CURRICULUM VITAE

GENE R. GINDI, Ph.D.

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Department of Radiology

Health Sciences Center

Stony Brook NY 11794-8460

gindi at mil.sunysb.edu

Education:

B.S. Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1974

M.S. Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 1979

Ph.D. Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 1981

Doctoral Dissertation: Use of A Priori Information for Improved

Tomographic Imaging in Coded Aperture Systems advisor: H. H. Barrett

Professional Appointments:

Associate Professor 1992 - present

SUNY Stony Brook Radiology and Electrical & Computer Engineering

Member, Program in Biomedical Engineering 1995 - present

SUNY Stony Brook

Research Affiliate 1992 - present

Yale University Diagnostic Radiology

Associate Professor 1988 - 1992

Yale University Diagnostic Radiology and Electrical Engineering

Assistant Professor 1982 - 1988

Yale University Diagnostic Radiology and Electrical Engineering

Assistant Professor 1981 - 1982

Clarkson University Electrical and Computer Engineering

Academic Honors and Awards:

Rudolph Kingslake Medal and Prize 1984:

Awarded annually in recognition of the most noteworthy original paper to appear in the journal Optical Engineering (Gindi et al., Opt. Eng., 23:, pp. 499 – 506, 1984)

Honorable Mention in Poster Competition SPIE 2001 and 2004:

Proc. SPIE Symposium on Medical Imaging - Image Processing, vol 4322, pp. 899-908, Feb 2001. Proc. SPIE Symposium on Medical Imaging - Image Perception, Observer Performance

and Technology Assessment, vol 5372, pp. 509 – 520, Feb 2004.

SPIE Milestone Series 1993:

Selection of journal article for inclusion in a reference volume containing “key foundation papers”. (Gindi et al. App. Opt. 27: pp. 129 – 134, 1988)

Co-Chair of 1997 International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging: New England, USA

Guest Editor: (journal) Medical Image Analysis, vol.2, no. 4, 1998. Article designated “IOP Select” for significance & originality, Phys. Med. Bio., 50, April 2005.

Graduate College Outstanding Dissertation Award 1982: University of Arizona, Graduate College

Graduate College Fellowship 1981: University of Arizona

Extramural Service:

Committee memberships for grant reviews:

National Institutes of Health, Study Section Member

Diagnostic Imaging, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2011

National Science Foundation Review Group for

Small Business Innovative Research Grants (SBIR),1988

Topic: Neurocomputing

Conference Chairs, Scientific and Program Committees:

co-Chair Information Processing in Medical Imaging - Poultney VT 1997

Member of numerous Program Committees - medical imaging and neural computation conferences

Grant reviewer for these agencies:

NIH NSF

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

American Heart Association

Australian Research Council

Reviewer for these Journals:

Journal of the Optical Society of America A

IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing

Medical Physics

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Optical Engineering

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

IEEE Computer

Applied Optics

Radiology

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The Visual Computer

Image and Vision Computing

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Medical Image Analysis

Computer Vision and Image Understanding

Professional societies:

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Senior Member)

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers

Optical Society of America

Society of Nuclear Medicine

Sigma Xi

Publications:

Refereed journal articles and referred conference proceedings:

P Khurd, B Liu and G Gindi: “Ideal FROC and AFROC Observers”, IEEE Trans.

Med. Imaging, vol. 29, pp. 375 – 386, 2010.

L. Zhou and G Gindi: “Collimator Optimization in SPECT Using Different Tasks Involving Detection and Localization”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference IEEE NSS/MIC, Orlando, FL, pp.3142 - 3144, Nov., 2010.

L. Zhou, B. Liu and G Gindi: “System and Reconstruction Optimization in SPECT Using Model Observers for Different Tasks”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference IEEE NSS/MIC, Orlando, FL, pp.3581 - 3583, Nov., 2010.

L Zhou and G Gindi: “Collimator Optimization in SPECT Based on a Joint Detection and

Localization Task”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 54, pp. 4423 – 4437, 26 June, 2009.

A. Lehovitch, P. Bruyant, H. Gifford, P. Schneider, S. Squiers, R. Licho, G Gindi, and M. King: “Impact on Reader Performance for Lesion-Detection/Localization Tasks of Anatomical Priors in SPECT Reconstruction”, IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging, vol. 28, pp. 1459 – 1467, Sept. 2009.

B Liu, L Zhou, S Kulkarni, and G Gindi: “The Efficiency of the Human Observer for Lesion

Detection and Localization in Emission Tomography”, Phys. Med. Biol, 54, pp. 2651-2666, April,

2009.

L Zhou, S Kulkarni, B Liu and G Gindi: “Strategies to Jointly Optimize SPECT Collimator and Reconstruction Parameters for a Detection Task”, IEEE Intl Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, pp. 394 – 397, Boston, July 2009.

S Kulkarni, P Khurd, L Zhou and G Gindi: “Statistical Properties of SPECT MAP Reconstruction Incorporating Window Based Scatter Correction”, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci., 56(1), pp. 97-107, Feb., 2009.

L Zhou, P Khurd, S Kulkarni, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “Aperture Optimization in Emission Imaging Using Ideal Observers for Joint Detection and Localization”, Phys. Med. Bio. , 53(8), pp. 2019-2034, March, 2008.

B Liu, L Zhou, S Kulkarni, and G Gindi: “Human Observer Efficiency for Signal Detection and Localization in Emission Tomographic Images”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference IEEE NSS/MIC, Dresden, Germany, pp.4340-4347, Nov., 2008.

