Biosketch

Ronald M. Summers received the BA degree in physics and the MD and PhD degrees in Medicine/Anatomy & Cell Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a medical internship at the Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, a radiology residency at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, and an MRI fellowship at Duke University, Durham, NC. In 1994, he joined the Diagnostic Radiology Department at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, where he is now a tenured Senior Investigator and Staff Radiologist. He is currently Chief of the Clinical Image Processing Service and directs the Imaging Biomarkers and Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) Laboratory. In 2000, he received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, presented by Dr. Neal Lane, President Clinton's science advisor. His research interests include virtual colonoscopy, CAD, multi-organ multi-atlas registration and development of large radiologic image databases. His clinical areas of specialty are thoracic and gastrointestinal radiology and body cross-sectional imaging. He is an Editorial Board member of the journals Radiology and Academic Radiology. He was a co-chair of the Computer-aided Diagnosis program of the annual SPIE Medical Imaging conference in 2010 and 2011. He has co-authored over 200 journal, review and conference proceedings articles and is a co-inventor on nine patents.

Selected Publications

Summers RM. Navigational Aids for Real-Time Virtual Bronchoscopy. AJR 168:1165-1170 (1997).

Jones E, Feuerstein IM, Tucker E, Summers RM, Spray TL, Hoeg JM. Aortic hypoplasia in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Am J Cardiol 81:1242-3 (1998).

Summers RM, Shaw DJ, Shelhamer JH. CT virtual bronchoscopy of simulated endobronchial lesions: effect of scanning, reconstruction, and display settings and potential pitfalls. AJR 170:947-950 (1998).

Summers RM, Selbie WS, Malley JD, Pusanik LM, Dwyer AJ, Courcoutsakis NA, Shaw DJ, Kleiner DE, Sneller MC, Langford CA, Holland SM, Shelhamer JH. Polypoid lesions of airways: early experience with computer-assisted detection by using virtual bronchoscopy and surface curvature. Radiology 208:331-337 (1998).

Summers RM, Andrasko-Bourgeois J, Feuerstein IM, Hill SC, Jones EC, Busse MK, Wise B, Bove KE, Rishforth BA, Tucker E, Spray TL, Hoeg JM. The Evaluation of the Aortic Root by MRI: Insights from Patients with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia. Circulation 98(6):509-518 (1998).

Kitsiou AN, Srinivasan G, Quyyumi AA, Summers RM, Bacharach SL, Dilsizian V. Stress-Induced Reversible and Mild-to-Moderate Irreversible Thallium Defects: Are They Equally Accurate for Predicting Recovery of Regional Left Ventricular Function After Revascularization? Circulation 98(6):501-508 (1998).

SUMMERS RM, Brune AM, Choyke PL, Chow CK, Patronas NJ, Miller FW, White PH, Malley JD, Rider LG. Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: Exercise-induced Changes in Muscle at Short Inversion Time Inversion-Recovery MR Imaging. Radiology 209:191-196 (1998).

Kitsiou AN; Bacharach SL; Bartlett ML; Srinivasan G; Summers RM; Quyyumi AA; Dilsizian V. 13N-ammonia myocardial blood flow and uptake: relation to functional outcome of asynergic regions after revascularization. J Am Coll Cardiol Mar;33(3):678-86 (1999).

Luke MC, Darling TN, Hsu R, Summers RM, Smith JA, Solomon BI, Thomas GR, Yancey KB. Mucosal morbidity in patients with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita. Arch Dermatol 135: (8) 954-959 (1999).

Zeh H, Choyke PL, Alexander HR, Bartlett DL, Libutti SK, Chang R, Summers RM. Gadolinium-enhanced 3-D magnetic resonance angiography prior to isolated hepatic perfusion for metastases. J Comput Assist Tomogr 23: (5) 664-669 (1999).

Summers RM, Beaulieu CF, Pusanik LM, Malley JD, Jeffrey RB, Jr., Glazer DI, Napel S. An Automated Polyp Detector for CT Colonography - Feasibility Study. Radiology 216: 284-290 (2000).

Yim PJ, Choyke PL, Summers RM. Grey-scale skeletonization of small vessels in magnetic resonance angiography. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 19(6) 568-576 (2000).

Kimball AB, Summers RM, Turner M, Dugan EM, Hicks J, Miller FW, Rider LG. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detects Occult Skin and Subcutaneous Abnormalities in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Implications for Diagnosis and Therapy. Arthritis Rheum, 43: 1866-1873 (2000).

Choyke PL, Yim P, Marcos H, Ho VB, Mullick R, Summers RM. Hepatic MR Angiography: A Multiobserver Comparison of Visualization Methods. Am J Roentgenol AJR 176:465-470 (2001).

Summers RM, Johnson CD, Pusanik LM, Malley JD, Youssef AM, Reed JE. Automated Polyp Detection at CT Colonography: Feasibility Assessment in a Human Population. Radiology 219:51-59 (2001).

Summers RM, Choyke PL, Patronas NJ, Tucker E, Wise B, Busse MK, Brewer HB, Shamburek RD. Magnetic resonance virtual angioscopy of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. J Comput Assist Tomogr 25: (3) 371-377 (2001).

Summers RM, Aggarwal NR, Sneller MC, Cowan MJ, Wood BJ, Langford CA, Shelhamer JH. CT Virtual Bronchoscopy of the Central Airways in Wegener's Granulomatosis (838 KB) [disclaimer]. Chest 121:242-250 (2002).

Hicks JE, Drinkard B, Summers RM, Rider RG. Decreased aerobic capacity in children with juvenile dermatomyositis. Arthritis and Rheumatism (Arthritis Care and Research), 47: 118-123 (2002).

Finkelstein SE, Summers RM, Nguyen DM, Stewart JH, Tretler JA, Schrump DS. Virtual bronchoscopy for evaluation of thoracic malignancies. J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg 123: 967-72 (2002).

Summers RM. Challenges for Computer-Aided Diagnosis for CT Colonography (1.5 MB) [disclaimer]. (Invited review article) Abdom Imaging, 27:268-274 (2002).

Jerebko AK, Summers RM, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Johnson CD. Computer-assisted detection of colonic polyps with CT colonography using neural networks and binary classification trees. Med Phys 30(1) 52-60 (2003).

Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Multi Neural Network Classification Scheme for Detection of Colonic Polyps in CT Colonography Data Sets . Acad Radiol 10 (2): 154-160 (2003).

Finkelstein SE, Schrump DS, Nguyen DM, Hewitt SM, Kunst TF, Summers RM. Comparative evaluation of super-high resolution computed tomography and virtual bronchoscopy for the detection of tracheobronchial malignancies. Chest 124(5):1834-1840 (2003). See movies at http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/124/5/1834/DC1 [disclaimer]

Iordanescu G, Summers RM. Automated centerline for computed tomography colonography. Academic Radiology 10:1291-1301 (2003).

Yao J, Miller M, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Colonic polyp segmentation in CT colonography based on fuzzy clustering and deformable models. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 23:1344-1352 (2004).

Solomon J, Mavinkurve S, Cox D, Summers RM. Computer assisted detection of subcutaneous melanomas: feasibility assessment. Academic Radiology 11(6):678-685 (2004).

Cebral JR, Summers RM. Tracheal and Central Bronchial Aerodynamics Using Virtual Bronchoscopy and Computational Fluid Dynamics IEEE Trans Med Imaging 23 (8): 1021-1033 (2004).

Summers RM, Yao J, Johnson CD. CT Colonography with Computer-Aided Detection: Automated Recognition of Ileocecal Valve to Reduce Number of False-Positive Detections. Radiology 233:266-272 (2004).

Summers RM, Franaszek M, Miller MT, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR, Schindler WR. Computer-Aided Detection of Polyps on Oral Contrast-Enhanced CT Colonography. Am J Roentgenol AJR 184:105-108 (2005).

Huber AM, Feldman BM, Rennebohm RM, Hicks JE, Lindsley CB, Perez MD, Zemel LS, Wallace CA, Ballinger SH, Passo MH, Reed AM, Summers RM, White PH, Katona IM, Miller FW, Lachenbruch PA, Rider LG. Validation and clinical significance of the childhood myositis assessment scale for assessment of muscle function in the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Arthritis Rheum 50 (5): 1595-1603 (2004).

Iordanescu G, Summers RM. Reduction of false positives on the rectal tube in computer-aided detection for CT colonography. Med Phys 31 (10):2855-2862 (2004).

Iordanescu G, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR, Summers RM. Automated Seed Placement for Colon Segmentation in CT Colonography. Academic Radiology 12: 182-190 (2005).

Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Franaszek M and Summers RM. Support vector machines committee classification method for computer-aided polyp detection in CT colonography. Academic Radiology 12: 479-486 (2005).

Summers RM, Yao J, Pickhardt PJ, Franaszek M, Bitter I, Brickman D, Krishna V, Choi JR. Computed tomographic virtual colonoscopy computer-aided polyp detection in a screening population. Gastroenterology 129: 1832-1844 (2005).

