms in computer-aided detection. In Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Clough AV and Amini A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031, 102-110 (2003).
Malley JD, Jerebko AK, Summers RM. Committee of support vector machines for detection of colonic polyps from CT scans. In Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Clough AV and Amini A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031, 570-578 (2003).
Jerebko AK, Teerlink S, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Polyp segmentation method for CT colonography computer-aided detection. In Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Clough AV and Amini A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031, 359-369 (2003).
Yao J, Miller M, Summers RM. Automatic segmentation and detection of colonic polyps in CT colonography based on knowledge-guided deformable models . In Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Clough AV and Amini A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031, 370-380 (2003).
Iordanescu G, Summers RM. Benefits of centerline analysis for CT colonography computer-aided polyp detection. In Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Clough AV and Amini A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031, 388-397 (2003).
Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Computer-aided polyp detection in CT colonography using an ensemble of support vector machines. In CARS 2003. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. Proceedings of the 17th International Congress and Exhibition, H. U. Lemke, M.W. Vannier, K. Inamura, A.G. Farman, K. Doi and J. H.C. Reiber, Eds., Vol. 1256, 1019 - 1024 (2003).
Campbell SR, Summers RM. Analysis of Kernel Method for Surface Curvature Estimation. In CARS 2004. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. Proceedings of the 18th International Congress and Exhibition, H. U. Lemke, M.W. Vannier, K. Inamura, A.G. Farman, K. Doi and J. H.C. Reiber, Eds., Vol. 1268, 999-1003 (2004).
Yao J, Summers RM. Three-dimensional colonic polyp segmentation using dynamic deformable surfaces. In Medical Imaging 2004: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Amini A and Manduca A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5369, p. 280-289 (2004).
Bitter I, Brown JE, Brickman D, Summers RM. Large scale validation of a computer aided polyp detection algorithm for CT colonography using cluster computing. In Medical Imaging 2004: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Amini A and Manduca A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5369, p. 290-294 (2004).
Summers RM, Bitter I, Petrick N. Virtual colonoscopy [Letter to the Editor]. JAMA. Vol. 292, No. 4 (July 28), pp. 432-433 (2004).
Yao J, Summers RM, Hara AK. Optimizing the committee of support vector machines (SVM) in a colonic polyp CAD system . In Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Amini AA and Manduca A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5746, p. 384-392 (2005).
Huang A, Summers RM, Hara AK. Surface curvature estimation for automatic colonic polyp detection. In Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Amini AA and Manduca A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5746, p. 393-402 (2005).
Bitter I, Aslam B, Huang A, Summers RM. Candidate determination for computer-aided detection of colon polyps. In Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Amini AA and Manduca A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5746, p. 804-809 (2005).
Summers RM. Current concepts and future directions in CT colonography computer-aided detection. Symposium on Future CAD, Proceedings of First International Symposium on Intelligent Assistance in Diagnosis of Multi-Dimensional Medical Images, Nagoya University, Japan, pp. I-50 to I-55 (2005).
Li J, Yao J, Summers RM, Hara A. An efficient feature selection algorithm for computer-aided polyp detection. Proceedings of 18th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIR), pp.381-386 (2005).
Vannier MW and Summers RM. Sharing Images. Radiology 228:23-25 (2003).
Summers RM. Roadmaps for Advancement of Radiologic Computer-Aided Detection in the Twenty-First Century. Radiology 229:11-13 (2003).
Summers RM. Science to Practice. Detection of active colonic hemorrhage with use of helical CT: Findings in a swine model. (invited review) Radiology 228:599-600 (2003).
Summers RM. Computer-aided diagnosis for colonography, syllabus chapter for Fourth International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, 84-89 (2003).
Finkelstein SE, Summers RM, Nguyen DM, Schrump DS. Virtual bronchoscopy for evaluation of airway disease. Thorac Surg Clin 14:79-86 (2004).
Liang JZ, Higgins WE, Summers RM, Yoshida H. Introduction to the special section on virtual endoscopy. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 23(11):1333-1334 (2004).