B Liu, L Zhou, S Kulkarni, and G Gindi: “Effects of Background Complexity on LROC Analysis of SPECT”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference IEEE NSS/MIC, Dresden, Germany, pp.4413-4417, Nov. 2008.

L Zhou, and G Gindi: “Collimator Optimization in SPECT Based on an LROC Ideal Observer”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference IEEE NSS/MIC, Dresden, Germany, pp.5540-5547, Nov., 2008.

S Kulkarni, P Khurd, I Hsiao, L Zhou and G Gindi: “A Channelized Hotelling Observer Study of Lesion Detection in SPECT MAP Reconstruction Using Anatomical Priors”, Phys. Med. Bio. vol.52, pp. 3601–3617, 2007.

L Zhou, P Khurd, S Kulkarni, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “Optimization of a Pinhole Imaging System Using an Ideal Observer for Detection and Localization”, Proc IEEE Nuclear Science Symp and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu USA, pp. 3978-3985, Oct 2007.

S Kulkarni, P Khurd, L Zhou and G Gindi: “Rapid Optimization of SPECT Scatter Correction Using a Model LROC Observer”, Proc IEEE Nuclear Science Symp and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu USA, pp. 3986-3993, Oct 2007.

I Hsiao, P Khurd, A Rangarajan, and G Gindi: “An Overview of Fast Convergent Ordered-Subsets Reconstruction Methods for Emission Tomography Based on the Incremental EM Algorithm”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, vol. 569, pp. 429 – 433, Dec. 2006.

P Khurd, L. Zhou, A. Rangarajan, and G Gindi: “Aperture Optimization in Emission Imaging Using Optimal LROC Observers”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, USA, M03-6, pp. 1703 – 1710, Oct. 2006.

A Lehovich, P Bruyant, H Gifford, G Gindi, P Schneider, S Squires, M King: “Human Ob- server LROC Study of Lesion Detection in Ga-67 SPECT Images Reconstructed Using MAP with Anatomical Priors”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, USA, M03-05, pp. 2150-2154, Oct. 2006.

P Khurd and G Gindi: “Decision Strategies that Maximize the Area Under the LROC Curve”,

IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging, 24(12), pp.1626-1636, Dec. 2005.

S Kulkarni, P Khurd, I Hsiao and G Gindi: “Effect on Lesion Detectability of Proximity to Anatomical Boundaries in Emission Tomography”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference , Puerto Rico, USA, pp. 2150-2154, 23-29 Oct., 2005., M07-227.

I Hsiao, K Lin, H Huang, C Wietholt, C Chen and G Gindi: “The Investigation of Emission Reconstruction with Fewer Projection Views for Brain SPECT Imaging”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Puerto Rico, USA, pp. 2200-2203, 23-29 Oct., 2005., M07-272.

P Khurd and G. Gindi, “Rapid Computation of LROC Figures of Merit Using Numerical Observers (for SPECT/PET Reconstruction)”, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci., 52(3), pp. 618-626, 2005.

P Khurd and G Gindi: “Fast LROC Analysis of Bayesian Reconstructed Emission Tomographic

Images Using Model Observers”, Phys. Med. Bio., vol. 50, pp. 1519 – 1532, April, 2005.

(This was chosen as an ‘‘IOP Select’’ paper, one of a few so designated every issue for its significance and impact.)

P Khurd, S Kulkarni and G Gindi: “Noise Propagation from Scatter Correction in SPECT MAP Reconstruction”, Proc VIIIth Intl Conference on Fully 3D Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp. 97 – 100, Salt Lake City , July 2005.

P Bruyant, H Gifford, G Gindi and M King: “Human and Numerical Observer Studies of Lesion Detection in Ga-67 Images Obtained with MAP-EM Reconstructions and Anatomical Priors”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, M10-320, Rome, 2004.

I Hsiao, A Rangarajan, P Khurd and G Gindi: “A Fast Convergent Ordered Subset Bayesian Reconstruction for Emission Tomography”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, M10-168, Rome, 2004

P Khurd, I Hsiao, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “A Globally Convergent Regularized Ordered- Subset Algorithm for List-Mode Reconstruction”, IEEE Trans Nuc Sci, vol. 51, pp. 719 – 725, June 2004.

J Oldan, S Kulkarni, Y Xing, P Khurd and G Gindi: “Channelized Hotelling and Human Observer

Study of Optimal Smoothing in SPECT MAP Reconstruction”, IEEE Trans Nuc Sci, vol. 51, pp.

733 – 741, June 2004.

I Hsiao P Khurd A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “A New Fast Relaxation Free, Convergent, Hessian- Based, Ordered Subsets Algorithm for Emission Tomography”, 2004 Intl Symp on Biomedical Imaging, pp. 1408 – 1411, Wash DC, April 2004.

I Hsiao, A Rangarajan, P Khurd and G Gindi: “An Accelerated Convergent Ordered Subsets Algorithm for Emission Tomography”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 49, pp. 2145 – 2156, June 2004.

P Bruyant, H Gifford, G Gindi, M King: “Numerical Observer Study of MAP-OSEM Regularization Methods with Anatomical Priors for Lesion Detection in Ga-67 Images”, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci., vol. 51, pp. 193 – 197, Feb 2004.

Y Xing, I Hsiao and G Gindi: “Rapid Calculation of Detectability in Bayesian SPECT”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 48, pp. 3755 - 3773, Nov. 2003.

I Hsiao, P Khurd, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “An Accelerated Ordered Subset Algorithm for

3D Emission Tomography”, Proc VIIth Intl Conf. on Fully 3D Reconstruction in Radiology and

Nuclear Medicine, St. Malo FR, AM2-1, July 2003.

