Other Applications
Lymph Node Segmentation
Yan J, Zhao B, Curran S, Zelenetz A, and Schwartz LH. Automated matching and segmentation of lymphoma on serial CT examinations. Medical Physics 2007; 34:55-62.
Lymph Node Detection

Yan J, Zhao B, Wang L, Zelenetz A, and Schwartz LH. Marker-controlled watershed for lymphoma segmentation in sequential CT images. Medical Physics 2006; 33:2452-2460.
Lymphoma Segmentation
Kidney Lesion Segmentation
Bone Lesion Segmentation

Kidney and Segmentation

Spleen Segmentations

Body Fat Quantification on CT
Original CT image

Subcutaneous Fat

Visceral Fat

Zhao B, Colville J, Kalaigian J, Curran S, Jiang L, Kijewski PK, Schwartz LH. Automated quantification of body fat distribution on volumetric CT. J Computer Assisted Tomography 2006; 30(5):777-783.
Cohen A, Dempster DW, Recker RR, Lappe JM, Zhou H, Wirth AJ, van Lenthe GH, Zwahlen A, Müller R, Zhao B, Guo X, Lang T, Saeed I, Liu XS, Guo XE, Cremers S, Rosen CJ, Stein EM, Nickolas TL, McMahon DJ, Young P, Shane E. Abdominal fat is associated with lower bone formation and inferior bone quality in healthy premenopausal women: a transiliac bone biopsy study. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 2013; 98(6):2562-72. (Study interviewed and reported by Prevention Magazine).
Body Fat Quantification on MRI


Carotid Arterial Stenosis Detection/Quantification
MIP Image

Enhanced Arteries

Segmented Arteries

Labeled Arteries

Chen J, Philippi C, Zhao B. Automatic Identification and Quantification of Carotid Artery Stenosis from 3D MRA Images Using Multi-Scale and Orientation Analysis, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 87th Annual Meeting, 2001, Chicago, Illinois.
Quality Assurance for Body Coverage and Contrast


Tan T, Qi J, Li H, Akhtiorskaya Y, Schwartz LH, Zhao B. Automated quality assurance of CT scans for body-part coverage. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 98th Annual Meeting, December 2012, Chicago.
Tan T, Li H, Qi J, Akhtiorskaya Y, Schwartz LH, Zhao B. Automated quality assurance of CT scans for determining the presence or absence of contrast agent. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 98th Annual Meeting, December 2012, Chicago.