Boğaziçi University
Volumetric Analysis & Visualization Group
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Dept
34342 Bebek / Istanbul
Tel: +90-212-3596465 / 3596414 (Dept.)
Fax: +90-212-2872465
Email: acarbu@boun.edu.tr
Publications & Patents
Liver Segmentation in 3D CT Data
Serkan Cimen
MS Thesis, Bogazici University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Turkey, September 2011
Heat diffusion based detection of structures of interest in medical images.
Acar B., Konukoglu E., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.A., Paik D.S.
US Patent Office: US7729739 10/06/2010
Three-dimensional pattern recognition method to detect shapes in medical images.
Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.A., Paik D.S.
US Patent Office: US7346209 18/03/2008
Method for matching and registering medical image data.
Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Paik D.S., Napel S.A., Jeffrey R.B.Jr.
US Patent Office: US7224827 29/05/2007
Polyp Enhancing Level Set Evolution of Colon Wall: Method and Pilot Study
Konukoglu E., Acar B., Paik D.S.,Beaulieu CF,Rosenberg J., Napel S.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, December 2007, Vol. 26-12, pp.1649-1656.
HDF: Heat Diffusion Fields for Polyp Detection in CT Colonography
Konukoglu E., Acar B.
Signal Processing (Elsevier), October 2007, Vol. 87, Issue: 10, pp. 2407-2416.
Method for detecting and classifying a structure of interest in medical images.
Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Paik D.S., Jeffrey R.B.Jr., Napel S.A.
US Patent Office: US7272251 18/09/2007
Registration of Supine and Prone CT Colonography Data Using Dynamic Time Warping: Method and Evaluation
Balci S.K., Acar B., Paik D.S., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.
In Proceedings of RSNA 2005, Chicago, IL, USA (Supplement of Radiology)
Polyp Enhancement Scheme for Improved Detection of Colonic Polyps in CT Colonography
Konukoglu E., Acar B., Paik D.S., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.
In Proceedings of RSNA 2005, Chicago, IL, USA (Supplement of Radiology)
Heat Diffusion Based Detection Of Colonic Polyps In CT Colonography
Konukoglu E., Acar B., Paik D.S., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.
In Proceedings of EUSIPCO 2005, European Signal Processing Conference, Antalya, Turkey (3rd place in EUSIPCO2005 student paper contest)
PELS: Polyp Enhancing Level-Sets for CT Colonography
Ender Konukoglu
MS Thesis, Bogazici University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Turkey, June 2005
Polyp Enhancement Scheme for Improved Detection of Colonic Polyps in CT Colonography
Konukoglu E., Acar B., Paik D.S., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S
In Proceedings of RSNA 2005, Chicago, IL, USA (Supplement of Radiology)
Computer Aided Detection Of Polyps In Virtual Colonoscopy Using 3D Heat Diffusion Fields
Konukoglu E., Acar B., Paik D., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.
In Proceedings of.The 5th Int. Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, Boston, MA, USA, 2004
Registration of Central Paths and Colonic Polyps between Supine and Prone Scans in CT Colonography
Li P., Napel S., Acar B., Paik D.S., Jeffrey, Jr. R.B., Beaulieu C.F.
Medical Physics, October 2004, Vol. 31, Issue: 10, pp. 2912-2923
Surface Normal Overlap: A Computer-Aided Detection Algorithm With Application to Colonic Polyps and Lung Nodules in Helical CT
Paik D.S., Beaulieu C.F., Rubin G.D., Acar B., Jeffrey Jr R.B., Yee J., Dey J., Napel S.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, June 2004, Vol. 23-6, pp. 661-675
3D Differential Descriptors for Computer Aided Diagnosis of Colonic Polyps in CTC
Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Paik D.S., Yee J., Jeffrey, Jr. R.B., Napel S.
Radiology, December 2002, Vol. 225(P), pp. 405 (88th Annual Meeting of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2002), Chicago, USA, 1-6 December 2002)
Edge Displacement Field Based-Classification for Improved Detection of Polyps in CT Colonography
Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Paik D.S., Jeffrey, Jr. R,B,, Yee J., Napel S.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, December 2002, Vol. 21-12, pp. 1461-1467
Registration of Supine and Prone CT Colonography Data: Method and Evaluation
Acar B., Napel S., Paik D.S., Li P., Yee J., Beaulieu C.F., Jeffrey Jr. R.B.
Radiology, November 2001, Vol. 221(P), pp. 332 (87th Annual Meeting of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2001), Chicago, USA, 25-30 November 2001).
Medial axis registration of supine and prone CT colonography data
Acar B., Napel S., Paik D.S., Li P., Yee J., Jeffrey Jr. R.B., Beaulieu C.F.
In Proceedings of EMBC 2001, Istanbul, Turkey, 25-28 October 2001
Using Optical Flow Fields For Polyp Detection In Virtual Colonoscopy
Acar B., Napel S., Paik D., Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Beaulieu C.F.
In Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2001 Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001, W.J. Niessen and M.A. Viergever ed., LNCS 2208, Springer-Verlag, pp. 637-644.
A Learning Method For Automated Polyp Detection
Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Acar B., Paik D., Beaulieu C.F., Napel S.
In Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2001 Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001, W.J. Niessen and M.A. Viergever ed., LNCS 2208, Springer-Verlag, pp. 85-9
Assessment of an optical flow field-based polyp detector for CT colonography
Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Paik D.S., Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Yee J., Napel S.
In Proceedings of 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2001), Istanbul, Turkey, 25-28 October 2001
A statistical 3D pattern processing method for computer aided detection of polyps in CT colonography
Gokturk S.B., Tomasi C., Acar B., Beaulieu C.F., Paik D.S., Jeffrey R.B., Jr., Yee J., Napel S.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, December 2001, Vol. 20-12, pp. 1251-1260