P Khurd and G Gindi: “Rapid Computation of LROC Figures of Merit Using Numerical Ob- servers (for SPECT/PET Reconstruction)”, vol. 4, pp. 2515 – 2520, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Portland, OR, Oct 2003.

P Khurd and G Gindi: “A Globally Convergent Regularized Ordered-Subset Algorithm for List- Mode Reconstruction”, pp. 3057 – 3061, vol.5, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Portland, OR, Oct 2003.

Y Xing, J Oldan, S Kulkarni, P Khurd and G Gindi: “Effects of Image Quantization and Regularization on Lesion Detectability in SPECT MAP Reconstruction”, pp. 3166 – 3169, vol. 5, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Portland, OR, Oct 2003.

P Bruyant, H Gifford, G Gindi and M King: “Investigation of Observer Performance in MAP- EM Reconstruction with Anatomical Priors and Scatter Correction for Lesion Detection in Ga-67

Images”, pp. 3166 - 3169, vol.5, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging

Conference, Portland, OR, Oct 2003.

I Hsiao, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “A Convex Edge-Preserving Median Prior with Applications to Tomography”, IEEE Trans Medical Imaging, vol. 22, pp. 580 - 585, May 2003.

I Hsiao, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “Bayesian Image Reconstruction for Transmission Tomography Using Deterministic Annealing”, J. Electronic Imaging, vol 12, pp. 7-16, Jan 2003.

I Hsiao, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “Joint-MAP Bayesian Tomographic Reconstruction with a

Gamma-Mixture Prior”, IEEE Trans. Image Processing, vol.11, pp.1466 - 1477, Dec 2002.

I Hsiao and G Gindi: “Noise Propagation from Attenuation Correction into PET Reconstructions”, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci., vol 49, pp.90-97, Feb 2002.

P Bruyant, H Gifford, G Gindi and M King: “Numerical Observer Study of MAP-EM Regularization Methods with Anatomical Priors for Lesion Detection in Ga-67 Images”, pp. 1045 – 1048, vol. 2, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Norfolk VA, Oct

2002.

P Khurd, Y Xing, I Hsiao and G Gindi: “Fast Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Reconstruction for 2D SPECT”, pp. 741 – 745, vol.2, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Norfolk VA, Oct 2002.

Y Xing and G Gindi: “Rapid Calculation of Detectability in Bayesian SPECT”, Proc IEEE Intl

Symp on Biomedical Imaging, pp. 78-80, Wash DC, July 2002.

I Hsiao, A Ranagarajan and G Gindi: “A New Convergent MAP Reconstruction Algorithm for Emission Tomography Using Ordered Subsets and Separable Surrogates”, Proc IEEE Intl Symp on Biomedical Imaging, pp. 409-412, Wash DC, July 2002.

I Hsiao, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “A Smoothing Prior with Embedded Positivity Constraint for Tomographic Reconstruction”, pp. 81-84, Proc. 6th Intl Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Asilomar CA, Nov, 2001.

A Rangarajan, I Hsiao, G Gindi: “A Bayesian Joint Mixture Framework for the Integration of

Anatomical Information in Functional Image Reconstruction”, J.Math. Imaging and Vision, vol.

12, pp.199–218, June, 2000.

Y Xing, I Hsiao and G Gindi: “Efficient Calculation of Resolution and Variance in 2D Circular Orbit SPECT”, pp. 1298 - 1302, vol.3, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, Oct 2001.

I Hsiao, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “A Median Prior for Tomographic Reconstruction”, pp.

1779-1782, vol. 3, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San

Diego, CA, Oct 2001.

I Hsiao and G Gindi: “Noise Propagation from Attenuation Correction into PET Reconstructions”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Lyon, France, pp.

13-108 to 13-112, vol.2, Oct 2000.

S Lee, Y Choi, G Gindi: “Validation of New Gibbs Priors for Bayesian Tomographic Reconstruction Using Numerical Studies and Physically Acquired Data”, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci., vol.49, pp. 2154 - 2161, Dec. 1999.

I Hsiao, W Wang and G Gindi: “Performance Comparison of Smoothing and Gamma Priors for Transmission Tomography”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol 2, pp. 860-864, Seattle, Nov. 1999.

J You, W Lu, J Li, G Gindi and Z Liang: “Image Matching for Translation Rotation and Uniform Scaling by the Radon Transform”, Proc 1998 Intl Conf on Image Processing ICIP98, IEEE Comp Soc, Los Alamitos CA, vol 1 of 3, pp. 847 – 851, 1998.

I Hsiao, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “Joint MAP Reconstruction/Segmentation for Transmission Tomography Using Mixture Models as Priors”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol. III M4-2, pp. 1689 - 1693, R. Sudharsanan, Ed., Toronto, Nov. 1998.

A Rangarajan, I Hsiao, G Gindi: “Integrating Anatomical Priors in ECT Reconstruction via Joint Mixtures and Mutual Information”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol. III, pp. 1584 - 1588, R. Sudharsanan, Ed., Toronto, Nov. 1998.

D Dougherty, J Nissanov, G Gindi: “Construction Details of an Autoradiographic-Based Rat- Brain Phantom for Emission Tomography”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol. III, pp. 1250 - 1254, R. Sudharsanan, Ed., Toronto, Nov. 1998.

W Wang and G Gindi: “Noise and Resolution Properties of the Gamma-Penalized Likelihood Reconstruction”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol. III, pp. 1136 - 1140, R. Sudharsanan,Ed., Toronto, Nov. 1998.

