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The research interests of the Kenji Suzuki Laboratory at the University of Chicago lie in interdisciplinary research in medicine and computer science, with its primary focus on research on computer-aided diagnosis of lesions in the abdomen, thorax, and heart and the development of techniques of machine learning, image processing, and pattern recognition. The long-term goal of the laboratory’s research is to develop a computer system that diagnoses diseases in medical images as an expert radiologist does to assist non-expert doctors in making diagnoses. To approach this goal, we believe that the development of sophisticated techniques, their theoretical backups, and an understanding of radiologists’ decision-making process and of the human visual system are essential. We are making efforts to “weave” the clinical science and the technological science into a new paradigm to contribute to both medicine and computer science.

News

- 2011 -

October - Our AJR paper regarding automated CT liver volumetry was featured in an article on AuntMinnie.com.

September - Dr Suzuki received the Kurt Rossmann Award for Excellence in Teaching from Graduate Program in Medical Physics. MLMI International Workshop in conjunction with MICCAI successfully ended.

August - Hieu Huynh, PhD joined as Visiting Assistant Professor from Ho-Chi-Minh City University of Industry, Vietnam.

June - Xu Qiao, PhD joined as Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow from Ritsumeikan University, Japan. Sihai Yang, MS joined as International Visiting Student from Huaqiao University, China. Briannon Connolly and Kevin Zhang joined through NSF REU Program. Welcome aboard! Dr Qiao is on Program Committee of MLMI workshop.

April - An NSF REU student, Francis Ferraro, was accepted into Johns Hopkins University and awarded National DoD and NSF Fellowships. Triple congrats! Drs. Xu and Chen are on the Program Committee of the MLMI workshop. Dr. Suzuki serves as an Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Information Technology and Network Application.

March - An NSF REU student, Francis Ferraro, and Dr. Xu were awarded NSF-sponsored travel grants for their presentations at IEEE ISBI. Congrats! Dr. Suzuki serves as a Deputy Editor of Academic Radiology. Dr. Suzuki's comments and his research were introduced in Technology Review published by MIT.

February - Dr. Suzuki's study was featured in an article on AuntMinnie.com. Dr. Suzuki serves as an Editorial Board Member and the Editor-in-Chief on Medical Image Analysis topic of Chest Disease Reports and International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology, respectively.

- 2010 -

November - Drs. Xu, Chen and Suzuki's studies to be presented at RSNA were covered in RSNA previews on AuntMinnie.com. Dr. Suzuki serves as the Editor-in-Chief on Medical Image Analysis topic, Journal of Convergence Information Technology.

October - RSNA presentation list is up. Dr. Suzuki serves as an Associate Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Convergence Information Technology. Dr. Suzuki gave an invited talk at the Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging.

September - Dr. Suzuki served as a Reviewing Panelist of IEEE Senior Member Review Panel. Dr. Suzuki gave an invited talk at the MICCAI workshop for CT colonography.

July - Dr. Suzuki serves as an Editorial Board Member of Journal of Physics & Astronomy and Journal of Health & Medical Informatics. Dr. Suzuki gave an invited talk at AAPM. Dr. Suzuki serves as a Guest Editor for a special issue of International Journal of Biomedical Imaging.

May - Dr. Suzuki was featured in an article in Singularity Hub.

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