On-going Research Projects

· Intelligent Multimedia Processing and Analysis for Colorectal Tumors (IMPACT)

With Johnny Wong at Iowa State University, JungHwan Oh at University of Texas at Arlington, Piet C. de Groen at Mayo Medical School

Partially supported by NSF IIS-051377, 0513809, 0513582, Mayo Clinic Rochester, ISU Research Foundation, Grow Iowa Values Fund, Iowa State Research Foundation

Colorectal cancer is the second cause of cancer deaths behind lung cancer in the United States. Colonoscopy is becoming the most important screening tool for colorectal cancer. In current medical practice, an endoscopist performs a manual diagnostic by interpreting video data generated from a tiny video camera at the tip of the endoscope during a colonoscopic procedure. The video data are not typically captured for real-time or post-procedure reviews and analyses. The goals of this project are to (i) conduct research in advanced capturing, analysis and retrieval of videos from endoscopic procedures for important clinical content and (ii) develop reliable and user-friendly software employing the new inventions to help improve quality of healthcare.

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