Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Curriculum Vitae for Ronald M. Summers, MD, PhD

Current Appointment

Senior Investigator and Staff Radiologist
Chief, Clinical Image Processing Service
Chief, Imaging Biomarkers and Computer-Aided Diagnosis Laboratory
Specialty: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computer Tomography (CT) Image Processing

Research Interests

  • Virtual Colonoscopy
  • Multiorgan multi-atlas image registration for abdominal CT
  • Computer aided detection of abnormalities on abdominal CT

Education & Training

Degree / Year 
BA, 1981
MD & PhD, 1988
1989-93
1993-94

Institution and Field 
University of Pennsylvania, Physics
University of Pennsylvania
Radiology Residency, University of Michigan
MRI Fellowship, Duke University

Summers Lab Tag Cloud indicating the frequency of occurrence of various words in the lab's publications
Summers Lab Tag Cloud indicating the frequency of occurrence of various words in the lab's publications (View larger version of Tag Cloud)

Downloadable Software

Please note: This software is provided as is and without warranty or guarantee of any kind. It is for research purposes only and not to be used for patient care. While we are interested in learning about bugs in the software, no software support of any kind will be provided. If it is used in research, a citation to the publication is required in any publications or presentations.

Persons with disabilities or using assistive technology may find some images which are not fully accessible. For assistance, contact us by sending an e-mail message to Dr. Tejas Mathai and identify documents/pages for which access is required. We will provide assistance in accessing the content of these files for those who need them. You may also find helpful information on Electronic Accessibility at the NIH Clinical Center.

Additional software may be downloaded at: https://github.com/rsummers11/CADLab

Downloadable Data

Publications

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This page last updated on 02/10/2021

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