O'Connor SD , Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Oral Contrast Adherence to Polyps on CT Colonography. J Comput Assist Tomogr 30(1):51-57 (2006).

Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. Hybrid Segmentation of Colon Filled with Air and Opacified Fluid for CT Colonography. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 25(3):358-368 (2006).

Johnson KT, Johnson CD, Fletcher JG, MacCarty RL, Summers RM. CT Colonography using 360° Virtual Dissection: A Feasibility Study. AJR 186:90-95 (2006).

Summers RM, Huang A, Yao J, Campbell SR, Dempsey JE, Dwyer AJ, Franaszek M, Brickman DS, Bitter I, Petrick N, Hara AK. Assessment of Polyp and Mass Histopathology by Intravenous Contrast-enhanced CT Colonography. Academic Radiology, accepted for publication.

Summers RM, Yao J, Pickhardt PJ, Franaszek M, Bitter I, Brickman D, Krishna V, Choi JR. Computed tomographic virtual colonoscopy computer-aided polyp detection in a screening population. Gastroenterology 129: 1832-1844 (2005). [Article highlighted in an accompanying editorial: Bond JH. Progress in refining virtual colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. Gastroenterology 129: 2103-2106 (2005).]

O'Connor SD, Summers RM, Yao J, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. CT Colonography with Computer Aided Polyp Detection: Volume and Attenuation Thresholds to Reduce False Positive Findings Owing to the Ileocecal Valve. Radiology 241(2):426-432 (2006).

Yeshwant SC, Summers RM, Yao J, Brickman D, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Polyps: Linear and Volumetric Measurement at CT Colonography. Radiology 241(3):802-811 (2006).

Bitter I, Van Uitert R, Wolf I, Tzatha E, Gharib AM, Summers RM, Meinzer H-P, and Pettigrew R. Virtual Contrast for Coronary Vessels Based on Level Set Generated Subvoxel Accurate Centerlines. Intl J Biomed Imaging, Volume 2006, Article ID 94025, 8 pages (2006).

Li J, Yao J, Summers RM, Petrick N, Hara A. An efficient feature selection algorithm for computer-aided polyp detection. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools 15(6):893-915 (2006).

Frentz SM, Summers RM. Current Status of CT Colonography. Academic Radiology 13:1517-1531 (2006). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1764496

Summers RM, Huang A, Yao J, Campbell SR, Dempsey JE, Dwyer AJ, Franaszek M, Brickman DS, Bitter I, Petrick N, Hara AK. Assessment of Polyp and Mass Histopathology by Intravenous Contrast-enhanced CT Colonography. Academic Radiology 13:1490-1495 (2006).

O'Connor SD, Yao J, Summers RM. Lytic Metastases in Thoracolumbar Spine: Computer Aided Detection at CT -- Preliminary Study. Radiology 242(3): 811-816 + supplemental material (2007); erratum Radiology 244(1): 320 (2007). Images featured on the cover of the journal.

Huang A, Roy D, Summers RM, Franaszek M, Petrick N, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Teniae Coli-Based Circumferential Localization System for CT Colonography: Feasibility Study. Radiology 243(2):551-560 (2007) and supplemental material at http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/243/2/551/DC1 [disclaimer].

Van Uitert RL, Summers RM. Automatic correction of level set based subvoxel precise centerlines for virtual colonoscopy using the colon outer wall. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 26(8):1069-1078 (2007).

Yao J, Summers RM. Adaptive deformable model for colonic polyp segmentation and measurement on CT colonography. Med Phys 34(5):1655-1664 (2007).

Fletcher JG, Booya F, Summers RM, Roy D, Guendel L, Schmidt B, McCollough CH, Fidler JL. Comparative Performance of Two Polyp Detection Systems on CT Colonography. AJR 189:277-282 (2007).

Deshpande KK, Summers RM, Van Uitert RL, Franaszek M, Brown L, Dwyer AJ, Fletcher JG, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Quality Assessment for CT Colonography: Validation of Automated Measurement of Colonic Distention and Residual Fluid. AJR 189:1457-1463 (2007).

Petrick N, Haider M, Summers RM, Yeshwant SC, Brown L, Iuliano EM, Louie A, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. CT Colonography with Computer-Aided Detection as a Second Reader: Observer Performance Study. Radiology 246(1):148-156 (2008); erratum Radiology 248(2): 704 (2008).

Wang S, Yao J, Summers RM. Improved classifier for computer-aided polyp detection in CT Colonography by nonlinear dimensionality reduction. Med Phys 35(4):1377-1386 (2008). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2669284

Summers RM, Handwerker LR, Pickhardt PJ, Van Uitert RL, Deshpande KK, Yeshwant S, Yao J, Franaszek M. Performance of a Previously Validated CT Colonography CAD System in a New Patient Population. AJR 191:168-174 (2008).

Li J, Van Uitert R, Yao J, Petrick N, Franaszek M, Huang A, Summers RM. Wavelet Method for CT Colonography Computer-aided Polyp Detection. Medical Physics 35(8):3527-3538 (2008). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562642

Van Uitert RL, Summers RM, White JM, Deshpande KK, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Temporal and Multi-Institutional Quality Assessment of CT Colonography. AJR 191:1503-1508 (2008). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2585516

Summers RM, Frentz S, Liu J, Yao J, Brown L, Louie A, Barlow DS, Jensen DW, Dwyer AJ, Pickhardt PJ, Petrick N. Conspicuity of Colorectal Polyps at CT Colonography: Visual Assessment, CAD Performance, and the Important Role of Polyp Height. Academic Radiology 16:4-14 (2009). [Article highlighted in an accompanying editorial: Krupinski EA. What can the radiologist teach CAD: lessons from CT colonoscopy. Academic Radiology 16:1-3 (2009).]

Yao J, Li J, Summers RM. Employing Topographical Height Map in Colonic Polyp Measurement and False Positive Reduction. Pattern Recognition 42:1029-1040 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2659680

Linguraru MG, Yao J, Gautam R, Peterson J, Li Z, Linehan WM, Summers RM. Renal Tumor Quantification and Classification in Contrast-Enhanced Abdominal CT. Pattern Recognition 42: 1149-1161 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2658597

Liu J, Yao J, Summers RM. Scale-based scatter correction for computer-aided polyp detection in CT colonography. Medical Physics 35(12):5664-5671 (2008). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2644449

Li J, Huang A, Yao J, Liu J, Van Uitert RL, Petrick NA, Summers RM. Optimizing Computer-aided Colonic Polyp Detection for CT Colonography by Evolving the Pareto Front. Medical Physics 36(1):201-212 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2654220

Summers RM, Swift JA, Dwyer AJ, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Normalized Distance Along the Colon Centerline: A Method for Correlating Polyp Location on CT Colonography and Optical Colonoscopy. AJR 193:1296-1304 (2009). [Article highlighted in an accompanying editorial: Dachman AH. Comparison of Optical Colonoscopy and CT Colonography for Polyp Detection AJR 193:1289-1290 (2009).]

Summers RM, Liu J, Yao J, Brown L, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Automated Measurement of Colorectal Polyp Height at CT Colonography: Hyperplastic Polyps are Flatter than Adenomatous Polyps. AJR 193:1305-1310 (2009).

Wang S, Yao J, Liu J, Petrick N, Van Uitert RL, Periaswamy S, Summers RM. Registration of prone and supine CT colonography scans using correlation optimized warping and canonical correlation analysis. Medical Physics 36 (12): 5595-5603 (2009).

Linguraru MG, Sandberg JK, Li Z, Shah F, Summers RM. Automated segmentation and quantification of liver and spleen from CT images using normalized probabilistic atlases and enhancement estimation. Medical Physics 37(2): 771-783 (2010).

Yuan S, Roney CA, Wierwille, J, Chen, C-W, Xu B, Jiang J, Hongzhou Ma, Cable A, Summers RM, Chen Y. Combining optical coherence tomography with fluorescence molecular imaging: towards simultaneous morphology and molecular imaging. Phys. Med. Biol. 55:191-206 (2010).

Wang S, Yao J, Petrick N, Summers RM. Combining Statistical and Geometric Features for Colonic Polyp Detection in CTC Based on Multiple Kernel Learning. International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications. International J Computational Intelligence and Applications 9 (1):1-15 (2010).

Linguraru MG, Pura J, Van Uitert RL Mukherjee N, Summers RM, Minniti C, Gladwin MT, Kato G, Machado RF, Wood BJ. Segmentation and Quantification of Pulmonary Artery for Non-invasive CT Assessment of Sickle Cell Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension. Medical Physics 37(4):1522-1532 (2010).

Summers RM. The Elephant in the Room: Bowel Preparation for CT Colonography. Academic Radiology 16(7):777-779 (2009).

Summers RM. Improving the accuracy of CTC interpretation: Computer-aided detection. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America 20(2):245-257 (2010).

Summers RM. Polyp size measurement at CT colonography: What do we know and what do we need to know? Radiology 255(3):707-720 (2010).

Summers RM. Dose Reduction in CT: The Time Is Now. Academic Radiology 17 (10):
1201-1202 (2010).