Summers RM. Computer-aided detection for CT colonography, syllabus chapter for Fifth International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, 87-94 (2004).
Partain CL, Chan H-P, Gelovani JG, Giger ML, Izatt JA, Jolesz FA, Kandarpa K, Li KCP, McNitt-Gray M, Napel S, Summers RM, and Gazelle GS. Biomedical Imaging Research Opportunities Workshop II: Report and Recommendations. Radiology in press.
Huang A, Roy D, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Teniae coli guided navigation and registration for virtual colonoscopy . Proceedings of IEEE Visualization Conference, pp. 279-285 (2005).
Tan S, Yao J, Ward MM, Yao L, Summers RM. Level set based vertebra segmentation for the evaluation of ankylosing spondylitis. In Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, Reinhardt JM and Pluim JP, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6144, pp. 58-67 (2006).
Tan S, Yao J, Ward MM, Yao L, Summers RM. Computer aided evaluation of ankylosing > spondylitis. In: IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging. Arlington: IEEE, 2006; pp. 339-342.
Li J, Franaszek M, Petrick N, Yao J, Huang A, Summers RM. Wavelet Method for CT Colonography Computer-aided Polyp Detection. In proceedings of ISBI 2006, pp. 1316-1319.
Li J, Yao J, Petrick N, Summers RM, Hara AK. Hybrid Committee Classifiers for a Computerized Colonic Polyp Detection System. In Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, Vol. 6144, pp. 1701-1709 (2006).
Li J, Huang A, Yao J, Bitter I, Summers RM, Pickhardt P, Choi JR. Automatic Colonic Polyp Detection Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Technique. In Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, Vol. 6144, pp. 1742-1750 (2006).
Greenblum S, Li J, Huang A, Summers RM. Wavelet Analysis in Virtual Colonoscopy. In Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Vol. 6143, pp. 992-999 (2006).
Van Uitert R, Bitter I, Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Quantitative Assessment of Colon Distention for Polyp Detection in CT Virtual Colonoscopy. In Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Vol. 6143, pp. 451-457 (2006).
Van Uitert R, Bitter I, Franaszek M, Summers R. Automatic Correction of Level Set Based Subvoxel Accurate Centerlines for Virtual Colonoscopy. In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging 2006, pp. 303-306.
Huang A, Summers RM, Roy D. Synchronous navigation for CT colonography. In Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images. Vol. 6143, pp. 397-404 (2006).
Yao J, O'Connor SD, Summers RM. Computer Aided Lytic Bone Metastasis Detection Using Regular CT Images. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; Vol. 6144, pp. 1692-1700 (2006).
Yao J, O'Connor S, Summers RM. Automated spinal column extraction and partitioning. In: IEEE Symposium of Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2006, pp. 390-393.
Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. Automatic procedure to distinguish colonic polyps located on fold vs. not on fold. In Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Manduca A and Amini AA Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6143, p. 434-443 (2006).
Bitter I, Kelsey M, Summers RM. Performance Tuning of Candidate Determination Methods for Computer Aided Detection of Colon Polyps. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; Vol. 6143, pp. 444-450 (2006).
Pilkinton D, Bitter I, Summers RM, Campbell S, Choi RJ, Pickhardt PJ. The Effect of Edge-Preserving Image Smoothing on Automatic Colonic Polyp Detection for CT Colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; Vol. 6143, pp. 984-991 (2006).
Franaszek M, Summers RM. Asymmetric affinity in fuzzy connectedness segmentation for oral contrast-enhanced CT colonography. In: Proceedings of 19th IEEE Int'l Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems. LosAlamitos:IEEE, pp. 419-423 (2006).
Van Uitert R, Bitter I, Summers RM. Detection of colon wall outer boundary and segmentation of the colon wall based on level set methods. In IEEE EMBS International Conference 2006, pp. 3017-3020.