S Lee, Y Choi, G Gindi: “Validation of New Gibbs Priors for Bayesian Tomographic Reconstruction Using Physically Acquired Data”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol. III, pp. 1589 - 1593, R. Sudharsanan, Ed., Toronto, Nov. 1998.

W Wang and G Gindi: “Noise Analysis of MAP-EM Algorithms for Emission Tomography”,

Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 2215 – 2232, Nov., 1997.

D Dougherty, I Hsiao, W Wang, G Gindi: “A Computerized Biological Brain Phantom for Evaluation of PET and SPECT Reconstruction”, IEEE Trans Nuc Sci, vol. 45, pp. 1238 – 1243, June 1998.

S Lee, I Hsiao, G Gindi: “The Thin Plate as a Regularizer in Bayesian SPECT”, IEEE Trans

Nuc Sci, vol. 44, pp. 1381 - 1387, June, 1997.

W Wang and G Gindi: “Noise Analysis of Regularized EM for SPECT Reconstruction”, Proc.

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol.3, pp.1933 - 1937, A. Del Guerra, Ed., Anaheim CA, 1996.

S Lee I Hsiao and G Gindi: “The Thin Plate as a Regularizer in Bayesian SPECT Reconstruction”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol.3, pp.1613 - 1617, A. Del Guerra, Ed., Anaheim CA, 1996.

S Lee, A Rangarajan, G Gindi: “Bayesian Reconstruction in SPECT Using Higher-Order Mechanical Models as Priors”, IEEE Trans Medical Imaging, vol 14., pp. 669-680, Dec. 1995. This paper is summarized in Yearbook of Nuclear Medicine 1997, A Gottshalk, ed.,

Mosby, St. Louis, pp.374-375, 1997.

S Lee, A Rangarajan, G Zubal, G Gindi: “ Using Ground-Truth Data to Design Priors in Bayesian SPECT Reconstruction”, Computational Vision and Imaging: Information Processing in Medical Imaging, Y. Bizais, C Barillot, R De Paola (eds.), pp. 27-38, Kluwer, 1995.

A Rangarajan, S Lee, G Gindi: “Mechanical Models as Priors in Bayesian Tomographic Reconstruction”, in Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Analysis, K Hanson and R Silver, eds., pp. 117 -124, Kluwer, 1995.

G Gindi, M Lee, A Rangarajan, G Zubal: “Bayesian Reconstruction of Functional Images Using

Anatomical Information as Priors”, IEEE Trans Medical Imaging, vol.12, pp. 670 – 680, Dec.

1993.

M Lee, A Rangarajan, G Zubal, G Gindi: “A Continuation Method for Emission Tomography”,

IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science, vol. 40, pp. 2049 – 2058, Dec 1993.

G Zubal, C Harrell, E Smith, Z Rattner, G Gindi, P Hoffer: “Computerized Three – Dimensional

Segmented Human Anatomy”, Medical Physics, vol. 21, pp. 299 – 302, March 1994.

G Gindi, A Rangarajan, M Lee and G Zubal: “Bayesian Reconstruction for Emission Tomography via Deterministic Annealing”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Information Processing in Medical Imaging, H. H. Barrett, A.F. Gmitro, eds. pp. 322– 338, Springer-Verlag, 1993.

J Utans and G Gindi: “Improving Convergence in Hierarchical Matching Networks for Object Recognition ”, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems V, pp. 401 – 408, C Giles, S Hanson and J Cowan, eds. Morgan Kaufman, San Mateo, 1993.

G Gindi and A Rangarajan: “What Can SPECT Learn from Autoradiography?”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol. 4, pp. 1715 - 1719, Norfolk VA, 1994.

SJ Lee, G Gindi and A Rangarajan: “A Comparative Study of the Effects of Using Higher-Order Mechanical Priors in SPECT Reconstruction ” , Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol. 4, pp. 1696 - 1700, Norfolk VA, 1994.

A Rangarajan, M Lee, G Zubal, and G Gindi: “A Continuation Method for Emission Tomography”, in Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 1204 –1207, vol. II, Orlando, Oct. 1992.

S J Lee, A Rangarajan, and G Gindi: “Weak – Plate Mechanical Models in Bayesian Reconstruction for Emission Tomography”, Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Vol. 3, pp. 1533 – 1537, San Francisco, 1993.

G Gindi, C Darken, K O’Brien, M Stetz, and L Deckelbaum: “Neural Network and Conventional Classifiers for Fluorescence - Guided Laser Angioplasty”, IEEE Trans Biomedical Engineering, vol. 38, pp. 246 – 252, 1991. This paper was selected for inclusion in the Yearbook of Medical Informatics 1992

A Gmitro, V Tresp, and G Gindi: “Videographic Tomography - Part I: Parallel Beam Reconstruction”, IEEE Trans Medical Imaging, vol. 9, pp. 366 - 375, 1991.

G Gindi, M. Lee, A. Rangarajan, I. G. Zubal: Bayesian Reconstruction of Functional Images Using Registered Anatomical Images as Priors”, in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Information Processing in Medical Imaging, A. Colchester, D. Hawkes, eds., pp. 121 – 131, Springer Verlag, 1991.

T Garrand, M Stetz, K O’Brien, G Gindi, B E Sumpio, L Deckelbaum: “Design and Evaluation of a Fiberoptic Fluorescence-Guided Laser Recanalization System”, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, vol. 11, pp. 106 – 116, 1991.

T Garrand, M Stetz, K O’Brien, G Gindi, L Laifer, L Deckelbaum: “Characterization of the Side Dependency of Normal Canine Arterial Fluorescence”, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, vol.10, pp. 375 – 383, 1990.