Yao J, Chowdhury AS, Aman J, Summers RM. Reversible Projection Technique for Colon Unfolding. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 57(12) 2861-2869 (2010).

Chowdhury AS, Tan S, Yao J, Summers RM. Colonic Fold Detection from Computed Tomographic Colonography Images using Diffusion-FCM and Level Sets. Pattern Recognition Letters 31(9):876-883 (2010).

Huang A, Li J, Summers RM, Petrick N, Hara AK. Improving polyp detection algorithms for CT colonography: Pareto front approach. Pattern Recognition Letters 31:1461-1469 (2010).

Summers RM, Liu J, Rehani B, Stafford P, Brown L, Louie A, Barlow DS, Jensen DW, Cash B, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ, Petrick N. CT colonography computer-aided polyp detection: effect on radiologist observers of polyp identification by CAD on both the supine and prone scans. Academic Radiology 17:948-959 (2010). [Article highlighted in an accompanying editorial: Nappi JJ. CADe prompts and observer performance: A game of confidence. Academic Radiology 17:945-947 (2010).]

Dachman AH, Obuchowski NA, Hoffmeister JW, Hinshaw JL, Frew MI, Winter TC, Van Uitert RL, Periaswamy S, Summers RM, Hillman BJ. Effect of Computer-aided Detection for CT Colonography in a Multireader, Multicase Trial. Radiology 256(3):827-835 (2010) + supplemental material [Article highlighted in an accompanying podcast].

Roney CA, Xu B, Xie J, Yuan S, Wierwille J, Chen C-W, Chen Y, Griffiths GL, and Summers RM. Rh-I-UEA-1 polymerized liposomes target and image adenomatous polyps in the APCMin/+ mouse using optical colonography. Molecular Imaging 10(4):305-316 (2011). Images featured on the cover of the journal.

Summers RM, Baecher N, Yao J, Liu J, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR, Hill S. Feasibility of Simultaneous CT Colonography and Fully-Automated Bone Mineral Densitometry in a Single Examination. J Comput Assist Tomogr 35:212-216 (2011).

Yao J, Dwyer A, Summers RM, Mollura DJ. Computer-aided Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infections Using Texture Analysis and Support Vector Machine Classification. Acad Radiol 18(3):306-14 (2011).

Chen X, Yao J, Summers R. FEM-Based 3-D Tumor Growth Prediction for Kidney Tumor. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 58(3):463-467 (2011).

Pickhardt PJ, Lee LJ, Munoz del Rio A, Lauder T, Bruce RJ, Summers RM, Pooler BD, Binkley N. Simultaneous screening for osteoporosis at CT colonography: Bone mineral density assessment using MDCT attenuation techniques compared against the DXA reference standard. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 26(9):2194-203 (2011).

Liu J, Kabadi S, Van Uitert R, Petrick N, Deriche R, Summers RM. Improved Computer-Aided Detection of Small Polyps in CT Colonography using Interpolation for Curvature Estimation. Med Phys 38 (7): 4276-4284 (2011).

Linguraru MG, Wang, SJ, Shah F, Gautam R, Peterson J, Linehan WM, Summers RM.
Automated noninvasive classification of renal cancer on multiphase CT. Med Phys
38 (10): 5738-5746 (2011).

Linguraru MG, Panjwani N, Fletcher JG, Summers RM. Automated Image-based Colon Cleansing for Laxative-free CT Colonography. Computer-aided Polyp Detection. Med Phys in press.

Nguyen TB, Wang SW, Anugu V, Rose N, McKenna M, Petrick N, Burns JE, Summers RM.
Distributed Human Intelligence for Colonic Polyp Classification in Computer-aided Detection for CT Colonography. Radiology in press.

Conference Proceedings and Other Articles

Summers RM, Pusanik LM, and Malley JD. Automatic detection of endobronchial lesions with virtual bronchoscopy: comparison of two methods In Medical Imaging 1998: Image Processing, Kenneth M. Hanson, Editor, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3338, 327-335 (1998).

Summers RM. Image gallery: a tool for rapid endobronchial lesion detection and display using virtual bronchoscopy. J Digital Imaging 11 (3, Suppl 1 (August)): 53-55 (1998).

Summers RM, Pusanik LM, Malley JD and Hoeg JM. Fractal analysis of virtual endoscopy reconstructions. In Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen, C-T and Clough, AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3660, 258-269 (1999).

Yim PJ and Summers RM. Analytic surface reconstruction by local threshold estimation in the case of simple intensity contrasts. In Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen, C-T and Clough, AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3660, 288-300 (1999).

Summers RM. Virtual Bronchoscopy Using VRML. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 19 No. 3 (May/June) pp. 27-29 (1999).

Summers RM, Sneller MC, Langford CA, Shelhamer JH and Wood BJ. Improved Virtual Bronchoscopy Using a Multi-Slice Helical CT Scanner. In Medical Imaging 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen C-T and Clough AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3978, 117-121 (2000).

Yim PJ, Mullick R, Summers RM, Marcos H, Cebral JR, Lohner R, Choyke PL. Measurement of stenosis from magnetic resonance angiography using vessel skeletons. In Medical Imaging 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen C-T and Clough AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3978, 245-254 (2000).

Summers RM, Pusanik LM, Malley JD, Reed JE, Johnson CD. Method of labeling colonic polyps at CT colonography using computer-assisted detection. In Proceedings of 14th International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS), 785-789 (2000).

Summers RM, Cebral Jr. Tracheal and Central Bronchial Aerodynamics Using Virtual Bronchoscopy. In Medical Imaging 2001: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen, C-T and Clough, AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4321, pp. 22-31 (2001).

Summers RM, Jerebko AK, Franaszek M, Malley JD. An Integrated System for Computer-Aided Diagnosis in CT Colonography: Work-in-Progress. In Proceedings of 15th International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS), in press (2001).

Summers RM, Mullick R, Finkelstein SE, Schrump DS. Confocal volume rendering of the thorax. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 7-10, 2001, pp. 297-299.

Summers RM, Agcaoili CML, McAuliffe MJ, Dalal SS, Yim PJ, Choyke PL, Walther MM, Linehan WM. Helical CT of von Hippel-Lindau: Semi-automated Segmentation of Renal Lesions. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 7-10, 2001, pp.293-296.

Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Multi network classification scheme for detection of colonic polyps in CT colonography data sets. In Medical Imaging 2002: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Chen, C-T and Clough, AV, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4683, 207-212 (2002).

Summers RM. Current concepts and future directions in computer-aided diagnosis for CT colonography, syllabus chapter for Third International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, 68-72 (2002); and Proceedings of CARS, 16th International Congress and Exhibition, pp. 743-748 (2002).

Miller M, Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Summers RM. Comparison of stochastic vs. heuristic feature subset selection methods for improving classification algorithms in computer-aided detection. In Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Clough AV and Amini A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031, 102-110 (2003).

Malley JD, Jerebko AK, Summers RM. Committee of support vector machines for detection of colonic polyps from CT scans. In Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Clough AV and Amini A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031, 570-578 (2003).

Jerebko AK, Teerlink S, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Polyp segmentation method for CT colonography computer-aided detection. In Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Clough AV and Amini A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031, 359-369 (2003).

Yao J, Miller M, Summers RM. Automatic segmentation and detection of colonic polyps in CT colonography based on knowledge-guided deformable models . In Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Clough AV and Amini A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031, 370-380 (2003).

Iordanescu G, Summers RM. Benefits of centerline analysis for CT colonography computer-aided polyp detection. In Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Clough AV and Amini A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031, 388-397 (2003).

Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Computer-aided polyp detection in CT colonography using an ensemble of support vector machines. In CARS 2003. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. Proceedings of the 17th International Congress and Exhibition, H. U. Lemke, M.W. Vannier, K. Inamura, A.G. Farman, K. Doi and J. H.C. Reiber, Eds., Vol. 1256, 1019 - 1024 (2003).

Campbell SR, Summers RM. Analysis of Kernel Method for Surface Curvature Estimation. In CARS 2004. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. Proceedings of the 18th International Congress and Exhibition, H. U. Lemke, M.W. Vannier, K. Inamura, A.G. Farman, K. Doi and J. H.C. Reiber, Eds., Vol. 1268, 999-1003 (2004).

Yao J, Summers RM. Three-dimensional colonic polyp segmentation using dynamic deformable surfaces. In Medical Imaging 2004: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Amini A and Manduca A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5369, p. 280-289 (2004).

Bitter I, Brown JE, Brickman D, Summers RM. Large scale validation of a computer aided polyp detection algorithm for CT colonography using cluster computing. In Medical Imaging 2004: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Amini A and Manduca A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5369, p. 290-294 (2004).

Summers RM, Bitter I, Petrick N. Virtual colonoscopy [Letter to the Editor]. JAMA. Vol. 292, No. 4 (July 28), pp. 432-433 (2004).

Yao J, Summers RM, Hara AK. Optimizing the committee of support vector machines (SVM) in a colonic polyp CAD system . In Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Amini AA and Manduca A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5746, p. 384-392 (2005).

