Dr. Loew

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Murray Loew

I’m a professor in the BME department, interested in medical imaging and quantitative methods in image analysis.  Our lab collaborates widely and has developed theory and tools for multimodality medical image registration, modeling salience with application to mammography, bladder-cancer detection using texture in optical coherence tomography, and image compression and quality metrics.  We also apply our methods to related interesting problems: noninvasive characterization of pigments and binders in paintings, and a new project in identification of cultural heritage glass at risk of deterioration.  Major ongoing projects include infrared detection of breast cancer, and real-time imaging for verifying ablation in treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.

 

Education

  • B.S.E.E., Drexel Institute of Technology, 1965
  • M.S.E.E., Purdue University, 1967
  • Ph.D., Purdue University, 1972; P.E.

Editorial Board Service

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Medical Imaging, 2013-present
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2003-2011

Patents 

  • U. S. Patent 6,145,071, November 7, 2000 (with S. Berkovich and E. Berkovich):  Multi-layer multi-processor information conveyor with periodic transferring of processors’ states for on-the-fly transformation of continuous information flows and operating method therefore
  • U.S. Patent 7,899,263, March 1, 2011 (with D. Li): Method and apparatus for processing analytical-form compression noise in images with known statistics

Distinctions

  • Fulbright Fellow: Distinguished Chair in Advanced Science and Technology, Australia, 2013-2014
  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
  • Eta Kappa Nu
  • Sigma Xi
  • IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Service Award, 1984
  • Lady Davis Fellow, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 1986 7
  • Lady Davis Fellow, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 2007
  • Appointed as Guest Professor, Changsha Institute of Technology, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China, October 1988, and at Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, May 1991.

 

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