Maryam E. Rettmann

Here is a pretty picture of the central sulcus with the geodesic distances from the outer (visible) cortex mapped on top of it. Geodesic distance is distance along the surface (as opposed to Euclidean distance which is distance through space).

Graduate Student at
The Johns Hopkins University
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Image Analysis and Communications Laboratory

Education

• (1996) B.S. in Electrical Engineering at North Dakota State University.
• (Current) Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University.

I am currently conducting research under the advising of Dr. Jerry L. Prince in the Image Analysis and Communications Laboratory. My primary research interest is brain mapping, specifically the automatic segmentation and identification of sulci on the cortical surface.

Publications

M.E. Rettmann, X. Han & J.L. Prince,     "Automated Parcellation of the Cortical Surface for Computation of Regional Gyrification Indices," 7th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain (HBM) , June 2001

D. Tosun, M.E. Rettmann, X.Tao, X. Han, C. Xu & J.L. Prince,     "Calculation of Human Cerebral Cortical Thickness on Opposing Sulcal Banks" 7th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain (HBM) , June 2001

X. Tao, X. Han, M.E. Rettmann, J.L. Prince & C. Davatzikos,     "Statistical Study on Cortical Sulci of Human Brains" Proceedings of the XVIIth International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI) , June 2001

X. Han, C. Xu, M.E. Rettmann & J.L. Prince,     " Automatic segmentation editing for cortical surface reconstruction" Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging , Feb 2001

M.E. Rettmann, X. Han, & J.L. Prince,     "Watersheds on the Cortical Surface for Automated Sulcal Segmentation," IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis , pages 20-27, June 2000

M.E. Rettmann, X. Han, D.L. Pham & J.L. Prince,     "Geodesics for Sulcal Segmentation and Depth Measurements," 6th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain (HBM) , S667, June 2000

X. Han, M.E. Rettmann, C. Xu, & J.L. Prince,     "Morphology on Triangle Meshes Using Geodesic Distance," Proc. of 34th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS'00) , March 2000

D. Yu, C. Xu, M.E. Rettmann, D.L. Pham & J.L. Prince,     "Quantitative Validation of a Deformable Cortical Surface Model," SPIE International Symposium on Medical Imaging , February 2000

M.E. Rettmann, C. Xu, D.L. Pham & J.L. Prince,     "Automated Segmentation of Sulcal Regions," 2nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), pgs 158-167, Springer-Verlag, September 1999

C. Xu, D.L. Pham, M.E. Rettmann, D. Yu & J.L. Prince,     "Reconstruction of the human cerebral cortex from magnetic resonance images," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 18(6): 467-480, June 1999

M.E. Etemad, C. Xu, D.L. Pham, D. Yu, & J.L. Prince,     "On Automated Segmentation of Buried Gyri," 5th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain (HBM), S143, June 1999

C. Xu, D.L. Pham, J.L. Prince, M.E. Etemad, & D. Yu,     "Reconstruction of the Central Layer of the Human Cerebral Cortex from MR Images," 1st International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), pages 482-488. Springer-Verlag, October 1998

C. Xu, M.E. Etemad, D. Yu, D.L. Pham, & J.L. Prince,     "A Spherical Map for Cortical Geometry," 4th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain, June 1998

Last updated on March 24, 2000 by rettmann@bme.jhu.edu.

Maryam Rettmann < rettmann@bme.jhu.edu>
Department of Biomedical Engineering 710 Traylor Building Johns Hopkins University 720 Rutland Avenue Baltimore, MD 21205-2196