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Terry S. Yoo Curriculum Vitae |
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Computer Scientist |
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Building 38A, Room B1N30P |
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RESEARCH |
3D medical image processing and data visualization.
Multiscale image analysis. Computer vision.
Computer graphics. Computational geometry.
Parallel and distributed algorithms for image acquisition,
processing and information display. | |
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EDUCATION |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D., Computer Science, December 1996. Thesis: Image Geometry Through Multiscale Statistics. Advisor: Stephen M. Pizer | |
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
M.S., Computer Science, May 1990.
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Harvard University,
A.B., Biology; June 1985. | |
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EXPERIENCE | ||
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Teaching Sep '96 - Aug '98 |
Lecturer: Physics in Medicine - A Course in Radiologic Physics Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center | |
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Instructor for a seminar in radiologic physics for radiology residents.
Material covers basic atomic physics, x-ray production, digital image processing,
x-ray CT, nuclear medicine, MRI, ultrasound, and photostimulable phosphor
technology. | ||
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Spring '94 |
Instructor for COMP 140: Introduction to Translators Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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Served as sole instructor for an advanced undergraduate course in computer
translator technology. Had creative control of the course curriculum
including all examinations, assignments, lecture material and semester projects.
The course presented regular problem sets as well as three programming
projects: implementing a simple assembler, a macro-processor and a
compiler. | ||
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Spring '89 |
Teaching Assistant COMP 14: Introduction to Computer Programming Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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Prepared supplemental material, graded assignments and exams,
held regular office hours. | ||
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Fall '85 Fall '82 - '84 |
Teaching Fellow CS 11: Computers, Algorithms and Programming Teaching Fellow CS 10: Introduction to Computer Programming Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | |
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Conducted weekly recitations supplemental to regular lectures, graded
assignments and exams, and held regular office hours. | ||
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Research & Development Sep '98 - present |
Computer Scientist Office of High Performance Computing and Communication National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health | |
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Reseach computer scientist in medical imaging, computer graphics,
computational geometry, and statistical and structural pattern
analysis through the calculus of scale-space. Also a program project
officer for the Visible Human Project
Visible Human Project. | ||
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Oct '95 - Aug '98 |
Asst. Professor of Radiology &
Research Asst. Professor of Engineering Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Engineering, University of Mississippi | |
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Research director of digital simulation and visualization projects for
Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Coordinating projects in both
the Engineering School (CS) and the Medical School (Radiology). Director
of radiology information systems: integrating the Picture Archiving and
Communication Systems (PACS), supervising the implementation of the
Radiology Information System (RIS), evaluating digital dictation systems
(including voice recognition), designing and implementing radiology equipment
and a LAN-WAN network for campus-wide filmless radiology. | ||
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May '91 - Jun '93 |
Senior Research Associate Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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UNC grant manager for the Science and Technology Center for Computer
Graphics and Scientific Visualization, a distributed research collaboration
among five university programs and departments in computer graphics,
cosponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Advanced Research
Projects Agency. Served as technical leader for the procurement and
implementation of a wide-area multimedia network including
data and teleconferencing communications. Drafted annual budgets,
assembled annual
technical reports, and procured computer and video equipment. | ||
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Aug '90 - May '91 Jul '93 - Jul '95 |
Research Assistant Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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Scientific visualization programmer for the MIP project. Designed
user interfaces for direct visualization of three-dimensional medical
data. Project included networking Unix workstations to Pixel-Planes 5,
a prototype system for fast computer graphics. Explored slice-plane-based
as well as true 3D medical image processing. Also research in machine vision
and computational geometry. | ||
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Jul '87 - Aug '90 |
Member Technical Staff Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, Research Triangle Park, NC | |
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Systems programmer for MCNC's distributed environment. Responsibilities
extended to Internet, statewide wide-area-network and company-wide
local-area-network maintenance as well as distributed systems support
(Digital Equipment, Sun and Convex systems). | ||
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Oct '86 - Jul '87 |
Information Systems Designer AT&T Technologies, Burlington, NC | |
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Member of the Enhanced Modular Signal Processing project (EMSP), a
joint project with Bell Labs. EMSP is a microcoded multiprocessor
data-flow machine optimized to perform real-time signal processing
tasks. Implemented microcode simulators, assemblers/compilers and
