Yongmei Michelle Wang, Ph.D. Associate Research Scientist of Diagnostic Radiology Yale University NOTE: I joined the faculty at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in July 2004. Current E-mail: ymw AT uiuc.edu

Research Interests

• Biomedical Imaging & Biomedical Image/Signal Analysis:
  - Analysis and modeling of functional MRI time series
  - Learning methods with applications to biomedical images / signals
  - Statistical shape analysis and modeling for image segmentation
  - Geometry-based 3D brain surface mapping
  - Physical model-based non-rigid image registration
  - Convergence of structural (anatomical) and functional medical data
  
  
• Computer Vision, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition:
  - Content-based image classification / recognition
  - Image segmentation and 3D image interpolation
  - Machine learning in computer vision and pattern recognition
  
  

Background

• Associate Research Scientist, Department of Diagnostic Radiology,
  Yale University. (7/2002 - 6/2004)
  
• Assistant Professor, Department of Information Engineering,
  The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (1/2001 - 7/2002)
  
• Visiting Researcher, Media Computing Group,
  Microsoft Research Asia. (8/2000 - 12/2000)
  
• Post-doctoral Fellow, Child Study Center,
  Yale University. (6/1999 - 7/2000)
  
• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering,
  Yale University. (1995 - 1999)
  

Teaching Experience

• Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong:
  - "Image and Video Processing" (Spring 2001 & Fall 2001)
  - "Signals and Systems" (Spring 2002)
  - "General Education" (Spring 2002)
  
• Teaching Assistant, Yale University:
  - "Digital Information Age" (1994 - 1996)
  

Selected Publications

Journal Articles:

• R. Bansal, L. H. Staib, R. Whitman, Y. M. Wang , and B. S. Peterson,
  " ROC based assessments of 3D cortical surface-matching algorithms,"
  NeuroImage, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 150-162, 2005.
  
  
• Y. M. Wang and H. Zhang,
  "Detecting image orientation based on low-level visual content,"
  Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 328-346, 2004. (pdf)
  
  
• Y. M. Wang , J. Zhang, Z. Zhang and B. Guo,
  "Directional coherence interpolation for three-dimensional grey-level images,"
  International Journal of Image and Graphics (IJIG), vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 535-561, 2004. (pdf)
  
  
• Y. Wang , B. S. Peterson and L. H. Staib,
  "3D brain surface matching based on geodesics and local geometry,"
  Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU), vol. 89, no. 2-3, pp. 252-271, 2003. (pdf)
  
  
• Y. Wang and L. H. Staib,
  "Physical model-based non-rigid registration incorporating statistical shape information,"
  Medical Image Analysis (MedIA), vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 7-20, 2000. (pdf) (gzipped pdf)
  
  
• Y. Wang and L. H. Staib,
  "Boundary finding with prior shape and smoothness models,"
  IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 738-743, 2000. (abstract) (pdf)
  
  

Reviewed Conference Papers:

• Y. M. Wang , R. T. Schultz, R. T. Constable and L. H. Staib,
  "Nonlinear estimation and modeling of fMRI data using spatio-temporal support vector regression,"
  Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI'03),
  pp. 647 - 659, Ambleside, UK, July 2003. (abstract) (pdf) (color figures)
  
  
• Y. M. Wang , R. T. Schultz, R. T. Constable and L. H. Staib,
  "A unified framework for nonlinear analysis of functional MRI data using support vector regression,"
  Human Brain Mapping (HBM'03),
  New York, NY, USA, June 2003.
  
  
• J. Zhang, Y. Wang and B. Guo,
  "Pyramidal search of maximum coherence direction for biomedical image interpolation,"
  IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'02),
  pp. 887-890, Washington D.C., USA, July 2002. (pdf)
  
  
• Y. Wang and H. Zhang,
  "Content-based image orientation detection with support vector machines,"
  IEEE Workshop on Content-Based Access of Image and Video Libraries (CBAIVL'01),
  pp. 17-23, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, December 2001. (abstract) (pdf)
  
  
• Y. Wang , Z. Zhang and B. Guo,
  "3D image interpolation based on directional coherence,"
  IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA'01),
  pp. 195-202, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, December 2001. (abstract) (pdf)
  
  
• Y. Wang , B. S. Peterson and L. H. Staib,
  "Shape-based 3D surface correspondence using geodesics and local geometry,"
  IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'00),
  pp. 644-651 (Vol. II), Hilton Head Island, SC, USA, June 2000. (abstract) (pdf) (color figures)
  
  
• Y. Wang and L. H. Staib,
  "Integrated approaches to non-rigid registration in medical images,"
  IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV'98),
  pp. 102-108, Princeton, NJ, USA, October 1998.
  
  
• Y. Wang and L. H. Staib,
  "Elastic model based non-rigid registration incorporating statistical shape information,"
  Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI'98),
  pp. 1162-1173, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 1998. (pdf) (postscript)
  
  
• Y. Wang and L. H. Staib,
  "Boundary finding with correspondence using statistical shape models,"
  IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'98),
  pp. 338-345, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, June 1998. (pdf) (postscript)
  

Book Chapter:

• Y. M. Wang,
  "Modeling and nonlinear analysis in fMRI via statistical learning,"
  in Advanced Image Processing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging,
  Marcel Dekker International Publisher, editors: L. Landini, V. Positano, and M.F. Santarelli,
  in preparation & in press, 2005.
  

Thesis:

• Y. Wang,
  Statistical Shape Analysis for Image Segmentation and Physical Model-Based Non-Rigid Registration,
  Doctoral dissertation in Electrical Engineering, Yale University, May 1999. (abstract)
  

Contact Information:

Yongmei Michelle Wang
Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208042
New Haven, CT 06520-8042

Tel: (203) 785-7294
Fax: (203) 737-4273

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