Huang A, Summers RM, Hara AK. Surface curvature estimation for automatic colonic polyp detection. In Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Amini AA and Manduca A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5746, p. 393-402 (2005).

Bitter I, Aslam B, Huang A, Summers RM. Candidate determination for computer-aided detection of colon polyps. In Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Amini AA and Manduca A, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5746, p. 804-809 (2005).

Summers RM. Current concepts and future directions in CT colonography computer-aided detection. Symposium on Future CAD, Proceedings of First International Symposium on Intelligent Assistance in Diagnosis of Multi-Dimensional Medical Images, Nagoya University, Japan, pp. I-50 to I-55 (2005).

Li J, Yao J, Summers RM, Hara A. An efficient feature selection algorithm for computer-aided polyp detection. Proceedings of 18th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIR), pp.381-386 (2005).

Vannier MW and Summers RM. Sharing Images. Radiology 228:23-25 (2003).

Summers RM. Roadmaps for Advancement of Radiologic Computer-Aided Detection in the Twenty-First Century. Radiology 229:11-13 (2003).

Summers RM. Science to Practice. Detection of active colonic hemorrhage with use of helical CT: Findings in a swine model. (invited review) Radiology 228:599-600 (2003).

Summers RM. Computer-aided diagnosis for colonography, syllabus chapter for Fourth International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, 84-89 (2003).

Finkelstein SE, Summers RM, Nguyen DM, Schrump DS. Virtual bronchoscopy for evaluation of airway disease. Thorac Surg Clin 14:79-86 (2004).

Liang JZ, Higgins WE, Summers RM, Yoshida H. Introduction to the special section on virtual endoscopy. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 23(11):1333-1334 (2004).

Summers RM. Computer-aided detection for CT colonography, syllabus chapter for Fifth International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, 87-94 (2004).

Partain CL, Chan H-P, Gelovani JG, Giger ML, Izatt JA, Jolesz FA, Kandarpa K, Li KCP, McNitt-Gray M, Napel S, Summers RM, and Gazelle GS. Biomedical Imaging Research Opportunities Workshop II: Report and Recommendations. Radiology in press.

Huang A, Roy D, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Teniae coli guided navigation and registration for virtual colonoscopy . Proceedings of IEEE Visualization Conference, pp. 279-285 (2005).

Tan S, Yao J, Ward MM, Yao L, Summers RM. Level set based vertebra segmentation for the evaluation of ankylosing spondylitis. In Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, Reinhardt JM and Pluim JP, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6144, pp. 58-67 (2006).

Tan S, Yao J, Ward MM, Yao L, Summers RM. Computer aided evaluation of ankylosing > spondylitis. In: IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging. Arlington: IEEE, 2006; pp. 339-342.

Li J, Franaszek M, Petrick N, Yao J, Huang A, Summers RM. Wavelet Method for CT Colonography Computer-aided Polyp Detection. In proceedings of ISBI 2006, pp. 1316-1319.

Li J, Yao J, Petrick N, Summers RM, Hara AK. Hybrid Committee Classifiers for a Computerized Colonic Polyp Detection System. In Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, Vol. 6144, pp. 1701-1709 (2006).

Li J, Huang A, Yao J, Bitter I, Summers RM, Pickhardt P, Choi JR. Automatic Colonic Polyp Detection Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Technique. In Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, Vol. 6144, pp. 1742-1750 (2006).

Greenblum S, Li J, Huang A, Summers RM. Wavelet Analysis in Virtual Colonoscopy. In Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Vol. 6143, pp. 992-999 (2006).

Van Uitert R, Bitter I, Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Quantitative Assessment of Colon Distention for Polyp Detection in CT Virtual Colonoscopy. In Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Vol. 6143, pp. 451-457 (2006).

Van Uitert R, Bitter I, Franaszek M, Summers R. Automatic Correction of Level Set Based Subvoxel Accurate Centerlines for Virtual Colonoscopy. In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging 2006, pp. 303-306.

Huang A, Summers RM, Roy D. Synchronous navigation for CT colonography. In Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images. Vol. 6143, pp. 397-404 (2006).

Yao J, O'Connor SD, Summers RM. Computer Aided Lytic Bone Metastasis Detection Using Regular CT Images. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; Vol. 6144, pp. 1692-1700 (2006).

Yao J, O'Connor S, Summers RM. Automated spinal column extraction and partitioning. In: IEEE Symposium of Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2006, pp. 390-393.

Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. Automatic procedure to distinguish colonic polyps located on fold vs. not on fold. In Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, Manduca A and Amini AA Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6143, p. 434-443 (2006).

Bitter I, Kelsey M, Summers RM. Performance Tuning of Candidate Determination Methods for Computer Aided Detection of Colon Polyps. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; Vol. 6143, pp. 444-450 (2006).

Pilkinton D, Bitter I, Summers RM, Campbell S, Choi RJ, Pickhardt PJ. The Effect of Edge-Preserving Image Smoothing on Automatic Colonic Polyp Detection for CT Colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; Vol. 6143, pp. 984-991 (2006).

Franaszek M, Summers RM. Asymmetric affinity in fuzzy connectedness segmentation for oral contrast-enhanced CT colonography. In: Proceedings of 19th IEEE Int'l Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems. LosAlamitos:IEEE, pp. 419-423 (2006).

Van Uitert R, Bitter I, Summers RM. Detection of colon wall outer boundary and segmentation of the colon wall based on level set methods. In IEEE EMBS International Conference 2006, pp. 3017-3020.

Van Uitert RL, Li J, Summers RM. Computer-aided detection of colonic diverticular disease. In: IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From nano to macro, 1244-1247 (2007).

Tan S, Yao J, Ward MM, Yao L, Summers RM. 3-D multiscale level set segmentation of vertebrae. Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From nano to macro, 896-899 (2007).

Yao J, Summers RM. Detection and segmentation of colonic polyps on haustral folds. Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From nano to macro, 900-903 (2007).

Van Uitert R, Summers RM. Colonic wall thickness using level sets for CT virtual colonoscopy visual assessment and polyp detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego:SPIE, 2007; 65110S-1 to -7.

Jabour PA, Huang A, Summers RM. Using the teniae coli as a registration tool in CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 65110U-1 to -7.

Campbell S, Summers RM. Analysis of kernel method for surface curvature estimation. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 65112I-1 to -10.

Tan S, Yao J, Ward MM, Yao L, Summers RM. Level sets on non-planar manifolds for ridge detection on isosurfaces. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 651230-1 to -12.

Huang A, Li J, Summers RM, Petrick NA, Hara AK. Using Pareto fronts to evaluate polyp detection algorithms for CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 651407-1 to -11.

Lamy J, Summers RM. Intra-patient colon surface registration based on teniae coli. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 65140C-1 to -8.

Li J, Huang A, Petrick NA, Yao J, Summers RM. Validating Pareto optimal operation parameters of polyp detection algorithms for CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 65142G-1 to -8.

Yao J, Li J, Summers RM. Collaborative classifiers in CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 65142H-1 to -8.

Yao J, Li J, Summers RM. CT colonography computer-aided polyp detection using topographical height map. Proc of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing. San Antonio, TX. 2007; V-21 to V-24.

Lamy J, Summers RM. Teniae coli detection from colon surface: Extraction of anatomical markers for virtual colonoscopy. G. Bebis et al. (Eds.): ISVC 2007, Part I, LNCS 4841, pp. 199-207 (2007).

Linguraru MG, Summers RM. Multi-organ automatic segmentation in 4D contrast enhanced-abdominal CT. Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, 45-48 (2008).

Summers RM, Liu J, Rehani B, Stafford P, Brown L, Louie A. CT colonography computer-aided polyp detection: An observer study showing the benefit of a CAD system that detects the polyp on both the supine and prone scan. Proceedings of CARS (Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery), Int J CARS 3(Suppl 1):S189-S190 (2008).

Tan S, Yao J, Yao L, Summers RM, Ward MM. Acetabular rim and surface segmentation for hip surgery planning and dysplasia evaluation. In: Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 2008;6918

Wang S, Yao J, Summers RM. DMLLE: A large-scale dimensionality reduction method for detection of polyps in CT Colonography. In: Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 2008;6915

Wang S, Van Uitert RL, Summers RM. Automated matching of supine and prone colonic polyps based on PCA and SVMs. In: Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 2008;6915

Roney CA, Xie J, Xu B, Jabour P, Griffiths G, Summers RM. Glycoprotein expression by adenomatous polyps of the colon. In: Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 2008;6916

Linguraru MG, Mukherjee N, Van Uitert RL, et al. Pulmonary artery segmentation and quantification in sickle cell associated pulmonary hypertension. In: Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 2008;6916

Yao J, Frentz S, Li J, Summers R. Polyp height and width measurement using topographic height map. In: Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 2008;6916

Tan S, Yao J, Yao L, Summers RM, Ward MM. Vertebral surface registration using ridgelines/crestlines. In: Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 2008;6914

Linguraru MG, Orandi BJ, Van Uitert RL, Mukherjee N, Summers RM, Gladwin MT, Machado RF, Wood BJ. CT and image processing non-invasive indicators of sickle cell secondary pulmonary hypertension. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2008;1:859-862 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656258

Reyes M, Gonzalez Ballester MA, Li Z, Kozic N, Summers RM, Linguraru MG. Interpretability of anatomical variability analysis of abdominal organs via clusterization of decomposition modes. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2008;1:355-358 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684465

Linguraru MG, Zhao S, Van Uitert RL, Liu J, Fletcher JG, Manduca A, Summers, RM. CAD of colon cancer on CT colonography cases without cathartic bowel preparation. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2008;1:2996-2999 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630581

Linguraru MG, Van Uitert RL, Zhao S, Liu J, Fletcher JG, Johnson CD, Summers RM. Heterogeneous Stool Removal for Laxative-free CT Colonography. H. Yoshida (Ed.) Proc MICCAI 2008 Workshop on Computational and Visualization Challenges in the New Era of Virtual Colonoscopy, pp. 85-90 (2008).

