Research activities

Journal Publications

  • S. Azizi, F. Imani, S. Ghavidel, A. Tahmasebi, J.T. Kwak, S. Xu, B. Turkbey, P. Choyke, P.A. Pinto, B.J. Wood, P. Mousavi, P. Abolmaesumi, “Detection of prostate cancer using temporal sequences of ultrasound data: a large clinical feasibility study”. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2016, pp. 1-10.

  • J.T. Kwak, S. Sankineni, S. Xu, B. Turkbey, P. Choyke, P.A. Pinto, M. Merino, B.J. Wood, “Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging with digital histopathology in prostate”. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2015, pp. 1-10.

  • J.T. Kwak, S. Xu, B.J. Wood, B. Turkbey, P. Choyke, P.A. Pinto, S. Wang, R.M. Summers, “Automated prostate cancer detection using T2-weighted and high-b-value diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging”. Medical Physics, 2015, vol. 42, pp. 2368-2378.

  • J.T. Kwak, A. Balla, V. Marcias, M. Walsh, S. Sinha, R. Bhargava, “Improving prediction of prostate cancer recurrence using chemical imaging”. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5(8758).

  • J.T. Kwak, S. Xu, B.J. Wood, “Efficient data mining for local binary pattern in texture image analysis”. Expert Systems with Applications, 2015, 42(9), pp. 4529-4539.

  • J.T. Kwak, C. W. Hong, P. A. Pinto, M. Williams, S. Xu, J. Kruecker, P. Yan, B. Turkbey, P. Choyke, B.J. Wood, “Is visual registration equivalent to semiautomated registration in prostate biopsy?”. BioMed Research International, 2015, 2015.

  • F. Imani, B. Zhuang, A. Tahmasebi, J.T. Kwak, S. Xu, H. Agarwal, S. Bharat, N. Uniyal, B. Turkbey, P. Choyke, P.A. Pinto, B.J. Wood, M. Moradi, P. Mousavi, P. Abolmaesumi, “Augmenting MRI-transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy with temporal ultrasound data: a clinical feasibility study”. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2015, 10(6), pp. 727-735.

  • S. Xu, H. Amalou, J.T. Kwak, T. Lynch, H. Agarwal, B. Turkbey, P.A. Pinto, P. Choyke, B.J. Wood, “ABSTRACT - Fusion guidance system with ablate-able phantom for prostate laser ablation”. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2015, 26(2), S119.

  • M.A. Qayyum, J.T. Kwak, M.F. Insana, “Stromal-epithelial responses to fractional radiotherapy in a breast cancer microenvironment”. Cancer Cell International, 2015, 15:67.

  • J.T. Kwak, R. Reddy, S. Sinha, R. Bhargava, “Analysis of variance in spectroscopic imaging data from human tissues.” Analytical Chemistry, 2012, 84(2), pp.1063-1069.

  • J.T. Kwak, S. Hewitt, S. Sinha, R. Bhargava, “Multimodal microscopy for automated histologic analysis of prostate cancer.” BMC Cancer, 2011, 11. 62.


Conference Proceedings

  • J.T. Kwak, S. Xu, B. Turkbey, P. Choyke, P.A. Pinto, B.J. Wood, “Do clinical variables augment multi-parametric MRI computer-aided diagnosis?”. World Conference on Interventional Oncology 2016, June 9-12 2016. (Accepted)

  • T.P. Wrobel, J.T. Kwak, A. Balla, R. Bhargava, "High-definition Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging of prostate tissue". Proc. SPIE 9791, Medical Imaging 2016: Digital Pathology, 97911D, March 23, 2016

  • S. Azizi, F. Imani, B. Zhuang, A. Tahmasebi, J.T. Kwak, S. Xu, N. Uniyal, B. Turkbey, P. Choyke, P.A. Pinto, B.J. Wood, M. Moradi, P. Mousavi, P. Abolmaesumi, “Ultrasound-based detection of prostate cancer using automatic feature selection with deep belief networks”. Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention-MICCAI 2015, October 5-9, Springer International Publishing, pp. 70-77, 2015.

  • J.T. Kwak, S.M. Hewitt, S. Xu, B.J. Wood, “Multiview boosting for prostate cancer diagnosis”. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE. August 25-29 2015.

  • J.T. Kwak, S.M. Hewitt, S. Xu, P.A. Pinto, B.J. Wood, “Nucleus detection using gradient orientation information and linear least squares regression”. SPIE Medical Imaging, International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2015.

  • N. Uniyal, F. Imani, A. Tahmasebi, P. Choyke, B. Turkbey, P.A. Pinto, B.J. Wood, S. Xu, J.T. Kwak, P. Yan, J. Kruecker, S. Bharat, H. Agarwal, P. Abolmaesumi, P. Mousavi, M. Moradi, “Ultrasound-based prediction of prostate cancer in MRI-guided biopsy”. Clinical Image-based Procedures. Translational Research in Medical Imaging. 2014. (Best paper award, 3rd place)

  • S. Xu, J. Kruecker, H. Amalou, J.T. Kwak, B.J. Wood, “Real-time treatment iterative planning for composite ablations”. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, June 25-28 2014.

  • J.T. Kwak, S. Xu, P.A. Pinto, B. Turkbey, M. Bernardo, P.L. Choyke, B.J. Wood, “A multiview boosting approach to tissue segmentation”. SPIE Medical Imaging, International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2014. (Cum Laude poster award, 1st place).

  • J.T. Kwak, S. Sinha, R. Bhargava, “A new segmentation framework for infrared spectroscopic imaging using frequent pattern mining”. Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, 2011 IEEE International Symposium on, pp.452-455, March 30 2011-April 2 2011. (Travel Award)


Patents

  • R. Bhargava, S. Sinha, and J.T. Kwak, “Automated prostate tissue referencing for cancer detection and diagnosis.” Jan. 2016, US9230063.