Abstracts
Summers RM, Selbie WS, Malley JD, Pusanik L, Dwyer AJ, Courcoutsakis N, Kleiner DE, Sneller MC, Langford C, Shelhamer JH. Computer-Assisted Detection of Endobronchial Lesions Using Virtual Bronchoscopy: Application of Concepts from Differential Geometry, International Conference on Mathematical Models in Medical and Health Sciences, Nashville, Tennessee, May 28-31, 1997.
Yim PJ, Choyke PL, and Summers RM. Enhancement of the magnetic resonance angiogram, Ann. Biomed. Eng. 26 Suppl. 1, p. S-4, 1998.
Ludlow CL, Bielamowicz S, Purcell L, Ambalavana R, Summers R, Selbie WS. FES approaches to airway protection for swallowing, 29th Neural Prosthesis Workshop, October, 1998.
Ludlow CL, Bielamowicz S, Summers R, Selbie WS. Changes in vocal tract position and opening with mylohyoid muscle stimulation in a canine model. Dysphagia Research Society, October, 1998.
Summers RM and Dwyer AJ. Virtual Endoscopy: What We Need to Do Next, SPIE Medical Imaging 1999 Technical Abstracts, Paper 3660-11, p. 189, 1999.
Summers RM, Pusanik LM, Malley JD and Hoeg JM. Fractal analysis of virtual endoscopy reconstructions, SPIE Medical Imaging 1999 Technical Abstracts, Paper 3660-29, p. 207, 1999.
Yim PJ and Summers RM. Analytic surface reconstruction by local threshold estimation in the case of simple intensity contrasts, SPIE Medical Imaging 1999 Technical Abstracts, Paper 3660-32, p. 210, 1999.
Summers RM, Sneller MC, Langford CA, Shelhamer JH, Wood BJ. Improved Virtual Bronchoscopy Using a Multi-Slice Helical CT Scanner. SPIE Medical Imaging 2000: Technical Abstracts, Paper 3978-13, p. 46 (2000).
Yim PJ, Mullick R, Summers RM, Marcos H, Cebral JR, Lohner R, Choyke PL. Measurement of stenosis from magnetic resonance angiography using vessel skeletons. SPIE Medical Imaging 2000: Technical Abstracts, Paper 3978-26, p. 49 (2000).
Summers RM, Choyke PL, Patronas NJ, Tucker E, Wise B, Busse MK, Shamburek R. Magnetic resonance angiography of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. In: Procedures of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 8th Scientific Meeting, April 1-7, 2000, Denver, CO, Vol 3, p. 1662 (2000).
Summers RM, Cebral JR. Tracheal and > Central Bronchial Aerodynamics Using Virtual Bronchoscopy. SPIE Medical Imaging 2001: Technical Abstracts, Paper 4321-04, p. 45 (2001).
Finkelstein SE, Schrump DS, Nguyen DM, Stewart JH, Tretler JA, Summers RM. Virtual bronchoscopy in the evaluation of thoracic malignancies. 54th Annual Meeting of Society of Surgical Oncology, Washington, DC, March 15-18, 2001.
Summers RM, Jerebko A, Franaszek M, Malley JD, Johnson CD. Complementary role of computer-aided diagnosis for detecting colonic polyps with CT colonography. Annual Meeting of the American Gastrointestinal Association, Atlanta, GA, May 2001, Program Book, p. A-613; Gastroenterology 120: (5) A600-A601 Suppl. 1 APR 2001.
Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Multinetwork classification scheme for detection of colonic polyps in CT colonography data sets. SPIE Medical Imaging 2002: Technical Abstracts, Paper 4683-23, p. 58 (2002).
Finkelstein SE, Schrump DS, Nguyen DM, Hewitt SM, Stewart JH, Summers RM. Comparative evaluation of super-high resolution computed tomography and virtual bronchoscopy for detection of tracheobronchial malignancies. Chest 2002; 122:32S. Dr. Finkelstein was awarded the Cecile Lehman Mayer Research Award of the American College of Chest Physicians for this abstract and presentation at the ACCP Chest 2002 Annual Meeting.
