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Jiantao Pu, PhD

Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering
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Education Peking University, PhD in Computer Science, 2002
Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), B.S. in Engineering, 1996
Huazhong University
Medical / Graduate School Peking University
Residency
Clinical / Post-doctoral Fellowship Stanford University (2005-2007)
Purdue University (2004-2005)
Current The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
ACM SIGGRAPH
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Specialties
& Programs
PET
CT
Optical
Ultrasound
Digital Imaging
Clinical Interest
Research Interest My research emphasis is on the development of novel computational tools for enabling non-invasive, quantitative, and accurate assessment of pathological conditions, ultimately advancing a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanism of diseases and facilitating the development of efficacious therapy methods.

- http://www.pitt.edu/~jip13
- http://www.pu-lab.com

Selected Publications   1. Pu, J., Fuhrman, C., Good, W. F., Sciurba, F. C., and Gur D. (2010). A Differential Geometric Approach to Automated Segmentation of Human Airway Tree. IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 30(2), pp. 266-278, 2011.

2. Pu, J., Paik, D. S., Roos, J. E., and Rubin, G. D. (2011). Shape Break-and-Repair Strategy and Its Application to Computerized Medical Image Segmentation. IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 17(1), pp. 115-124.

3. Pu J, Fuhrman C, Durick J, Leader JK, Klym A, Sciurba FC, Gur D. (2010). Computerized assessment of pulmonary fissure integrity using high resolution CT. Medical Physics, Vol. 37(9), pp. 4661-4672.

4. Pu J, Gur D. (2009). Automated Freehand Segmentation Using Radial Basis Functions. Computer-aided Design, Vol. 41(2), pp. 857-864.

5. Pu, J., Zheng, B., Leader, J. K., Fuhrman, C., Knollmann, F., Klym, A., and Gur, D. (2009). Pulmonary Lobe Segmentation in CT examinations Using Implicit Surface Fitting. IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 28 (12), pp. 1986-1996, 2009.

6. Pu, J., Leader, J.K., Zheng, B., Knollmann, F., Fuhrman, C., Sciurba, F. C., and Gur D. (2009). A Computational Geometry Approach to Automated Pulmonary Fissure Segmentation in CT Examinations. IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 28(5), pp. 710-719.

7. Pu, J., Zheng, B., Leader, J. K., and Gur, D. (2008). An Automated CT Based Lung Nodule Detection Scheme Using Geometric Analysis of Signed Distance Field. Medical Physics, Vol. 35(8), pp. 3451-3461.

8. Pu, J., Roos, J.E., Rubin, G. D., Napel, S., and Paik, D. S. (2008). Adaptive Border Marching Algorithm: Automatic Lung Segmentation on Chest CT Images. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Vol. 32(6), pp.452-462.

9. Pu, J., Kalyanaraman, Y., Jayanti, S., Ramani, K., and Pizlo Z. (2007). On Navigating in 2D & 3D Space for Similar Designed Models. IEEE Computer Graphics & Application, pp.38-47.

10. Pu, J., and Ramani, K. (2006). On Visual Similarity based 2D Drawing Retrieval. Computer Aided Design, Vol. 38(3): 249-259.
Honors and  
Awards
Career Development Award of Lung Cancer SPORE, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
PubMed Publications   See a listing of publications on PubMed, a service of the National Library of medicine.