Liu J, Kabadi S, Van Uitert R, Petrick N, Summers RM. Colon cancer polyp detection: Calculating curvature using Deriche filters and interpolation. Yoshida (Eds.): MICCAI 2008, Workshop on Computational and Visualization Challenges in the New Era of Virtual Colonoscopy, pp. 40-46 (2008).

Chowdhury AS, Yao J, Van Uitert RL, Linguraru MG, Summers RM. Detection of anatomical landmarks in human colon from computed tomographic colonography images. In: Proceedings of Nineteenth International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Tampa, 2008.

Wang S, Yao J, Summers RM. Matching colonic polyps from prone and supine CT colonography scans based on statistical curvature information. In: Proceedings of Nineteenth International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), 2008.

Liu J, Wang S, Kabadi S, Summers RM. High-performance computer aided detection system for polyp detection in CT colonography with fluid and fecal tagging. In: Computer-Aided Diagnosis – Proceedings of SPIE, 72601B-1 to B-7 (2009).

Glynn PJ, Summers RM. Automated labeling of anatomic segments of the colon in CT colonography. In: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE 72622O-1 to O-4 (2009).

Han W, Yao J, Chen J, Summers RM. Clinical Image Processing Engine. In: Advanced PACS-based Imaging Informatics and Therapeutic Applications – Proceedings of SPIE 726408-1 to 8-9 (2009).

Chowdhury AS, Tan S, Yao J, Linguraru MG, Summers RM. Two Methods of Haustral Fold Detection from Computed Tomographic Virtual Colonoscopy Images. In: Computer-Aided Diagnosis – Proceedings of SPIE 72602U-1 to U-8 (2009).

Linguraru MG, Li Z, Shah F, Chin See, Summers RM. Automated Liver Segmentation using a Normalized Probabilistic Atlas. In: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging – Proceedings of SPIE 72622R-1 to R-8 (2009).

Wang S, Yao J, Petrick NA, Summers RM. Combining heterogeneous features for colonic polyp detection in CTC based on semi-definite programming. In: Computer-Aided Diagnosis – Proceedings of SPIE 72602R-1 to R-8 (2009).

Yao J, Summers RM. Employing Anatomical Knowledge in Vertebral Column Labeling. In Image Processing – Proceedings of SPIE 72593Y-1 to Y-8 (2009).

Wang S, Summers RM, Zhang C. A Fast Mean-field Method for Large-scale High-dimensional data and its Application in Colonic Polyp Detection at CT Colonography, in Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, pp. 3251-3258 (2009).

Aman J, Yao J, Summers RM, Reducing The False Positive Rate Of Computer Aided Detection For CT Colonography Using Content Based Image Retrieval, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, p915-918 (2009).

Yao J, Han W, Summers RM, Computer Aided Evaluation Of Pleural Effusion Using Chest Ct Images, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, p241-244 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2856345

Wang S, Yao J, Liu J, Petrick N, Summers RM, Centerline Registration Of Prone And Supine CT Colonography Scans Based On Correlation Optimized Warping And Anatomical Landmarks, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, p955-958 (2009).

Linguraru MG, Gautam R, Peterson J, Yao J, Linehan WM, Summers RM. Renal Tumor Quantification and Classification in Triple-Phase Contrast-Enhanced Abdominal CT. In: IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 1310-1313 (2009).

Reyes M, Gonzalez Ballester MA, Li Z, Kozic N, Chin S, Summers RM, Linguraru MG. Anatomical Variability of Organs via Principal Factor Analysis from the Construction of an Abdominal Probabilistic Atlas. In: IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 682-685 (2009).

Wang S, Yao J, Liu J, Petrick N, Summers RM. Registration of Prone and Supine CT Colonography Scans Based on Correlation Optimized Warping and Canonical Correlation Analysis. Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS Minneapolis, pp. 81-84 (2009).

Linguraru MG, Wang S, Shah F, Gautam R, Peterson J, Linehan WM, Summers RM. Computer-Aided Renal Cancer Quantification and Classification from Contrast-enhanced CT via Histograms of Curvature-Related Features. Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS Minneapolis, pp. 6679-6682 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790723

Tan S, Yao J, Ward MM, Summers RM. Linear Measurement of Polyps in CT Colonography Using Level Sets on 3D Surfaces. Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS Minneapolis, pp. 3617-3620 (2009).

Yao J, Summers RM. Statistical Location Model for Abdominal Organ Segmentation, MICCAI (Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention)2009, Part II, LNCS 5762, pp. 9-17 (2009).

Linguraru MG, Sandberg JK, Li Z, Pura JA, Summers RM. Atlas-Based Automated Segmentation of Spleen and Liver Using Adaptive Enhancement Estimation. MICCAI (Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention)2009, Part II, LNCS 5762, pp.1001-1008 (2009).

Yuan S, Lai M, Roney CA, Jiang J, Li Q, Ma H, Cable A, Summers RA, Chen Y. Combining optical coherence tomography with fluorescence molecular imaging: towards simultaneous morphology and molecular imaging, Proc. SPIE. Feb. 24, 2009; 7169: 71690O.

Reyes M, Gonzalez Ballester MA, Kozic N, Summers RM, Linguraru MG. Hierarchical Patch Generation for Multi-level Statistical Shape Analysis by Principal Factor Analysis Decomposition. In: Molthen, R.C. Weaver, J.B. (eds.) SPIE Medical Imaging 2010: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, Vol. 7626 (2010) 762617.

Wang S, Yao J, Petrick N, and Summers RM. Matching Colonic Polyps Using Correlation Optimized Warping. In: Computer-Aided Diagnosis – Proceedings of SPIE 76240E-1 to E-8 (2010).

Aman JM, Yao J, Summers RM. Content-based image retrieval on CT colonography using rotation and scale invariant features and bag-of-words model. IEEE ISBI, pp. 1357-1360 (2010).

Sussman DL, Yao J, Summers RM. Automated measurement and segmentation of abdominal adipose tissue in MRI. IEEE ISBI, pp. 936-939 (2010).

Summers RM, Roney C, Xie J, Xu B, Griffiths G. Polyp-specific contrast agents for virtual colonoscopy: Rationale and early developments. Proceedings of the 37th annual meeting of the Controlled Release Society (2 pages) (2010).

Aman JM, Summers RM, Yao J. Characterizing colonic detections in CT colonography using curvature-based feature descriptor and bag-of-words model. MICCAI 2010 Workshop on Computational Challenges and Clinical Opportunities in Virtual Colonoscopy and Abdominal Imaging, pp. 25-31 (2010).

Wei Z, Yao J, Wang S, Summers RM. Teniae coli extraction in human colon for computed tomographic colonography images. MICCAI 2010 Workshop on Computational Challenges and Clinical Opportunities in Virtual Colonoscopy and Abdominal Imaging, pp. 135-140 (2010).

Linguraru MG, Pura JA, Chowdhury AS, Summers RM. Multi-organ Segmentation from Multi-phase Abdominal CT via 4D Graphs Using Enhancement, Shape and Location Optimization. MICCAI 2010, Part III, LNCS 6363, pp. 89-96 (2010).

Liu X, Linguraru MG, Yao J, Summers RM. Organ Pose Distribution Model and an MAP Framework for Automated Abdominal Multi-Organ Localization. In: Liao, H. et al.
(eds.) Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality - MIAR 2010, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6326, Springer (2010) 393-402.

Wang S, Petrick N, Van Uitert RL, Periaswamy S, Summers RM. Graph matching based on mean field theory. Proceedings of 2010 IEEE 17th International Conference on Image Processing, pp. 1893-1896 (2010).

Chang KW, Liu J, Yao J, Summers RM. Improved method for predicting polyp location from CT colonography for optical colonoscopy. Proceedings of 2010 IEEE 17th International Conference on Image Processing, pp. 4365-4368 (2010).

Liu J, White JM, Summers RM. Automated detection of blob structures by Hessian analysis and object scale. Proceedings of 2010 IEEE 17th International Conference on Image Processing, pp. 841-844 (2010).