Malley JD, Jerebko AK, Summers RM. Significant reductions in sample variance for estimating sensitivity of a CAD algorithm for CTC detection of colon polyps. Radiology 2002; 225(P):256-7.
Jerebko AK, Summers RM, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Johnson CD. Computer-assisted detection of colonic polyps with CT colonography using neural networks and binary classification trees. Radiology 2002; 225(P):257.
Jerebko AK, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Radon transform based polyp segmentation method for CT colonography computer aided diagnosis. Radiology 2002; 225(P):257.
Iordanescu G, Summers RM. Similarity measurement for CTC polyp detection. Radiology 2002; 225(P):257.
Fletcher JG, Summers RM, Johnson CD, MacCarty RL, Wilson LA. Lessons in detection: Contribution of computer-aided detection with perceptively challenging lesions at CT colonography. Radiology 2002; 225(P):304.
Summers RM, Jerebko AK, Franaszek M, Malley JD, Johnson CD. Complementary role of computer-aided detection of colonic polyps with CT colonography. Radiology 2002; 225(P):305.
Ling S, Summers RM, Loew MH, McCollough CH, Johnson CD. Computer-aided detecton of polyps in a colon phantom: Effect of scan orientation, polyp size, collimation and dose. Radiology 2002; 225(P):406.
Miller M, Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Summers RM. Comparison of stochastic vs. heuristic feature subset selection methods for improving classification algorithms in computer-aided detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2003; 5031-12, p. 47.
Jerebko AK, Teerlink S, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Polyp segmentation method for CT colonography computer-aided detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2003; 5031-40, pp. 52-53.
Yao J, Miller M, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Automatic segmentation and detection of colonic polyps in CT colonography based on knowledge-guided deformable models. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2003; 5031-41, p. 53.
Iordanescu G, Summers RM. Benefits of centerline analysis for CT colonography computer-aided polyp detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2003; 5031-43, p. 53.
Fidler J, Summers RM, Johnson CD. Computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) in the detection of flat polyps with CT colonography. In: Abdominal Radiology Course Syllabus, Society > of Gastrointestinal Radiologists and Society of Uroradiology Annual Meeting, Feb. 16-21, p. 33, 2003 and AJR 180:55 (2003).
Iordanescu G, Summers RM, Yao J. Rectal tube detection in CTC CAD. RSNA 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting Program, p. 473 (2003).
Yao J, Miller MT, Summers RM. Manual segmentation database for CT colonography computer-aided detection. RSNA 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting Program, p. 474 (2003).
Yao J, Summers RM. Three-dimensional colonic polyp segmentation using dynamic deformable surfaces. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2004; 5369-33, p. 60.
Bitter I, Brown JE, Brickman D, Summers RM. Large scale validation of a computer aided polyp detection algorithm for CT colonography using cluster computing. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2004; 5369-34, p. 60.
Iordanescu G, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ. Automatic colon segmentation in CTCCAD. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2004; 5369-35, p. 60.
Summers RM, Miller M, Franaszek M, Pickhardt P, Nugent P, Choi R, Schindler W. Assessment of bowel opacification on oral contrast enhanced CT Colonography - multi-institutional trial. Abdominal Radiology Course syllabus, Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists and Society of Uroradiology, pp. 34-35 (2004).
Summers RM, Dempsey J, Campbell SR, Yao J, Franaszek M, Brickman D, Dwyer A, Hara A. CT Colonography with IV Contrast Enhancement: Computer-aided Polyp and Mass Detection. AJR 182 (4): 75-75 Suppl. S (2004).
Fidler JL, Christensen JA, Summers RM, Fletcher JG, Johnson CD. Comparison of two automated mechanical CO2 insufflation devices for colonic distention in CT colonography. AJR 182 (4): 76-76 Suppl. S (2004).
Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR, Schindler W. Assessment of obscured colonic surface in CT colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 618 (2004).