software tools for debugging and regression testing. | ||
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Jun '85 - Aug '86 |
Scientist BBN Laboratories, Incorporated, Cambridge, MA | |
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Member of the Simulation and Training Systems Department. Engineer
on the Simulation Networking project (SIMNET) for the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency. SIMNET is a large-scale distributed real-time
interactive multiplayer multi-vehicle training system. This technology
incorporates graphics and local-area networking forming a distributed
virtual environment for multi-vehicle team training. Responsibilities
included simulation engineering. | ||
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Sep '83 - Jun '85 |
Computer Services System Staff Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services, Cambridge, MA | |
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Systems consultant/operator for students and university staff using Unix
and VMS. Also included some support in course-related use of PCs and the
Apple Macintoshes. Responsibilities involved file system maintenance,
general operating system maintenance, and Unix systems programming. |
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
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Jul '98 |
Tutorial Chair:
3D Visualization in Medicine SIGGRAPH 98, Orlando, FL | |
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Jul '94 |
Tutorial Lecturer: Three-Dimensional Visualization of Medical Data SIGGRAPH 94, Orlando, FL | |
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Jul '93 |
Tutorial Chair: Three-Dimensional Visualization Using Medical Data SIGGRAPH 93, Anaheim, CA | |
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Sep '92 - May '94 |
Student Representative: Faculty Search Committee Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
FUNDING: CONTRACTS AND GRANTS
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October '97 |
General Electric Medical Systems, PI Computer Assisted Surgical Planning and Simulation for Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Matching Funds. Value: $35,000 | |
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August '97 |
Sun Microsystems Academic Equipment Grant,
Co-PI with Penny Rheingans, Univ. Mississippi Computer Assisted Surgical Planning and Simulation for Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Grant. Value: $134,220 list price in equipment from Sun Microsystems, Inc. | |
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January '97 |
Institute for Technology Development, PI Simulation and Training for Magnetic Resonance Therapy Simulation and Visualization Workbench for the GE SIGNA-SP, simultaneous MR imaging and surgery Contract. Value: $42,400 - Simulator infrastructure, research assistant salaries, operational expenses. |
PUBLICATIONS
Dissertation
Terry S. Yoo. 1996. Image Geometry Through Multiscale Statistics. Ph.D. Dissertation. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [available as UNC Technical Report TR97-039]
Submitted or In Preparation
Terry S. Yoo. 1999. Multiscale Statistical Image Invariants. Submitted to: 7th IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, http://www.cs.toronto.edu/iccv99.
Terry S. Yoo and Penny Rheingans. Interactive Surgical Simulation
for Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
In preparation.
Refereed
Terry S. Yoo and David T. Chen. 1994. Interactive 3D Medical Visualization: A Parallel Approach to Surface Rendering. In Computer Applications to Assist Radiology, (Proceedings of S/CAR '94, Symposium for Computer Assisted Radiology). John M. Boehme, Alan H. Rowberg, and Neil T. Wolfman, eds. 100-105. Carlsbad, CA: Symposia Foundation. [Also available as UNC Technical Report TR94-059]
Terry S. Yoo and James M. Coggins. 1993. Using Statistical Pattern Recognition Techniques to Control Variable Conductance Diffusion. In Information Processing in Medical Imaging (Lecture Notes in Computer Science 687), Harrison H. Barrett and Arthur F. Gmitro, eds. 495-471. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. [Also available as UNC Technical Report TR94-047]
Terry S. Yoo, Ulrich Neumann, Henry Fuchs, Stephen M. Pizer, Tim Cullip, John Rhoades, and Ross Whitaker. July 1992. Direct Visualization of Volume Data. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 12(4):63-71.
supersedes
Terry S. Yoo, Ulrich Neumann, Henry Fuchs, Stephen M. Pizer, Tim Cullip, John Rhoades, and Ross Whitaker. 1991. Achieving Direct Volume Visualization with Interactive Semantic Region Selection. In Proceedings of IEEE Visualization '91. Gregory Nielson and Larry Rosenblum, eds. 58-65. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press. [Also available as UNC Technical Report TR91-012]
Helen E. Harrison, Stephen P. Schaefer, and Terry S. Yoo. 1988. Rtools: Tools for Software Management in a Distributed Computing Environment. In Proceedings of USENIX '88 . 85-94. Berkeley, CA: Usenix Association.
Unrefereed
Terry S. Yoo. 1994. Statistics and Scale in Variable Conductance Diffusion. In Proceedings of Computer Vision in Medicine (AAAI Spring Symposium Series, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA). AAAI Technical Report SS-94-05. 186-190. [Also available as UNC Technical Report TR94-058]
Technical Reports
T. Marc Olano and Terry S. Yoo. 1993. Precision Normals: Beyond Phong. Technical Report TR93-021, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1-4.
Terry S. Yoo and T. Marc Olano. 1993. Instant Hole: Windows onto Reality. Technical Report TR93-027, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1-13.
Other Publications
Henry Fuchs and Terry S. Yoo eds. 1993. Three-dimensional Visualization Using Medical Data, Tutorial Notes for SIGGRAPH 93. 200 pp.
Elliot Herman and Terry S. Yoo. January 1993. Photo, Agricultural Research 41(1): Cover.
Terry S. Yoo. 1992. Statistics and VCD. Poster, Visualization in Biomedical Computing (VBC '92), Chapel Hill, NC.
Suresh Balu, James C. Chung, Brad Crittenden, and Terry S. Yoo. 1991. Radiation Treatment Planning with a Head Mounted Display. Interactive Demonstration of a VR System (SIGGRAPH '91, Las Vegas, NV). Abstract in Proceedings of Tomorrow’s Realities (refereed forum), 13.
Terry S. Yoo, Ulrich Neumann, Henry Fuchs, Stephen M. Pizer, Tim Cullip, John Rhoades, and Ross Whitaker. 1991. Methods for Direct Visualization of 3D Medical Data. Poster, Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI '91), Wye College, Kent, UK.
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