Zhen

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Zhen Yang

in Baltimore, 2013

Currently I am a PhD candidate in the Image Analysis and Communications Lab (IACL) at Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University. My advisor is Dr. Jerry L. Prince.

====Research Interests====
Medical image analysis: image segmentation, registration, statistical shape models, image based diagnosis
Computer vision: range image acquisition, registration, multi-camera calibration, feature detection and matching
Machine learning: with application to segmentation and disease classification

Education

PhD student, 2009~present, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
M.S., 2006~2009, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China
B.S., 2002~2006, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China

Experience

Research Assistant, Image Analysis and Communications Lab, Johns Hopkins University, 2009-present
Teaching Assistant, Medical Image Analysis, Johns Hopkins University, 2012,2013 spring
Intern, 3D Computer Vision & Graphics Group, SAMSUNG Advanced Institute of Technology, 2009 summer
Research Assistant, Laser and Vision Measurement Lab, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2006~2009

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Cerebellum sub-structure labeling
  

MICCAI SATA workshop 2013

• Cerebellar disease classification and functional score prediction
  

HIC 2013

• Sulcal curve detection
  

SPIE medical imaging 2012

Publications

• Yang Z., Ergun E., Jedynak B., Ying S. H., Prince J. L., "Cerebellar shape analysis for cerebellar ataxia classification and functional score prediction", .Hopkins Imaging Conference 2013, Poster presentation.

• Yang Z., Bogovic J. A., Ye C., Ying S. H., Prince J. L., "Automated cerebellar lobule segmentation using graph cuts", .MICCAI Challenge Workshop on Segmentation: Algorithms, Theory and Applications (SATA) 2013, Oral and poster presentation.

• Yang Z., Carass A., Prince J. L., "Covariance shrinking in active shape models with application to gyral labeling of the cerebral cortex", .ISBI 2013, Oral presentation.

• Yang Z., Bogovic J. A., Carass A., Ye M., Searson P. C., Prince J. L., "Automatic Cell Segmentation in Fluorescence Images of Confluent Cell Monolayers Using Multi-object Geometric Deformable Model", .SPIE 2013, Oral presentation.

• Yang Z., Carass A., Prince J. L., "Automatic sulcal curve extraction with MRF based shape prior", .ISBI 2012, Oral presentation.

• Yang Z., Carass A., Chen C., Prince J. L., "Simultaneous cortical surface labeling and sulcal curve extraction", .SPIE 2012, Oral presentation.

• Yang Z., Sun J., Zhang G., "Automatic surface registration based on Regional Curvature Map", .(in Chinese), Journal of Optoelectronics • Laser (EI), 2010.

• Yang Z., Sun J., Wu Z., Zhang G., "A new camera calibration method based on two 1D targets", .(in Chinese), Journal of Optoelectronics • Laser (EI), 2010.

• Sun J., Yang Z., Liu Q., Zhang G., "Automatic and simultaneous registration of 3D measurement data", .(in Chinese), Journal of Optoelectronics • Laser (EI), 2009.

• Yang Z., Sun J., Zhang G., "Automatic registration of multi-view range images based on statistical model", .The 7th International Symposium on Instrument and Control Technology, Beijing, 2008.

Activities

• Reviewer for the Scientific World Journal.
• Reviewer for 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging.

Contact

Johns Hopkins University, Homewood
Clark 204, 3400 N Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21218
Email: zyang11 at jhu dot edu