MRI Slice Andy Andrew J. Worth

Andy left the CMA in 2000 to found Neuromorphometrics so the following information is old.

andy wasat cma.mgh.harvard.edu

Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Developmental Neuroscience (Neurology), Massachusetts General Hospital.

Education

Postdoc: Cognitive Systems Group, Computer Science Department, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Ph.D.: Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. Dissertation title: Neural Networks for Automatic Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Brain Images. Advisors: Ennio Mingolla, Eric Schwartz, and David Kennedy.

M.S.: Electrical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. Thesis title: Artificial neural networks and tactile sensing. Advisor: Richard R. Spencer.

B.S.: Computer Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA USA.

Research Interest Summary

My research interest can be summarized as deriving technology from studying biological computation and applying it to studying biological computation.

In general, I am interested in computational neuroscience; the structure and function of the brain as seen in the results from psychophysical and neurological studies. More specifically, I am interested in the incorporation of higher level knowledge or models applied to visual pattern recognition problems. My current work is on automatic segmentation of magnetic resonance brain images. Previous work involved the Gray-White Decision Network.

Some Publications

Worth, A. J. and D. N. Kennedy (1994). "Segmentation of magnetic resonance brain images using analogue constraint satisfaction neural networks." Image and Vision Computing 12 (6): 345-354. Worth_IVCv12n6_1994Preprint.pdf

Worth, A. J., N. Makris, V. S. Caviness, Jr. and D. N. Kennedy (1997). "Neuroanatomical Segmentation in MRI: Technological Objectives." International Journal on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 12 (1): 1161-1187. WorthIJPRAI97preprint.pdf

Worth, A. J., N. Makris, J. W. Meyer, V. S. Caviness, Jr. and D. N. Kennedy (1997). Automated Segmentation of Brain Exterior in MR Images Driven by Empirical Procedures and Anatomical Knowledge. XVth International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMIÕ97), Poultney, Vermont, Springer. WorthIPMI97.pdf

Worth, A. J., N. Makris, J. W. Meyer, V. S. Caviness, Jr. and D. N. Kennedy (1998). "Semiautomatic segmentation of brain exterior in magnetic resonance images driven by empirical procedures and anatomical knowledge." Med Image Anal 2(4): 315-24. Worth_MedAIv2i4_1998.pdf

Worth, A. J., N. Makris, M. R. Patti, J. M. Goodman, E. A. Hoge, V. S. Caviness, Jr. and D. N. Kennedy (1998). "Precise segmentation of the lateral ventricles and caudate nucleus in MR brain images using anatomically driven histograms [letter]." IEEE Trans Med Imaging 17 (2): 303-10. WorthTMI98.pdf

Worth, A. J., N. Makris, V. J. Wedeen, V. S. Caviness, Jr. and D. N. Kennedy (1998). Fusion of MRI data for Visualization of White Matter Bundles. Boston, MA, Massachusetts General Hospital. WorthMICCAI98reject.pdf

Some other Publications

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