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The Communications Engineering Branch (CEB) is part of the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, an R&D division of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Our mission is to conduct research and development directed toward mission-critical tasks at NLM and NIH, such as cancer research, document delivery, digital preservation, and automated ways of building resources such as MEDLINE®. All software products developed by our researchers are freely available.
A major focus at CEB is image engineering, both for biomedical as well as document images. This includes research in image processing, compression and enhancement. Other research is targeted toward text and data mining. Our work in these areas employs machine learning and natural language processing techniques. Scientific papers by staff appear under publications.
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Biomedical Imaging
Recent Publications
Xue Z: Image-retrieval System Aids Cervical-cancer Studies. Apr. 2009.
Gordon S: Evaluation of Uterine Cervix Segmentations Using Ground Truth From Multiple Experts. Feb. 2009.
Xue Z: Segmentation of Mosaicism In Cervicographic Images Using Support Vector Machines. Feb. 2009.
Deserno TM: Content-Based Image Retrieval: Major Challenges For Biomedical Applications. Jan. 2009.
CEB's Boundary Marking Tool Used For Biopsy Research
Doctors in NCI's Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch (HREB) are using the Boundary Marking Tool developed
by NLM's Communications Engineering Branch to support a multi-year study aimed at devising a more effective strategy
for selecting biopsy sites on the uterine cervix for women undergoing colposcopy.
CBMS 2009 Special Track
CEB Researchers (Dr. Antani and Mr. Long) will chair Special Track on "Image Processing Methods and Tools for Biomedical
Research and Clinical Medicine" at 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS) 2009.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S. Dept. of Health