Wei Z, Yao J, Wang S, Summers RM. Haustral fold detection for CT colonography images using Gabor filter. Proceedings of Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, pp. 329-331 (2010).

Chen X, Summers RM, Yao J. Automatic 3D kidney segmentation based on shape constrained GC-OAAM. SPIE Medical Imaging 2011: Image Processing, Vol.
7962  paper 79623M (2011).

Liu J, Yao J, White JM, Summers RM. Computer-aided abdominal lymph node detection using contrast-enhanced CT images. SPIE Medical Imaging 2011:
Computer-Aided Diagnosis, Vol. 7963 paper 796313 (2011).

Aman JM, Summers RM, Yao J. Automatic colonic polyp shape determination using content-based image retrieval. SPIE Medical Imaging 2011: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, Vol. 7963 paper 79632G (2011).

Yao J, Dwyer AJ, Summers RM, Mollura DJ. Computer-aided assessment of pulmonary disease in novel swine-origin H1N1 influenza on CT. SPIE Medical Imaging 2011:
Computer-Aided Diagnosis, Vol. 7963 paper 79632W (2011).

Wang S, Petrick NA, Van Uitert RL, Periaswamy S, Summers RM. 3D supine and prone colon registration for computed tomographic colonography scans based on graph matching. SPIE Medical Imaging 2011: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, Vol. 7963 paper 79631F (2011).

Wei Z, Yao J, Wang S, Summers RM. Computer-aided teniae coli detection using height maps from computed tomographic colonography images. SPIE Medical Imaging
2011: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, Vol. 7963 paper 79631G (2011).

Watt J, Linguraru MG, Summers RM. Affine invariant parameterization to assess local shape in abdominal organs. SPIE Medical Imaging 2011: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, Vol. 7965 paper 79650F (2011).

Bi M, Summers RM, Yao J. Three-dimensional automatic computer aided evaluation of pleural effusions using chest CT images. SPIE Medical Imaging 2011:
Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, Vol.
7965 paper 79651W (2011).

Yao J, Sussman DL, Summers RM. Fully automated adipose tissue measurement on abdominal CT. SPIE Medical Imaging 2011: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, Vol. 7965 paper 79651Z (2011).

Wiese T, Burns J, Yao J, Summers RM. Computer-aided detection of sclerotic bone metastases in the spine using watershed algorithm and support vector machines.
Proceedings of IEEE ISBI pp. 152-155 (2011).

Wang S, Anugu V, Nguyen T, Rose N, Burns J, McKenna M, Petrick N, Summers RM.
Fusion of machine intelligence and human intelligence for colonic polyp detection in CT colonography. Proceedings of IEEE ISBI pp. 160-164 (2011).

Bliton J, Yao J, Bi M, Summers RM. Improved 3d automatic segmentation and measurement of pleural effusions. Proceedings of IEEE ISBI pp. 1954-1957 (2011).

Liu X, Linguraru MG, Yao J, Summers RM. Abdominal multi-organ localization on contrast-enhanced CT based on maximum a posteriori probability and minimum volume overlap. Proceedings of IEEE ISBI pp. 2083-2086 (2011).

Linguraru MG, Richbourg WJ, Watt JM, Pamulapati V, Summers RM. Liver and Tumor Segmentation and Analysis from CT of Diseased Patients via a Generic Affine Invariant Shape Parameterization and Graph Cuts. In: Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI Workshop on Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer New York (2011) (in press).

Panjwani N, Linguraru MG, Fletcher JG, Summers RM. Computer-aided Polyp Detection for Laxative-free CT Colonography. In: Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI Workshop on Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer New York (2011) (in press).

Okada T, Linguraru MG, Yoshida Y, Hori M, Summers RM, Chen YW, Tomiyama N, Sato Y. Prediction-based Statistical Atlas and its Application to Abdominal Multi-organ Segmentation in CT Images. In: Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI Workshop on Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer New York (2011) (in press).

Suzuki M, Linguraru MG, Summers RM, Okada K. Analyses of Missing Organs in Abdominal Multi-Organ Segmentation. In: Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI Workshop on Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer New York (2011) (in press).

Chowdhury AS, Burns J, Sen B, Mukherjee A, Yao J, Summers RM. Detection of pelvic fractures using graph cuts and curvatures. 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing. pp. 1605-1608 (2011).

Faruque JS, Rubin DL, Beaulieu CF, Rosenberg J, Summers RM, Kamaya A, Tye G, Napel S. A Scalable Reference Standard of Visual Similarity for a Content-Based Image Retrieval System. IEEE HISB (Healthcare Informatics, Imaging and Systems Biology) in press (2011).

Abstracts

Summers RM, Selbie WS, Malley JD, Pusanik L, Dwyer AJ, Courcoutsakis N, Kleiner DE, Sneller MC, Langford C, Shelhamer JH. Computer-Assisted Detection of Endobronchial Lesions Using Virtual Bronchoscopy: Application of Concepts from Differential Geometry, International Conference on Mathematical Models in Medical and Health Sciences, Nashville, Tennessee, May 28-31, 1997.

Yim PJ, Choyke PL, and Summers RM. Enhancement of the magnetic resonance angiogram, Ann. Biomed. Eng. 26 Suppl. 1, p. S-4, 1998.

Ludlow CL, Bielamowicz S, Purcell L, Ambalavana R, Summers R, Selbie WS. FES approaches to airway protection for swallowing, 29th Neural Prosthesis Workshop, October, 1998.

Ludlow CL, Bielamowicz S, Summers R, Selbie WS. Changes in vocal tract position and opening with mylohyoid muscle stimulation in a canine model. Dysphagia Research Society, October, 1998.

Summers RM and Dwyer AJ. Virtual Endoscopy: What We Need to Do Next, SPIE Medical Imaging 1999 Technical Abstracts, Paper 3660-11, p. 189, 1999.

Summers RM, Pusanik LM, Malley JD and Hoeg JM. Fractal analysis of virtual endoscopy reconstructions, SPIE Medical Imaging 1999 Technical Abstracts, Paper 3660-29, p. 207, 1999.

Yim PJ and Summers RM. Analytic surface reconstruction by local threshold estimation in the case of simple intensity contrasts, SPIE Medical Imaging 1999 Technical Abstracts, Paper 3660-32, p. 210, 1999.

Summers RM, Sneller MC, Langford CA, Shelhamer JH, Wood BJ. Improved Virtual Bronchoscopy Using a Multi-Slice Helical CT Scanner. SPIE Medical Imaging 2000: Technical Abstracts, Paper 3978-13, p. 46 (2000).

Yim PJ, Mullick R, Summers RM, Marcos H, Cebral JR, Lohner R, Choyke PL. Measurement of stenosis from magnetic resonance angiography using vessel skeletons. SPIE Medical Imaging 2000: Technical Abstracts, Paper 3978-26, p. 49 (2000).

Summers RM, Choyke PL, Patronas NJ, Tucker E, Wise B, Busse MK, Shamburek R. Magnetic resonance angiography of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. In: Procedures of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 8th Scientific Meeting, April 1-7, 2000, Denver, CO, Vol 3, p. 1662 (2000).

Summers RM, Cebral JR. Tracheal and > Central Bronchial Aerodynamics Using Virtual Bronchoscopy. SPIE Medical Imaging 2001: Technical Abstracts, Paper 4321-04, p. 45 (2001).

Finkelstein SE, Schrump DS, Nguyen DM, Stewart JH, Tretler JA, Summers RM. Virtual bronchoscopy in the evaluation of thoracic malignancies. 54th Annual Meeting of Society of Surgical Oncology, Washington, DC, March 15-18, 2001.

Summers RM, Jerebko A, Franaszek M, Malley JD, Johnson CD. Complementary role of computer-aided diagnosis for detecting colonic polyps with CT colonography. Annual Meeting of the American Gastrointestinal Association, Atlanta, GA, May 2001, Program Book, p. A-613; Gastroenterology 120: (5) A600-A601 Suppl. 1 APR 2001.

Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Multinetwork classification scheme for detection of colonic polyps in CT colonography data sets. SPIE Medical Imaging 2002: Technical Abstracts, Paper 4683-23, p. 58 (2002).

Finkelstein SE, Schrump DS, Nguyen DM, Hewitt SM, Stewart JH, Summers RM. Comparative evaluation of super-high resolution computed tomography and virtual bronchoscopy for detection of tracheobronchial malignancies. Chest 2002; 122:32S. Dr. Finkelstein was awarded the Cecile Lehman Mayer Research Award of the American College of Chest Physicians for this abstract and presentation at the ACCP Chest 2002 Annual Meeting.

Malley JD, Jerebko AK, Summers RM. Significant reductions in sample variance for estimating sensitivity of a CAD algorithm for CTC detection of colon polyps. Radiology 2002; 225(P):256-7.

Jerebko AK, Summers RM, Malley JD, Franaszek M, Johnson CD. Computer-assisted detection of colonic polyps with CT colonography using neural networks and binary classification trees. Radiology 2002; 225(P):257.

