Curriculum Vitae for Soo-Jin Lee
Soo-Jin Lee, Ph.D.
Department of Electronic Engineering
Paichai University
439-6 Doma 2-Dong, Seo-Ku
Taejon, S. Korea 302-735

     EDUCATION

     RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • March 2004 - February 2005: Visiting Associate Professor
    Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA.
     
  • September 1996 - February 1997: Senior Research Scientist
    Imaging Media Research Center, Division of Information and Electronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology.
     
  • September 1995 - August 1996: Postdoctoral Research Associate
    Medical Image Processing Laboratory, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY, U.S.A.
    Research on the reconstruction algorithms for Emission Computed Tomography with an emphasis on the Bayesian approach for SPECT reconstruction.
     
  • August 1991 - August 1995: Research Assistant
    Department of Electrical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
    Thesis Title: Bayesian Image Reconstruction in Emission Computed Tomography Using Mechanical Models as Priors. (abstract in PostScript format)
    Teaching Assistant for Image Processing, Medical Image Processing, Digital Signal Processing, and Telecommunication Theory.
     
  • December 1986 - July 1991: Research Staff Member
    Division of Biomedical Engineering, Research Center of     LG (former GoldStar) Electronics Inc., Korea.
    Served on a project to develop 0.5T and 2.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems:
    • Developed a software package for medical image processing with more than 10,000 lines of C code.
    • Developed reconstruction algorithms, motion-artifact reduction algorithms, and automatic pulse sequence tuning methods.
    • Performed systems integration for MR imaging software.
    • Participated in a joint project with Computer Design and Applications Division of Analogic Corp., Peabody, MA, to develop user interface software and database management system for MRI systems.
      • 1988-1989
        Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul National University, Korea.
        Worked on clinical MR experiments.
      • 1987-1988
        Imaging Systems Science Laboratory, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea.
        Worked on the development of MR imaging software: pulse-sequence programming, automatic frequency adjustment, and diagnostic tools.

    HONORS AND AWARDS

  • The article, S.J. Lee, et al., "Bayesian Image Reconstruction in SPECT Using Higher-Order Mechanical Models  as Priors", IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 14, pp.669-680, Dec 1995, was summarized in the Yearbook of Nuclear Medicine 1997, A. Gottshalk, ed., pp.374-375.
  • Student Fellowship Award, Education and Research Foundation of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1994.

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • My broad research interests are in the fields of image processing, computer vision, signal processing, and medical imaging. In particular, I am interested in innovative approaches to interdisciplinary applications in medicine such as tomographic image reconstruction.
  • Currently, I am working on an application of estimation theoretic principles to the image reconstruction problems in emission computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The approach in this problem is based on a Bayesian estimation. To model the prior probabilities on the underlying object, mechanical models used for the surface reconstruction problem in computer vision are utilized.
  • Future research interests include hyperparameter estimation in Bayesian approaches, fast Bayesian image reconstruction methods, image segmentation, analysis, and registration.

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