Description of Research Expertise:
oncologic imaging (lung cancer, melanoma, lymphoma, GI, GU, and gyn cancers)
inflammation imaging
aging imaging
translational research imaging
thoracoabdominopelvic imaging
CT imaging
MR imaging
PET, PET/CT, and PET/MR imaging
functional and molecular imaging
quantitative imaging/image analysis
all types of imaging response assessment on CT, MRI, and PET
Selected Publications:
Liu T, Udupa JK, Miao Q, Tong Y, Torigian DA.: Quantification of body-torso-wide tissue composition on low-dose CT images via Automatic Anatomy Recognition. Med Phys 46 (3): 1272-1285,2019.
Wu X, Udupa JK, Tong Y, Odhner D, Pednekar GV, Simone CB 2nd, McLaughlin D, Apinorasethkul C, Apinorasethkul O, Lukens J, Mihailidis D, Shammo G, James P, Tiwari A, Wojtowicz L, Camaratta J, Torigian DA.: AAR-RT – A system for auto-contouring organs at risk on CT images for radiation therapy planning: Principles, design, and large-scale evaluation on head-and-neck and thoracic cancer cases. Med Image Anal 54 : 45-62,2019.
Tong Y, Udupa JK, Torigian DA.: Super-mask-based object localization for auto-contouring in head and neck radiation therapy planning. Proc SPIE 10951 : 109512L-1-109512L-7,2019.
Tong Y, Udupa JK, Odhner D, Wu C, Schuster SJ, Torigian DA.: Disease quantification on PET/CT images without explicit object delineation. Med Image Anal 51 : 169-183,2019.
Sun C, Udupa JK, Tong Y, Wu C, Guo S, Torigian DA, Campbell RM.: A machine learning algorithm for detecting abnormal respiratory cycles in thoracic dynamic MR image acquisitions. Proc SPIE 10948 : 109484E-1-109484E-6,2019.
Sun C, Udupa JK, Tong Y, Wu C, Guo S, McDonough JM, Torigian DA, Campbell RM.: Auto-labeling of respiratory time points in free-breathing thoracic dynamic MR image acquisitions for 4D image construction. Proc SPIE 10953 : 109531B-1-109531B-7,2019.
Tong Y, Udupa JK, McDonough JM, Wileyto EP, Capraro A, Wu C, Ho S, Galagedera N, Talwar D, Mayer OH, Torigian DA, Campbell RM.: Quantitative dynamic thoracic MRI: Application to thoracic insufficiency syndrome in pediatric patients. Radiology 292 (1): 206-213,2019.
Jin Z, Udupa JK, Torigian DA.: Obtaining the potential number of models/atlases needed for capturing anatomic variations in population images. Proc SPIE 10949 : 109493G-1-109493G-8,2019.
Bai P, Udupa JK, Tong Y, Xie S, Torigian DA.: Body region localization in whole-body PET/CT scans using virtual landmarks. Med Phys 46 (3): 1286-1299,2019.
Haas AR, Tanyi JL, O’Hara MH, Gladney WL, Lacey SF, Torigian DA, Soulen MC, Tian L, McGarvey M, Nelson AM, Farabaugh CS, Moon E, Levine BL, Melenhorst JJ, Plesa G, June CH, Albelda SM, Beatty GL.: Phase I study of lentiviral-transduced chimeric antigen receptor modified T cells recognizing mesothelin in advanced solid cancers. Mol Ther 27 (11): 1919-1929,2019.