V Tresp and G Gindi: “Invariant Object Recognition by Inexact Subgraph Matching with Applications in Industrial Part Recognition”, Proc. Intl. Neural Net Conference, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dorrecht/Boston/London pp. 95 – 98, 1990.

G Gindi, E Mjolsness, and P Anandan: “Neural Networks for Model Matching and Perceptual Organization”, in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems I, pp. 618-626, D. Touretzky, ed. Morgan Kaufman, San Mateo, 1989.

E Mjolsness, G Gindi, and P Anandan: “Optimization in Model Matching and Perceptual Organization”, Neural Computation (invited paper) vol. 1, pp. 218 – 229, 1989.

A Gmitro, P Keller and G Gindi: “Statistical Performance of Outer-Product Associative Memories”, Applied Optics, vol. 28, pp. 1940 – 1948, 1989.

K O’Brien, A Gmitro, G Gindi, M Stetz, F Cutruzzola, L Deckelbaum: “Development and Evaluation of Spectral Classification Algorithms for Fluorescence - Guided Laser Angioplasty”, IEEE Trans Biomedical Engineering, vol. 36, pp. 424 – 431, 1989.

L Deckelbaum, M Stetz, K O’Brien, F Cutruzzola, A Gmitro, L Laifer and G Gindi: “Fluorescence Spectroscopy Guidance of Laser Ablation of Atherosclerotic Plaque”, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, vol. 9 pp 205 – 214, 1989.

F Cutruzzola, M Stetz, K O’ Brien, G Gindi, L Laifer, T Garrand, and L Deckelbaum: “Change in Laser-Induced Arterial Fluorescence During Ablation of Atherosclerotic Plaque”, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, vol. 9, pp. 109 – 116, 1989.

L Laifer, K O’Brien, M Stetz, G Gindi, T Garrand, L Deckelbaum: “The Biochemical Basis for the Difference Between Normal and Atherosclerotic Arterial Fluorescence”, Circulation, vol. 89, pp. 1893 – 1901, 1989.

A Gmitro, V Tresp, Y Chen, R Snell, and G Gindi: “Video-Rate Reconstruction of CT and MR Images”, in Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, vol 363, Information Processing in Medical Imaging, pp. 197 – 210, Wiley-Liss, 1989. (This paper was given the annual Francois Erbsmann Award as best paper of the series by a junior investigator, A Gmitro)

G Gindi, A Gmitro, and K Parthasarathy: “Hopfield Model Associative Memory with Non-Zero

Diagonal Terms in the Memory Matrix”, Applied Optics, vol. 27, pp. 129 – 134, 1988.

(This paper was selected for inclusion in the SPIE Milestone Series, an edited volume containing key foundation papers in a given field).

E Mjolsness, G Gindi, P Anandan, and T Zador: “Objective Functions in Recognition”, AAAI Spring Symposium on Physical and Biological Approaches to Computational Vision, pp. 105 –107, Stanford CA, 1988.

G Gindi and J Duncan: “A Complete Object Recognition System as a Computer Vision Course

Project”, IEEE Trans Education, vol. E-30, pp. 142 – 150, 1987.

J Duncan, G Gindi, K Narendra: “Low-Level Information Fusion: Multisensor Scene Segmentation Using Learning Automata”, Proc. AAAI Workshop on Spatial Reasoning and Multisensor Fusion, pp 323 – 333, Chicago IL, 1987.

A Gmitro and G Gindi: “Computed Tomographic Videography: An Electro-Optical System for

Video-Rate Reconstruction”, Applied Optics, vol.24, pp. 4040 – 4045, 1985.

G Gindi and A Gmitro: “Optical Feature Extraction via the Radon Transform”, (invited paper), Optical Engineering, vol. 23, pp. 499 – 506, 1984. (This paper was awarded the Kingslake Prize and Medal in recognition as the most noteworthy original paper to appear in this journal for 1984).

G Gindi, R Paxman and H Barrett: “Reconstruction of an Object from its Coded Image and

Object Constraints”, Applied Optics, vol. 23, pp. 851 – 856, 1984.

G Gindi, A Gmitro: “Optical Feature Extraction via the Radon Transform”, Seventh Intl. Conference on Pattern Recognition, vol. 2, pp 702 –705, Montreal, 1984.

G Gindi, J Arendt, H Barrett, M Chiu, T Ervin, C Giles, M Kujoory, E Miller, and R Simpson: “Imaging with Rotating Slit Apertures and Rotating Collimators”, Medical Physics, vol.9, pp. 324 – 329, 1982.

M Kujoory, E Miller, H Barrett, G Gindi, and P Tamura: “Coded-Aperture Imaging of Gamma

Ray Sources with an Off-Axis Rotating Slit”, Applied Optics, vol. 91, pp. 4186 – 4195, 1980.

M Chiu, H Barrett, R Simpson, C Chou, J Arendt and G Gindi: “Three-Dimensional Radiographic Imaging with a Restricted View-Angle”, J. Optical Soc. Am., vol. 69, pp. 1323 – 1332, 1979.

Books and book chapters:

J Duncan and G Gindi, eds.: Information Processing in Medical Imaging, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, series vol.1230, Springer, 1997.

G Gindi, E Mjolsness, P Anandan: “Neural Networks for Model-Based Recognition”, in Neural Networks: Concepts, Applications and Implementations, vol III, P. Antognetti and V. Milutinovic, eds., pp. 144 – 173, Prentice – Hall, 1991.