Yao JH, Campbell S, Hara AK, Summers RM. Progressive feature vector selection scheme for computer-aided colonic polyp detection. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 633 (2004).
Brickman D, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR, Nugent PA, Bitter I. Estimation of optical colonoscopy polyp distance using CT colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 633 (2004).
Yao J, Summers RM, Hara AK. Optimizing the committee of support vector machines (SVM) in a colonic polyp CAD system. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2005; 5746-42, p. 127.
Huang A, Summers RM, Hara AK. Surface curvature estimation for automatic colonic polyp detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2005; 5746-43, p. 127-8.
Bitter I, Aslam B, Huang A, Summers RM. Candidate determination for computer-aided detection of colon polyps. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2005; 5746-96, p. 125.
O'Connor S, Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Adherent contrast as a marker for villous adenomas on CTC. American Medical Student Association Tenth Annual Poster Session abstract booklet, p. 52, March 17, 2005.
Roy DA, Huang HA, Summers RM, Franaszek M. Semi-automatic method for detection of tenia coli in CT colonography. Sixth International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, p. 174 (2005).
O'Connor S, Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Adherent contrast as a marker for villous adenomas on CTC. Sixth International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, p. 175. (2005).
Fletcher JG, Booya F, Summers RM, Roy D, Guendel L, Schmidt B et al. Comparative Performance of Two Available CAD Systems in CT Colonography (CTC). Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 336 (2005).
Summers RM, Yao J, Pickhardt PJ, Franaszek M, Bitter I, Choi JR, Brickman D, Krishna V. CT Virtual Colonoscopy Computer-aided Polyp Detection in a Screening Population. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 336 (2005).
Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. Hybrid Segmentation of Colon Filled with Air and Opacified Fluid for CT Colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 438 (2005).
Haider M, Summers RM, Iuliano EM, Brown L, Petrick N, Pickhardt PJ, et al. An Observer Performance Study: Computed Tomographic Colonography and Computer-aided Detection as a Second Reader. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 439 (2005).
O'Connor SD , Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Adherent Contrast as a Marker for Villous Histology on CT Colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 471 (2005).
Summers RM, Hara AK, Huang A, Yao J, Bitter I, Dempsey J et al. Assessment of Polyp Histopathology by Intravenous Contrast-enhanced CT Colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 471 (2005).
Yeshwant S, Summers RM, Yao J, Brickman D, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. Polyp Volumetrics in CT Colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 573 (2005).
Van Uitert R, Bitter I, Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Quantitative Assessment of Colon Distention for Polyp Detection in CT Virtual Colonoscopy. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006, p. 147.
Li J, Yao J, Petrick N, Summers RM, Hara AK. Hybrid Committee Classifiers for a Computerized Colonic Polyp Detection System. In SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006, p. 192.
Li J, Huang A, Yao J, Bitter I, Summers RM, Pickhardt P, Choi JR. Automatic Colonic Polyp Detection Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Technique. In SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006, p. 193.
Greenblum S, Li J, Huang A, Summers RM. Wavelet Analysis in Virtual Colonoscopy. In SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006, in press.
Tan S, Yao J, Ward MM, Yao L, Summers RM. Level set based vertebra segmentation for the evaluation of ankylosing spondylitis. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; 6144-07, in press.
Huang A, Summers RM, Roy D. Synchronous navigation for CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; p. 146.
Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. Automatic procedure to distinguish colonic polyps located on fold vs. not on fold. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; p. 147.
Bitter I, Kelsey M, Summers RM. Performance Tuning of Candidate Determination Methods for Computer Aided Detection of Colon Polyps. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; p. 147.
Yao J, O'Connor SD, Summers RM. Computer Aided Lytic Bone Metastasis Detection Using Regular CT Images. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; p. 191.
Van Uitert R, Bitter I, Summers RM. Detection of colon wall outer boundary and segmentation of the colon wall based on level set methods. In IEEE EMBS International Conference 2006, pp. 260.
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