Brian E. Chapman

	Assistant Professor  Department of Biomedical Informatics University of Pittsburgh Suite M183 VALE 200 Meyran Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412) 648-6768 (Office)  (412) 647-7190 (FAX)
Email: chapmanbe@upmc.edu, Alternate: chapbe@pitt.edu

• Assistant Professor, Deparatments of Biomedical Informatics, Radiology, and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2006-Present
• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, 2000-2006
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Radiology, University of Utah, 1998-2000
• Ph.D., Medical Informatics, University of Utah, 1998.
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994.
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Utah, 1992.

• Medical Image processing
• Radiological imaging of the cirrhotic liver
• Vascular Imaging
• Radiological imaging of the breast

• Imaging of Early Stage Hepatocellular Carcinomas (HCC) in the Cirrhotic liver
• Quantify the MR and CT properties of dysplastic nodules and small HCC in the cirrhotic liver
• Determine the optimal imaging protocol for the visualization of early stage HCC
• Correlate radiological features to underlying histological changes in the tissue
• Develop computer assisted diagnosis (CAD) techniques for HCC
• Imaging of the carotid artery
• Compare diagnostic information in MR and CT images of the carotid plaque
• Develop CAD techniques for automated analysis of spiral CT images of the carotid artery
• Processing of MRA and CTA images
• Develop algorithms of the enhanced display of angiographic data
• Develop algorithms for automated detection of thrombo-embolic disease
• Integrating Medical Images along the "Biological Continuum"
• Larynx
• Liver
• Vascular

Publications

Professional Links

• ISMRM (Internation Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine)
• AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association)
• Society for Medical Decision Making)
• International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
 

Last updated [05/04/2007 ]