G Gindi, C Darken, K O’Brien, M Stetz and L Deckelbaum: “Neural Network and Conventional Classifiers for Fluorescence Guided Laser Angioplasty ” , pp. 453 – 463, IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 1992, Advances in Interdisciplinary Science, Intl. Medical Informatics Society, J. van Bemmel, A. T. McCray, eds., Schattauer Pub. Co., Geneva, 1992. (This article originally appeared in IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, vol. 38, pp. 246 – 252 1991.)

G Gindi, A Gmitro, and K Parthasarathy: “Hopfield Model Associative Memory with Non-Zero Diagonal Terms in the Memory Matrix”, The Milestone Series on Optical Neural Networks, S. Jutamulia, ed., Optical Engineering Press, Bellingham, WA ( This paper appeared originally in Applied Optics, vol. 27, pp. 129 – 134, 1988. )

Non – Refereed or lightly refereed published proceedings:

B. Liu, P. Khurd, and G Gindi: “Rapid Performance Evaluation for Ideal FROC and AFROC Observers”, Proc. SPIE Med. Imaging, vol. 7627, San Diego, USA, Feb, 2010.

P Khurd, B Liu and G Gindi: “On Ideal AFROC and FROC Observers”, Proc SPIE Med.

Imaging, Orlando, USA, vol.7263, pp. OS1 - OS12, Feb. 2009.

L Zhou and G Gindi: “SPECT Image System Optimization Using Ideal Observers for Detection and Localization”, Proc SPIE Med. Imaging, San Diego, USA, vol.6917, pp. 6917D1- 6917D8, Feb. 2008.

L Zhou, P Khurd and G Gindi: “Optimization of Pinhole Emission Imaging Systems for Small Animal Imaging”, Proc 33rd Northeast Bioengineering Conference, pp. 94 - 95, Stony Brook NY, March 2007.

L Zhou, J Oldan, P Fisher and G Gindi: “Low Contrast Lesion Detection in Tomosynthetic

Breast Imaging Using a Realistic Breast Phantom”, Proc. SPIE Med. Imag.: Medical Physics Vol.

6142, pp. 61425A-1–61425A-12, 2006.

P Khurd and G Gindi: “Decision Strategies Maximizing the Area Under the LROC Curve”, Proc. SPIE Med. Imag.: Image Perception, Observer Performance and Technology Assessment, Vol. 5749, pp. 150-161, 2005.

P Khurd and G Gindi: “LROC Model Observers for Emission Tomographic Reconstruction”, in D. Chakraborty and M. Eckstein Eds., Proc SPIE Med Img Conf: Image Perception, Observer Performance and Technology Assessment, vol 5372, pp. 509 – 520, Feb. 2004. (The poster version of this paper was awarded an Honorable Mention Poster Award.)

I Hsiao, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: ‘A Provably Convergent OS-EM Like Reconstruction Algorithm for Emission Tomography” in M Sonka and K Hanson, Eds., Proc. SPIE Symposium on Medical Imaging - Image Processing , vol 4684, pp. 10-19, Feb 2002.

I Hsiao, A Rangarajan and G Gindi: “Bayesian Image Reconstruction for Transmission Tomography Using Mixture Model Priors and Deterministic Annealing Algorithms” in M Sonka and K Hanson, Eds., Proc. SPIE Symposium on Medical Imaging - Image Processing, vol 4322, pp. 899-908, Feb 2001.(The poster version of this paper was awarded an Honorable Mention Poster Award.)

A Rangarajan, I Hsiao and G Gindi: “A Smoothed I-Divergence Prior for Tomographic Reconstruction”, PP0, Proc SIAM Conference on Imaging Science, Boston, March 2002.

S Faris, D Wilson, H Barrett, D Dougherty, G Gindi, and I Hsiao: “Using a Digital Anatomical Phantom to Optimize an Imaging System”, in JM Boone and JT Dobbins, Eds., Proc SPIE Symposium on Medical Imaging- Physics of Medical Imaging, v. 3659, pp.98 – 106, San Diego CA, Feb 1999.

S Chelikani, G Gindi, J Gore, I Zubal: “The MIRD Monte Carlo Algorithm Updated for Imaging Simulations: Employing a Voxel-Based Phantom and Variance Reduction”, in Proc. of 1998 ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding, Division Topical Conf., pp. 133 - 140, Nashville TN, April. 1998.

S Lee, I Hsiao and G Gindi: “Quantitative Effects of Using Thin-Plate Models Priors in Bayesian SPECT Reconstruction”, Proc. SPIE Symposium on Optical Science and Engineering - Image Reconstruction and Restoration II, v. 3170. San Diego, July, 1997.

D Dougherty, I Hsiao, W Wang, G Gindi: “A Computerized Biological Brain Phantom for Evaluation of PET and SPECT Reconstruction”, M10-02, Proc IEEE Nuc Sci Symp and Med Imaging Conf, 1997.

G Gindi, D Dougherty, I Hsiao and A Rangarajan: “Autoradiographic Based Phantoms for Emission Tomography”, pp. 403-414, Proc. SPIE Symposium on Medical Imaging - Image Processing, K Hanson, ed., Newport Beach CA, 1997.

C. Chang, A. Rangarajan, G Gindi: “Segmentation Using Atlas–Guided Deformable Contours”, SPIE Proc. on Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XIII, Boston, October, 1994.

C. Chang, W. Wang, A. Rangarajan, G. Zubal, G Gindi: “ Automated Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Brain Scans Using Atlas–Guided Deformable Contours”, Proc. AAAI Symposium on Applications of Computer Vision in Medicine, Stanford, pp. 122 – 125, March, 1994.

G Gindi, A Rangarajan and G Zubal: “Atlas-Guided Segmentation of Brain Images via Optimizing Neural Networks”, Proc. SPIE Biomedical Image Processing IV- Biomedical Image Processing and Biomedical Visualization, vol. 1905, pp 566-575, R.S. Acharya and D. Goldgof, eds., San Jose, February 1993.