Jerebko AK, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Radon transform based polyp segmentation method for CT colonography computer aided diagnosis. Radiology 2002; 225(P):257.

Iordanescu G, Summers RM. Similarity measurement for CTC polyp detection. Radiology 2002; 225(P):257.

Fletcher JG, Summers RM, Johnson CD, MacCarty RL, Wilson LA. Lessons in detection: Contribution of computer-aided detection with perceptively challenging lesions at CT colonography. Radiology 2002; 225(P):304.

Summers RM, Jerebko AK, Franaszek M, Malley JD, Johnson CD. Complementary role of computer-aided detection of colonic polyps with CT colonography. Radiology 2002; 225(P):305.

Ling S, Summers RM, Loew MH, McCollough CH, Johnson CD. Computer-aided detecton of polyps in a colon phantom: Effect of scan orientation, polyp size, collimation and dose. Radiology 2002; 225(P):406.

Miller M, Jerebko AK, Malley JD, Summers RM. Comparison of stochastic vs. heuristic feature subset selection methods for improving classification algorithms in computer-aided detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2003; 5031-12, p. 47.

Jerebko AK, Teerlink S, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Polyp segmentation method for CT colonography computer-aided detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2003; 5031-40, pp. 52-53.

Yao J, Miller M, Franaszek M, Summers RM. Automatic segmentation and detection of colonic polyps in CT colonography based on knowledge-guided deformable models. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2003; 5031-41, p. 53.

Iordanescu G, Summers RM. Benefits of centerline analysis for CT colonography computer-aided polyp detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2003; 5031-43, p. 53.

Fidler J, Summers RM, Johnson CD. Computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) in the detection of flat polyps with CT colonography. In: Abdominal Radiology Course Syllabus, Society > of Gastrointestinal Radiologists and Society of Uroradiology Annual Meeting, Feb. 16-21, p. 33, 2003 and AJR 180:55 (2003).

Iordanescu G, Summers RM, Yao J. Rectal tube detection in CTC CAD. RSNA 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting Program, p. 473 (2003).

Yao J, Miller MT, Summers RM. Manual segmentation database for CT colonography computer-aided detection. RSNA 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting Program, p. 474 (2003).

Yao J, Summers RM. Three-dimensional colonic polyp segmentation using dynamic deformable surfaces. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2004; 5369-33, p. 60.

Bitter I, Brown JE, Brickman D, Summers RM. Large scale validation of a computer aided polyp detection algorithm for CT colonography using cluster computing. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2004; 5369-34, p. 60.

Iordanescu G, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ. Automatic colon segmentation in CTCCAD. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2004; 5369-35, p. 60.

Summers RM, Miller M, Franaszek M, Pickhardt P, Nugent P, Choi R, Schindler W. Assessment of bowel opacification on oral contrast enhanced CT Colonography - multi-institutional trial. Abdominal Radiology Course syllabus, Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists and Society of Uroradiology, pp. 34-35 (2004).

Summers RM, Dempsey J, Campbell SR, Yao J, Franaszek M, Brickman D, Dwyer A, Hara A. CT Colonography with IV Contrast Enhancement: Computer-aided Polyp and Mass Detection. AJR 182 (4): 75-75 Suppl. S (2004).

Fidler JL, Christensen JA, Summers RM, Fletcher JG, Johnson CD. Comparison of two automated mechanical CO2 insufflation devices for colonic distention in CT colonography. AJR 182 (4): 76-76 Suppl. S (2004).

Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR, Schindler W. Assessment of obscured colonic surface in CT colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 618 (2004).

Yao JH, Campbell S, Hara AK, Summers RM. Progressive feature vector selection scheme for computer-aided colonic polyp detection. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 633 (2004).

Brickman D, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR, Nugent PA, Bitter I. Estimation of optical colonoscopy polyp distance using CT colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 633 (2004).

Yao J, Summers RM, Hara AK. Optimizing the committee of support vector machines (SVM) in a colonic polyp CAD system. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2005; 5746-42, p. 127.

Huang A, Summers RM, Hara AK. Surface curvature estimation for automatic colonic polyp detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2005; 5746-43, p. 127-8.

Bitter I, Aslam B, Huang A, Summers RM. Candidate determination for computer-aided detection of colon polyps. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2005; 5746-96, p. 125.

O'Connor S, Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Adherent contrast as a marker for villous adenomas on CTC. American Medical Student Association Tenth Annual Poster Session abstract booklet, p. 52, March 17, 2005.

Roy DA, Huang HA, Summers RM, Franaszek M. Semi-automatic method for detection of tenia coli in CT colonography. Sixth International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, p. 174 (2005).

O'Connor S, Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Adherent contrast as a marker for villous adenomas on CTC. Sixth International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, p. 175. (2005).

Fletcher JG, Booya F, Summers RM, Roy D, Guendel L, Schmidt B et al. Comparative Performance of Two Available CAD Systems in CT Colonography (CTC). Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 336 (2005).

Summers RM, Yao J, Pickhardt PJ, Franaszek M, Bitter I, Choi JR, Brickman D, Krishna V. CT Virtual Colonoscopy Computer-aided Polyp Detection in a Screening Population. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 336 (2005).

Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. Hybrid Segmentation of Colon Filled with Air and Opacified Fluid for CT Colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 438 (2005).

Haider M, Summers RM, Iuliano EM, Brown L, Petrick N, Pickhardt PJ, et al. An Observer Performance Study: Computed Tomographic Colonography and Computer-aided Detection as a Second Reader. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 439 (2005).

O'Connor SD , Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Adherent Contrast as a Marker for Villous Histology on CT Colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 471 (2005).

Summers RM, Hara AK, Huang A, Yao J, Bitter I, Dempsey J et al. Assessment of Polyp Histopathology by Intravenous Contrast-enhanced CT Colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 471 (2005).

Yeshwant S, Summers RM, Yao J, Brickman D, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. Polyp Volumetrics in CT Colonography. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 573 (2005).

Van Uitert R, Bitter I, Summers RM, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Quantitative Assessment of Colon Distention for Polyp Detection in CT Virtual Colonoscopy. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006, p. 147.

Li J, Yao J, Petrick N, Summers RM, Hara AK. Hybrid Committee Classifiers for a Computerized Colonic Polyp Detection System. In SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006, p. 192.

Li J, Huang A, Yao J, Bitter I, Summers RM, Pickhardt P, Choi JR. Automatic Colonic Polyp Detection Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Technique. In SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006, p. 193.

Greenblum S, Li J, Huang A, Summers RM. Wavelet Analysis in Virtual Colonoscopy. In SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006, in press.

Tan S, Yao J, Ward MM, Yao L, Summers RM. Level set based vertebra segmentation for the evaluation of ankylosing spondylitis. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; 6144-07, in press.

Huang A, Summers RM, Roy D. Synchronous navigation for CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; p. 146.

Franaszek M, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR. Automatic procedure to distinguish colonic polyps located on fold vs. not on fold. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; p. 147.

Bitter I, Kelsey M, Summers RM. Performance Tuning of Candidate Determination Methods for Computer Aided Detection of Colon Polyps. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; p. 147.

Yao J, O'Connor SD, Summers RM. Computer Aided Lytic Bone Metastasis Detection Using Regular CT Images. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2006; p. 191.

Van Uitert R, Bitter I, Summers RM. Detection of colon wall outer boundary and segmentation of the colon wall based on level set methods. In IEEE EMBS International Conference 2006, pp. 260.

Handwerker LR, Summers RM, Pickhardt PJ, Van Uitert RL, Deshpande KK, Yeshwant S, Yao J, Franaszek M. Performance of a pre-established CT colonography CAD system on a new patient population. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 202 (2006).

Fletcher JG, Summers RM, Johnson CD, Engelby T, Paulsen S, MacCarty R, Wilson L. Feasibility of computer-aided detection in the non-cathartic colon: Removing barriers to colorectal screening and test performance. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 266-267 (2006).

Van Uitert R, Summers RM. Colonic wall thickness using level sets for CT virtual colonoscopy visual assessment and polyp detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 6511-27.

Jabour PA, Huang A, Summers RM. Using the teniae coli as a registration tool in CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 6511-29.

Campbell S, Summers RM. Optimal parameters and pitfalls for kernel method of surface curvature estimation for CT colonography computer-aided polyp detection. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 6511-92.

Tan S, Yao J, Ward MM, Yao L, Summers RM. Level sets on non-planar manifolds for ridge detection on isosurfaces. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 6512-107.

Huang A, Li J, Summers RM, Petrick NA, Hara AK. Using Pareto fronts to evaluate polyp detection algorithms for CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 6514-06.

Lamy J, Summers RM. Intra-patient colon surface registration based on teniae coli. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 6514-11.

Li J, Huang A, Petrick NA, Yao J, Summers RM. Validating Pareto optimal operation parameters of polyp detection algorithms for CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 6514-88.

Yao J, Li J, Summers RM. Collaborative classifiers in CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2007; 6514-89.

Li J, Huang A, Yao J, Petrick NA, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ, Summers RM. Improved performance of computer-aided detection for medium-sized polyps on CT colonography. Eur Radiol 17 (Suppl 1) 2007; 274-5.

