Opportunity Details

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Faculty Information

Eric Miller

elmiller@ece.tufts.edu

Professor

P: (617) 627-0835

Address:

Halligan Hall
161 College Ave

Medford, MA 02155

Affiliated Institutions:

Engineering

Associated Departments:

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Computer Science (Adjunct)

Web Sites:

http://www.ece.tufts.edu/%7Eelmiller/elmhome/

http://www.ece.tufts.edu/%7Eelmiller/laisr/

Opportunity:

Image segmentation

Summary:

This is a collaborative project with a group at Tufts Medical School interested in quantifying the impact of vitamin D on osteoarthritis through the analysis of MRI imagery. Technically, this project requires the development and validation of an algorithm for segmenting the data sets based on variations in bone "texture." A software tool will need to be developed for transition to the researchers at the Medical School.

Contact Via:

E-mail

What is the timeframe for this research opportunity?

Summer 2009

Prerequisities for students?

Experience coding in Matlab as well as a lower level language (C++ or Java)

Responsibilities for students?

Algorithm development and validation as well as software development and transition.

Area(s) of Research:

Image processing

Software development