G Gindi, A Rangarajan and G Zubal : “Neural Network for Model Based Segmentation of MR Brain Images”, pp. 90 – 93, Proc.12th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, New Orleans, April, 1993.

G Gindi, and J Utans : “A Neural Network Approach to Object Recognition and Image Partitioning Within a Resolution Hierarchy”, Proc. SPIE Intelligent Information Systems, Orlando, April 1992.

M Lee, G Gindi, A Rangarajan, and G Zubal: “Locations of Discontinuities as Priors for Improved Bayesian Reconstructions from Projections”, Proc. 1991 IEEE 17th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, pp. 99 – 100, Hartford CT, 1991.

H Tagare, G Gindi, J Duncan, C Jaffe: “A Geometric Indexing Scheme for an Image Library”, Proc. Intl. Symposium on Computer Assisted Radiology, pp. 513 – 517, Springer-Verlag, Berlin,

1991.

G Zubal, G Gindi, M Lee, C Harrell, E Smith: “High Resolution Anthropomorphic Phantom for Monte Carlo Analysis of Internal Radiation Sources”, Proc. Third Annual IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, pp. 540 – 547, Chapel Hill NC, June 1990.

A. Gmitro, V Tresp, Y Chen, and G Gindi:, “Optical Computers for the Video-Rate Reconstruction of Medical Images”, Proc. SPIE , vol. 1090, pp. 95 –106, Newport Beach CA, 1989.

G Gindi and D Delorie: “Shape Presentation in a Mainpart-Subpart Hierarchy”, Proc. Topical

Meeting on Machine Vision, Optical Soc. Am., pp 117–120, Lake Tahoe NV, 1987.

G Gindi, A Gmitro, and D Delorie: “Velocity Flow-Field Analysis of Cardiac Dynamics”, Proc.

13th Northeast Bioengineering Conference, pp 170 –173, Philadelphia PA, 1987.

G Gindi, A Gmitro, K Parthasarathy: “Winner-Take-All Networks and Associative Memory”, Proc. IEEE Intl. Conference on Neural Nets, pp. 607 – 615, San Diego CA, 1987.

A Gmitro and G Gindi: “Optical Neurocomputer for Implementation of the Marr-Poggio Stereo

Algorithm”, Proc. IEEE Intl. Conference on Neural Nets, pp. 509 – 606, San Diego CA, 1987.

J Duncan and G Gindi: “Multisensor Scene Segmentation Using Learning Automata”, Proc 5th

Yale Workshop on Applications of Adaptive Systems Theory”, pp. 119 –125, New Haven CT, 1987.

V Tresp, D Gerogiannis, G Gindi, A Gmitro: “CT Videography”, Proc. 12th Northeast Bioengineering Conference, pp 75 –79, New Haven CT, 1986.

G Gindi, and D Delorie: “Indexing Shapes for Recognition”, Proc. SPIE, vol. 729, pp 28 – 35, October 1986.

G Gindi, A Gmitro: “A Rapid Feature Extractor Based Upon Optically Gathered Projection

Data”, Proc. SPIE, vol. 449, pp 265 –272, Cambridge MA, 1983.

A Gmitro, G Gindi, H Barrett and R Easton: “Two-Dimensional Image Processing by One- Dimensional Filtering of Projection Data”, Proc. SPIE, vol. 388, pp. 132 – 139, 1983.

Technical reports:

B Liu and G Gindi: “Efficiency of the Human Observer in LROC Studies”, Stony Brook University, Dept. Radiology, Medical Image Processing Laboratory, Technical Report, TR MIPL-08-01, May 2008.

J Oldan and G Gindi: “2AFC Test Manual”, SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Radiology, Medical Image

Processing Laboratory, TR MIPL-04-1, June 2004

A Rangarajan, P Khurd, I Hsiao and G Gindi; “Convergence Proofs for the COSEM-MAP and COSEM-ML Algorithms”, SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Radiology, Medical Image Processing Laboratory, TR MIPL-03-1, Dec 2003

W Wang and G Gindi: “Emission and Transmission Tomography Reconstruction Software Package: Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Methods”, SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Radiology, Medical Image Processing Lab, TR MIPL-98-1, 1998.

S Lee and G Gindi: “Medical Image Processing Lab. Simulation Package (MIPLSim)”, SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Radiology, Medical Image Processing Lab, TR MIPL-96-2, 1996.

W Wang and G Gindi: “Noise Analysis of Regularized EM Algorithms for SPECT”, SUNY Stony

Brook, Dept Radiology, Medical Image Processing Lab, TR MIPL-96-1, 1996.

W Wang and G Gindi: “Noise Analysis of Regularized EM Algorithms for SPECT: Validation and Task Performance Application to Quantitation”, SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Radiology, Medical Image Processing Lab, TR MIPL-96-3, 1996.

J Utans, G Gindi, E Mjolsness and P Anandan: “Neural Networks for Object Recognition within Compositional Hierarchies: Initial Experiments” Yale University Dept Electrical Engineering, Center for Systems Science, TR 8903, February 1989.

G Shumaker, G Gindi, E Mjolsness and P Anandan: “STICKVILLE: A Neural Net for Object Recognition via Graph Matching”, Yale University Dept Electrical Engineering, Center for Systems Science, TR 8908, April 1989.

E Mjolsness, G Gindi, P Anandan: “Optimization in Model Matching and Perceptual Organization: A first Look”, Yale University Computer Science Dept, TR YALEU/DCS/RR–634, 1988.