Xie J, Jabour P, Schimel D, Van Uitert R, Yao J, Lamy J, Summers RM. Oral Contrast Enhanced MicroCT Virtual Colonoscopy of APC Knockout Mouse Colon Polyp Model. Gastroenterology 132(4);Suppl 1:353-354 (2007).

Hsu LL, Smergel E, Summers RM, Koziol D, Cui XZ, Cochard AE, Schimel D, Gladwin M, and Eichacker PQ. Computed Tomography Scans To Assess Severity of Bacterial Pneumonia in a Mouse Model. Proceedings of American Thoracic Society International Conference p. A671 (2007).

Frentz S, Summers RM, Yao J, Brown L, Louie A, Petrick N. The importance of polyp conspicuity for CT colonography computer-aided detection. Proceedings of RSNA Annual Meeting p. 594 (2007).

Tan S, Yao J, Yao L, Summers RM, Ward MM. Vertebral surface registration using ridgelines/crestlines. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2008; Image Processing; Paper 6914-16, p. 46.

Wang S, Van Uitert RL, Summers RM. Automated matching of supine and prone colonic polyps based on PCA and SVMs. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2008; Computer-aided Diagnosis; Paper 6915-1, p. 82.

Wang S, Yao J, Summers RM. DMLLE: a large-scale dimensionality reduction method for detection of polyps in CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2008; Computer-aided Diagnosis; Paper 6915-2, p. 82.

Liu J, Yao J, Summers RM. Scale-based scatter correction for computer-aided polyp detection in CT colonography. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2008; Computer-aided Diagnosis; Paper 6915-2, p. 95.

Yao J, Frentz S, Li J, Summers RM. Polyp height and width measurement using topographic height map. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2008; Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images; Paper 6916-10, p. 111.

Roney CA, Xie J, Jabour P, Summers RM. Glycoprotein expression by adenomatous polyps of the colon. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2008; Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images; Paper 6916-60, p. 117.

Linguraru MG, Mukherjee N, Van Uitert RL, Summers RM, Machado RF, Wood BJ, Gladwin MT. Pulmonary artery segmentation and quantification in sickle cell associated pulmonary hypertension. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2008; Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images; Paper 6916-39, p. 121-122.

Tan S, Yao J, Yao L, Summers RM, Ward MM. Acetabular rim and surface segmentation for hip surgery planning and dysplasia evaluation. In: SPIE Medical Imaging. San Diego: SPIE, 2008; Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Modeling; Paper 6918-58, p. 162.

Linguraru MG, Yao J, Gautam R, Peterson J, Linehan WM, Summers RM. Clinical Tool for Kidney Cancer Quantification and Classification. In Giaccone G, Lobbezzoo MW (eds.): Proceeding of 6th InternationalSymposium on Targeted Anticancer Therapies - TAT 2008, NDDO Research Foundation Publishing, Amsterdam (2008) 59 and In: Annals of Oncology, Oxford University Press, Vol. 19(3) (2008) iii38.

Roney CA, Xie J, Xu B, Griffiths G, Summers RM. Multimodality Optical/CT detection probes target and image adenomatous polyps in colorectal carcinoma. Proceedings of World Molecular Imaging Conference, Paper 1166 (2008).

Linguraru MG, Van Uitert RL, Zhao S, Liu J, Fletcher JG, Johnson CD, Summers RM. Computer-aided detection of polyps from CTC data with and without cathartic bowel preparation, Proceedings of 9th International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, p. 156-157 (2008).

Linguraru MG, Orandi BJ, Summers RM, Gladwin MT, Machado RF, Wood BJ. Non-invasive Quantification of Sickle Cell Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension from CT Image Analysis. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2008, p. 98-99.

Li Z, Linguraru MG, Summers RM. Construction of an Abdominal Probabilistic Atlas and its Application in Automated Liver Segmentation. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2008, p. 691.

Zhao S, Linguraru MG, Van Uitert RL, Fletcher JG, Johnson CD, Summers RM. Computer Aided Detection of Polyps at Non-cathartic CTC using Heterogeneous Stool Removal: FROC Study. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2008, p. 594.

Summers RM, Yao J, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Hyperplastic polyps are flatter than adenomatous polyps on CT colonography. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2008, p. 280.

Liu J, Wang S, Kabadi S, Summers RM. High-performance computer-aided detection system for polyp detection in CT colonography with fluid and fecal tagging. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2008, p. 595.

Summers RM, Swift JA, Dwyer AJ, Choi JR, Pickhardt PJ. Normalized Distance Along the Colon Centerline: A Method for Correlating Polyp Location On CT Colonography and Optical Colonoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 69 (5): AB113-AB113 Suppl. S APR 2009.

Baecher N, Liu J, Yao J, Hill S, Choi J, Pickhardt P, Summers RM. Bone Mineral Density and Colonic Adenoma Incidence in Women in a Multi-institutional CT Colonography Cohort. ASBMR 31st Annual Meeting 2009, J Bone Miner Res 24 (Suppl 1), p. S200.

Baecher N, Yao J, Liu J, Hill SC, Summers RM. Fully automated bone densitometry for quantitative CT. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2009, p. 456.

Liu J, Chang Y, Summers RM. Automated detection of adherent contrast phenomenon on colonic polyps on CT Colonography. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2009, p. 467.

Linguraru MG, Wang S, Shah F, Gautam R, Linehan WM, Summers RM. Computer-aided clinical tool for renal cancer quantification and classification. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2009, p. 468.

Yao J, Han W, Summers RM. Automated pleural effusion volumetric assesment on chest CT. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2009, p. 530-531.

Pura JA, Machado RF, Summers RM, Kato GJ, Wood BJ, Linguraru MG. Noninvasive measurements of pulmonary artery size in CT-angiography and their relation to pulmonary hemodynamics and diagnosis of secondary pulmonary hypertension in sickle-cell disease. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2009, p. 800-801.

Yao J, Han W, Summers RM. Clinical image processing engine efficiency assessment. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2009, p. 911.

Summers RM, Louie A, Liu J, Marchenko Y, Yao J, Nowinski WL. Three-dimensional interactive vascular atlas for abdominal CT. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2009, p. 931.

Linguraru MG, Wang S, Gautam R, Peterson J, Linehan WM, Summers RM. Imaging Biomarkers for Computer-Aided Classification of Renal Cancer. In Proceeding of International Symposium on Targeted Anticancer Therapies – TAT 2010, NDDO Research Foundation Publishing, Amsterdam (2010) 62 and Annals of Oncology, Oxford University Press, Vol. 21(suppl. 2) (2010) ii40-ii41.

Chang K, Liu J, Yao J, Summers R. Simulation of optical endoscopy in CT
colonography: an approach for predicting polyp location from CT colonography for optical colonoscopy.  Int J CARS 5 (Suppl 1):S46 (2010).

Roney CA, Xu B, Yuan S, Wierwille J, Chen C-W, Xie J, Griffiths GL, Chen Y, Summers RM. Multimodal OCT/FMI and multispectral optical imaging confirms carbohydrate expression via lectin targeting in the APC murine model of colorectal carcinoma. World Molecular Imaging Conference (2010).

Wei Z, Yao J, Wang S, Summers RM. Haustral fold detection for CT colonography images using Gabor filter. Proceedings of Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, p. 23 (2010).

Chen X, Summers RM, Yao J. Automated Renal Cortex Segmentation on Abdominal CT. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2010, p. 252.

Liu X, Linguraru M, Yao J, Summers RM. Automated Abdominal Multiorgan Localization from CT Images Using Pose Distribution Model. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2010, p. 319.

Sussman DL, Rehani B, Yao J, Pickhardt PJ, Choi JR, Summers RM. Association between Visceral Fat and Colorectal Polyps on CT Colonography. In: Proceeding of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2010, p. 389.

Burns JE, Wiese T, Yao J, Summers RM. Computer-Aided Detection of Sclerotic Spine Lesions on CT. In: Proceedings of Society of Skeletal Radiology 2011, p. 136.

Summers RM, McKenna M, Wang S, Nguyen TB, Petrick N, Burns J. Perceptual Factors in Computer-aided Detection for CT Colonography Utilizing Distributed Human Intelligence. Medical Image Perception Conference XIV 2011, Book of Abstracts, p. 20.

Panjwani N, Summers R, Fletcher J, Linguraru MG. Computer-aided Polyp Detection for Laxative-Free CT Colonography. MICCAI 2011 Workshop on Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging. Paper C1-O3.

Linguraru MG, Richbourg WJ, Watt JM, Pamulapati V, Summers RM. Liver and Tumor Segmentation and Analysis from CT of Diseased Patients via a Generic Affine Invariant Shape Parameterization and Graph Cuts. MICCAI 2011 Workshop on Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging. Paper C3-O4.

Suzuki M, Linguraru MG, Summers RM, Okada K. Analyses of Missing Organs in Abdominal Multi-Organ Segmentation. MICCAI 2011 Workshop on Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging. Paper C3-P3.

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