J Ong and G Gindi: “Description and Indexing of 2-D Curved Visual Objects”, Yale University, Division of Imaging Sciences, TR 8608, May 1986.

G Gindi: “Squares World: Initial Results of a Connectionist Implementation for Object Recognition”, Yale University, Division of Imaging Sciences, TR 8602, April 1986.

G Gindi and D Delorie: “Optical Flow Calculations from Noisy Moving Contours”, Yale University, Division of Imaging Sciences, TR 8612, June 1986.

D Delorie and G Gindi: “SQUARESVILLE: An Interactive Neural Net Simulator”, Yale University, Division of Imaging Sciences, TR 8611, July 1986.

Teaching:

Courses Taught:

Title: Medical Image Formation

Department: Biomedical Engineering - SUNY Course number and level: BME530 Grad.

Dates taught: Spring ’09,’10,’11

Title: Engineering Principles in Medical Diagnostics

Department: Biomedical Engineering - SUNY Course number and level: BME503 Grad.

Dates taught: Fall ’97, ’98, ’00, ’01

Title: Computer Vision

Department: Electrical Engineering - SUNY Course number and level: ESE568 Grad.

Dates taught: Spring ’94

Title: Digital Image Processing I

Department: Electrical Engineering - SUNY

Course number and level: ESE558 Grad.

Dates taught: Spring ’92, Spring ’93

Title: Digital Image Processing II

Department: Electrical Engineering - SUNY

Course number and level: ESE559 Grad.

Dates taught: Fall ’92 , Fall ’96 , Fall ’04

Title: Digital Image Processing

Department: Electrical Engineering - Yale

Course number and level: EE445/912 Sr./Grad.

Dates taught: 1983 to1991

Title: Introduction to Computer Vision

Department: Electrical Engineering/ Computer Science - Yale

Course number and level: EE455/914 Sr./Grad.

Dates taught: 1983 to 1991

Title: Neural Networks in Computing

Department: Electrical Engineering/ Computer Science - Yale

Course number and level: CS 723a/ EE 993a Sr./Grad

Dates taught: 1987

Title: Physics of Medical Imaging

Department: Diagnostic Radiology - Yale, and Radiology - USB

Course number and level: Diag Radiology 130 for residents in radiology

Dates taught: 1983 to 1989 (Yale), since 1996 USB

Title: Probabilistic Methods in Signal and System Analysis

Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering -Clarkson

Course number and level: EE402 - Jr./Sr.

Dates taught: 1981

Title: Optics

Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering - Clarkson

Course number and level: EE584 - Sr./Grad

Dates taught: 1981

Title: Introduction to Fourier Optics

Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering - Clarkson

Course number and level: EE578 Grad

Dates taught: 1982

Supervision of Graduate Students, Med Students and Postdocs:

Joachim Utans, Ph.D. 1992, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Yale

Doctoral Dissertation: Neural Networks for

Object Recognition within Compositional Hierarchies

Mindy Lee, Ph.D. 1993, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Yale (co-advisor with G. Zubal)

Doctoral Dissertation: Use of Intermodality Registered Information as Priors in SPECT Image Reconstruction

Volker Tresp, Ph.D. 1988, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (co-advisor with A.F. Gmitro) Doctoral Dissertation: Electro-Optical System for the High-Speed

Reconstruction of Computed Tomographic Images

Grant Shumaker, M.D. 1991, Yale Medical School

Med Student Thesis: STICKVILLE: A Neural Net System for Object Recognition

Anand Rangarajan, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Topics: 1. Neural Networks for Object Recognition

2. Deterministic Annealing in Tomography

Soo Jin Lee, Ph.D. 1995, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, SBU Stony Brook

Postdoc 1996- 1997

Doctoral Dissertation: Bayesian Image Reconstruction in Emission Computed Tomography

Using Mechanical Models as Priors

Wenli Wang, Ph.D., 1997, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, SBU Stony Brook

Postdoc: 1998 1999

Doctoral Dissertation: Noise Analysis of Bayesian

Reconstruction Algorithms in Emission Tomography

Doug Dougherty, Ph.D., 1999, Dept. of Anatomy, SBU Stony Brook (MD-PhD) Doctoral Dissertation: Autoradiographic Phantoms for SPECT Reconstruction

Ing-Tsung Hsiao, Ph.D. 2000, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SBU Stony Brook

Postdoc 2000 - 2002

Doctoral Dissertation: Bayesian Image Reconstruction for Emission and Transmission Tomography

Yuxiang Xing, Ph.D. 2003, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, USB Stony Brook

Doctoral Dissertation: Rapid Calculation of Image Quality for Maximum a Posteriori Reconstruction in SPECT

Parmeshwar Khurd, Ph.D. 2005, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, SBU Stony Brook

Postdoc 2005

Doctoral Dissertation: On Reconstruction Methods and Image Quality in Emission Tomography

Lili Zhou, Ph.D., 2007, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, SBU Stony Brook

Grad student 2002 - 2010

Postdoc 2007 - 2010

Doctoral Dissertation: Low-Contrast Lesion Detection in Tomosynthetic Breast Imaging

Jorge Oldan, Medical Student, SBU

Howard Hughes Med. Inst. Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students 2003-2004

Mentored topic: Image Quality in Medical Imaging

Graduated “MD with Distinction”

Santosh Kulkarni, Ph.D., 2009, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, SBU Stony Brook

Doctoral Dissertation: Image Quality in MAP SPECT Reconstruction

Bin Liu, Postdoc, SBU 2007-2010

Topics: 1. Human Visual Efficiency Studies

2. Ideal Observers for Higher-Order Visual Tasks